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Easter Festivals School boy Rugby Scores Wrap – KZN10
Scores Wrap of all the School Boy Rugby Easter festivals for the KZN10
The Easter weekend has become synonymous with School boy rugby with 4 1st team festivals running concurrently. With the welcome rain making an appearance on Sunday and early Monday it cause a bit of reshuffle of fixtures
Below is a summary of the KZN10 schools overall results for the last weekend.
Michaelhouse
1st and 2nd teams St Stithians festival. Struggled a bit against the boys from eastern Cape
| 1st | 2nd | ||||||||
| Grey High | 7 | ~ | 43 | ||||||
| St Andrews College | 19 | ~ | 40 | ||||||
| St Stithians College | 22 | ~ | 20 | ||||||
| King David High School | 15 | ~ | 25 | ||||||
| St Stithians College 2nd | 31 | ~ | 7 | ||||||
Michaelhouse on the move. (C) St Stithians
U16 Jeppe On Target Media Rugby festival. Got some nice wins against Pretoria Boys and St Andrews College. Unfortnatley Mondays game against Jeppe was called off.
| St Andrews College | 31 | ~ | 20 |
| Pretoria Boys | 14 | ~ | 9 |
U14 Uplands College, White River ISRF. Lost a tight one to St Andrews College.
| St Andrews College | 17 | ~ | 18 |
| Cornwall Hill College | 28 | ~ | 5 |
| Rob Ferreira High School |
31 |
~ |
14 |
Hilton College
U16 Jeppe On Target Media Rugby festival. Produced some dominant displays against Queens College and Jeppe.
| Queens College | 31 | ~ | 3 |
| Jeppe High | 27 | ~ | 10 |
U14 Uplands College, White River ISRF. Convincing wins for the juniors, things are looking good at Hilton.
| St Benedicts College | 46 | ~ | 0 |
| Rob Ferreira High School | 41 | ~ | 10 |
| St Andrews College | 34 | ~ | 0 |
Maritzburg College
1st St Stithians festival. Seem to have found their rhythm this season after a shaky start.
| Parktown Boys High | 31 | ~ | 5 |
| Kingswood College | 38 | ~ | 7 |
College packs down against Parktown. (C) Maritzburg College
St Charles College
St Johns Easter Rugby Festival. A new experience for them as they start building their rugby program.
| Daniel Pienaar | 22 | ~ | 0 |
| Graeme College | 10 | ~ | 19 |
U16 Jeppe On Target Media Rugby festival.
| Parktown | 21 | ~ | 0 |
| St Benedicts | 27 | ~ | 0 |
U14 Uplands College, White River ISRF. Great stuff for the juniors, trust it sets them on an upward path.
| Uplands College | 48 | ~ | 0 |
| St Andrews School Bloem | 40 | ~ | 0 |
| Penryn Colllege | 57 | ~ | 0 |
Kearsney College
Kearsney College Easter rugby festival. Struggled a bit but showed some grit against Framesby.
| Pretoria Boys | 11 | ~ | 27 |
| Framesby High School | 21 | ~ | 26 |
| Welkom-Gim | 8 | ~ |
21 |
U14 Uplands College, White River ISRF. A perfect 3 from 3 for the juniors.
| St Andrews School(Bloem) | 60 | ~ | 0 |
| St Andrews College | 19 | ~ | 10 |
| St Benedicts | 35 | ~ | 7 |
Westville Boys High
KES Rugby Festival. Two from two and in convincing manner.
| Nico Malan | 34 | ~ | 0 |
| Queens College | 50 | ~ | 12 |
U16 Jeppe On Target Media Rugby festival.
| Pretoria Boys | 19 | ~ | 8 |
| St Andrews | 28 | ~ | 5 |
Glenwood
Kearsney College Easter rugby festival. Showed great resolve in the win against EG Jansen, was making inroads against Selborne when the weather turned.
| EG Jansen | 27 | ~ | 26 |
| Selborne College | 10 | ~ | 15 |
| Game called off: weather | |||
| Transvalia | 38 | ~ | 7 |
DHS
Kearsney College Easter rugby festival. A rather torrid weekend for the horseflies, still much work to be done though.
