Schools Results - 28 April
This is a long, long weekend. It is amazing how a long weekend in South Africa can always be made longer! If Tuesday is a holiday, Monday becomes one, too.
Doc Craven used to lament that South Africa was a “land of holiday makers”.
As a result, even though the season has just started, many schools had off. There are still some results.
This week we shall weigh up the results we have so far and try to come up with our first Top 20 of 2007.
Probably the big result of the weekend was Paul Roos’s victory over Affies, played in Stellenbosch and in the rain. Despite the rain it was a match of high quality. Paul Roos scored three tries to two, the winning try scored just before the end.
Another big result was Diamantveld’s two-try victory over the strong Boland Landbou side in Kimberley.
There were big ones north of the Vaal as well – for Monnas, Nellies, Erries, Klofies and Eldoraigne.
The astonishing result was Grey College’s huge win over Maritzburg College who had such success in New Zealand.
The saddest non-event was the match between Grey and Framesby in Port El;izabeth. The notoriously unpleasant state of rugby in the Eastern Province manifested itself this time in a stand-off between the newly elected Eastern Province RFU and the schools union and in particular its chairman Willem October. October then refused to allow members of the EP Referees’ Society to referee schools matches. All for the good of the game, no doubt!
If there are other results, they can be sent to pauld@365digital.co.za.
Results
Eastern Cape
Alexander Road vs Bergvliet, 24-5
DF Malherbe vs Pearson, 9-6
Graeme vs St Stithians, 28-13
Hudson Park vs Port Rex, 5-5
Otto du Plessis vs Bertram, 22-5
Paarl Boys’ High vs Selborne, 15-10
Westerford vs Victoria Park, 29-20
Free State/Griquas
Grey College vs Maritzburg College, 86-3
Noord-Kaap vs St Alban’s, 10-7
KwaZulu Natal
DHS vs KES, 22-17
Diamantveld vs Boland Landbou, 20-9
Grey College vs Maritzburg College, 86-3
Hilton vs St Charles, 15-7
Jeppe vs DHS, 23-23
KES vs Northwood, 25-10
Michaelhouse vs Kearsney, 20-10
Randpark vs Wartburg Kirchdorf, 29-7
Scottburgh vs Creston College (St Michael’s on Sea), 26-7
Treverton vs St Henry’s, 22-15
Voortrekker vs St Benedict`s, 14-7
Weston vs Reddam, 10-5
Westville vs St Benedict’s, 36-6
Northvaal
Bastion vs HTS Vereeniging, 26-20
Bishops vs St John’s, 52-3
Bryanston vs Greenside, 51-7
DHS vs KES, 22-17
Eldoraigne vs EG Jansen, 37-7
Ermelo vs Klerksdorp, 49-11
Fish Hoek vs Roosevelt, 59-0
Graeme vs St Stithians, 28-13
Highlands North vs King David Linksfield, 26-0
Jeugland vs Merensky, 28-26
KES vs Northwood, 25-10
Marais Viljoen vs Pietersburg, 21-18
Menlopark vs Rustenburg, 13-6
Monumnet vs HTS Middelburg, 23-16
Nelspruit vs Florida, 36-31
Noord-Kaap vs St Alban’s, 10-7
Paul Roos vs Affies, 22-15
Queen’s vs King David Victory Park, 39-19
Randpark vs Wartburg Kirchdorf, 29-7
St David’s Inanda vs Wynberg, 16-12
Vaalpark vs Wendywood, 34-0
Voortrekker vs St Benedict`s, 14-7
Waterkloof vs Transvalia, 57-5
Westerford vs Roosevelt, 22-7
Westville vs St Benedict’s, 36-6
Western Cape
Alexander Road vs Bergvliet, 24-5
Boland Landbou vs Tygerberg, 21-3
Diamantveld vs Boland Landbou, 20-9
Drostdy vs Swartland, 22-0
Fish Hoek vs Roosevelt, 59-0
Hugenote vs Bergrivier, 20-10
Jan van Riebeeck vs Milnerton, 11-3
Jan van Riebeeck vs Reddam, 25-10
Knysna vs Wittedrift, 29-0
Milnerton vs Reddam, 10-0
Monumentpark vs President, 19-10
Oakdale vs Oudtshoorn District, 62-10
Outeniqua vs PW Botha, 52-0
Paarl Boys’ High vs Selborne, 15-10
Paarl Gim vs Brackenfell, 31-14
Paul Roos vs Affies, 22-15
Piketberg vs Jan van Riebeeck, 17-13
Piketberg vs Tygerberg RFC, 10-7
SACS vs Stellenberg, 69-7
The Settlers vs Excelsior, 8-5
Tygerberg RFC vs Milnerton, 17-13
Tygerberg RFC vs Piketberg, 12-5
Vredenburg vs Hopefield, 20-14
Westerford vs Roosevelt, 22-7
Westerford vs Victoria Park, 29-20
Weston vs Reddam, 10-5
