There’s an old cliché about a match being “a game of two halves”. Well, Monday 30 April was a day of two halves at the Wynberg Rugby Festival: two matches in agreeable if heavily overcast weather, two in driving rain that by the end saw Hawthornden Field largely covered in water. Needless to say, the...
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All four Cape sides recorded comfortable wins over their Gauteng opponents on Saturday 28 April, the first day of the Wynberg Rugby Festival. The relatively clear conditions lent themselves to exhilarating running rugby, the large crowd being richly rewarded with 31 tries. *Rondebosch (13) 37 Helpmekaar (8) 8 * The early game saw both sides start tentatively as...
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What with Wildeklawer and the Wynberg Festival on this weekend, things are pretty quiet down south for the next two weeks. However, if you’re prepared to travel, there are a few other attractions available. On Tuesday 24 April in-form Swartland welcome Durbanville to Malmesbury for their annual clash, with both teams performing well recently. The Rockies thumped...
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A misty early morning finally gave way to pleasant sunshine, a fitting welcome to Paarl Boys’ High for their first home game of 2012. However, the jury is still out as to whether their 24-3 win against Rondebosch was anything like as comfortable as the weather. The home team left the starting blocks in style...
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Just about everybody’s hitting the green stuff this weekend as the first of the dreaded (by schools rugby lovers) long-weekends looms next Friday. The result is that there are plenty of matches down south, although only a handful appear particularly appealing. The fixture that will capture most people’s imagination is the visit of Grey High of...
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The Boland league matches kicked off in earnest this week, the comparative ease with which hosts Swartland disposed of local archrivals Schoonspruit providing the major talking point. Playing under lights – thank heavens, the afternoon temperature was in the early 30s – the Rockies ran up a comprehensive17-0 lead midway through the first period. Firstly battering...
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While Saturday matches are left to individual schools to arrange, all Boland affiliates are also obliged to fulfil a league programme, which involves between five and seven fixtures, depending on the number of participants there are in a particular area. These matches are played midweek throughout the season. In a similar vein, some SWD schools...
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A display of outstanding discipline and cohesion by the Wynberg pack laid the foundation for a well-deserved 18-13 win away to Rondebosch on Saturday 14 April in a match played in typical Western Cape autumn weather: alternating clouds and sunlight, but thankfully no rain until just after the final whistle. The two sides took some to...
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The start of the local Western Cape provinces’ programme on Saturday 14 April is dominated by three very interesting matches. Top billing goes to Paarl Boys’ High’s visit to George to face the mighty Outeniqua. If it’s not enough for two of the province’s superpowers to have to face off with barely a breather after the...
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Although the school’s rugby season down south isn’t even a month old, it’s already pretty clear that the overwhelming strength in the area lies, as usual, out in the winelands. Rondebosch and Wynberg each won all four matches on their tours to Wales in Ireland. Fair enough, but both will need to perform as well...
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