| Transvalia | 12 | ~ | 34 |
| EG Jansen | 12 | ~ | 39 |
| HTS Drosdy | 19 | ~ | 27 |
Clifton College
14 Uplands College, White River ISRF.
| Penryn College | 48 | ~ | 0 |
| Uplands College | 64 | ~ | 12 |
| Cornwall Hill College | 10 | ~ | 19 |
Northwood
KES Rugby Festival.
| Queens College | 31 | ~ | 7 |
| Hentie Cilliers High School | 66 | ~ | 0 |
U16 Jeppe On Target Media Rugby festival.
| KES | 19 | ~ | 22 |
| Presidents XV | 10 | ~ | 14 |
Parktown U15 Festival.
| Jeppe High | 14 | ~ | 17 |
| KES | 36 | ~ | 35 |
Thats all for now, till next time,
Zeke
Monday 22nd April School Rugby Fixtures-Festivals
School Rugby Fixtures for 22nd April
Its been a busy weekend as School rugby utilises the long weekend.
Monday Fixtures:
St Johns College
Coverage on School Sports live
St Stithians festival
Coverage of fixtures via MyComlink
Kearsney Festival
Coverage via School Sports Live
KES Festival
Coverage via KES facebook page
Jeppe U16 Festival
Coverage via On Target media
Uplands College U14 ISRF
Michaelhouse Vs Lydenburg High School
Hilton College Vs St Andrews College
Kearsney College Vs St Benedicts
Clifton College Vs Cornwall Hill College
St Charles College Vs Penryn College
Glenwood-Monument match report, the Goodman show
Herschelle Goodman sets Dixons alight
This was always going to be the greatest test of this Glenwood team so far and it was a test that exposed some weaknesses in the Glenwood armour.
Glenwood have had the better of the recent exchanges with Monnas but this version of “Die Wit Bulle’, as they are often referred to, is a different kettle of fish altogether.
In the past Monnas would always have a pack forwards that could match up with any of the top schools in the country. The one part of their game which has limited their position in the annual rankings was their back line play. Perhaps its been due to the past South African obsession with size and running over the man as opposed to actually playing rugby that this is so.
The result was that their backs would be ponderous and devoid of any imagination whatsoever. They have however over the last 7 years been quite successful with this strategy. The fact that their average ranking over this time has been in the 5-6 range is a testament to the sheer raw talent that is available to them. But as has been demonstrated at the senior levels of our rugby this can only take you so far.
To be successful at the pinnacle of school boy rugby it takes a great set of forwards and a play making flyhalf to get the most out of his back line and keep the defense honest.
Enter Grade 11 learner Herschelle Goodman of Monnas. There had been much discussion amongst the Monument coaching staff as to where to play him. In the early part of the season at the World Schools Festival they had been shuffling him between flyhalf and fullback presumably trying to accommodate more senior players in the team. On Saturday he must surely have put the argument to bed when he put on a absolute master-class against Glenwood.
His incisive running and clever use of the boot kept the Glenwood boys on the backfoot for most of the game. The constant threat from Goodman, who scored 2 tries of his own, caused Glenwood to become quite narrow in its defensive lines. X factor players create there own sense of gravity on the field with defenders looking to cover potential gaps. Every time he touched the ball Glenwoods defence would have to hold to protect the 10/12 channel instead of drifting across the field in cover. Consequently over the course of the game this gave the Monnas backs ample space to exploit the tiring defensive lines of Glenwood. Fullback Luan van der Walt was such a player, his strong running from the back bagged him a brace of tries with assists on two others.
Glenwood did try and get things going in the second half but scoreboard pressure caused a number of handling errors as they tried to raise the intensity. As is the case when things are just not clicking frustration grows and so does the potential for ill-discipline something which Glenwood were guilty of. They were, however, rewarded with a try late in the 2nd half by Vian Du Ploy but it was to little to late as Monument scored again to give Glenwood its biggest defeat in a while 48-11.
