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Top 20 - 7 September 2008

Blink an eye and the season is over. In fact life’s season is a short one. But here we are, after much head-banging, with our final Top 20 for 2008.

To draw up this ranking we started from scratch.

We tried to separate Grey College and Paarl Gim but it would not be fair to put either above the other of those two unbeaten teams who, it seems, are never des tinned to play each other.

We also give below all the other teams who were from time to time on the Top 20 – obviously all great rugby schools.

Top 20 – 7 September

1. Paarl Gim, Grey College of Bloemfontein
3. Grey High of Port Elizabeth
4. Glenwood
5. Outeniqua
6. Michaelhouse
7. Waterkloof
8. Dr EG Jansen
9. Paul Roos
10. Affies
11. Paarl Boys’ High,
12. Framesby
13. Bishops
14. Selborne
15. Voortrekker (Bethlehem)
16. Boland Landbou
17. HTS Middelburg
18. Pretoria Boys High
19. KES
20. Monument

Schools which were also on the Top 20 are: Afrikaanse Hoërskool Kroonstad, Boland Landbou, Daniël Pienaar,
Die Brandwag, Eldoraigne, Florida, Hugenote of Wellington, Marlow, Noord-Kaap, Oakdale and Schoonspruit of Malmesbury.

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