{"id":9228,"date":"2020-01-15T14:42:01","date_gmt":"2020-01-15T14:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rugby.supersportschools.com\/st-johns-college-easter-festival-promises-a-celebration-of-schoolboy-rugby\/"},"modified":"2020-01-15T14:42:01","modified_gmt":"2020-01-15T14:42:01","slug":"st-johns-college-easter-festival-promises-a-celebration-of-schoolboy-rugby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=9228","title":{"rendered":"St Johns’ College Easter Festival promises a celebration of schoolboy rugby"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"StJohnsFestBanner\"The 25th St John’s College Easter Festival<\/strong>\u00a0in Johannesburg will have more than a couple of exciting new names in attendance. Like always it promises to be a celebration of schoolboy rugby over the Easter Weekend from the 9th of April to 13 April 2020.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Like last year’s Easter Festival 14 schools will take part in the prestigious festival. Three regulars since the inaugural festival in 1996\u00a0Hilton College<\/strong>, Parktown Boys’ High and St Benedict’s College<\/strong> returns after missing from last year’s line-up. Two of the other newcomers,\u00a0Boland Landbou<\/strong> and Pretoria Boys’ High<\/strong>\u00a0will only play two matches during the festival.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Another two schools, Grey College<\/strong> and Garsfontein<\/strong>\u00a0will both make a solitary appearance at the festival. Grey College and Boland Landbou will face each other on the opening day in what promises to be the match of the festival. Grey College’s last appearance in Johannesburg was back in 2008 when they attended the St John’s College Easter Festival. It is therefore expected that the team from Bloemfontein will pull quite a big crowd for this match-up.<\/p>\n

Garsfontein will play Nelspruit on the Saturday. Clashes between these two teams usually are exciting to watch.<\/p>\n

The main match on the Saturday between Paarl Boys’ High<\/strong> and Pretoria Boys’ High will be one looked forward to by old-boys from both these schools. It has been a long time since these two schools have met on the rugby field and Pretoria Boys’ High will want to show how much they have developed as a team since Paul Anthony<\/strong> returned from Durban. Pretoria Boys’ High ended a 12-year drought against Affies last year under the custodianship of Anthony with a 38-21 victory.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

St John’s College<\/strong> will face St Charles College of Pietermaritzburg on the Saturday. The hosts’ other two clashes will be against Hilton College<\/strong> and the Nelspruit. The match-up against Hilton College on the Thursday night will be a highlight for the hosts.<\/span><\/p>\n

Paarl Boys’ High toughest clash will be the main match of the final day against Helpmekaar-kollege<\/strong>. The Helpies lost in the final of the Virsekerbeker against Menlopark during last year’s competition and will yet again be a force to reckon with.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Boland Landbou<\/strong> will face Noordheuwel and Nelspruit in their two matches in the City of Gold. The team from the Agter-Paarl will be one of the top sides in action during the festival and will give Nories en Nelspruit a clear indication where they are in their preparation before the Virsekerbeker kicks off.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Another highlight of the festival will be the clash between the Nelspruit Rhinos<\/strong> and Noordheuwel<\/strong>. The Nories replaced the Rhinos in the top tier of the Virsekerbeker for 2019<\/span><\/p>\n

The four schools that participated in last year’s St John’s College Easter Festival who won’t be in action this year is Stellenberg, St Alban’s College, HTS Dani\u00ebl Pienaar, and Windhoek Gimnasium.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Fixtures (Burger Field):\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Thursday, 9 April 2020\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

10:30 –<\/strong> Paarl Boys’ High vs Golden Lions XV<\/span>
\n11:40 –<\/strong> Helpmekaar vs Graeme College
\n12:40 –<\/strong> Parktown Boys’ High vs Soweto Eagles<\/span>
\n14:00 –<\/strong> St David’s Marist vs St Charles College<\/span>
\n16:00 –<\/strong>\u00a0Ho\u00ebrskool Nelspruit vs Noordheuwel
\n17:10 –\u00a0<\/strong>St Benedict’s College vs Pretoria Boys’ High<\/span>
\n18:20 –<\/strong> Boland Landbou vs Grey College<\/span>
\n19:30 –<\/strong> St John’s College vs Hilton College<\/span><\/p>\n

Saturday, 11 April 2020<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

09:00 – <\/strong>Soweto Eagles vs St Benedict’s College
\n10:10 –<\/strong>\u00a0Boland Landbou vs Parktown Boys’ High<\/span>
\n11:20 –<\/strong>\u00a0St Charles College vs Noordheuwel<\/span>
\n12:30 –<\/strong> St David’s Marist vs Golden Lions XV<\/span>
\n15:00 –<\/strong> St John’s College vs Graeme College<\/span>
\n16:10 –<\/strong>\u00a0Garsfontein vs Ho\u00ebrskool Nelspruit<\/span>
\n17:20 –<\/strong> Helpmekaar vs Hilton College<\/span>
\n18:30 –<\/strong> Paarl Boys’ High vs Pretoria Boys’ High<\/span><\/p>\n

Monday, 13 April 2020<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

09:00 –<\/strong> St David’s Marist vs Soweto Eagles<\/span>
\n10:10 –<\/strong>\u00a0St Charles College vs Golden Lions XV<\/span>
\n11:20 –<\/strong> Parktown Boys’ High vs Graeme College<\/span>
\n13:20 –<\/strong> Noordheuwel vs St Benedict’s College<\/span>
\n14:30 –<\/strong> St John’s College vs\u00a0Ho\u00ebrskool Nelspruit<\/span>
\n15:40 –<\/strong> Paarl Boys’ High vs Helpmekaar<\/span><\/p>\n

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