That the unbeaten tag is finally out of the way could possibly be a good thing as Glenwood head into the Kearsney Easter Rugby festival. How the coaching staff will approach this week is anyone’s guess but possibly a greater emphasis on positional defensive responsibility and kicking out of hand may be the order of the day. This is a good Glenwood side with still lots to play for.
KZN Schoolboy Hockey Results – kzn10 13 April
KZN Schoolboy Hockey results
A busy weekend for the boys, hat tip to Westville, big win against a quality school. KZN schoolboy Hockey is certainly something that we can be proud of.
Westville versus Jeppe
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | ~ | 2 | 0 | ~ | 6 | 1 | ~ | 1 | 4 | ~ | 3 | 1 | ~ | 6 | ||||||||||||
| U16A | U16B | U16C | U16D | U16E | U16F | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | ~ | 0 | 1 | ~ | 2 | 2 | ~ | 1 | 0 | ~ | 1 | 0 | ~ | 0 | 0 | ~ | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| U14A | U14B | U14C | U14D | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | ~ | 5 | 1 | ~ | 0 | 0 | ~ | 0 | 0 | ~ | 1 | |||||||||
| Played | Win | Draw | Loss |
| 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 |
Maritzburg College versus Pretoria Boys
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | ~ | 1 | 2 | ~ | 1 | 0 | ~ | 0 | 4 | ~ | 1 | 0 | ~ | 0 | ||||||||||||
| U16A | U16B | U16C | U16D | U16E | U16F | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | ~ | 0 | 1 | ~ | 1 | 3 | ~ | 0 | 0 | ~ | 1 | 1 | ~ | 0 | 4 | ~ | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| U14A | U14B | U14C | U14D | U14E | U14F | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | ~ | 1 | 4 | ~ | 2 | 5 | ~ | 0 | 1 | ~ | 0 | 1 | ~ | 3 | 3 | ~ | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Played | Win | Draw | Loss |
| 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 |
DHS versus Northwood
| 1st | 2nd | |||||||
| 1 | ~ | 3 | 0 | ~ | 9 | |||
| U16A | U16B | U16C | ||||||||||||
| 0 | ~ | 3 | 0 | ~ | 2 | 1 | ~ | 5 | ||||||
| U14A | U14B | U14C | U14D | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | ~ | 2 | 0 | ~ | 0 | 1 | ~ | 1 | 3 | ~ | 0 | |||||||||
| Played | Won | Draw | Loss | ||||||
| 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||||||
Glenwood versus Monument
| 1st | 2nd | U16A | U14A | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | ~ | 0 | 10 | ~ | 0 | 2 | ~ | 1 | 5 | ~ | 0 | |||||||||
| Played | Won | ||
| 4 | 4 |
Clifton College Versus Glenwood
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | ||||||||||||
| 3 | ~ | 0 | 2 | ~ | 1 | 0 | ~ | 1 | ||||||
| U16A | U16B | U16C | ||||||||||||
| 1 | ~ | 0 | 2 | ~ | 1 | 3 | ~ | 0 | ||||||
| U14A | U14B | U14C | U14D | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | ~ | 0 | 3 | ~ | 2 | 3 | ~ | 0 | 1 | ~ | 0 | |||||||||
| Played | Win | Draw | Loss | |||||
| 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | |||||
Till next time,
Zeke
KZN Schoolboy Rugby Results – KZN10 13 April
KZN Schoolboy Rugby Results
Some great performances from the KZN10 schools.
