Archive: 2012
MAYAN PROPHECIES AND WESTERN CAPE SCHOOLS RUGBY
Will those 2000 years be enough for Sharps to recapture their former glory ? 21 December 2012 is the day the doomsayers would have us believe the world is going to...
read full postENTITLEMENT VERSUS ENDEAVOUR
The green Tygers prepare to maul SACS sideman Luke van der Smit The dust has had around two months to settle. Now here’s a question for you.
read full postTHE 2013 FESTIVAL ROSTER : WHO’S GOING WHERE ?
The Noord-Kaap pack will be hunting some big game in 2013 Want to plan your holidays around some top schoolboy rugby next year ? Well, this article is most definitely required...
read full postNOW LET IT OUT SLOWLY: 2012 IN REVIEW : PART III
Try time for Hugenote against Despatch at TSRF 2012 Boland Maybe it doesn’t look that way on the Team Stats table, but 2012 in the Boland was the Year of the Blackies....
read full postHOLD IT IN: 2012 IN REVIEW : PART II
Deon Taljaard, the player on the left, puts Strand on the front foot WP Premier B league plus SWD It quickly became obvious that Outeniqua were going to be the top team...
read full postTAKE A DEEP BREATH: 2012 IN REVIEW : PART I
The dirtiest game of the year: SACS at home to Wynberg WP Premier A League plus Outeniqua Five and a half months ago the opening salvo in the 2012 Western Cape schools...
read full postZWARTKOP INCIDENT REOPENS AN UGLY WOUND
OK, so where's this scout guy everyone's going on about ? By now the entire schoolboy rugby community has read or heard about the disgraceful incident that occurred at a 1st...
read full postCAN THE QUAGGAS TAKE THE TROPHY ?
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.
read full postCOCA-COLA AND SARU COME UP WITH A WINNER !
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. .
read full postLOTS STILL AT STAKE AS SEASON WINDS DOWN
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...
read full postBURGER SEMIS YIELD A TRYFEST
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.
read full postA TALE OF TWO COMPETITIONS
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.
read full postBOISHAAI FLAIR FLAYS DONKEYS
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...
read full postBOLAND BRACE THEMSELVES FOR THE BULLS
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...
read full postWYNBERG SURVIVE EARLY SCARE
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.
read full postFARMERS SUPPRESS HUGENOTE UPRISING
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.
read full postTYGERS EARN THEIR STRYPES…JUST !
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...
read full postMORE THAN JUST FAURE STREET THIS WEEKEND
Believe it or not, life goes on as usual despite the intense focus on the Boishaai vs Gim clash at Faure Street on Saturday 4 August.
read full postJUST ANOTHER SATURDAY …YEAH, RIGHT !
Never kid yourself that rugby’s just a game.
read full postDEPLETED BLACKIES LEFT STRANDED
WP Premier B outfit Strand added another impressive scalp to their collection when they withstood a late rally by hosts Hugenote to run out 17-13 winners on a beautiful sunny...
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