Schools Top 20 – 5 June 2019
RANKINGS: There are some changes again this week but fewer of them, as there are fewer matches.
There are several Top 20 teams who had no results – Grey Bloem, who played, not as Grey, but as Free State, Garsfontein, Affies, KES, Grey PE, Waterkloof, Outeniqua and Diamantveld. That’s eight out of 20 – 40 percent. They have done nothing to be demoted but nothing to stay where they are, either. They may well have to yield to teams that played.
Still, there are some wobbly feet on the ladder, notably Rondebosch and Menlopark, but beaten by teams not on the ladder, and dear but erratic Boland Landbou but, ranked 19th, their opponents were ranked No.2.
Of the three two below Rondebosch, neither played; the next two teams after that loss and the two teams after them did not play.
Menlopark’s position is similar.
To compound the problem, Glenwood, Selborne and St Andrew’s did not have strong opposition, Boland Landbou lost heavily, and for the second week in a row, there was no significant result for Diamantveld
Relevant Results
Paarl Gim vs Boland Landbou, 59-3
Paarl Boys’ High vs Bishops, 41-23
Framesby vs Die Brandwag, 35-24
Monument vs Noordheuwel, 43-27
Stellenberg vs Rondebosch, 26-19
Helpmekaar vs Menlopark, 29-21
Glenwood vs DHS, 59-19
St Andrew’s vs Pearson, 87-3
Selborne vs Cambridge, 65-13
Hilton vs Maritzburg College, 21-17
Northwood vs St Charles, 29-17
Sacs vs Wynberg, 20-6
Hudson Park vs Stirling, 59-10
Westville vs Kearsney, 34-12
Dr EG Jansen vs Transvalia, 50-22
Pretoria Boys High vs St Benedict’s, 33-15
Taking all of this into consideration, we have come up with the following ranking:
Schools Top 20 – 5 June 2019
1 Grey College
2 Paarl Gim
3 Paarl Boys’ High
4 Paul Roos
5 Framesby
6 Garsfontein
7 Monument
8 Affies
9 Stellenberg
10 Rondebosch
11 Grey High
12 Helpmekaar
13 Bishops
14 Menlopark
15 Glenwood
16 Selborne
17 St Andrew’s of Grahamstown
18 KES
19 Boland Landbou
20 Waterkloof
Pressure group: Hilton, Northwood, Oakdale, Outeniqua, SACS, Westville
