Top 20 and Weeks' standings
Achievements compared
Let's compare, by province, the standings of the FNB Top 20, the results from Craven Week and the Academy Week and the number of players in the two national teams..
Let's start by giving points for each team on the FNB Top 20, starting with 20 points for No.1.
Blue Bulls: 19 + 18+ 9 = 46
Boland: 0
Border: 8
Eastern Province: 13 + 7 + 5 = 25
Free State: 16
Golden Lions: 13 + 1 = 14
Griquas: 0
Griffons: 0
KwaZulu Natal: 11 + 8 + 6 + 3 =28
Leopards: 0
Limpopo: 0
Mpumalanga: 2
South Western Districts: 17
Valke: 0
Western Province: 20 + 29 + 4 = 53
Standings by Province
1. Western Province
2. Blue Bulls
3. KwaZulu Natal
4. Eastern province
5. South Western Districts
6. Free State
7. Golden Lions
8. Border
9. Mpumalanga
10. Boland, Griquas, Griffons, Leopards, Limpopo, Valke
Victories at Craven Week and Academy Week
This, of course, is simplistic as it does not take into account the calibre of the opposition.
Blue Bulls: 3 + 2 = 5
Boland: 2 + 2 = 4
Border: 3 + 1 + 4
Eastern Province: 1 + 1 – 2
Free State: 3 + 0 = 3
Golden Lions: 2 + 3 = 5
Griquas: 2 + 2 = 4
Griffons: 1 + 1 = 2
KwaZulu Natal: 1 + 2 = 3
Leopards: 1 + 1 = 2
Limpopo: 1 + 1 = 2
Mpumalanga: 1 + 2 = 3
South Western Districts: 2 + 3 = 5
Valke: 1 + 1 = 2
Western Province: 1 + 1 = 2
Standings by victories:
1. Blue Bulls, Golden Lions, South Western Districts
4. Boland, Border, Griquas
7. Free State, KwaZulu Natal, Mpumalanga
10. Eastern Province, Griffons, Leopards, Limpopo, Valke, Western Province
Now Let's do it by selection for national teams with no weighting for either team. After all the Academy beat the SA Schools side last year and the year before.
Blue Bulls: 9
Boland: 2
Border: 3
Eastern Province: 2
Free State: 2
Golden Lions: 6
Griquas: 0
Griffons: 2
KwaZulu Natal: 1
Leopards: 4
Limpopo: 0
Mpumalanga: 3
South Western Districts: 1
Valke: 0
Western Province: 7
Standings by national representation
1. Blue Bulls
2. Western Province
3. Golden Lions
4. Leopards
5. Border, Mpumalanga
7. Boland, Eastern Province, Free State, Griffons
11. KwaZulu Natal, South Western Districts
13. Griquas, Limpopo, Valke.
Lastly, let's put down the number of players in national teams from our FNB Top 20 schools:
1. Paul Roos: 1
2. Waterkloof: 6
3. Affies: 3
4. Outeniqua: 1
5. Grey Bloem: 2
6. Bishops: 2
Paarl Gim: 1
8. Monument: 5
9. Marlow: 0
10. Westville: 0
11. Pretoria Boys High: 1
12. Queen's: 1
13. Maritzburg College: 0
14. Grey PE: 1
15. Glenwood: 0
16. Framesby: 0
17. Boland Landbou: 1
18. Kearsney: 0
19. Hoërskool Middelburg: 0
20. Florida: 1
So the schools with the most are Klofies, Monnas and Affies.
