The stage is set for a dramatic showdown between Outeniqua and Paarl Gym in the Burger Large Schools final in George on Saturday 1 September 2012. The two Paarl giants’ very different fortunes against Drostdy over the last fortnight notwithstanding, Gym fully deserve their nomination as WP’s participants in this annual competition, Boishaai’s interschools defeat putting paid...
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The Coca-Cola Schools of Excellence Programme was launched during a wet but marvelous day of rugby at the Wesbank Grounds in Malmesbury on Saturday 25 August 2012.. The first stage of this programme has involved the identification by SARU of twenty schools in financially-deprived areas of the Western and Eastern Cape who have, despite their circumstances,...
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As if five or so months of fiercely competitive top-level rugby isn’t enough, Paarl Gym still face two very real hurdles in their quest to finish top of the SA Schools rankings this year. The first of these sees them travel through the tunnel to HTS Drostdy on Saturday 25 August 2012. OK, everyone knows that...
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A fairly large crowd was treated to some exhilarating rugby at the WP-Boland Burger semi-finals at Paarl Gym on Wednesday 22 August 2012. Paarl Gym slaughtered battle-weary Hugenote 58-0 in the Large Schools play-off, Augsburg Gym did much the same to a bamboozled Hottentots Holland (55-18) in the Medium Schools clash, while Dirkie Uys eventually prevailed...
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As the season draws to a close, it is time for the enthralling final stages of one competition and for the opening stages of a second. Although its initial stages, if you can call them that, are always shrouded in mystery, the Burger Schools Rugby competition nevertheless enjoys a much-respected place in the local schools game. For...
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In a slick display that cynics might say came two weeks too late Paarl Boys’ High hit peak form to demoralize a despairing HTS Drostdy side 61-18 at Brug Street on Saturday 18 August 2012. The nine-two try margin pretty well illustrates the Strepies’ superiority in a game in which the Worcester lads, although severely outgunned,...
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The two biggest-name fixtures featuring Western Cape schools might be taking place outside the province, but that doesn’t detract in the slightest from a local programme packed with interschools showdowns and southern suburbs derbies. Paul Roos can hardly consider a defeat at Drostdy two weeks ago as ideal preparation for their match against Grey College in Bloemfontein. Not...
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Despite trailing 0-12 after only eight minutes, hosts Wynberg took control to run out comfortable 27-12 winners against Strand at the Hawthornden Field on Wednesday 8 August 2012. Pre-match expectations were that this would be an exciting free-flowing, backline-dominated game, which would have suited the WP Premier B visitors perfectly. Unfortunately their aspirations, fired by early success, were to...
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On a windy but clear afternoon out at Windmeul on Tuesday 7 August 2012 Boland Landbou proved too strong for local rivals Hugenote, recording a comfortable 30-10 victory. Taking full advantage of a steady tailwind, the hosts built up a virtually unassailable 25-7 lead by half-time. Hugenote, on the other hand, laboured to make any use...
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The margin might not have been all that convincing and they were outscored by four tries to three, but Tygerberg ultimately deserved their 22-20 win away to Swartland in Malmesbury on Saturday 4 August 2012. This season has seen the long-suffering Tygers supporters bulk-buying pacemakers, so frequent have been the heart-stopping moments that they have had...
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