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Last year’s top ranked team, Paarl Boys’ High, extended their unbeaten run on the rugby field to 24 matches with their four victories thus far in 2016. They also deservedly held on to their top spot in School of Rugby’s first rankings for the 2016 season. 

With Affies, Grey College, Glenwood, Grey High School, Oakdale Landbou, Boland Landbou, Jeppe Boys’ High and Selborne College in our Top Ten also boasting with unbeaten records thus far in the season there will be quite some movement to come during the season in the rankings.

The performances of Affies and Grey College so far indicates that they will be contenders for the number one ranked spot in South Africa this year. 

If a team is ranked higher than another team is doesn’t mean that the higher ranked team will beat the lower ranked team when they meet during the season. Our rankings only take into consideration matches already played by each team and not the potential of the teams. Garsfontein defeated Paarl Gimnasium by 15-13, but Paarl Gimnasium is still ranked higher at the moment. Garsies also lost to EG Jansen from Boksburg and are ranked higher. 

Please note that we don’t take matches against international opposition into consideration in our rankings. These games will however still be recorded and shown in our results. If you want to see a team’s results thus far you just have to click on their name in the rankings. Usually we wait until after the annual Easter Festivals to release our first rankings of the season. This year Easter Festivals was quite early on the school rugby calender so there is quite a lot of teams that haven’t played a lot of games which made this first rankings quite difficult to compile.

To see each team’s results so far this season click on their name in the rankings. If you see any results missing please don’t hesitate to contact Hannes Nienaber via e-mail on hannes@schooolofrugby.co.za – and please feel free to discuss and differ from us in the comments section.

The Rankings:

Matches that didn’t count towards our rankings:

Paarl Boys’ High played the Golden Lions XV at the St. John’s College Easter Festival and won the match by 54-0

Paul Roos Gimnasium defeated Windhoek Gimnasium (67-7) on their annual rugby day in Stellenbosch. 

Junior Springbok coach Dawie Theron on Friday named a provisional 36-man training squad as the preparations begin to take shape for the World Rugby Under-20 Championship in Manchester, England, from 7 to 25 June.

Theron invited 56 players to a trials camp in Cape Town this week where they were put through their paces with fitness, skills and medical test to determine if they have what it takes to represent the Junior Springboks at the World Championship.

The trials camp concluded on Friday morning with a high-tempo training session at the City Park Stadium in Crawford.

A number of players who are nursing injuries, which have ruled them out of action for at least the next two weeks, were not considered for the provisional training group. However, they will be in contention for selection for the training squad once they have recovered.

The provisional training squad included JT Jackson (Vodacom Blue Bulls), Tinus de Beer (Vodacom Blue Bulls) and Marco Jansen van Vuren (Xerox Golden Lions), who were members of the Junior Springbok squad that earned a bronze medal in the 2015 World Rugby U20 Championship in Italy.

2014 SA Rugby Craven Week Player of the Year Curwin Bosch (Cell C Sharks) features alongside a handful of 2015 SA Schools team players including, Western Province’s Ernst van Rhyn and Carlű Sadie, and Hendre Stassen, Stedman Gans and Manie Libbok from the Vodacom Blue Bulls.

The provisional Junior Springbok training squad will play a number of training matches in the next two months, which will allow the provisional training group and the players excluded due to injury to stake a claim for a place in the final 28-man squad for the international showpiece.

“It was a challenging task to trim the expanded trials squad, especially given the high quality of the players invited to the camp,” said Theron. “There were also a number of players who could not participate in training this week due to injury, and others due to their involvement in the FNB Varsity Cup Semi-finals and finals as we wanted to avoid the risk of injuries. However, I am pleased with the group we have selected and I believe they have what it takes to form a formidable unit as our preparation progress in the next few weeks.”

The players selected for the provisional training squad will remain in Cape Town, with their training base in Stellenbosch.

