Schools Top 20 - May 24

If this past weekend's schools' results have proven anything, it has to be that no amount of calculations can substitute good old brain matter in providing a guide as to who the Top 20 schools are in South Africa.

The storm has passed. We can shake our feathers, preen a bit and fly way. One is still one and two is still two - after a great contest.

Paarl Boys' High's victory over the powerful Grey College side was remarkable. Not that Boys' High can rest on their laurels, for they play Paul Roos while College go through the process of becoming Free State and become themselves again on July 30, when they play the other Grey in Port Elizabeth.

We have continued our custom of rewarding playing schools and so Affies, with their second successive big win, are up at three.

In the second half of the Top 20, Helpmekaar beat Garsfontein and so, in that tight group, they have swapped places. Nelspruit's win brings them back onto the Top 20.

Relevant results

Paarl Boys' High vs Grey College, 28-18

Affies vs Waterkloof, 48-14

Nelspruit vs HTS Middelburg, 43-29

Helpmekaar vs Garsfontein, 24-17

Kearsney vs Maritzburg College, 31-14

Schools Top 20 - May 24

1 Paarl Boys' High

2 Grey Bloem

3 Affies

4 Paarl Gim

5 Glenwood

6 Dale

7 Monument

8 Paul Roos

9 Jeppe

10 Grey PE

11 Oakdale

12 Dr EG Jansen                                               

13 Helpmekaar

14 Outeniqua

15 Queen's

16 Boland Landbou

17 Selborne

18 Diamantveld

19 Garsfontein

20 Nelspruit

The pressure group below these outstanding school teams consists of Ben Vorster, Die Brandwag, Hilton, HTS Middelburg, Kearsney, Kingswood, Rustenburg, SACS, Stellenberg and Welkom Gimnasium.