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1	09/03/2019	SACS	19	Bellville	5		Match Info
2	12/03/2019	SACS	25	Stellenberg	10		Match Info
3	16/03/2019	SACS	13	St Andrews’s	27		Match Info
4	26/03/2019	SACS	43	Zambezi Steelers	24		Match Info
5	29/03/2019	SACS	15	World Schools XV	25		Match Info
6	06/04/2019	SACS	24	Durbanville	33		Match Info
7	18/04/2019	SACS	20	Kingswood	10		Match Info
8	20/04/2019	SACS	–	St Stithians	–		Match Info
9	22/04/2019	SACS	34	Prince Edward (Zim)	14		Match Info
10	27/04/2019	SACS	43	DF Malan	5		Match Info
11	04/05/2019	SACS	21	Diocesan College	39		Match Info
12	11/05/2019	SACS	33	Brackenfell	15		Match Info
13	18/05/2019	SACS	8	Rondeboch Boys’ High	27		Match Info
14	25/05/2019	SACS	19	Paarl Gimnasium	41		Match Info
15	01/06/2019	SACS	20	Wynberg Boys’ High	6		Match Info
16	04/07/2019	SACS	36	Tygerberg	0		Match Info
17	13/07/2019	SACS	17	Boland Landbou	20		Match Info
18	20/07/2019	SACS	14	Paul Roos Gimnasium	42		Match Info
19	27/07/2019	SACS	17	Diocesan College	47		Match Info
20	03/08/2019	SACS		Rondeboch Boys’ High			Match Info
21	17/08/2019	SACS		Wynberg Boys’ High			Match Info

Players: Thomas Doyle, Nicholas Haasbroek, Alistair Kretzschmar, Nic Boden, Robin Aspeling, Cameron Abegglen, Josh Whittingdale, Hlumelo Ntweni, Ian Paterson, Duran Koevert, Neal Lategan, Rihaz Fredericks, Matthew Hayes, Brent van Niekerk, Jordan Thomas, Kyle Kreymborg, Enos Ndiao. 

• Ian Paterson is the son of former Western Province hooker Andrew Paterson. 

Results 

1		Fichardtpark		AHS Kroonstad		Fichardtpark Sportdag	Match Info
2		Fichardtpark	15	Noord-Kaap	10	Welkom/Wesgrow	Match Info
3	15/03/2019	Fichardtpark	14	Hentie Cilliers	19		Match Info
4	18/03/2019	Fichardtpark	20	Hans Moore	7		Match Info
5		Fichardtpark	6	Sentraal	15	Wesgrow	Match Info
6		Fichardtpark	24	Witteberg	31	Wesgrow	Match Info
7		Fichardtpark		Jim Fouché			Match Info
8		Fichardtpark		Louis Botha			Match Info
9	11/05/2019	Fichardtpark	33	Landboudal	41	Jacobsdal	Match Info
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14		Fichardtpark					Match Info
15		Fichardtpark					Match Info

Players: Reagan Maartens, Reno Kok, Francois Bester,  

Die Vrystaatse keurders kon slegs vyf spelers in sy uitsoekgroep vir die Cravenweek van 2019 insluit wat al aan die gesogte toernooi deelgeneem het. Die 56ste Cravenweek word vanjaar deur die Vrystaat vanaf 1 tot 6 Julie op Grey-kollege se velde in Bloemfontein aangebied.

Die vyftal is Jan-Hendrik Wessels (stut), Ian Small-Smith (senter), André-Hugo Venter (haker), Nhlanhla Senoamadi (flank) en FC du Plessis (losskakel). Laasgenoemde het verlede jaar tydens die toernooi in die Paarl die Griffons as heelagter verteenwoordig. ‘n Slag vir die keurders is die feit dat die slot Danwich Beukes wat verlede jaar ook lid van die span was weens ‘n skouerbesering nie verkiesbaar is nie.