Junior Springboks provisional training squad (position in brackets):

Vodacom Blue Bulls

Jan-Henning Campher (hooker)
Tinus de Beer (flyhalf)
Aston Fortuin (lock)
Stedman Gans (centre)
Denzel Hill (No 8)
Jaco Holtzhausen (prop)
JT Jackson (centre)
Manie Libbok (flyhalf)
Franco Naude (centre)

Hendre Stassen (lock)
Eli Snyman (lock)
Franco van den Berg (prop)
Luigy van Jaarsveld (No 8)

Toyota Free State Cheetahs
Mosalwa Mafuma (wing)
Kwenzo Blose (prop)

Xerox Golden Lions
Rhyno Herbst (lock)
Marco Jansen van Vuren (scrumhalf)

EP Kings
Tango Balelike (hooker)
James Hall (scrumhalf)
Nicolaas Oosthuizen (prop)
Junior Pokomela (No 8)
Keanu Vers (fullback)
Jeremy Ward (centre)

Cell C Sharks
Curwin Bosch (fullback)
Morne Joubert (fullback)
S’busiso Nkosi (wing)

DHL Western Province
Ruan Brits (hooker)
Eduan Keyter (fullback)
Duncan Saal (wing)
Carlű Sadie (prop)
Ernst van Rhyn (flank)
Eduard Zandberg (lock)
Zane Davids (flank)
Wikus Groenewald (prop)
Edwill van der Merwe (wing)
Kuyenseka Xaba (flank)

Issued by SA Rugby Corporate Affairs

Die 24ste Mauritz Hansen-week skop vandag in Mookgophong (Naboomspruit) in die Bosveld af. Die week word as die grootste skolerugbyweek in Suid-Afrika beskou. Nie minder as 80 rugbyspanne sal daagliks sake op die velde van die Hoërskool Hans Strijdom uitspook nie.

Oos-Moot van Pretoria is verlede jaar as kampioen gekroon en is vanjaar terug om sy titel te verdedig. Die span van die Jakarandastad het ook vanaf 2008 tot en met 2010 die kroon gedra. Daar sal na afloop van die week ‘n span gekies word wat later vanjaar na Italie toer. Die Mauritz Hansen XV-tal het verlede jaar ‘n toer deur Ierland onderneem.

Die bepalings van die eerste dag is: 

10:30 – Riebeeckrand vs. Vrede
11:30 – HTS Rustenburg vs. Lydenburg
12:30 – Heidelberg Volkskool vs. Carletonville
13:30 – Randburg vs. Tuine
14:30 – HTS Witbank vs. Midstream College
15:30 – HTS John Vorster vs. Hoogenhout
16:30 – Oos-Moot vs. Ellisras
19:30 – Hans Strijdom vs. Zwartkop

Die spanne is: 

Hans Strijdom: 15 André du Plessis, 14 Marinus Vermaak, 13 Juandré Visagie, 12 Juanré Botha, 11 Ruben Brown, 10 Jaco Beukes, 9 Marnus Mellet, 8 Albertus van Deventer, 7 HP van der Walt, 6 Marco Benade, 5 Wikus Zeilinga, 4 Michael Pauer, 3 Pieter Niemann, 2 Johan Klopper, 1 Xavier van Tonder. Plaasvervangers: 16 Andries Pretorius, 17 JD Herman, 18 JD Faasen, 19 Tobias Swan, 20 Franco van Deventer, 21 Driaan Krause, 22 Sello Sethosa.

Oos-Moot: 15 Julian Kokt, 14 Emile Bester, 13 Conrad van Deventer, 12 Eddie Ludick, 11 Michael Janse van Rensburg, 10 Gert Nel, 9 Johan Marais, 8 Jason Martins, 7 Armand Pretorius, 6 Dean Steinhöbel, 5 Tiaan de Lange, 4 CJ van Zyl, 3 Jan-Harm Botha, 2 Nico Heystek, 1 Dandré Nolte. Plaasvervangers: 16 Herman van Zyl, 17 Markus Stone, 18 Burger Sandenberg, 19 Barend Bornman, 20 John-Louis Nel, 21 Kevin Smit, 22 Jean-Michael Clark, 23 Christiaan Meyer.

