1st XV School Rugby Rankings 2016
South Africa’s latest TOP 30 School Rugby 1st XV Rankings for u18/u19 age group.
Information compiled by Adv. Johan Jonck
Final 2016 Top 20 Ranks (29 August 2016)
| 2016 | P | L | D | |
| 1 | PAARL BOYS HIGH | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | GREY COLLEGE | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | AFRIKAANSE HOËR SEUNSKOOL (PTA) | 15 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | PAARL GIMNASIUM | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | HOERSKOOL MONUMENT | 20 | 4 | 1 |
| 6 | SELBORNE COLLEGE | 18 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | GLENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL | 19 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | DALE COLLEGE | 19 | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | HOËRSKOOL GARSFONTEIN | 17 | 6 | 0 |
| 10 | HOËRSKOOL DR EG JANSEN | 19 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | HOËR LANDBOUSKOOL OAKDALE | 19 | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | HELPMEKAAR KOLLEGE | 19 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | HOËRSKOOL OUTENIQUA | 13 | 5 | 0 |
| 14 | PAUL ROOS GYMNASIUM | 16 | 5 | 0 |
| 15 | BOLAND LANDBOU | 20 | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | GREY HIGH (PE) | 17 | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | HOËRSKOOL NELSPRUIT | 13 | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | JEPPE HIGH SCHOOL | 20 | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | KINGSWOOD COLLEGE | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | WELKOM GIMNASIUM | 19 | 5 | 1 |
2015
Final Top 30 Rankings – 2015
| P | L | D | ||
| 1 | Paarl Boys High | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Paul Roos Gymnasium | 22* | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool (Pta) | 15 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | Grey College | 17 | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | Paarl Gimnasium | 18 | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | Hoërskool Monument | 21* | 5 | 1 |
| 7 | Michaelhouse | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Hoërskool Garsfontein | 17 | 7 | 0 |
| 9 | Hoër Landbouskool Oakdale | 15 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | HTS Middelburg | 19 | 6 | 0 |
| 11 | Selborne College | 21 | 3 | 1 |
| 12 | Grey High School (PE) | 16 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | Hoërskool Dr EG Jansen | 18 | 6 | 0 |
| 14 | Hoërskool Outeniqua | 14 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | Hoërskool Eldoraigne | 16 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | Boland Landbou | 18* | 7 | 0 |
| 17 | Rondebosch Boys High | 25* | 9 | 1 |
| 18 | Bishops | 16 | 6 | 0 |
| 19 | Glenwood High | 22 | 9 | 1 |
| 20 | SACS | 21 | 7 | 0 |
| 21 | Hoërskool Diamantveld | 17 | 5 | 2 |
| 22 | Hoërskool Nelspruit | 16 | 4 | 2 |
| 23 | HTS Louis Botha | 14 | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | Welkom Gymnasium | 15 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | Stellenberg High School | 24* | 4 | 0 |
| 26 | Helpmekaar Kollege | 19 | 5 | 0 |
| 27 | Hoërskool Waterkloof | 16* | 8 | 0 |
| 28 | Hoërskool Noord-Kaap | 14 | 3 | 1 |
| 29 | Potchefstroom Gimnasium | 20 | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | Dale College | 20 | 8 | 0 |
2014
The Final School 1st XV Rugby Rankings for 2014
2013
The Final School 1st XV Rugby Rankings for 2013
| 1 | Afrikaans Hoer Seunskool Pta (Affies) |
| 2 | Paarl Gimnasium |
| 3 | Grey College |
| 4 | Hoërskool Outeniqua (Kwaggas) |
| 5 | Hoërskool Dr EG Jansen (Jansies) |
| 6 | Hoërskool Garsfontein (Garsies) |
| 7 | Hoërskool Nelspruit (Nelies) |
| 8 | Hoërskool Waterkloof (Klofies) |
| 9 | HTS Middelburg (RooiBulle) |
| 10 | Hoërskool Monument (Monnas) |
| 11 | Paarl Boys High School (Boishaai) |
| 12 | Grey High School (PE) |
| 13 | Kearsney College |
| 14 | Glenwood High School |
| 15 | Hoërskool Transvalia |
| 16 | Hoërskool Kempton Park |
| 17 | Hoër Landbouskool Oakdale |
| 18 | Hoerskool Noord-Kaap |
| 19 | Westville Boys High |
| 20 | Pretoria Boys’ High School |
| 21 | Hoërskool Centurion |
| 22 | Hoërskool Menlopark |
| 23 | Jeppe Boys High |
| 24 | Queens College |
| 25 | Paul Roos Gymnasium |
| 26 | Wynberg Boys’ High |
| 27 | HTS Drostdy |
| 28 | Selborne College |
| 29 | Hilton College |
| 30 | HTS Louis Botha |
Where does Pretoria Boys High School rate?
