* Happy times !* Rondebosch's Jamie King (centre) and Zain Davids (right) trot back to the halfway line after King had scored in the home game against Bishops. (photo: Peter van As) As a new year at the grindstone begins for most adults, schools rugby followers enter that most frustrating of periods, what I have decided...
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*Under pressure !* Dillon Feast (second from right) and Wian von Wielligh (right) man the pumps for Hugenote against Swartland at Interschools 2014. (photo: Lucia Duvenhage) It has become my habit of starting the school year with an overview of all the local top flight 1st XV players who will be hastening our heartbeats. However,...
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* Feathers set to fly in Volstruisvallei festival fun !* Oudtshoorn scrumhalf PJ Smit clears a ruck in the game against Schoonspruit at TSRF 2014. The Struisies will be hosting a North-South festival at the end of April 2015. (photo: Eleanor Muller) The tectonic plates that underlie schools rugby in this country might just be shifting...
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*Cape Schools drop-outs.* Wynberg (in hooped jerseys), pictured playing Swartland at TSRF 2014, have decided to withdraw from all future Cape Schools Rugby Weeks. (photo: Eleanor Muller) The release of the initial draft of the Western Province Premier A and B tier fixtures for 2015 on Thursday 23 October 2015 has led to some...
* In pretty good Nick !* Devastating centre Nico Leonard (in possession) is likely to spearhead the Young Maties' attack in their 150th year. (photo: Inus Grobler) They might not be the oldest school in the country – or even the Western Cape, for that matter – but that is definitely not going to stop Paul...
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* Re-marco-able !* Four years in the Charlie Hofmeyr 1st XV has seen Marco Manus grow in both size and presence - plus he's scored 42 tries ! (photo: Gail Barnard) The word “development” has unfortunately become something of a thinly-disguised euphemism used either to justify the presence of teams comprising players from formerly-disadvantaged communities at elite...
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* Pro's the way to go ! * Paarl Boys' High's Head of Coaching Sean Erasmus (centre) displays the name of the school's new sponsors at a function held in February. With five weeks having passed since the end of the schools rugby season, all those in any way involved have had the opportunity to revel in...
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* Better call for reinforcements !* Augsburg Gym siege-engine prop Deré Carstens takes a Vredendal defender with him on his path of destruction. Looking back at last year’s wrap it is encouraging to note two distinct improvements. Firstly, the rain didn’t spoil things as much as it did last August, during which a whole lot of games...
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* Put him down gently, boys ! * Paul Roos lock Emile Cloete (right) calms things down as Grey College get carried away against the Maroons in August. (photo: Inus Grobler) Just for this part, the order will be reversed in order to build up to some sort of climax. The two Eagles sides qualify comfortably for...
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*Rise, King James !* Rondebosch flank Jamie King (7) soars above a lineout in the final match of the season against Bishops, in which both sides made a mockery of their positions in the lower-half of the WP Premier A table. (photo: Peter van As) Technically, and as their name suggests, this quintet has, for this...
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