St John's Easter Festival Fixtures

St John's College is again holding its popular Easter Festival at its Johannesburg home.

The 1st XVs taking part are Jeppe (Johannesburg), Klein Nederburg (Paarl), Nelspruit, Noordheuwel (Krugersdorp),  Paarl Boys' High, Paul Roos (Stellenbosch), Pretoria Boys High, St Charles (Pietermaritzburg), St John’s (Harare), Scots College (Sydney), Waterkloof  (Pretoria) and the hosts St John's. Of the schools Paarl Boys' High, Nelspruit and Waterkloof ranked in the top 10 of the FNB Top 20 ranking of South African 1st XVs.

Scots College was founded din 1893 by the Presbyterian church and is one of the nine Great Public Schools of New South Wales. Between the prep and the college they run some 40 rugby teams. They compete in the GPS rugby competition along with Newington, Shore, Riverview, St Joseph's and King's. Last year Scots shared the trophy with Newington.

The matches will all be played on the Burger Field with the view up the koppie topped by the stone buildings of the great school. The 1st XVs will play six matches each day and there will also be prep school matches.

Fixtures

Maundy Thursday, 17 April 2014

11.00: St Charles vs Paarl Boys

12.15: Paul Roos vs St John’s Harare

13.30: Waterkloof vs Klein Nederburg

14.45: Prep match

15.30: Pretoria Boys vs Scots College

16.45: Jeppe vs Noordheuwel

18:00: Prep match

18.45: St John’s College vs Nelspruit

Holy Saturday, 19 April 2014

08.45: Noordheuwel vs Klein Nederburg

10.00: St Charles vs St John’s Harare

11.15: Nelspruit vs Pretoria Boys

12.30: Prep match

13.15: Opening

13.30: St John’s College vs Scots College

14.45: Paarl Boys vs Jeppe

16.00: Paul Roos vs Waterkloof

Easter Monday, 21 April 2014

09.00: Klein Nederburg vs St John’s Harare

10.15: Noordheuwel vs Waterkloof

11.30: Scots College vs Jeppe

12.45: Prep match

13.30: St Charles vs St John’s College

14.45: Paul Roos vs Nelspruit

16.00: Paarl Boys  vs Pretoria Boys