Once a year the sleepy town of Paarl in the Western Cape comes alive for the annual interschools between Paarl Gimnasium and Paarl Boys’ High.
This interschools is the biggest in the world and the Faure Street Stadium is always jam-packed with 25 000 supporters.
Results down the years:
| 2018 | Paarl Boys’ High | 24 | Paarl Gimnasium | 21 |
| 2017 | Paarl Boys’ High | 18 | Paarl Gimnasium | 13 |
| 2016 | Paarl Boys’ High | 26 | Paarl Gimnasium | 25 |
| 2015 | Paarl Boys’ High | 16 | Paarl Gimnasium | 10 |
| 2014 | Paarl Gimnasium | 16 | Paarl Boys’ High | 15 |
| 2013 | Paarl Gimnasium | 37 | Paarl Boys’ High | 26 |
| 2012 | Paarl Gimnasium | 16 | Paarl Boys’ High | 9 |
| 2011 | Paarl Gimnasium | 22 | Paarl Boys’ High | 19 |
| 2010 | Paarl Boys’ High | 19 | Paarl Gimnasium | 19 |
| 2009 | Paarl Boys’ High | 24 | Paarl Gimnasium | 12 |
| 2008 | Paarl Gimnasium | 35 | Paarl Boys’ High | 8 |
| 2007 | Paarl Gimnasium | 10 | Paarl Boys’ High | 0 |
| 2006 | Paarl Gimnasium | 23 | Paarl Boys’ High | 17 |
| 2005 | Paarl Gimnasium | 22 | Paarl Boys’ High | 10 |
| 2004 | Paarl Gimnasium | 13 | Paarl Boys’ High | 3 |
| 2003 | Paarl Boys’ High | 25 | Paarl Gimnasium | 6 |
| 2002 | Paarl Gimnasium | 15 | Paarl Boys’ High | 0 |
| 2001 | Paarl Boys’ High | 12 | Paarl Gimnasium | 3 |
| 2000 | Paarl Boys’ High | 15 | Paarl Gimnasium | 7 |
| 1999 | Paarl Gimnasium | 13 | Paarl Boys’ High | 6 |
| 1998 | Paarl Boys’ High | 16 | Paarl Gimnasium | 5 |
| 1997 | Paarl Gimnasium | 13 | Paarl Boys’ High | 10 |
| 1996 | Paarl Gimnasium | 18 | Paarl Boys’ High | 16 |
| 1995 | Paarl Boys’ High | 17 | Paarl Gimnasium | 3 |
| 1994 | Paarl Boys’ High | 11 | Paarl Gimnasium | 6 |
| 1993 | Paarl Boys’ High | 19 | Paarl Gimnasium | 17 |
| 1992 | Paarl Gimnasium | 20 | Paarl Boys’ High | 15 |
| 1991 | Paarl Boys’ High | 8 | Paarl Gimnasium | 4 |
| 1990 | Paarl Boys’ High | 10 | Paarl Gimnasium | 6 |
| 1989 | Paarl Gimnasium | 15 | Paarl Boys’ High | 4 |
| 1988 | Paarl Boys’ High | 6 | Paarl Gimnasium | 6 |
| 1987 | Paarl Boys’ High | 15 | Paarl Gimnasium | 7 |
| 1986 | Paarl Boys’ High | 0 | Paarl Gimnasium | 0 |
| 1985 | Paarl Boys’ High | 16 | Paarl Gimnasium | 6 |
| 1984 | Paarl Gimnasium | 10 | Paarl Boys’ High | 4 |
| 1983 | Paarl Gimnasium | 15 | Paarl Boys’ High | 6 |
| 1982 | Paarl Boys’ High | 16 | Paarl Gimnasium | 15 |
| 1981 | Paarl Gimnasium | 12 | Paarl Boys’ High | 0 |
| 1980 | Paarl Gimnasium | 9 | Paarl Boys’ High | 3 |
| 1979 | Paarl Gimnasium | 12 | Paarl Boys’ High | 6 |