Westville Versus Jeppe
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 27 | ~ | 17 | 18 | ~ | 12 | 28 | ~ | 14 | 31 | ~ | 10 | 29 | ~ | 5 | 19 | ~ | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| U16A | U16B | U16C | U16D | |||||||||||||||||
| 36 | ~ | 12 | 44 | ~ | 0 | 19 | ~ | 12 | 25 | ~ | 10 | |||||||||
| U15A | U15B | U15C | U15D | U15E | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | ~ | 20 | 26 | ~ | 7 | 24 | ~ | 24 | 31 | ~ | 0 | 12 | ~ | 17 | ||||||||||||
| U14A | U14B | U14C | U14D | |||||||||||||||||
| 45 | ~ | 22 | 17 | ~ | 17 | 5 | ~ | 15 | 0 | ~ | 52 | |||||||||
| Played | Won | Draw | Lost |
| 19 | 13 | 2 | 4 |
Maritzburg College Versus Pretoria Boys
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | ~ | 15 | 38 | ~ | 10 | 28 | ~ | 0 | 19 | ~ | 0 | 30 | ~ | 5 | 27 | ~ | 14 | 48 | ~ | 3 | 45 | ~ | 0 | 41 | ~ | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| U16A | U16B | U16C | U16D | U16E | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 60 | ~ | 3 | 12 | ~ | 6 | 14 | ~ | 5 | 15 | ~ | 0 | 32 | ~ | 14 | ||||||||||||
| U15A | U15B | U15C | U15D | U15E | U15F | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 47 | ~ | 5 | 30 | ~ | 5 | 62 | ~ | 0 | 22 | ~ | 7 | 74 | ~ | 5 | 34 | ~ | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| U14A | U14B | U14C | U14D | U14E | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | ~ | 0 | 48 | ~ | 0 | 34 | ~ | 0 | 20 | ~ | 5 | 63 | ~ | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Played | Won |
| 25 | 25 |
Quite simply an amazing performance from College away from home.
Glenwood versus Monument
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | ~ | 48 | 5 | ~ | 28 | 8 | ~ | 58 | 28 | ~ | 24 | 0 | ~ | 29 | ||||||||||||
| U16A | U16B | U16C | ||||||||||||
| 24 | ~ | 22 | 22 | ~ | 5 | 22 | ~ | 12 | ||||||
| U15A | U15B | U15C | ||||||||||||
| 12 | ~ | 12 | 0 | ~ | 19 | 8 | ~ | 5 | ||||||
| U14A | U14B | U14C | U14D | |||||||||||||||||
| 28 | ~ | 24 | 14 | ~ | 31 | 21 | ~ | 12 | 17 | ~ | 12 | |||||||||
| Played | Won | Draw | Lost |
| 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 |
DHS versus Northwood
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | |||||||||||||||||
| 19 | ~ | 34 | 12 | ~ | 22 | 12 | ~ | 38 | 0 | ~ | 50 | |||||||||
| U16A | U16B | U16C | ||||||||||||
| 22 | ~ | 33 | 7 | ~ | 21 | 10 | ~ | 5 | ||||||
| U15A | U15B | U15C | U15D | |||||||||||||||||
| 14 | ~ | 20 | 15 | ~ | 17 | 12 | ~ | 7 | 36 | ~ | 5 | |||||||||
| U14A | U14B | U14C | U14D | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | ~ | 10 | 7 | ~ | 12 | 7 | ~ | 29 | 10 | ~ | 10 | |||||||||
| Played | Won | Draw | Lost |
| 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
Well done to Northwood going to DHS.
Till Next time,
Zeke
The Great Trek 2019… Schoolboy Rugby on the move 12-04
This weekends KZN schoolboy rugby takes on a feeling of reprising the great trek as Monument and Jeppe head down to Durban to take on Glenwood and Westville respectively whilst Martizburg College head out of Province to take on Pretoria Boys. Northwood take a short trip to take on DHS.
On the U15 front all the Private schools in the KZN10 have sent teams up to the St Benedicts U15 ISRF.
Brief previews
Glenwood versus Monument
This should be a great clash between Monument and Glenwood. Depending on which rankings you follow Glenwood(7) sits three places above Monument(10).
Though Monument come into this clash having lost 2 games already their overall play has been impressive and it seems like Monument have finally got back line players to complement their always beefy pack of forwards.
That their two losses this season have come against Paarl powerhouses Paarl Gim and Paarl Boys and one in the last play of the game at that shows they can hang with the best around. Last weekends victory against Menlopark should fill the men from Krugersdorp with a fair bit of confidence.