Heidelberg Volkskool: 15 Jason Flippies, 14 Duan Tromp, 13 Sherdan Nelson, 12 Chris Opperman, 11 Stephan Louw, 10 Juanrigh Dercksen, 9 Divan Uys, 8 Albert Brits, 7 Marqus Maritz, 6 Tinus Fourie, 5 Pieter Grobler, 4 Henrico Schutte, 3 Hennie Harmse, 2 Donovan Strydom, 1 Ronnie Engelbrecht. Plaasvervangers: 16 Renaldo Kotze, 17 Arno Grobler, 18 Johann Smit, 19 Ruben Botha, 20 Jannes Swart, 21 Christiaan Golden, 22 Wandré Storm, 23 Armand Cronjé.

Hoërskool Tuine: 15 Junco van der Merwe, 14 Wynand Richards, 13 Brandon Ferreira, 12 Marcelle Corneelsen, 11 Louis du Preez, 10 PJ Barnard, 9 Adriaan Swart, 8 Christiaan Westerfield, 7 Edward D’Alberton, 6 Brandon Smit, 5 Rohan Steyn, 4 Dieter van Wyk, 3 Rudi Bezuidenhout, 2 Louis van Wyk, 1 Hendrico Snyman. Plaasvervangers: 16 Richard Coetzee, 17 Johan Visser, 18 Ewald Janse van Vuuren, 19 Jannie Botes, 20 Pieter Voges, 21 Richard Janse van Rensburg, 22 Gert Strydom, 23 Damon van Staden, 24 Ruben Lazarus.

HTS Witbank: 15 Johan Badenhorst, 14 Ronnie Bando, 13 Ruan Vorster, 12 Du Preez van der Merwe, 11 Elandre Truter, 10 Edrie van der Merwe, 9 Christian Glaeser, 8 Themba Nkabinde, 7 Mikhail van Wieling, 6 Marius Janse van Rensburg, 5 Reinhardt Muller, 4 Adriaan Botes, 3 Hanru Nortjé, 2 Jacques Peens, 1 Ruben Botes. Plaasvervangers: 16 JP van der Merwe, 17 Duncan Verwey, 18 Herschelle Mocke, 19 Simon Cloete, 20 Ethan Erasmus, 21 Thomas Cane, 22 Andrew McDirmend.

Hoogenhout: 15 Ruben Lello, 14 Hanno van der Linde, 13 Prince Nkabinde, 12 CJ Maritz, 11 Du Toit van Schalkwyk, 10 DC Saaiman, 9 Paul-Phillip de Jager, 8 Janco Swart, 7 Peter de Wet, 6 Christiaan Vermeulen, 5 MC Carinus, 4 Jodi Jordaan, 3 AJ Lotter, 2 Steyn Grobler, 1 Albert Swanepoel. Plaasvervangers: 16 Richard du Plessis, 17 Lorenzo Segeel, 18 Hano Fourie, 19 Marco Jardim, 20 Stoffel Smith, 21 Omar Rodrigues, 22 Rudi Wright, 23 Dewald Barnard.

Midstream College: 15 Phillip Gregorowski, 14 George Economides, 13 Heinro Kritzinger, 12 Divan van Wyk, 11 Tristan Little, 10 Heinrich Botha, 9 Naudé Kruger, 8 Reinhardt du Plessis, 7 Heinrich Bisschoff, 6 Drikus Greyling, 5 Johan de Beer, 4 Devon-Ross Mourao, 3 Donovan Meyer, 2 Rico Ferreira, 1 André Lourens. Plaasvervangers: 16 Rohann Rorich, 17 Hugo Botha, 18 Seapara Satekge, 19 Dehan de Vries, 20 Mindred Spoelstra, 21 Vuvu Thekiso, 22 Dehan Reynders, 23 TB Mofokeng, 24 Wian Brink.

