The 2017 school rugby season is full of suprises and we at School of Rugby learned quite a few things about our system and how we could better it in the future. Our rankings is sponsored by Virseker.
Paarl Boys’ High extended their unbeaten run within South African borders to 48 matches in a row with a 21-9 victory over Paul Roos Gimnasium in a Premier Interschools clash at Brug Street. SACS strengthened their position on the rankings thanks to their first victory over Paarl Gimnasium (22-19) since 1996. This was only Gimmies’ second defeat of the season with the other coming at Wildeklawer against Grey College.
Durban High School shook things up as well as they defeated Glenwood (20-17) in their annual FNB Classic Clash. Monument of Krugersdorp moved into second position after ending King Edward VII’s unbeaten status. Monnas could also thank SACS for this movement up the rankings. Paarl Boishaai is the only unbeaten side left in our Top 40. They did however lose a match against Christchurch Boys’ High during their tour through New Zealand.
Please note that we don’t take matches against international opposition into consideration in our rankings. These games will however still be recorded and shown in our results. This rankings is not an official ranking as there is no official ranking on schoolboy level and this is only to get the discussion on school rugby on South Africa flowing. We however take our responsibilty on reporting school rugby very seriously.
To see each team’s results so far this season click on their name in the rankings. If you see any results missing please don’t hesitate to contact Hannes Nienaber via e-mail on hannes@schooolofrugby.co.za – and please feel free to discuss and differ from us in the comments section.
The Rankings:
| # | School | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points F | Points A | Ave Score |
| 1 | Paarl Boys’ High | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 331 | 120 | 41-15 |
| 2 | Monument | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 456 | 203 | 35-16 |
| 3 | Grey High School | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 311 | 174 | 31-17 |
| 4 | Paarl Gimnasium | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 309 | 206 | 31-21 |
| 5 | Grey College | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 486 | 160 | 49-16 |
| 6 | King Edward VII | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 380 | 169 | 35-15 |
| 7 | SACS | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 299 | 159 | 30-16 |
| 8 | Glenwood | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 307 | 135 | 31-14 |
| 9 | Framesby | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 118 | 129 | 17-18 |
| 10 | Helpmekaar | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 295 | 126 | 33-14 |
| 11 | Affies | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 325 | 197 | 30-18 |
| 12 | Paul Roos Gimnasium | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 341 | 205 | 31-19 |
| 13 | Noord-Kaap | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 377 | 224 | 31-19 |
| 14 | HTS Drostdy | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 335 | 218 | 30-20 |
| 15 | Oakdale Landbou | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 253 | 150 | 32-19 |
| 16 | Waterkloof | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 451 | 386 | 32-28 |
| 17 | Welkom Gimnasium | 16 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 471 | 257 | 29-16 |
| 18 | Garsfontein | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 366 | 381 | 33-35 |
| 19 | Stellenberg | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 342 | 217 | 34-22 |
| 20 | Menlopark | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 316 | 392 | 26-33 |
| 21 | Diocesan College | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 268 | 197 | 30-22 |
| 22 | Boland Landbou | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 298 | 208 | 37-26 |
| 23 | Durban HS | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 516 | 266 | 34-18 |
| 24 | Dale College | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 319 | 214 | 27-18 |
| 25 | EG Jansen | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 416 | 401 | 30-29 |
| 26 | Witteberg | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 376 | 191 | 34-17 |
| 27 | Brandwag (Uitenhage) | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 228 | 176 | 25-19 |
| 28 | Voortrekker | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 245 | 136 | 25-14 |
| 29 | Eldoraigne | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 345 | 213 | 29-18 |
| 30 | Marlow Landbou | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 361 | 249 | 28-19 |
| 31 | Selborne College | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 257 | 201 | 21-18 |
| 32 | Rondebosch Boys’ High | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 287 | 270 | 29-27 |
| 33 | Brackenfell | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 455 | 199 | 41-18 |
| 34 | Diamantveld | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 240 | 214 | 20-18 |
| 35 | Nelspruit | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 264 | 277 | 24-25 |
| 36 | Transvalia | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 332 | 236 | 33-24 |
| 37 | AHS Kroonstad | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 239 | 142 | 24-14 |
| 38 | Kearsney College | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 360 | 260 | 26-19 |
| 39 | St Andrew’s College | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 365 | 154 | 33-14 |
| 40 | Outeniqua | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 258 | 300 | 26-30 |
Notes on games that is not reflected in rankings:
- Boland Landbou also recorded a 77-5 victory over Windhoek High which are not counted towards our rankings.
Oakdale Landbou played two matches against San Isidro of Argentina (17-15) and France u17 (22-31) which don’t count for our rankings.
The top schoolrugby team in South Africa the last two years, Paarl Boys’ High played four matches on tour in New Zealand against Sacred Heart (24-8), Gisborne Boys’ High (73-3), Nelson College (87-12) and Christchurch Boys’ High (36-38) that will not reflect on the rankings. They also played against Eye of the Tiger (57-0) and NSW Combined Schools which will not be taken into consideration.
Diamantveld also played against Windhoek Gimnasium (17-43) during the Oakdale Rugby Week.
Voortrekker of Bethlehem also played againts Windhoek Gimnasium (0-23).