No school should be surprised by the other as the coaches from both teams would have had a close look at teach other at the recent World schools festival in Stellenbosch.
What can be said of Glenwood as they remain unbeaten at this stage of the season. This is probably Glenwoods greatest test this season so the result on Saturday will go a long way in gauging just how good this team is. That the teams seem to be very evenly matched this year should make for great rugby but playing at home in front of a expectant, partisan crowd should tilt the game in Glenwoods favour.
In the age groups the advantage should lie with Glenwood as their under 14’,15’s and 16’s all rank considerably higher than Monument. The Glenwood U14 and U16 remain unbeaten this season so far.
Westville versus Jeppe
Jeppe sits 13 places above Westville at 27 whilst the later comes in at 40. Westville should have won last weekend against DHS so the general mood is that the schools are allot closer than the rankings suggest.
Jeppe’s last match a was narrow 19-18 victory at St Johns College last weekend and Westville lost 26-27 to DHS. Westville are due a complete performance, however, and hopefully they have settled on a pack configuration that suits their personnel because they certainly have the play makers to score points.
In the age groups Jeppe does seem to have an advantage at U15 level whist in the U16’s Westville seems to hold the advantage.
Northwood versus DHS
DHS lost a few influential players from last year and it does seem that they are lacking some experienced leaders in their team to make the right decisions at the right time. Their 2nd half performance against Framesby would be a case in point where they shipped almost 50 points in 30 minutes. Perhaps its just highlights just how inspirational Celimpilo Gumede and Phendulani Buthelezi before him were in galvanizing their teams.
The rankings do place Northwood higher than DHS due to their great early season form and some impressive outings at the Grey festival.
The game will be won and lost amongst the forwards though as both Northwood and DHS have skilful, elusive backs that can create chances from no where.
In the age groups DHS should win their matches, of particular note will be their more capable U14 outfit.
Maritzburg College versus Pretoria Boys
From all accounts this is PBHS’ strongest side in a while, though their 41-27 loss last week against KES doesn’t seem to suggest so. Their attacking back line play speared headed by Mikhail Edwards could cause the boys from KZN a few headaches.
As is the case with fixtures against these two schools the margins will surely be tight. Maritzburg College who played with great commitment last weekend against Glenwood, in a 7-15 loss, are due a win and get their season on the road. College will look for Siya Ningiza to continue his play from Glenwood.
At age group levels Maritzburg does seem to have the edge with their unbeaten U15 group leading the charge.
It promises to be a great weekend of rugby action as the teams all seem to be very evenly mathched.
Thats all for now, till next time,
Zeke
KZN School Rugby and Hockey Results 6 April 2019
KZN School Rugby and Hockey gets back in to the swing of things.
With the private schools still on holiday the government schools took centre stage this last weekend as DHS hosted Westville and Glenwood hosted Maritzburg College at Rugby and Hockey.
The first team rugby matches were compelling for different reasons as Westville and DHS put on a show of free flowing rugby in a 53 point thriller with DHS pipping Westville 27-26.
Whilst over on the Umbilo side of Durban Glenwood and College engaged in a arm wrestle of sorts to see which defense would crack first with Glenwood eventually running out 15-7 winners.
On the hockey side Westville continued their fine form this season by winning 6-0. Glenwood possibly a little more match sharp as they had competed in the Founders festival the weekend drew 2-2 with Martizburg College.
Here are the full Rugby and Hockey results from this weekend.
| DHS VS Westville Rugby |
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| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | U16A | U16B | U16C | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 27 | ~ | 26 | 5 | ~ | 51 | 0 | ~ | 59 | 0 | ~ | 50 | 0 | ~ | 25 | 0 | ~ | 50 | 7 | ~ | 67 | ||||||||||||||||||
| DHS VS Westville | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| U15A | U15B | U15C | U15D | U14A | U14B | U14C | U14D | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | ~ | 6 | 6 | ~ | 22 | 7 | ~ | 47 | 0 | ~ | 50 | 17 | ~ | 11 | 10 | ~ | 8 | 26 | ~ | 17 | 17 | ~ | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Played | Won | Draw | Lost |
| 15 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
To be fair Westville looked like they could score every time they built up any period of sustained pressure. At times though it seemed that in Westvilles desire to keep the ball alive passes were thrown that didn’t need to be and a hand full of opportunities were squandered by passes either not going to hand, the ball being lost in contact or just simply passing the ball to the opposition player.