Venter is die seun van die gewese Bok-flank en ysterman, André Venter, wat in 66 toetse vir Suid-Afrika uitgedraf het. Small-Smith se broer William het as buitesenter die Vrystaatse Cravenweek-span in 2010 aangevoer. Hy het ook daardie jaar die SA Skole-span aangevoer. William speel deesdae vir die Vrystaat-Cheetahs se seniorspan.

Hul vader, Ian Small-Smith, was ‘n nasionale jeugrekord-houer in die 400m. Sy beste tyd van 45.77 is eers in 1994 deur Riaan Dempers (45.15). oortref.

Die Vrystaatse keurders onder leiding van die sameroeper, Roelf Meyer, moet nog twee spelers sny voor die finale span aangekondig sal word. As daar na die samestelling van die groep gekyk word sal daar ‘n losvoorspeler en stut moet afskuif en ‘n tuiste in die Akademie-span moet vind.

Giovanni Rayners (Jim Fouché) en Brentonio Scheepers (Louis Botha) sal na verwagting sake uitspook om die losvoorspeler-posisie op die bank.

Daar is drie voorrymanne op die plaasvervangersbank – Mamelo Letsoalo (Louis Botha), Petrus Naudé (Grey-kollege) en Wessels. Laasgenoemde is een van die Vrystaters se sleutelspelers en sal nie sommer die toernooi misloop nie. Dit sal beteken dat die keuse vir die keurders dalk tussen Tielman Nieuwoudt en Naudé vir ‘n plek in die finale groep sal lê.

Die Vrystaat kom Saterdag in die HP Pelotona-stadion in Welkom teen Griekwas se Stedelike Akademie-span te staan. Die Griffons se Cravenweek-span kom in die hoofwedstryd van die Bondedag teen sy eweknie van Griekwas te staan.

Buiten die vyf spelers met Cravenweek-ervaring is daar sewe spelers in die groep wat lede van die Vrystaat se Grant Khomo-span (o.16) was, wat verlede jaar vir die eerste keer ooit daarin kon slaag om as nie-amptelike kampioen gekroon te word. Hulle is Olivier, Nieuwoudt, Nabo Sokoyi, Sisonke Vumazonke, Katleho Chabanyane, Ricardo Fourie and Kian Fransman.

Die Vrystaters word vanjaar deur Adolf Swiegers en Bobby Joubert gebrei, met Jimmy Jimlongwe wat weer in sy pos as spanbestuurder sal wees.

Drie spelers wat nie een van die verteenwoordigende spanne gehaal het nie, waaroor ywerige skolerugby-ondersteunders sal wonder – Marcell Muller (vleuel), Joubert Schoeman (veelsydige agterspeler) en Janco Cloete (flank) het nie tydens die proewe opgedaag nie.

Die spanne is: 

Cravenweek: 15 Sonwabo Sokoyi (Grey-kollege), 14 Katleho Chabanyane (Grey-kollege), 13 Ian Small-Smith (Grey-kollege), 12 Lesley Botha (Grey-kollege), 11 Pascal Ekeji (Grey-kollege), 10 FC du Plessis (Grey-kollege), 9 Juan-Dee Olivier (Grey-kollege), 8 George Cronjé (Grey-kollege), 7 Sisonke Vumazonke (Grey-kollege), 6 Deon le Roux (Grey-kollege), 5 Tiaan Jonker (Grey-kollege), 4 Monwabisi Khani (Louis Botha), 3 Tielman Nieuwoudt (Grey-kollege), 2 André-Hugo Venter (Grey-kollege), 1 Mamello Mochaliba (Jim Fouché). Plaasvervangers: 16 Ricardo Fourie (Grey-kollege), 17 Mamelo Letsoalo (Louis Botha), 18 Petrus Naudé (Grey-kollege), 19 Giovanni Rayners (Jim Fouché), 20 Brentonio Scheepers (Louis Botha), 21 Elmar Lintnaar (Louis Botha), 22 Kian Fransman (Grey-kollege), 23 Oleratho Letsholo (Louis Botha), 24 Jan-Hendrik Wessels (Grey-kollege), 25 Nhlanhla Senoamadi (Louis Botha).

