Another busy season for Grey College
939 days! When Grey College kicks off its 2012 season on 17 March, that’s how long it would have been since the Springbok rugby factory operating out of Bloemfontein last tasted defeat on a rugby field – 939 days!
Grey College have gone through the entire 2010 and 2011 seasons undefeated.
It’s therefore not surprising that they were ranked as South Africa’s number one rugby school in both years.
Grey College have once again taken on a very demanding schedule for 2012. Many of their traditional rivals are also top contenders for national honours this year and every year.
Grey’s first team players also form the backbone of the highly successful Free State Schools Under-18 team that participates at Craven Week.
In the last couple of years, Grey College has been well represented in the SA Schools team selected at the conclusion of Craven Week.
Grey College have selected their team to face Duineveld and outstanding loose forward Henco Greyling has been named as captain.
Greyling has had the privilege of playing an important role in the school’s unbeaten 2010 and 2011 seasons and has also been a member of the Free State Schools Under-18 team that won the unofficial Craven Week Final in both years.
The team includes Pieter Jordaan, who represented SA Schools against France in 2011.
The Grey-College First XV: 15 Pieter Faber, 14 Ernest Haarhoff, 13 Johan Nel, 12 Stephan Janse van Rensburg, 11 Lezar Marnewick, 10 Pieter Jordaan, 9 Arrie Vosloo, 8 Reinhardt Arndt, 7 Marius Louw, 6 Henco Greyling (captain), 5 Awie Thompson, 4 Billy Wagner, 3 De Ville Piek, 2 Corniel Els, 1 Andrew du Plessis.
Replacements: 16 Markus Odendaal, 17 Ruan Kramer, 18 Edwardt Schmidt, 19 Raymond Weimann, 20 Pieter Michau, 21 Carel Durow, 22 Steven Rautenbach.
Grey fixture list for 2012:
17 March: Grey College vs Duineveld
24 March: Grey College vs Hentie Cilliers
5 April: Grey College vs Paarl Gimnasium
7 April: Grey College vs Westville
9 April: Grey College vs Monument
14 April: Grey College vs Jim Fouché
21 April: Grey College vs Louis Botha
28 April: Grey College vs Waterkloof
30 April: Grey College vs EG Jansen
5 May: Grey College vs Selborne
12 May: Grey College vs Affies
19 May: Grey College vs Sentraal
22 May: Grey College vs Fichardtpark
26 May: Grey College vs Paarl Boys’ High
29 May: Free State Schools Trials
02 June: Free State Schools Trials
09 June: Free State Under-18 vs Griffons Under-18
23 June: Free State Under-18 at Bondedag
8-14 July: Craven Week
21 July: Grey College vs Pretoria Boys High
28 July: Grey College vs Grey High (PE)
10 August: Grey College vs Glenwood
18 August: Grey College vs Paul Roos
By Beet