Hoërskool Carletonville: 15 Mazwi Ndlovu, 14 André Lubbe, 13 Phiko Vamindaba, 12 Llewellyn Ellis, 11 Thinus Els, 10 Adriaan Ball, 9 Gert Otto, 8 Fredrik Strydom, 7 Bongane Dlamini, 6 Sean Diamond, 5 Thapado Ntshoe, 4 Marco Fiorita, 3 Dwayne Viljoen, 2 Ludwig Kietzmann, Innocent Nkosi. Plaasvervangers: 16 Divan Geere, 17 Anthony Harmse, 18 Kanya Mphakathi, 19 Mago Mtshali, 20 Thabang Wesolle, 21 Rujean van der Merwe, 22 Nathan Sereo, 23 Andrea Fiorita.

Vrede: 15 Chris Leibrandt, 14 Christiaan Schwartz, 13 Pieter Neethling, 12 Norman Bibbey, 11 Arthur Langueira, 10 Fransie Kruger, 9 Johan Dreyer, 8 Johan Malan, 7 SJ van Schalkwyk, 6 Ruan van Zyl, 5 Hanro Breytenbach, 4 Gaffie Deale, 3 Jurgens Olivier, 2 Durell Ince, 1 Fourie Vermaak. Plaasvervangers: 16 Schalk Oosthuizen, 17 Kenneth Waters, 18 Stephan du Toit, 19 Ruan Grobler, 20 Paul Smale, 21 Pieter van Niekerk, 22 Rudolf Dreyer.

Riebeeckrand: 15 Corné Aldridge, 14 Donovan Jonker, 13 Francois Keyter, 12 Marco Briedenhann, 11 Bradley Gordon, 10 Franco Prinsloo, 9 Charl Botes, 8 Quintin Roux, 7 Dylan Calitz, 6 Reinhardt van den Berg, 5 Rico Meyer, 4 Pieter van Heerden, 3 Shaun Rothman, 2 Fransie Vilonel, 1 Martin Jacobs. Plaasvervangers: 16 Divan van den Berg, 17 Johan van Niekerk, 18 Francois Esterhuizen, 19 Theo Potgieter, 20 Janco Saunders, 21 Ryno Trichardt, 22 Kyle Rossi, 23 Hanno Jordaan, 24 Reck Maré, 25 Cameron Graham.

Lydenburg: 15 Tristen Badenhorst, 14 Vian Grace, 13 Duncan van Vuuren, 12 JJ Bietjie, 11 Danie Prinsloo, 10 Brady Theron, 9 Jeandré Combrink, 8 Marnus Meyer, 7 Hannes Opperman, 6 Gert Burger, 5 Zandré Volschenk, 4 Hein van Zyl, 3 Cornu Cross, 2 Johan Reynecke, 1 Hannes Cronjé. Plaasvervangers: 16 JC Beetge, 17 Samkelo Luthuli, 18 Jacques Botes, 19 Conference Mokoena, 20 Roelof Oelofse, 21 Karel Buitendach, 22 Duncan van der Walt, 23 Hein Steyn, 24 Duan Rossouw, 25 Maverick Dwyer.

Results 

Paul Roos Gimnasium 56,  Swartland 0
Paul Roos Gimnasium 67,  Windhoek Gimnasium 7
Paul Roos Gimnasium 67,  Hilton College 6
Paul Roos Gimnasium 14,  Monument 11
Paul Roos Gimnasium 17,  Affies 24
Paul Roos Gimnasium 36,  Grey High School 21
Paul Roos Gimnasium 24,  Paarl Gimnasium 28
Paul Roos Gimnasium 43,  Rondebosch Boys’ High 27
Paul Roos Gimnasium 31,  HTS Middelburg 12
Paul Roos Gimnasium 32,  Menlopark 5
Paul Roos Gimnasium 34,  Stellenberg 8
Paul Roos Gimnasium 20,  Oakdale Landbou 23
Paul Roos Gimnasium   3,  Paarl Boys’ High 28
Paul Roos Gimnasium 38,  SACS 34
Paul Roos Gimnasium 50,  Wynberg Boys’ High 5
Paul Roos Gimnasium 42,  Diocesan College 24
Paul Roos Gimnasium 22,  Boland Landbou 32
Paul Roos Gimnasium 32,  Grey College 34

