Boland Landbou and SACS indulge in some pre-Eastern Cape invasion practice The fixtures for the 2013 Cape Schools Rugby Week have been released by Deon Gerber, the head of rugby at Paarl Gymnasium, this year’s host school. The programme sees the cream of schools from across the Eastern and Western Cape converge on northern Paarl from...
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It's over the try-line and into the final trials for Paul Roos no. 9 Herchelle Jantjies The WP schools rugby selectors have announced the three final Under 18 trials teams, which will practice at De Kuilen on Monday 13 and 20 May 2013 and then, after any tweaking necessitated by injury, take on their Boland counterparts...
Men on a mission: The Paul Roos forwards get stuck in against SACS last Saturday (Photo: Gail Barnard) The second great time of reckoning has arrived for the elite of South African schools rugby: the Wildeklawer Challenge to be held at Maritzburg College from Thursday 2 May to Saturday 4 May 2013. Maybe the term “reckoning” is...
Let's get physical ! Clearing a ruck Rondebosch-style After being made to sweat for a large part of the first half, Rondebosch finally sorted out the niggling errors that had been handicapping them to see off impressive visitors Stellenberg 31-16 in their first home match of the season on Saturday 27 April 2013. If this is...
The bogeyman boogie: Warrick Gelant tormenting Boishaai (Photo: Gavin Falck) Their quarterly out-weekend gives the "country" schools some breathing space, but not Paarl Gym, who have the unenviable task of traveling up to George to face mighty Outeniqua on Saturday 27 April.2013 in what will arguably be their toughest assignment of the entire season. Good planning...
Tian Nel comes to the aid of skipper Heinrich Bühr (13) in the match against Wynberg Gary Player once said that the more you practice, the luckier you get. In that case, Boland Landbou must have been putting in 24-hour shifts on the training ground prior to their 37-27 win over Wynberg out at a...
Always near the ball: Gym and 2012 WP Schools no 8 Rikus Bothma lends a hand The Western Province selectors have named four teams plus reserves for what should be the penultimate round of Craven Week trials, which will be held at Bellville High School on Wednesday 24 April 2013. While one would normally assume that...
Fire Alarm! SACS move to close down Landbou's Renier "Vlam" Wepener last Saturday With the Boland schools belatedly joining in, Saturday 20 April 2013 sees an extensive programme of over twenty five games involving the leading sides in the three provincial unions that constitute the Western Cape. The choice clashes are spread far and wide, making...
Oooofff! Boishaai no 9 Paul de Wet runs into a wall named Dian Koen (photo: Poppie Cloete) Outeniqua stunned a very large crowd by lowering hosts Paarl Boys’ High’s colours 45-36 in a pulsating game at Brug Street on Saturday 13 April 2013. The eleven-try spectacle saw action switch from end to end with such frequency one...
Scrumhalf Remu Malan clears a maul for the Quaggas against Grey College at Kearsney (Photo: Dulene van der Merwe) There may already have been upwards of 172 games involving Western Cape schools this year, but the local rugby season proper only opens officially on Saturday 13 April 2013. While there is a full programme in the...
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