The results pretty well went with form throughout the Western Cape with all the favoured teams winning, although in one game the margin was rather surprising and a surprise of sorts was on the cards at half-time in another. In the WP super league Paarl Boys’ High saw off Rondebosch 48-11, Bishops staved off...
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Four sets of big boys and two “towns”, to be precise. Few would argue that the chart-topper sees Paarl Boys’ High visit Rondebosch, but the Mother City also hosts also Bishops against Boland Landbou and SACS vs Paul Roos. Then, up the coast, Oakdale travel to George for their biggie with Outeniqua. There are no...
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Whew, what a weekend down at the southern tip of good ol’ Africa ! Just as locals were digesting Rondebosch’s awesome 34-19 win against Paarl Gym – away from home nogal – news came in of Paarl Boys’ High’s epic 15-15 result against Grey College in the Rose City and Paul Roos’s 12-16 defeat...
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Every year the Reunion Weekend at Dale is the high point of the Kingwilliamstown calendar, the appearance of the 1st XVs of the hosts and archrivals Queens College marking the highlight of the celebrations. This year, on Saturday 21 May at 3:30pm to be exact, this normally riveting occasion has added spice – 2011...
In a cold, overcast Wellington Worcester Gym served notice that their young team is starting to come of age when they came from behind to beat Hugenote 22-19 on Saturday. And with HTS Drostdy being soundly thrashed 34-3 by Oakdale up in Riversdale, the pendulum of power in Boland schools rugby might just be starting...
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The main features of Saturday 14 May were close wins by Paul Roos and Bishops, a surprisingly big victory for Oakdale and turn ups for the books in Wellington, Durbanville and the Strand. Western Province All three super league clashes yielded very close results. At Coetzenburg Paul Roos outlasted Paarl Gym in a five-try kickfest dominated by...
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Paul Roos may be hosting Paarl Gym and SACS may be making the short trip down to Rondebosch, but the WP schools rugby spotlight this Saturday will once again be on Bishops, who, in this time of vulnerability, entertain enigmatic Tygerberg at the Piley Rees field. The Bishops supporters, used to a string of successful...
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Born in Malmesbury to mom Petro and dad Mongezi on 29 May 1992, Julian Swarts started playing rugby at Under 9 level in the loose trio at Laërskool Meiring in nearby Riebeek Kasteel and would dearly have loved to continue in that position throughout his career. However, as he notes wryly, as he grew...
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Lead Donkey Xander Kuys was born on to parents Amanda and Brian on 28 March 1993 in Goodwood. After attending the Laërskool Fanie Theron in Kraaifontein, he naturally went to the local high school, Monument Park, but spent the greater part of his Grade 9 year at Boys’ High in Paarl, where he renewed his...
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In a match both foreshadowed and fuelled by the controversial barring of the two Bishops post-matric locks, Paarl Boys’ High registered what was ultimately a comfortable 28-15 victory in lovely autumn sunshine at the Piley Rees Field on Saturday. Not only did Bishops have to find two second-rowers at short notice, but they also opted for...
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