York in rampant mood against Emile Weder Once the various teams had come to terms with the swirling wind up at Tygerberg High on the second day of the Tony Stoops Rugby Festival on Saturday 30 March 2013, there was plenty of exciting action about which to enthuse. The main match of the day found...
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Steamrolled ! A Dasse forward gets a taste of Labori leather (Photo: Anzelle Pretorius) The sixth Tony Stoops Rugby Festival kicked off in iffy weather at its new venue, Tygerberg High School in Parow, at noon on Thursday 28 March 2013. The small tent-town of stalls rigged up outside the imposing school building was a constant...
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Rising star Hanro Liebenberg grabs the pill against St Benedict's last April at Wynberg Let’s face it, irrespective of your school’s attitude to sport in general and rugby in particular, the Easter Weekend festivals constitute either a major step up on the ladder to success or a slippery slide down the snake to demoralization. With the sport...
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The Bosvarke close down Struisies centre Luther du Toit (12, hoops) at Porterville A large, appreciative crowd was treated to plenty of rousing early season rugby at the annual OK Grocer Porterville Sports Day on Saturday 23 March 2013, with Paarl Boys’ High having to withstand a superb late rally by Union High of Graaff-Reinet...
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Hmmmm, this Boishaai pack isn't as massive as the pre-season rumours indicated ! As the many Easter festivals loom ever closer aficionados are sitting on the edges of their seats as they watch their teams availing themselves of the various last-minute opportunities afforded them to fine-tune their tactics. On Monday 18 March 2013 the top-tier teams...
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Skipper Shaun-Michael Hale claws possession for Tygerberg Tygerberg managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, surrendering a lead which they had held from the opening minutes, to lose 13-14 against Hugenote in Wellington on Saturday 16 March 2013.in a rather forgettable match. Although the very hot, humid conditions did not help matters in the...
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Boishaai skipper Burger van Niekerk takes it off the top against San Isidro on Monday Hardly any schools, apart from the odd one in the WP Premier A group, can boast that they have recently beaten Tygerberg in two consecutive seasons; making that a hat-trick is virtually unheard of. However, if Hugenote can lower their visitors’...
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Flank Charlie Jonas on the move for Boishaai with Bulle de Villiers in support Paarl Boys’ High withstood a determined late burst by visitors San Isidro from Argentina to run out relatively comfortable 38-20 winners on a blazing hot Paarl summer afternoon at Brug Street on Monday 11 March 2013. Convincing as the score may seem,...
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The Donkeys' pack closes in for some Argy-barging (Photo: Henry Hall) March is here ! Time to get the funny-shaped ball rolling in its maddeningly unpredictable way. Unfortunately appropriate, that phrase, because, just when it looked like everything was going to start off smoothly as per fixture list, the undercarriage started giving the impression that it...
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