What happened in the City of Roses? It seems that PRG surrendered.
What happened in the City of Roses? It seems that PRG surrendered.
Sorry the 4th side they lost to was Menlopark. The point I was making Selborne plays most of their opposition from outside of EL and I do believe both sides had great seasons if you in the top 20 you have done well.
Bryn Jevon Grey PE did not lose to Oakdale, and only PE opposition is Framesby. However I think 4th or 5th is fair enough for Grey PE. Selborne lost at home to Grey without Grey having 3 of their SA schools players, thus one cannot say they should be above them.
Grey PE lost 4 matches one of which was to Queens College. Selborne played 20 matches of which 5 were against East London schools. Selborne lost 3 matches. If you call wins against Westville, Queens ,Dale, Framesby, Drostdy, St Andrews, draw against Monument as etc and our only losses against Grey Bloem, Grey PE and Affies in my opinion it at least equalled Grey PE`s season. Grey also plays PE schools who might not be as competive as the so called big guns. Grey came unstuck against Waterkloof. EG Jansen , Oakdale and Queens College. In my opinion both these schools had great seasons and have done the Eastern Cape proud as far as school boy rugby is concerned,
A team like Grey Bloem is justifiably ranked 1st, be it as it may only until this weekend when they will surrender their position to Paul Roos Gymnasium after their clash in the City of Roses. However on paper we might not see this change as the people working the calculators at Rugby15 are predominantly Grey Bloem offspring.
Having said all this, I do still have the world of respect for Grey Bloem, and a little banter can always go a long mile, not so?
However, what I struggle to understand is how a school like Garsfontein can feature in the top 5 if they have not even played a team in the top 5, not even to mention Gimmies or Boishaai lying in 9th and 10th respectively. Surely to calculate them into 2nd position on the national school ranking system is somewhat of a long shot?? Look, Garsfontein surely is a strong school, but how would they match up against the big 3 from WC, Grey College in Bloem or even Grey High school in PE?
Selborne College in all honesty should not even make the top 10 as they also have not been measured against top tier opposition.
Anyways, thats just my 10c worth – now for the hate mail to follow…………
thanks for feedback
Kan iemand dalk help? Sover ek weet hetPaarl Boy's High 4 games verloor . Volgens die stats is dit 5 , is dit so ? Ongeag of dit wel 4 is, kom ons los dit 5 uit 27 gespeel . Waterkloof verloor 4 uit 15. Byna n derde van hul seisoen . Waterkloof le 7de en HJS 10de. Maak dit sin? Ek kan nie dink dis omdat Waterkloof beter/moeiliker opponente sou gespeel het, wat hul wenne swaarder kan laat weeg en sodoende vir hul n beter posisie regverdig nie. LW : dit gaan nie hier oor of HJS of Wterklf beter of swakker is nie, dit gaan hieroor die meriete van die log. Kan iemand my dalk touwys maak waar ek die plot verloor ?
GREY PE beat Grey Bloem and Selborne, but Selborne is ahead of Grey PE because the beat Hudson etc?
check the nr next to Grey PE was 5, we just copy each one over from database and place in wrong order but was numbered correctly
lmimp
Did anyone notice how the ranking goes "1,2,3,4,,8,7,6,5", whats that about? Grey is 5th?
Can someone explain how these rankings are calculated. Some teams has played more games than others ( Paarl Boys High ) as an example. Other teams played far less games but they are ranked above the teams playing more games and losing 1 game more than the others. This does not make sense. Please explain how these rankings are done then we will all understand.
