Schools Top 20 - August 16
In fact, the absence of players can happen throughout the season for a variety of reasons - injury, flu, family commitments and punishment. And so we have to ignore excuses and treat each match as just that - a match between two schools and continue with our policy of rewarding schools that play.
Those particularly affected would be Grey PE, Grey Bloem and Paul Roos.
Relevant results:
Boland Landbou vs Paul Roos, 32-22
Dr EG Jansen vs Menlopark, 71-22
Drostdy vs Daniël Pienaar, 34-21
Garsfontein vs Rustenburg, 46-16
Grey College vs Glenwood, 39-10
Helpmekaar vs Oos-Moot, 30-18
Hudson Park vs Dale, 12-12
Ligbron vs Ben Vorster, 25-13
Monument vs Nelspruit, 25-21
Noord-Kaap vs Diamantveld, 32-17
Selborne vs Grey High, 27-21
Waterkloof vs HTS Middelburg, 43-39
Welkom Gim vs Bethlehem Voortrekker, 35-8
Those who have benefited from this weekend's results are Boland Landbou, Hudson Park, Selborne, Waterkloof and Welkom Gimnasium.
Those who have taken a bit of a tumble are Paul Roos, Glenwood, Dale, Diamantveld and Ben Vorster.
Schools Top 20 - August 16
1 Paarl Boys' High
2 Paarl Gim
3 Grey Bloem
4 Affies
5 Selborne
6 Monument
7 Paul Roos
8 Oakdale
9 Grey PE
10 Boland Landbou
11 Glenwood
12 Helpmekaar
13 Dr EG Jansen
14 Outeniqua
15 Dale
16 Welkom Gimnasium
17 Garsfontein
18 Jeppe
19 Waterkloof
20 HTS Middelburg
The pressure group below these outstanding school teams consists of Diamantveld, Hudson Park, Kingswood, Nelspruit, Pietersburg, SACS, St Andrew's and Waterkloof.