Another area that really hurt the Westville cause was the throwing in at the lineout time. Often these came at the most inopportune times with Westville getting a throw in deep in DHS territory and the the jumper would be missed.
DHS on the other hand stuck to their task and scored some tries from sometimes out of the blue. The clip below probably encapsulates what type of game they had. Great flair and great instinct
Video courtesy of DHS tributes.
On the day Westville won more games than DHS on the Hockey and Rugby sides. A positive sign for DHS is that in the Hockey and rugby fixtures their U14’s by and large got the better of their Westville counterparts so the future indeed looks bright DHS.
DHS Vs Westville Full Hockey results
| 1st | 2nd | 5th | U16A | U16B | U16C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0 | ~ | 6 | 0 | ~ | 9* | 0 | ~ | 2 | 0 | ~ | 7 | 0 | ~ | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| *Westville 4th team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| U14A | U14B | U14C | U14D | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | ~ | 0 | 0 | ~ | 1 | 0 | ~ | 2 | 3 | ~ | 1 | |||||||||
| Played | Won | Draw | Loss | ||||||
| 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
Westville played fillers against Maritzburg College and the results were as follows
| 5th | U16D | U16E | U16F | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | ~ | 4 | 1 | ~ | 2 | 1 | ~ | 4 | 0 | ~ | 8 | |||||||||
Played 4
Lost 4
Glenwood and Maritzburg College Full rugby results
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | ~ | 7 | 3 | ~ | 18 | 5 | ~ | 26 | 7 | ~ | 28 | 0 | ~ | 41 | 0 | ~ | 50 | |||||||||||||||
| U16A | U16B | U16C | U16D | U16E | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | ~ | 9 | 5 | ~ | 6 | 10 | ~ | 7 | 0 | ~ | 31 | 10 | ~ | 17 | ||||||||||||
| U15A | U15B | U15C | U15D | U15E | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | ~ | 16 | 7 | ~ | 7 | 0 | ~ | 15 | 0 | ~ | 33 | 12 | ~ | 19 | ||||||||||||
| U14A | U14B | U14C | U14D | U14E | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | ~ | 0 | 26 | ~ | 19 | 10 | ~ | 10 | 19 | ~ | 26 | 5 | ~ | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Played | Won | Draw | Lost |
| 21 | 5 | 2 | 14 |
Despite the fierce competition between the two schools sportsmanship still remains.
College played fillers against Linpark and Alexandre High school on the Friday afternoon
| 7th*1 | 8th*2 | U16F*3 | ||||||||||||
| 43 | ~ | 0 | 12 | ~ | 5 | 7 | ~ | 0 | ||||||
*1 Linpark 2nd, *2 Alex 1st, *3 Alex U16 A
Glenwood and Martizburg College hockey results(Home team first)
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | ||||||||||||
| 2 | ~ | 2 | 0 | ~ | 4 | 0 | ~ | 4 | ||||||
| U16A | U16B | U16C | ||||||||||||
| 0 | ~ | 6 | 0 | ~ | 5 | 0 | ~ | 8 | ||||||
| U14A | U14B | U14C | U14D | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | ~ | 2 | 0 | ~ | 4 | 0 | ~ | 5 | 2 | ~ | 1 | |||||||||
| Played | Win | Draw | Loss | ||||||
| 10 |
1 | 2 | 7 | ||||||
There is also some other rugby being played at the Kingswood 125 festival where KZN has 3 teams participating.
Hilton College continued their unbeaten ways by beating St Georges from Zimbabwe 21-12.
Clifton College lost a heart breaker to Graeme College 27-21 after leading 21-12 at half time.
Kearsney College lost to the hosts Kingswood College 23-15
Thats all from me for the moment.