Please explain to how do Selborne get ranked 5th ??????????????????? they have not beaten 1 good school this year and most of their games have been against local teams who are pretty weak to say the LEAST ?????
David Kalis, ek antwoord jou in MY taal – AFRIKAANS – hoewel ek JOU taal baie vlot kan praat en skryf! Jy klink na n regte klein suur en dan speel jy tale teen mekaar af om jou argument te probeer regverdig! Gaan lewer liewer kommentaar oor gholf, veerpyltjies en rolbal! Jy is heel duidelik nie objektief genoeg om hier oor skole-rugby te gesels nie!
What I don't understand, is why Wynberg Boys', the second oldest school in South Africa isn't regarded as a Premier School for Rugby? Also, why are there no Wynberg Boys' in any of the Craven Week Teams, yet there are Bishops' and SACS' boys? I think way too much focus is put on Afrikaans Schools when it comes to Provincial Selections! Afrikaans is a dying culture and Afrikaans kids were not better in their positions than English speaking kids when I was at school and still aren't today! I will give you a classic example of this from my day, by asking why Corne Krige was chosen over Jake Boer? Same age, same position… Jake was much better than Corne, yet Province selected and played Corne not Jake??? Something must be done at SARU, because when this happens, we get guys like Bakkies Botha in the teams, yet they don't know how to control their tempers and get carded, costing our national team and our country embarrassment through losses as a result of playing a man short. SARU must re-access their selection teams, maybe by putting less Afrikaaners in their selection committees. Wake Up SARU, this is the New South Africa and Afrikaaners are long since been the only culture that can play rugby. In South Africa, English speaking kids play rugby just as well; and more often than not, they actually play it with more talent and intellect than Afrikaans kids!
Good to see Wynberg in the top 15!
Watched the Affies / KES match yesterday, Affies / Grey College (Bloem) last week and Grey College (PE) / Paarl Roos a few weeks back – amazing stuff. These kids are big, strong and talented. It's a pity that their natural instinctive talent is so often coached out of them in SA.
You meant Grey High PE? because Grey College is the one in Bloemfontein, Grey High School (PE) is the one in Port ELizabeth that played PRG earlier this year
How they won Pieter?
Well done Nelspruit!
Last year I made comment on Twitter, correcting Rugby15 or School Rugby about a fact they got wrong during the Craven Week. After that Rugby15 deleted my comment & blocked me from all their Twitter accounts & to this day I still don't know what I did or said wrong. Most sites would just say something like "thank you for your comment, we corrected it" or whatever. I am or used to be (as I can't anymore) a big supporter of the site & used to follow everything & also give interesting facts about things they might not know especially as I'm a big supporter of school rugby & I'm also aiming towards being a sports journalist. Currently doing Honours. Yet, I'm clueless as to why I was blocked. Is this a tendency?
yes we block negativity, we dont publish negative articles like e.g. poaching of players etc…
unfortunately thats our policy & cater for those that accepts our conditions & enjoy positivity
I can arrange for unblock, send me your twitter handle and facebook url
Peter Betts this 2013 comments
But lost heavily to St Andrews who is not on the list and THUMPED Hilton who are on the list …its a mess up
Affies was onoorwonne al het hulle gesukkel teen waterkloof het hulle gewen, waar Gim gelykop gespeel het teen Oakdale as ek dit reg het..
Very not cool
Haha! Send send!
I got a retweet from Ricky Gervais. Ek skrik vir niks. Tell them.
#newsbyrory is onto it.
oh oh…the wrath of the super mom is about to be unleashed!
Ninja mom, activate!!! Chad Momberg, they may need a little advice here!
goeie een Bernadette!
Glenwood!
The draw cost Gimmies dearly because Oakdale rank low at 17th on rank
Apologies, yes Oakdale! My vote remains with Affies.
Apologies, yes Oakdale! My vote remains with Affies.
Geen manier hoe hierdie rankings presies akkuraat kan wees nie. Almal voel altyd hul skool moet beter gerank wees. Die grootter skole word semi benadeel deur die klein skooltjies wat teen plaas skooltjies of iets in die omgewing speel, alles wen, en die wen persentasie deurstuur. Maar nogtans geluk aan Affies!