Akademie-week: 15 Elrich Isaacs (Louis Botha), 14 Ntsebe Lechesa (Sentraal), 13 Zane Bester (Jim Fouché), 12 Franco Knoetze (Grey-kollege), 11 L Thakoli (Louis Botha), 10 Francois van Rooyen (Sentraal), 9 Ryan George (Jim Fouché), 8 Janko Kachelhoffer (Sentraal), 7 Duan Ludick (Grey-kollege), 6 B Manyala (Grey-kollege), 5 H Kramer (Grey-kollege), 4 T Mbikayi (Grey-kollege), 3 Chris de Wet (Grey-kollege), 2 N Hector (Louis Botha), 1 Thato Lecoko (Jim Fouché ). Plaasvervangers: 16 Handré Hayes (Jim Fouché), 17 Deon Duvenhage (Sentraal), 18 O Goitsemodimo (Louis Botha), 19 T Ketsise (Louis Botha), 20 J Kemp (Grey-kollege), 21 Tiaan Fourie (Grey-kollege), 22 Ruwaldo Maurice (Jim Fouché), 23 A Bengell (Louis Botha).

Vrystaat o.17: 15 Jose Stewart (Louis Botha), 14 Ethan Liberty (Grey-kollege), 13 H du Preez (Sentraal), 12 A Bothma (Grey-kollege), 11 KB Mashale (Jim Fouché), 10 Davin Groenewald (Fichardtpark), 9 Morkel Terblanché (Fichardtpark), 8 MC Barnard (Grey-kollege), 7 Erhard Postumus (Sentraal), 6 Pieter Koekemoer (Jim Fouché), 5 CJ Steenkamp (Grey-kollege), 4 Frans Noë Erasmus (Sentraal), 3 Connie Campher (Grey-kollege), 2 Johan Bothma (Sentraal), 1 Jaco Terry (Fichardtpark). Plaasvervangers: 16 M Hechter (Sentraal), 17 D Theron (Grey-kollege), 18 D Opperman (Grey-kollege), 19 P van der Merwe (Sentraal), 20 C Grobbelaar (Sentraal), 21 SP van Heerden (Grey-kollege), 22 AJ Botha (Jim Fouché), 23 Jeff Parota (Fichardtpark), 24 Danie Louw (Grey-kollege), 26 Matthew Kitching (Fichardtpark), 27 Zandro Smit (Fichardtpark).

Vrystaat Arende: 15 Pieter Barnard (Fichardtpark), 14 Brandon-Lee Adams (Louis Botha), 13 Zacharry Bester (Jim Fouché), 12 Reno Kok (Fichardtpark), 11 Tony Augus (Sentraal), 10 B van Straaten (Grey-kollege), 9 J Nel (Grey-kollege), 8 Francois Bester (Fichardtpark), 7 Rudi Lambrechts (Jim Fouché), 6 Dian Venter (Sentraal), 5 JJ Coetzer (Fichardtpark), 4 Wessel Mulder (Jim Fouché), 3 K Mofokeng (Louis Botha), 2 Francois Boonzaaier (Louis Botha), 1 Janco van Zyl (Fichardtpark). Plaasvervangers:16 Clement Roodt (Fichardtpark), 17 Diaan Hattingh (Grey-kollege), 18 Chad Eyebers (Louis Botha), 19 Nicholas du Buisson (Fichardtpark), 20 JT van der Walt (Fichardtpark), 21 K du Plessis (Fichardtpark), 22 Elrich Jacobs (Jim Fouché), 23 Giovanne Venter (Sentraal), 24 Michael Bekker (Jim Fouché), 25 Duncan Watkins (Jim Fouché), 26 Christiaan Jonker (Fichardtpark), 27 Reagan Maartens (Fichardtpark), 28 R van Niekerk (Sentraal), 29 Kotie Harrold (Sentraal), 30 Jeff Parota (Fichardtpark).  

