What an interesting season!

And we believe we are still in for quite a ride before a First XV can lay claim to being the top rugby playing team in South Africa for 2022. 

For the third time this season we have a new number one with the Hoërskool Garsfontein of Pretoria claiming the top position thanks to the fact that the team is still unbeaten in 2022 with impressive historic victories over Affies (20-19) and Paul Roos Gimnasium (21-18) so far in the season.

The only small blemish thus...

Dié ster van Paul Roos Gimnasium se Jurenzo Julius het gister nog verder verskiet toe hy vier minute voor die eindfluitjie onder die pale oorgeduik het om die land se voorste skolespan tot dusver in 2022, Paarl Gimnasium, te help klop.

Die span van Stellenbosch se heelagter, Christoff de Buyn, het die doelskop oorgeklits om aan die besoekers ‘n sege in die doodsnikke van 26-24 in die Paarl te besorg. Dit was Paarl Gimnasium se tweede nederlaag van die seisoen.

Die Namibiër en buitesenter van...

The big clash over the weekend will be match in Paarl between the number one ranked team, Paarl Gimnasium, and the visitors from Stellenbosch, Paul Roos Gimnasium.  

The Noordvaal Trophy also kicked off with four matches being played in Section 1. Helpmekaar-kollege came out on top against Menlopark by 10-6 in a dull affair, while Garsfontein had to work a bit harder than expected in Middelburg to beat HTS Middelburg by 38-26. 

In the Plate competition, Transvalia managed to...

The Under-20 players involved with the SA Rugby Academy stepped up their preparations with a high-intensity training match against a strong DHL Western Province Carling Currie Cup line-up in Stellenbosch on Wednesday morning.

The training exercise consisted of four chukkas of 20 minutes each, which allowed the Academy coaching staff to give all the players in their squad a decent taste of action against the experienced DHL WP side, which included Springbok centre Juan de Jongh, Blitzbok...