Till next time,
Zeke
And so it begins…well not really.
Rugby takes center stage
Yesterday marked the start of the 2nd term for the government schools and would traditionally have signaled the beginning of the winter sports season with rugby boots getting the full on Dubbin Treatment and jerseys readied.
Of course much has changed over the last 20 odd years, but with the calendars of the private and government schools being particularly at odds with each other this year, much rugby has already been played. One notable observation has been that Hilton College’s and Glenwood’s 1st teams have played 5 matches already as opposed to Maritzburg College’s 2.
It has, nonetheless, been a busy holiday overall with many of the KZN10 schools taking part in festivals all over the country from U14 all the way up to 1st team with some really encouraging performances from the schools. And to think the Easter festivals are still 2 weeks away! Its no wonder preseason starts in September.
With that said, most of you would have probably been kept up to date on your schools latest results but here at KZN10 we like to know whats happening in all the schools. So just to get everyone up to speed as to what has happened in the last month I’ll post a summary of the results of the KZN10 schools 1st teams.
Northwood:
9 March: Martizburg College
Score: 30-26
For the casual observer this may have come as a shock, but the Knights were organized, executed their game plan effectively and made the most of their opportunities.
21 March: Grey High School(Grey Festival)
Score: 12-38
23 March: Selborne College(Grey Festival)
Score: 26-28
An absolute heart breaker for the Knights as they lost in the last movement of the game. Credit must go to the Selborne kicker as he nailed a tricky conversion to win the game. Tough going Knights! See the sequence below.
Incidentally the player who scored the winning try for Selborne, Jarrod Taylor, is a awesome player who should be in the reckoning for a SA Schools cap. At the recent World Schools Festival he was simply outstanding.
Clifton School:
04 March: Port Shepstone
Score: 38-12
09 March: Richards Bay
Score: 31-0
13 March: Amanzimtoti High School
Score: 64-5
16 March: Michaelhouse 2nd
Score: 26-24
An encouraging sign for Clifton is that on this day their lower age group A teams played the Michaelhouse B teams on stagger and won their matches fairly comfortably.
DHS:
09 March: Hilton College
Score: 3-20
21 March: Framesby(Grey festival)
Score: 10-54
23 March: Grey High School(Grey Festival)
Score: 14-33
Westville:
9 March: Glenwood
Score: 7-22
Glenwood Rugby Festival:
Wesvalia: 38-21
Montana: 31-10
Piet Potgieter: 19-12
Kearsney College:
16 March: Hilton College
Score: 14-14
23 March: St Charles College
Score: 36-7
Glenwood:
9 March: Westville
Score: 22-7
21 March: KES(Wynberg Rugby Festival)
Score: 48-36
Mar 23: San Isidro Rugby Club-Argentina(Wynberg Rugby Festival)
Score: 33-31
Mar 26: John McGlashan-New Zealand(World Schools Festival)
Score: 32-17
Highlights from the game, clip is about 10 minutes long
Mar29: Asia Pacific Dragons (World Schools Festival)
Score:33-10
Maritzburg College
9 March: Northwood
Score: 26-30
23 March: Noord Kaap
Score: 24-34
Michaelhouse:
16 March: St Charles College
Score: 27-7
23 March: Hilton College
Score: 10-20
St Charles College
16 March: Michaelhouse
Score: 7-27
23 March
7-36
Hilton College
9 March: DHS
Score: 20-3
16 March: Kearsney College
Score: 14-14
23 March: Michaelhouse
Score: 20-10
27 March: USA Schools XV
Score: 41-00
30 March: Italian All Stars
Score: 34-15
This weekend promises to be an action packed one with Glenwood hosting Maritzburg College on Dixons and DHS hosting Westville on Van Heerdens. Both DHS and Glenwood have made these compulsory fixtures for their boys so the atmosphere should be electric at both venues. For those that can’t make the Glenwood/Maritzburg College game it will be televised live on Supersport as part of their Premier Schools coverage, kick off is 13:55.