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It will be ladies’ first as SA Rugby’s annual Youth Weeks series – where close to 3000 players will showcase their skills in six tournaments across four venues around the country – kick off next month with the U16 and U18 Girls Week tournaments in Johannesburg.

The fixtures for the two Girls Weeks, as well as the Learners with Special Education Needs (LSEN) Week – which will trigger a thrilling three-week spectacle of junior rugby – were announced by SA Rugby on Wednesday.

The two Girls Weeks will run concurrently at Jeppe High School in Johannesburg, from Monday 17 to Friday 21 June, while the LSEN Week takes place at Sentraal High School in Bloemfontein, from 17 to 20 June.

These weeks will be followed by the U13 SA Rugby Craven Week and U16 SA Rugby Grant Khomo Week a week later at Rob Ferreira High School in White River.

The final week of the popular school rugby showcase will see the top Under-18 players in the country take to the field at Grey College in Bloemfontein in the flagship event, the U18 SA Rugby Craven Week, and the SA Rugby Academy Week, which will play out from Monday 1 to Saturday 6 July.

This year will be the second that the U16 and U18 SA Rugby Girls Weeks will be hosted at Jeppe High School, with the Leopards and Pumas (A-field), and Griquas and Limpopo (B-field) facing off in the opening games of the U16 tournament on Monday, 17 June.

The day’s play will feature a handful of gripping clashes, with the Golden Lions and Griffons going head-to-head, and 2018’s top team, the KwaZulu-Natal will meet Eastern Province in what promises to be another humdinger after a close battle in the grand finale of last year’s competition. 

In the U18 SA Rugby Girls Week, which begins on Tuesday 18 June, Griquas and the Blue Bulls (A-field), and Border and Limpopo (B-field) will have the honours of getting the action underway in their age group.

Western Province will meet Eastern Province in a repeat of last year’s final match, while hosts, the Golden Lions, will go up against the Griffons in a repeat of the U16 match, and KwaZulu-Natal will take on Zimbabwe in the closing game of the day.

The action will continue throughout the week, with the U16 teams battling it out on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and the U16 teams on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

Similarly to their male counterparts, the top teams in each age group will be drawn in the final match of the respective tournaments where they will battle it out for top honours. 

U16 SA Rugby Girls Week fixtures:

Monday, 17 June:

10h00 – Leopards v Pumas (A field)
10h00 – Griquas v Limpopo (B field)
11h15 – Griffons v Golden Lions (A field)
11h15 – Free State v Valke (B field)
12h30 – Boland v Blue Bulls (A field)
12h30 – SWD v Border (B field)
14h25 – Border CD v Western Province (A field)
15h40 – Eastern Province v KwaZulu-Natal (A field) 

SA Rugby U18 Girls Week fixtures:

Tuesday, 18 June:

10h00 – Griquas v Blue Bulls (A field)
10h00 – Border v Limpopo (B field)
11h15 – Free State v Pumas (A field)
11h15 – Golden Lions v Griffons (B field)
12h30 – Boland v Leopards (A field)
12h30 – Border CD v SWD (B field)
14h25 – Eastern Province v Western Province (A field)
15h40 – KwaZulu-Natal v Zimbabwe (A field)

LSEN Week fixtures: 

Monday, 17 June:

09h00 – Valke v Blue Bulls (A field)
09h00 – Griffons v Sharks (B field)
10h20 – Western Province v Eastern Province (A field)
10h20 – Golden Lions EE v Gauteng XV (B field)
11h40 – Boland v SWD (A field)
13h00 – Golden Lions v Leopards (A field)
15h30 – Free State v Pumas (A field)

Issued by SA Rugby Communications

There was not a lot of movement on our rankings this week.  

