Easter Rugby Starts

In/near Durban is the Kearsney Easter Festival. In Johannesburg there are three festivals – at St Stithians in Randburg, St John's in Houghton and KES nearby in Houghton. In Krugersdorp there is the annual festival at Krugersdorp High School.

These all come after recent festivals in other parts of the country as eager schoolmasters find activities for schoolboys during holidays. You have to take your hat off to these schoolmasters.

The only FNB Top 20 School of 2015 that was not involved in one of these  festivals is Rondebosch, and they are on tour in Ireland.

The match days at the Easter Festivals are 24 March, 26 March and 29 March 2016.

Participating Schools

Kearsney: Noord-Kaap, HTS Middelburg, Selborne, Glenwood, Dr EG Jansen, Maritzburg College, Dale, SACS, Framesby, hosts Kearsney.

St Stithians: Clifton, St Alban's, DHS, Bishops, Graeme College, Pretoria Boys High, St Andrew's College (Grahamstown), Michaelhouse, Wynberg, Westville, Grey PE, hosts St Stithians

St John's: Paarl Boys' High, Golden Lions XV, Monument, Viadana (Italy), Helpmekaar, St John’s (Harare, Zimbabwe), Paul Roos, Hilton, Parktown, Affies, Nelspruit, hosts St John’s College

KES: St Benedict’s vs Waterkloof, St David’s Marist Inanda, Kingswood, Queen's, Northwood, Hudson Park, Marlow, Eldoraigne, Jeppe, Ben Vorster, hosts King Edward VII School

Krugersdorp: CBC Boksburg, Churchill Boys (Zimbabwe), Hillcrest College (Zimbabwe), Jabulani RFC, Dinamika, Ermelo, Linden, Monument Kwaggas, Roodepoort, Pretoria Boys High Invitational, St Georges College (Zimbabwe), hosts Krugersdorp High School    

Fixtures

Kearsney Easter Festival, 2016

Day 1 Thursday 24 March

09.30: KwaZulu-Natal Under-13 Provincial Development vs Umhlali Preparatory School

10.45: Kearsney vs Noord-Kaap

12.00: HTS Middelburg vs Selborne

15.15: Glenwood vs Dr EG Jansen

14.30: Maritzburg College vs Dale

15.45: SACS vs Framesby

Day 2 Saturday 26 March

08.30: KwaZulu-Natal Under-13 Provincial Development vs Pelham

09.30: Framesby vs Dale

10.45: Glenwood vs HTS Middelburg

12.00: Kearsney vs SACS

13.15: Maritzburg College vs Selborne

14.30: Dr EG Jansen vs Noord-Kaap

Day 3 Monday 28 March

09.30: KwaZulu-Natal Under-13 Provincial Development vs Highbury

10.45: SACS vs Selborne

12.00: Framesby vs Noord-Kaap

13.15: Maritzburg College vs Dr EG Jansen

14.30: Glenwood vs Dale

15.45: Kearsney vs HTS Middelburg

17.00: Awarding of Sharks Academy Bursaries

St Stithians Easter Festival, 2016

Maundy Thursday, 24 March 2016

09.45: Clifton vs St Alban's

11.00: DHS vs Bishops

12.15: St Stithians vs Graeme College

13.30: Pretoria Boys High vs St Andrew's

14.45: Michaelhouse vs Wynberg

16.00: Westville vs Grey PE

Holy Saturday, 26 March 2016

09.45: Clifton vs Graeme College

11.00: St Andrew's vs St Alban's

12.15: Grey PE vs Bishops

13.30: Pretoria Boys High vs Michaelhouse

14.45: Wynberg vs Westville

16.00: Old Stithian Association 7s vs DHS Old Boys 7s

16.30: St Stithians vs DHS

Easter Monday, 28 March 2016

09.45: DHS vs St Andrew's

11.00: Graeme College vs Pretoria Boys High

12.15: Wynberg vs St Alban's

13.30: St Stithians vs Clifton

14.45: Michaelhouse vs Grey PE

16.00: Bishops vs Westville

St John's Easter Festival 2016

Maundy Thursday, 24 March 2016

12.15: Paarl Boys' High vs Golden Lions XV

13.30: Monument vs Viadana

14.45: Helpmekaar vs St John’s Harare

16.00: Prep:

16.45: Paul Roos vs Hilton

18.00: Parktown vs Affies

19.15: St John’s College vs Nelspruit

Holy Saturday 26 March

08.45: Parktown vs Viadana

10.00: Affies vs Nelspruit

11.15: Golden Lions XV vs Hilton

12.30: Prep

13.15: Opening Ceremony

13.30: St John’s College vs St John’s Harare

14.45: Paul Roos vs Monument

16.00: Paarl Boys' High vs Helpmekaar

Easter Monday, 28 March 2016

09.00: St John’s Harare vs Golden Lions XV

10.15: Parktown vs Hilton

11.30: St John’s College vs Viadana

12.45: Prep

13.30: Monument vs Helpmekaar

14.45: Paarl Boys' High vs Nelspruit

16.00: Paul Roos vs Affies

KES Easter Festival 2016

Thursday 24 March 2016

08.30: St Benedict’s vs Waterkloof

09.45: St David’s Marist Inanda vs Kingswood

11.00: Queen's vs Northwood

12.15: Hudson Park vs Marlow

13.30: Eldoraigne vs Jeppe

14.45: Ben Vorster vs King Edward VII School

Saturday 26 March 2016

08.30: Ben Vorster vs  Marlow

09.45: St David’s Marist Inanda vs Hudson Park

11.00: Eldoraigne vs Northwood

12.15: St Benedict’s vs Queen's

13.30: Jeppe vs Waterkloof

14.45: King Edward VII School vs Kingswood

Monday 28 March 2016

08.30: St Benedict’s vs Kingswood

09.45: Marlow vs Waterkloof

11.00: Eldoraigne vs Hudson Park

12.15: Ben Vorster vs St David’s Marist Inanda

13.30: King Edward VII School vs Northwood

14.45: Jeppe vs Queen's

Krugersdorp High School Easter Festival

Day 1, 24 March 2016

09.30: Pretoria Boys High XV vs  CBC Boksburg

10.40: Dinamika vs Roodepoort

12.00: Hillcrest vs Monument Kwaggas

13.20: St George's vs Ermelo

14.40: Linden vs Invitation XV

16.00: Krugersdorp High School vs Jabulani RFC

Day 2, 26 March 2016

09.00: Pretoria Boys High XV vs Roodepoort

10.20: Monument Kwaggas vs Dinamika

11.40: CBC Boksburg vs Jabulani RFC

13.20: Invitation XV vs Ermelo

14.40: Linden vs St George's

16.00: Krugersdorp High School vs Hillcrest

Day 3, 28 March 2016

09.20: CBC Boksburg vs Hillcrest

10.40: Monument Kwaggas vs Invitation XV

12.00: St George's vs Dinamika

13.20: Ermelo vs Linden

14.40: Jabulani RFC vs Roodepoort

16.00: Krugersdorp High School vs Pretoria Boys High XV