Posts Tagged ‘school rugby’

• Ithembelihle Crowned Best Rugby Team for 2012 at SA Sports Awards

  Nov 26, 12 • 160 Views • General News, School, School Profiles • admin • No Comments

  The rugby team from Ithembelihle Comprehensive School in Port Elizabeth received the “Best School Rugby Team of the Year” award at the 2012 SA Sports Awards and proved that hard work pays off. According to team couch Theo Pieterse, the team was...

  

• Investec International Rugby Academy

  Nov 21, 12 • 136 Views • General News, International, School, South Africa • admin • No Comments

  Background Since the onset of rugby’s professional era, the business of rugby has become more than a passion or a pastime. It’s become, for many, a career. Those who display the necessary skills achieve the highest honours. In addition, the game itself...

  

• SARU confirm SA Sevens Under-17 training group

  Oct 24, 12 • 289 Views • General News, International, School • admin • 10 Comments

  The South African Rugby Union (SARU) has named 20 players to attend the second SA Sevens Under-17 training camp in preparation for the team’s participation at the Australian Youth Olympics in January in Sydney. The initial squad of 32 players was trimmed...

  

• Grootvlei Sport Academy Rugby Clinic and Tournament 2013

  Oct 18, 12 • 210 Views • School • admin • 7 Comments

  Grootvlei Sport Academy is proud to invite your school to attend our clinic and tournament in 2013. Richard Bands, former Blue Bulls and Springbok player will again be handling the forwards coaching. He will be assisting players and coaches regarding...

  

• Revamped SARU U16 High Performance Camp concludes

  Oct 9, 12 • 151 Views • National, School • admin • 6 Comments

  Fifty of the best young rugby players in South Africa concluded an intense week of elite coaching in Paarl on Saturday, starting their pathway to becoming fully fledged professional rugby players. The Under-16 High Performance camp, organised by the High...

  

• 20 Years later, the Boys are Men – SA Schools vs Springboks

  Aug 28, 12 • 260 Views • General News, International, National, School • admin • 3 Comments

  It’s a well known fact that our sons are getting bigger by the day, just how much they’re growing is staggering. Here’s an interesting comparison sent to us by an unknown source. It’s a comparison between the 1992 Springboks and twenty...

  

• SARU name next intake for U16 High Performance Programme & Squad

  Aug 24, 12 • 830 Views • SA Schools Team, School • nelio@15.co.za • 14 Comments

  SARU name next intake for U16 High Performance Programme Powerful centre Jan Serfontein, a 2012 Junior World Championship winner with the SA Under-20 team and the current IRB Junior Player of the Year, this year became one the first players to graduate from...

  

• England u18 Schools team have been announced to take on South African u18 Schools

  Aug 17, 12 • 149 Views • International, Junior Rugby • nelio@15.co.za • No Comments

  England u18 Schools team have been announced to take on South African u18 Schools team in Cape Town on Saturday 18 August 2012 at 12:45am (BST) at the University of Western Cape (UWC). England u18 team 1 Danny Hobbs-Awoyemi (Moulton College –...

  

• Pollard inspires SA Schools to victory over Wales U18

  Aug 15, 12 • 155 Views • International, Junior Rugby, SA Schools Team, School, South Africa U18 • admin • No Comments

  The SA Schools rugby team won their second match of the Under-18 International Series by 24-16 against a lively Welsh team at Outeniqua Park in George on Tuesday evening after leading 15-0 at halftime. The winning margin should have been much bigger but the...

  

• UWC to host SA Schools international

  Aug 6, 12 • 73 Views • General News, International, SA Schools Team, School, School Rugby Fixtures • admin • No Comments

  The University of the Western Cape (UWC) will host the final two fixtures of the Under-18 International Series on Saturday 18 August featuring South Africa’s best schoolboy rugby players against their counterparts from England, Wales and France, SARU...

  

• SA Schools trials squad named

  Jul 14, 12 • 332 Views • SA Schools Team, School • admin • 3 Comments

  The Blue Bulls had the majority of their squad called up for the SA Schools trials later this month, which was announced at the conclusion of the Coca-Cola Under-18 Craven Week in Port Elizabeth. Following a joint decision by the South African Rugby Union...

  

• Lions win arm-wrestle, EP unbeaten at Coca-Cola U18 Craven Week

  Jul 11, 12 • 109 Views • Craven Week, Craven Week Results, General News, National, School • admin • No Comments

  The Lions remained unbeaten after Day 3 of the Coca-Cola Under-18 Craven Week in Port Elizabeth after tries from two of their front-rankers gave the Gautengers a hard-fought 17-8 win over KZN in the day’s main match at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium....

  

• Blue Bulls too good for WP at Coca-Cola U18 Craven Week

  Jul 10, 12 • 109 Views • Craven Week, Craven Week Results, General News, National, School • admin • No Comments

  THE Blue Bulls raised the bar on the second day of the Coca-Cola Under-18 Craven Week at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth when they scored 21 unanswered second-half points to beat Western Province 47-27 in the day’s main match. The Bulls...