With the private schools still on holiday 3 of them will be heading down to the Kingswood 125th festival. There are some potentially good match ups for our KZN10 schools particularly against St Andrews College who will play both Hilton and Kearsney. Clifton round out the trio of schools and should have a stern test from Graeme College.
St Andrews had a good set of results at the Grey High Festival so we will definitely keep an eye out as to how our schools fair.
So if you are in and around the Durban go and support the boys.
Thats all from me till next time,
Zeke
St Charles College hockey Specialist, Matthew Coombes talks to us…
St Charles College and Matthew Coombes laying the foundations.
In our ongoing series we chatted to Matthew Coombes, hockey specialist for St Charles College, about the year thats been and what his hopes are for 2019.
St Charles College has embarked on a ambitious development project to raise the level of excellence in their school in all spheres as they head to towards their 150th in 2025 with hockey being a part of it.
Matthew, in terms of the overall health of St Charles College hockey what are some of your observations?
St Charles College are laying a new waterbased astro, how will this help in the development of Saints hockey?
As the newly appointed 1st team coach could you share what your overall feelings are about the challenges ahead.
The Saints season got off to a solid start when the took on Kearsney College on the 23 March. With many of the 1st team hockey squad being away on cricket duty at the T20 nationals the weekend before this was the first game that they had played as a team. The 1st and U16A teams were tightly contested with the College coming away with commendable draws away from home.
Over this last weekend the St Charles 1st team took part in the Clifton School ISHF held at the Riverside venue in Durban.
Summary of results:
SCC-Bishops 0-1
SCC-St Stithians 1-1
SCC-St Benedicts 5-0
SCC-Uplands 2-2
SCC-St Andrews(Bloem) 4-2
The future does indeed look bright as the St Charles College U14A(picture below) had an impressive run of results at the U14 ISHF winning 5 from 5.
The victorious U14A side at the recent ISHF. (Picture courtesy of St Charles College)
Summary of results:
U14A ISHF results:
SCC 3 – 0 St Davids
SCC 2 – 1 Oakhill
SCC 2 – 0 St Benedict’s
SCC 4 – 1 St Andrew’s School
SCC 3 – 0 St Alban’s
We wish Matthew and his team well as they take the next steps in their hockey development.
Till next time,
Zeke
Petrus Du Plessis Interview
Saint Charles College rugby heading in the right direction.
With Saint Charles College kicking off their winter sports program against Michaelhouse this Saturday we are posting up a series of videos we did towards the end of last year as we caught up with 1st team coach and Director of Rugby, Petrus du Plessis.
Petrus has a long distinguished career in coaching rugby and athletics holding an ASA level 1 and IRB level 2 qualifications.
Before his current position at Saint Charles he was the Head of coaching and 1st team coach for Bethlehem Voortrekker High school for 6 years as well as head of conditioning for the rugby and athletics programs.
We would like to thank Petrus for his time and Saint Charles College for letting us access into to their school.
1.What was your highlight of the 2018 season?
2. Petrus, as the Saints Rugby Specialist, how do you see the health of Saints Rugby as we end the 2018 year?
3. Saints style of play in 2018 was a expansive, can we look forward to much of the same in 2019?
4. Are there good signs for the 2019 Saints Rugby Year and what are you excited about for next year?
5. Petrus, looking forward to your 2019 team, will there be a healthy balance between youth and experience?
6. How are your age groups looking in terms of depth and are you happy with the quality of coaching in the school?
7. You mentioned a culture drive, what have you done and what are you doing to create the culture you are looking for?
2019 Rugby Fixtures
A look at the fixtures for the Saint Charles College 2019 rugby season
From the looks of the fixtures list Saint Charles College is continuing to make all the moves as the program solidifies itself.
Times for A and 1st team matches this weekend:
1st: 14:15
Venue : Old Orchards
U16A: 10:50
Venue: Old Orchards
U15A: 10:30
Venue: Colts
U14A: 9:30
Venue: Colts
All matches take place at the Saint Charles College campus at Harwin Rd. All the best to both teams.
We would like to again thank Petrus for his time and Saint Charles College for the opportunity to talk with them.
Till next time
Zeke