* Can't quite make it out...Yes, it's the tryline !* Gym tighthead Adriaan Geldenhuys scores his side's fifth try against SACS last weekend. (photo: Eduan Hayman) Wow ! It’s very rarely that the fixture list throws up two such big games as the Paarl Interschools and Bishops vs Paul Roos on the same weekend, but isn’t...
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* Welcome back, boytjie !* Gym full-back Grant Hermanus (second from right) relieves the pressure in the game against SACS. (photo: Eduan Hayman) Paarl Gym kept their spectators waiting for a long time before turning a slim 8-3 half-time advantage into a convincing 37-10 win over plucky visitors SACS on a miserable, rainy Saturday 26 July 2014. Predictably...
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* Don't worry, Benna's going nowhere !* Piketberg no.8 Benna van der Westhuizen in muddy action against Cradock at the Swartland Festival. (photo: Gail Barnard) The recent moves, apparently initiated by the learners themselves, of two Selborne College youngsters – one to Paarl Boys’ High, the other to Glenwood – has fuelled passionate debate among schoolboy rugby...
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*One down; anyone else wanna try ?* Mitchell Carstens of Paul Roos had an outstanding Academy Week for Western Province. (photo: Gail Barnard) Many eyes will probably be on the two Paarl schools as they prepare for Interschools next weekend, but the most interesting match sees the best of Western Province, Paul Roos, make the 300...
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* Over to you, guys !* Durbanville centre Riaan Heskwa (centre, white shorts) offloads in their match against Pate's Grammar School on Thursday. (photo: Gail Barnard) The weather on Saturday 19 July 2014, the second day of the Copytype Swartland Winter Sports Festival in Malmesbury might have been considerably better than on the Thursday – one shower,...
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*Sorry, lad, but this bus is full !* Tygerberg skipper Juan Esterhuizen dispatches a Despatch defender in their game at Malmesbury. (photo: Gail Barnard) Neither the driving rain nor a strong wind could prevent Tygerberg and Brackenfell from starting their preparations for their interschools clash in August with impressive victories on Thursday 17 July 2014, the...
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* Good thing I bought airtime !* Boland Landbou and Western Province Academy flyhalf Danrich Visagie (left) contests possession against KZN. (photo: Gail Barnard) It is at this time, year after year, that the chorus of local schools rugby aficionados crying for Western Province to be given extra representation at the annual Craven Week reaches a deafening...
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*Target: Tryline.* Boland Academy and Augsburg Gym centre Jaydrin Kotze on the attack in the game against the Golden Lions. (photo: Gail Barnard) Whatever the latter stages of the Craven Week brings, the last two weeks of age-group tournaments have served to reinforce the all-round supremacy of the Western Province in junior rugby in South...
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* Born to Run*. Bishops and Western Province centre Justin Heunis scythes through the Boishaai defence at the Newlands Schools Day in March. (photo: Peter van As) Every sports fan knows that it is impossible for selectors ever to pick a team that will please everybody, irrespective of the amount of screaming and shouting that takes...
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