  

• Big wins for EP, KZN at Coca-Cola U18 Craven Week

  Jul 9, 12 • 102 Views • Craven Week, Craven Week Fixtures, Craven Week Results, General News, National, School • admin • No Comments

  Hosts Eastern Province kicked off with a resounding win, but it was the performance of KZN that dominated talk on the opening day of the Coca-Cola Under-18 Craven Week at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth. Playing in the main curtain-raiser,...

  

• SA High Performance unit to attend Craven Week

  Jul 6, 12 • 58 Views • Craven Week, General News, National, School • admin • No Comments

  The High Performance Department of SARU will be attending the 2012 Coca-Cola Under-18 Craven Week in Port Elizabeth from July 9-13 and present numerous workshops that will benefit the participating coaches and players. SARU High Performance Manager, Rassie...

  

• Confirmation of the announcement of the SA Schools team

  Jul 6, 12 • 104 Views • Craven Week, General News, International, National, School • admin • No Comments

  SARU and the SA Schools Rugby Association have confirmed that the SA Schools team will not be named after the conclusion of the annual Coca-Cola Under-18 Craven Week, which will be staged from 9 to 14 July in Port Elizabeth. According to SARU’s Nico...

  

• Close results highlight of day two Academy Week action

  Jul 3, 12 • 111 Views • Craven Week, General News, National, School • admin • No Comments

  Results that were in doubt till the last play of the match highlighted action at day two of the Coca-Cola Academy Week for Under-18’s, played at the picturesque Boland Stadium in Wellington on Tuesday. A number of matches were won or lost in the dying...

  

• Western Province too good for Blue Bulls at Coca-Cola U16 Grant Khomo Week

  Jul 3, 12 • 125 Views • Craven Week Results, General News, National, School • admin • No Comments

  Western Province sent out a clear message that they are the team to beat at this year’s Coca-Cola Under16 Grant Khomo Week in Johannesburg when they ran out comfortable 36-5 (halftime 15-5) winners over the Blue Bulls in the main match on day two. There...

  

• Greatness beckons at Under-18 Coca-Cola Craven Week

  Jun 28, 12 • 69 Views • Craven Week, General News, National, School • admin • No Comments

  It may just be lucky timing, but no co-incidence that Jan Serfontein, the IRB Junior Player of the Year 2012 at the recent IRB Junior World Championship in Cape Town, was playing in the Under-18 Coca-Cola Craven Week a just year ago. Lightning also struck...

  

• Sanix World Rugby Youth Tournament Latest Results

  May 3, 12 • 185 Views • International, National, School, School Leagues, School Rugby Fixtures, School Rugby Results • admin • No Comments

  TOKAI UNIVERSITY GYOSEI HIGH SCHOOL (Japan) 25 vs HIGASHI FUKUOKA HIGH SCHOOL 24 Full-time (Cup 1/4 Finals)     TRURO COLLEGE (England) 27 vs JOSHO GAKUEN HIGH SCHOOL (Japan) 21 Full-time (Cup 1/4 Finals)     KELSTON BOYS HIGH SCHOOL (New...

  

• A Scouts Perspective – Grey PE Festival

  Mar 29, 12 • 151 Views • School, School Rugby Festivals • admin • 3 Comments

  Andre Tredoux – It’s with a great anticipation that 40 rugby teams headed to the Powerade Grey PE Rugby Festival in Port Elizabeth this past weekend. With many of South Africa’s top rugby schools in action it also brought agents, scouts, girlfriends...

  

• Sarel Cilliers High School Rugby Day Fixtures

  Mar 6, 12 • 93 Views • School, School Rugby Festivals, School Rugby Fixtures • nelio@15.co.za • 1 Comment

  Sarel Cilliers High School Rugby Day 08:00 Anker vs Vryheid Landbou 09:10 Ladysmith H/S vs Amamzimtoti H/S 10:20 Newcastle H/S vs Estcourt H/S 11:30 Witteberg vs George Campbell H/S 13:10 Vrede H/S vs Dundee H/S 14:20 Sarel Cilliers H/S vs Birchleigh ...

  

• The Wildeklawer Super Schools 2012 Fixtures & Results

  Dec 13, 11 • 274 Views • School, School Rugby Festivals, School Rugby Fixtures • admin • 13 Comments

  Morgan Piek – Quickly becoming one of the top fixtures on the South African schools rugby calendar, The Wildeklawer Super Schools Festival 2012 promises to deliver the goods once again. After the hugely successful tournament hosted earlier this early in...

  

• SARU announce names of South Africa u16 High Performance Squad

  Sep 14, 11 • 298 Views • National, SA Schools Team, School • James Loretz • 8 Comments

  Fifty of South Africa’s best Under-16 rugby players have been selected to attend a High Performance Camp in Cape Town early next month, where they will benefit from interaction with some of the best coaches and other sport experts in the country. The South...

  

• South Africa u18 Sevens Blitzbokkies team clinch Silver in Commonwealth Youth Games

  Sep 12, 11 • 77 Views • International, School, School Rugby Results, Sevens World Series • Johan Jonck • No Comments

  South Africa’s U18 Sevens team won the silver medal at the Commonwealth Youth Games in the Isle of Man on Sunday after losing to England in the final.   There was a huge improvement in performance from Vuyo Zangqa’s boys on day two....