Top schools flex muscles
5 May 2009
This past weekend saw some big victories at the Windhoek schools tournament.
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Paarl Boys’ have been playing some superb rugby and were victors against tournament hosts Windhoek Gimnasium on Thursday, thrashing them 50-0. Saturday saw Boys’ High annihilate Elnatan 77-3, with Gavin Haupfleish maintaining his sublime early season form ( he contributed 20 points with the boot).
Grey Bloem turned in another strong performance to thrash Outeniqua 41-0. This Friday sees the top two schools in the country – Grey Bloem and Paarl Boys’ – face off against one another in Bloemfontein. Paarl Boys’ have only lost once this season (to Affies 30-15) while Grey are unbeaten.
Marlow Agricultural continued their good form and defeated Queen’s College 21-17 at the Rec in Queenstown last week, after leading 14-3 at the break. Queen’s put in a strong second-half display and almost snatched victory at the death but were denied by some heroic Marlow defence.
Meanwhile, Grey PE held off a spirited Wynberg side to win 10-3 in Cape Town on Friday, with Siya Kolisi scoring the only try of the game.
Affies gave Jeppe a rugby lesson, winning 65-6 after leading 34-6 at the break. The Pretoria-based school scored five tries, with their backs running Jeppe to pieces (winger Ruhan van der Westhuisen grabbed a double). Affies face off against bitter rivals Pretoria Boys’ this weekend and will be looking to turn the tables after last year’s humiliating defeat.
Glenwood have reached the semi-finals of the Sanix World Rugby Youth Invitational Tournament where they will play against Lycée de Borda from Dax in France. De La Salle College from Auckland will be Glenwood’s biggest threat and the two schools are likely to meet in the final. Glenwood beat Josho Gakuen High 29-17 in the quarter-final.
By Gareth Wright
11 Comments
5 May 2009, 14:44 pm
cmon the cape town schools…
5 May 2009, 14:44 pm
Feel sorry for Boys High this Friday – the boys from Bloem is going to put at least 50 pas them….
5 May 2009, 14:44 pm
pas=past
5 May 2009, 15:03 pm
maybe a doff question.
how do these schools/players afford to go to all these rugby festivals? who pays?
5 May 2009, 15:31 pm
Ek sien Grey se kleinste telling is teen Marlow en ek sien Marlow het skaars 250 kinders in die hele skool! En grey het uit 90 seuns hulle 1ste span gekies! So dit wil iets sê van Marlow. Willie Meyer,Jorrie en Chris Kruger, Phillip Smit is bekende ouens
en huidiglik is dit Steven Sykes en Bees Roux wat van Marlow af kom.
5 May 2009, 16:32 pm
Naaais Grey Bloem! Gaan grote wees teen Bois Haai.
Lemoen, deel jy nou troospryse uit? Om Grey te wees beteken almal gee hul beste om jou te klop. Dis nie so maklik om die beste te bly nie.
7 May 2009, 04:07 am
Top 2 schools……and Affies beat Paarl Boys, next to beat: Grey College. Give Affies more credit, a powerhouse in rugby: think Pierre Spies, Wynand Olivier, Fourie du Preez – 3 certain Springboks in the last years, And countless Bulls players bred from right accross the street from Loftus.
7 May 2009, 14:47 pm
#7 savethespringbok: That’s true – although Meisiekind just spent his last schooling year there, originally being from Virginia/Welkom-area…
7 May 2009, 15:43 pm
7. save the springbok: of course Affies is a powerhouse school. Always been, and have always been a tough game for Grey College, I recall 3 drawn matches in the early 2000′s and a big victory in for affies in 05 i think. I also remember a game (think it was 02) where affies lead (at affies) 21-0 with seconds left in the 1st half, and one Ruan Pienaar, charged down to make it 21-7 at the half. Final score – Grey 41 – Affies 21. If we talk provincial players and Springboks, then Affies have not done that well for such a strong school – Grey, Paarl Gim lead the way there. Grey with most super 14 most currie cup and most springboks since isolation. Currently just a few stars : Brussouw, Stegman, Jannie and Bissie, Ruaan P, Frans S, CJ, Rob Ebersohn – just to name a few.
this weekends game against Paarl Boys, then Affies and the end of season game against paul roos will be HUGE, all 3 can go either way. the other games will be easy i think, incl glenwood, Grey PE, PTA Boys etc.
8 May 2009, 15:30 pm
#2 panniepeet: Nee man, jy kan mos nou nie so se nie, kom ons kyk eers wat gebeur, en as Grey College 50 op Boishaai gesit het dan kan jy grootpraat. Sien jy enige Boishaai ouens sulke wilde stellings maak oor wedstryde…nee. het hulle jou nie beskeidenheid geleer daar op Grey nie?
8 May 2009, 16:12 pm
Sorry vir panniepeer bokbal – ek kan jou verseker die College boys het huge huge respek vir boishaai. In my dae het net die 1st team, cherries en die age group a spanne afgevlieg boishaai toe en vice versa. Die laaities van boyshaai was altyd baie wel gemanierd (beter as die PRG manne wat sou nou en dan bietjie “air gehad het). dis VERAL moeilik om in die paarl teen julle te wen, en ek onthou n vet pakslae in 1994 veral. dink tog College gaan vanmiddag wen, maar dit gaan nie 50 wees nie
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