Wildeklawer this Weekend!
SCHOOL SPOTLIGHT: The Wildeklawer Schools Rugby and Netball Tournaments start at Hoërskool Diamantveld on the evening of Thursday, 1 May 2019, Workers Day.
It is the 11th such tournament.
Most of the matches are played on Thursday and Saturday. The match on Wednesday evening is between hosts Diamantveld and Stellenberg of Durbanville.
The rugby teams taking part are amongst the strongest schoolboy teams in the land. They are Affies, Boland Landbou, Diamantveld, Drostdy, Framesby, Garsfontein, Glenwood, Grey College of Bloemfontein, Menlopark, Helpmekaar, Monument, Noord-Kaap, Oakdale, Outeniqua, Paarl Boys' High, Paarl Gim, Stellenberg, Transvalia, Waterkloof, Welkom Gimnasium
The sponsors would like to be able to attract more English-medium schools. At the moment there is just one - Glenwood High School of Durban.
Of the 20 schools taking part, 15 are ranked on the Top 20. Grey College are ranked first and Paarl Gim second. The two meet on Saturday afternoon.
There are three sons of Springboks due to take part - Riis du Plessis, son of Carel and Paarl Boys' High's fullback, Conwill Conradie, son of Bolla and Stellenberg's scrumhalf, and Henry Tromp, son of Henry and Outeniqua's hooker.
There are also age-group matches.
1st XV Fixtures
The matches will be screened live on DiGitv.
Wednesday, 1 May 2019
19.00: Diamantveld vs Stellenberg
Thursday, 2 May 2019
08.00: Menlopark vs Framesby
09.20: Waterkloof vs Welkom Gimnasium
10.40: Garsfontein vs Oakdale
12.00: Transvalia vs Paarl Gim
13.20: Monument vs Boland Landbou
14.40: Grey vs Outeniqua
16.00: Paarl Boys' High vs Glenwood
17.20: Affies vs Drostdy
18.40: Helpmekaar vs Noord-Kaap
Saturday, 4 May 2019
08.00: Transvalia vs Boland Landbou
09.10: Monument vs Drostdy
10.20: Helpmekaar vs Framesby
11.30: Welkom Gim vs Stellenberg
12.40: Menlopark vs Oakdale
13.50: Garsfontein vs Glenwood
15.00: Affies vs Paarl Boys' High
16.10: Grey vs Paarl Gim
17.20: Noord-Kaap vs Outeniqua
18.30: Waterkloof vs Diamantveld