Players: Damian Willemse (captain), Joshua Vermeulen, Lyle Hendriks, David-Ley Moses, Dylan de Villiers, Cameron Dawson, Pieter Nel, Daneel Steinman, Philip van Dyk, Ben-Jason Dixon, Hans Koetsier, Jesse Johnson, Gerado Jaars, Johan Joubert, Aidan Lombard, Tiaan Coetzee, Tristan Leitch, Bruce Coetzee, Cobus Joubert, WJ Smit, Martin Louw. 

Coaches: Stephan Jordaan. 

The first match on the second day of the Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival started with a moment’s silence in honour of Blake Kerdachi, the Grade 11 Thomas More schoolboy who died after collapsing in the plane on their return from a rugby tour to Hong Kong.

The Eastern Cape derby, between Dale College from King Williams Town and Hoerskool Framesby from Port Elizabeth, started with Framesby attacking. It was fullback Riann van Rensburg who was tackled just short of the try-line, but five minutes later he again created the overlap and broke through to dot down, for a 5-0 lead.

Dale then started dominating, quicker to the loose ball, getting across the advantage line and four tries were scored in quick succession. The first and last of the four were by the two centres Sibulele Mbana and Siphamandla Matsinya. A good run by scrumhalf Malwande Zamo led to a try under the posts and flank Kwanda Dimaza, who was prominent in both attack and defence, scored with a bullocking run, breaking a number of tackles. Fullback Aphelele Fassi converted three of these.

It appeared as if Framesby were facing a big defeat but they rallied in the last five minutes of the half to score a try after a lineout, when flank Bernard McDonald scored. The conversion from in front of the uprights went wide, leaving Dale 26-10 in front at the break.

The second half saw both sides having opportunities, but Framesby defence had tightened up and Dale made more mistakes. The last quarter saw Dale again start to dominate. First a long range penalty by Siphosethu Dlongodlongo, followed by a good sniping try, put Dale into a commanding 34-10 lead. Three further tries followed by Dlongodlongo, one of which was converted.

In the final minute Framesby lock Ruben le Roux forced his way over for a try, converted by Van Rensburg, to leave the score 46-17 in favour of Dale.

Scores
Dale: Tries: Mbana, Dimaza, Zano, Matsinya, S Dlongodlongo (3); Conversions: S Dlongodlongo. Fassi (3); Penalties: Dlongodlongo
Framesby: Tries: Van Rensburg, McDonald, Le Roux; Conversion: Van Rensburg

The second match of the morning was a frenetic game with evenly matched forwards giving their all and some huge tackles preventing more than just two tries.

Glenwood put early pressure on HTS Middelburg. Stout defence kept Glenwood from scoring as forwards matched forwards. When the ball emerged from a ruck it was passed out to centre Seun Maduna who drove through a tackle to score. The conversion by Martin Hotzhausen was successful, to give Glenwood a 7-0 lead.

Middelburg did not lie down and they came back, but it was again good defence by Glenwood which kept the Durban side in the lead. Neither side could get across the line, leaving the half-time score 7-0 to Glenwood.

The intensity of the clashes continued in the second half and it was only penalties that added to the score-line for 25 minutes of the second half. One penalty by Holzhausen and two by Ryan Cloete, after each had missed one, left Glenwood narrowly in the lead.

Just three minutes from the final whistle Glenwood’s centre Holtzhausen managed to crawl over for a try which he converted for a 17-6 win.

Scores

Glenwood: Tries: Maduna, Holtzhausen; Conversions: Holtzhausen (2); Penalties: Holtzhausen (2) HTS Middelburg: Penalties: Cloete (2)