Paarl Gimnasium recorded an impressive 42-15 victory over Paul Roos Gimnasium which probably helped them to cement their second position on the rankings. Hilton College (18th) proved their strength with a 25-22 victory over Westville Boys’ High (20th).  

Outeniqua’s Kwaggas turned the tables against Oakdale Landbou in their annual clash with a 23-17 victory in George. Monument grabbed a last-gasp 32-29 victory over Garsfontein. Garsies however managed to keep their fourth position, after Monnas slipped a week earlier against Waterkloof. 

Menlopark proved too strong for Waterkloof (55-21), while Helpmekaar managed to take it against EG Jansen (48-37) after a surge in the second half. 

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.

These rankings are not an official ranking as there is no official ranking on schoolboy level and this is only to get the discussion on school rugby on South Africa flowing. We however take our responsibility on reporting school rugby very seriously. 

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@rugby.supersportschools.com – and please feel free to discuss and differ from us in the comments section. 

The Rankings: 

 

 

#	School	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points F	Points A
1	Grey College	10	10	0	0	503	187
2	Paarl Gimnasium	9	8	0	1	389	175
3	Paarl Boys’ High	8	6	1	1	311	142
4	Garsfontein	9	7	0	2	360	235
5	Rondebosch Boys’ High	10	9	0	1	345	142
6	Monument	9	6	0	3	332	274
7	King Edward VII	8	6	1	1	326	238
8	Selborne College	11	9	0	2	301	181
9	Framesby	13	11	1	1	543	208
10	St Andrew’s College	12	10	1	1	445	148
11	Diocesan College	5	4	0	1	210	131
12	Stellenberg	11	8	0	3	231	170
13	Glenwood	11	7	0	4	292	267
14	Affies	10	5	0	5	316	308
15	Outeniqua	9	5	0	4	301	194
16	Helpmekaar	11	7	1	3	361	258
17	Welkom Gimnasium	13	9	1	3	509	234
18	Hilton College	8	6	1	1	197	149
19	Grey High School	10	6	2	2	430	167
20	Westville Boys’ High	11	7	0	4	324	227
21	Boland Landbou	10	5	0	5	363	305
22	Brandwag (Uitenhage)	10	9	0	1	327	161
23	Menlopark	9	5	0	4	274	246
24	Duineveld	7	6	0	1	203	149
25	Oakdale Landbou	9	4	0	5	208	232
26	Waterkloof	11	7	0	4	380	325
27	HTS Middelburg	14	8	0	6	394	410
28	HTS Drostdy	11	5	0	6	254	319
29	EG Jansen	9	5	0	4	335	235
30	Noordheuwel	9	6	0	3	233	193
31	Diamantveld	12	7	0	5	362	289
32	Hoërskool Middelburg	12	11	0	1	457	228
33	Noord-Kaap	11	6	0	5	249	303
34	Jeppe High School for Boys’	6	4	0	3	266	203
35	Marais Viljoen	13	8	0	5	368	320
36	Ben Vorster	10	6	0	4	347	287
37	Montana	11	8	0	3	366	247
38	Northwood	10	6	0	4	288	211
39	Kingswood College	12	8	0	4	339	170
40	Maritzburg College	9	6	0	3	225	149
41	Dale College	12	7	1	4	392	222
42	Lichtenburg	12	8	0	4	384	230
43	Pretoria Boys’ High	8	4	0	4	248	195
44	Frikkie Meyer	11	11	0	0
45	Pionier	9	8	0	1	266	145
46	Hoërskool Durbanville	8	4	0	4	263	206
47	Hoërskool Pietersburg	10	10	0	0	417	94
48	Hoërskool Rustenburg	6	2	0	4	211	204
49	Hoërskool Bellville	10	6	0	4	241	234
50	Transvalia	10	1	0	9	162	393