{"id":92874,"date":"2026-04-02T00:47:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T22:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=92874"},"modified":"2026-04-02T00:47:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T22:47:12","slug":"future-classics-expected-at-the-2026-saints-easter-rugby-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=92874","title":{"rendered":"Entertaining clashes on the menu at Saints Easter Rugby Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo: Hannes Nienaber<\/strong>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The 2026<\/strong> Saints Easter Rugby Festival<\/strong> hosts 16 teams and features 19 fixtures across three days of play: Thursday, 2 April; Saturday, 4 April; and Monday, 6 April.<\/p>\n

There are plenty of tantalising clashes on the fixture list, including St Stithians <\/strong>against St John’s<\/strong> College<\/strong> from Harare on the opening day.<\/p>\n

A humdinger is lined up to end the day’s action with Ho\u00ebrskool Garsfontein<\/strong> –\u00a0fresh off a win over Paarl Boys’ High<\/strong><\/a> and another over Stellenberg High<\/strong><\/a>, the conquerors of Grey College and Paarl Gimnasium – taking on Wynberg Boys’ High<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Catch the action LIVE on SuperSport Schools<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Day two will once again see Garsies<\/strong> <\/em>tested; this time by Hartpury College<\/strong> from Gloucestershire<\/strong>, England<\/strong>. Recent graduates of the school include England<\/strong> prop Ellis Genge<\/strong> and Wales<\/strong> wing Louis Rees-Zammit<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Straight after that clash, Ho\u00ebrskool Pietersburg<\/strong> tackles Ho\u00ebrskool Middelburg<\/strong> in a clash featuring one of Limpopo’s best against one of Mpumalanga’s leading lights.<\/p>\n

On Monday, day three, expect all-out running rugby when international visitors, Windhoek High<\/strong> go up against the Mzwandile Mali XV<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Saints<\/strong><\/em> will also wrap up their fixtures with a tester against the talent-laden Wynberg Boys’ High outfit.<\/p>\n

FIXTURES<\/strong><\/p>\n

Day 1 – Thursday, 2 April<\/strong><\/p>\n

09:00 \u2013 Hartpury College XV vs Windhoek High
\n10:00 \u2013 St Stithians College vs St John’s College (Harare)
\n11:00 \u2013 Mzwandile Mali XV vs Clifton College
\n12:00 \u2013 St Charles College vs Northcliff High
\n13:00 \u2013 Ho\u00ebrskool Kempton Park vs Ho\u00ebrskool Pietersburg
\n14:00 \u2013 Hartpury College vs Ho\u00ebrskool Middelburg
\n15:00 \u2013 Ho\u00ebrskool Garsfontein vs Wynberg Boys’ High<\/p>\n

Day 2 – Saturday, 4 April<\/strong><\/p>\n

09:00 \u2013 Hartpury College XV vs Mzwandile Mali XV
\n10:00 \u2013 St Charles College vs Ho\u00ebrskool Kempton Park
\n11:00 \u2013 St John’s College (Harare) vs Clifton College
\n12:00 \u2013 Windhoek High vs Northcliff High
\n13:00 \u2013 Hartpury College vs Ho\u00ebrskool Garsfontein
\n14:00 \u2013 Ho\u00ebrskool Pietersburg vs Ho\u00ebrskool Middelburg<\/p>\n

Day 3 – Monday, 6 April<\/strong><\/p>\n

09:00 \u2013 St Stithians College vs Wynberg Boys’ High
\n10:00 \u2013 Try Tournament u18 vs Northcliff High XV
\n11:00 \u2013 Windhoek High vs Mzwandile Mali XV
\n12:00 \u2013 Northcliff High vs Hartpury College
\n13:00 \u2013 Ho\u00ebrskool Garsfontein vs Ho\u00ebrskool Kempton Park
\n14:00 \u2013 Ho\u00ebrskool Pietersburg vs St John’s College (Harare)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The 2026 Saints Easter Rugby Festival hosts 16 teams and features 19 fixtures across three days of play: Thursday, 2 April; Saturday, 4 April; and Monday, 6 April. There are plenty of tantalising clashes on the fixture list, including St Stithians against St John’s College from Harare on the opening day. A humdinger is lined […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":75791,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=92874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92874\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/75791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=92874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=92874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=92874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}