Jonathan Gerber Oakdale drew to Gimmies 17-17
Jonathan Gerber Oakdale drew to Gimmies 17-17
We're seem to care as we are reading and commenting on the article. When did they draw. Gim played Outeniqua twice and beat them twice.
Drew to Oakdale –
6/8/2013 2:13:39 PM Hoër Landbouskool Oakdale 17 vs Paarl Gimnasium 17
Niels Affies were power, who cares about the rankings anyway? Surely Gim draw to Outeniqua counted against them. having seen both play I think it would have been a massive game, but my money would have been on Affies!
Nelio – dankie vir die laat weet. So jammer dat Gim nie teen Affies op Wildeklawer gespeel het nie – dan hoef daar nie enige bespiegelinge te gewees het nie. Stem nog steeds nie met jou saam oor die Outeniqua & Bloem-Grey ranking nie. feit bly staan – Grey het teen hulle verloor by Kearsney (en dit moes eintlik redelik ver / verder gewees het).
Benhard I hear you, but the overall performance is what we rank, not one game early in year that was won by 2 points. The 2nd loss to Paarl Gim cost them their position, consistency wasnt on par, cross reference e.g. EG Jansen totally dominated Noord-Kaap by 39-12 while Kwaggas struggled along to win eventually 36-23. I take many things in consideration and each week we adjust as teams progress and improve each new week.
Frankel ek het Gim 'n paar keer sien speel vanjaar en daar is by my geen twyfel dat hulle die beste span in die land is nie. Maar soos baie sal se wat weet Momberg van Rugby af?
Kom nou Andre stuur maar vir Andrique Affies toe , maak nie saak wat hulle le bo op die log ! Dan kan Laurel en Hardy steeds saam speel !
Benhard Wiese Just had a look at other ranking systems out there, Out of 7 School Rugby Ranking Systems in SA, 5 had Affies as nr1 & 2 had Gimmies as nr1
Just had a look at other ranking systems out there, Out of 7 School Rugby Ranking Systems in SA, 5 had Affies as nr1 & 2 had Gimmies as nr1
Just had a look at other ranking systems out there, Out of 7 School Rugby Ranking Systems in SA, 5 had Affies as nr1 & 2 had Gimmies as nr1.
Benhard I hear u, but its been up and down both ways, e.g. Affies beat Glenwood 53-23, Gimmies beat Glenwood 40-12 & now because Grey beat Glenwood 68-7 without their 2 SA Schools players doesnt make Grey better than Affies or Gimmies
Ranks unchanged again…. minimum movement since June, Thanks for an awesome 2013 & for all your loyal support
Dit werk mos deesdae so, as dit nie sin maak nie,is dit reg(maak ek sin) haha
Ja ,ja-maar Affies is nog steeds eerste! Ag Benhard ek spot net-jy weet ek worry nie veel oor rugby nie! Lekker dag !
Jaaaaaaaa Marietjie – gaan loer ook na Supersport ens. se "rankings" – gelukkig is daar altyd meer as een opinie! Interessant dat Gim uit sowat 210 graad 11 & 12 seuns in totaal (dus O/18's) vier SA Skole & altesaam 14 provinsiale spelers uit die "klas van 2013 opgelewer het. Statsgewys is dit 2% = SA Skolespelers & 6,7% van al ons seuns = provinsiale spelers. Hoogtepunt vanjaar was egter ons 2de span (met vier 1ste span spelers in) wie vir PE Grey (12de in SA vlg Nelio) gewen het.
Hallo Benhard – geluk met julle tweede plek ! Affie groete.
Jis Benhard ! Moet Gim nie maar game reel nie. Hahahaha. Kom ons reel dat Gim teen Affies op Loftus speel en Grey in Cheethas stadion speel. Ons reel dit maar so deur die matriekafskeid en eindeksamen. Of moet ons die Std 9's laat speel? Wat dink?
Lost against Nico Malan!
Whateva, we all know Gym is the top school this year.
Outeniqua won 8 op your top 20 schools, including Grey Bloem. Grey nr 3 Outeniqua nr 4?
Outeniqua het gister deurgedring na die Burger se finaal met 'n oorwinning van 18-6 teen Marlow in storm reën en wind!
Ranks unchanged again… this is more a less how the year will end…