| 1978 | Paarl Gimnasium | 13 | Paarl Boys’ High | 10 |
| 1977 | Paarl Boys’ High | 15 | Paarl Gimnasium | 6 |
| 1976 | Paarl Gimnasium | 8 | Paarl Boys’ High | 6 |
| 1975 | Paarl Boys’ High | 3 | Paarl Gimnasium | 0 |
| 1974 | Paarl Gimnasium | 9 | Paarl Boys’ High | 3 |
| 1973 | Paarl Boys’ High | 19 | Paarl Gimnasium | 6 |
| 1972 | Paarl Boys’ High | 6 | Paarl Gimnasium | 3 |
| 1971 | Paarl Boys’ High | 11 | Paarl Gimnasium | 6 |
| 1970 | Paarl Gimnasium | 19 | Paarl Boys’ High | 8 |
| 1969 | Paarl Boys’ High | 8 | Paarl Gimnasium | 5 |
| 1968 | Paarl Gimnasium | 3 | Paarl Boys’ High | 0 |
| 1967 | Paarl Gimnasium | 8 | Paarl Boys’ High | 6 |
| 1966 | Paarl Gimnasium | 8 | Paarl Boys’ High | 0 |
| 1965 | Paarl Gimnasium | 11 | Paarl Boys’ High | 0 |
| 1964 | Paarl Gimnasium | 9 | Paarl Boys’ High | 8 |
| 1963 | Paarl Boys’ High | 6 | Paarl Gimnasium | 0 |
| 1962 | Paarl Boys’ High | 6 | Paarl Gimnasium | 0 |
| 1961 | Paarl Boys’ High | 6 | Paarl Gimnasium | 0 |
| 1960 | Paarl Gimnasium | 9 | Paarl Boys’ High | 3 |
| 1959 | Paarl Boys’ High | 11 | Paarl Gimnasium | 3 |
| 1958 | Paarl Gimnasium | 11 | Paarl Boys’ High | 0 |
| 1957 | Paarl Gimnasium | 5 | Paarl Boys’ High | 3 |
| 1956 | Paarl Gimnasium | 6 | Paarl Boys’ High | 3 |
| 1955 | Paarl Boys’ High | 6 | Paarl Gimnasium | 0 |
| 1954 | Paarl Gimnasium | 3 | Paarl Boys’ High | 0 |
| 1953 | Paarl Boys’ High | 6 | Paarl Gimnasium | 5 |
| 1952 | Paarl Boys’ High | 6 | Paarl Gimnasium | 0 |
| 1951 | Paarl Boys’ High | 6 | Paarl Gimnasium | 0 |
| 1950 | Paarl Gimnasium | 3 | Paarl Boys’ High | 3 |
| 1949 | Paarl Gimnasium | 6 | Paarl Boys’ High | 0 |
| 1948 | Paarl Boys’ High | 0 | Paarl Gimnasium | 0 |
| 1947 | Paarl Boys’ High | 8 | Paarl Gimnasium | 3 |
| 1946 | Paarl Boys’ High | 3 | Paarl Gimnasium | 3 |
| 1945 | Paarl Boys’ High | 14 | Paarl Gimnasium | 6 |
| 1944 | Paarl Boys’ High | 6 | Paarl Gimnasium | 0 |
| 1943 | Paarl Gimnasium | 9 | Paarl Boys’ High | 6 |
| 1942 | Paarl Gimnasium | 0 | Paarl Boys’ High | 0 |
| 1941 | Paarl Gimnasium | 6 | Paarl Boys’ High | 0 |
| 1940 | Paarl Gimnasium | 3 | Paarl Boys’ High | 3 |
| 1939 | Paarl Gimnasium | 9 | Paarl Boys’ High | 7 |
| 1938 | Paarl Gimnasium | 5 | Paarl Boys’ High | 3 |
| 1937 | Paarl Gimnasium | 5 | Paarl Boys’ High | 3 |
| 1936 | Paarl Gimnasium | 11 | Paarl Boys’ High | 6 |
| 1935 | Paarl Boys’ High | 0 | Paarl Gimnasium | 0 |
| 1934 | Paarl Boys’ High | 5 | Paarl Gimnasium | 4 |
| 1933 | Paarl Boys’ High | 3 | Paarl Gimnasium | 0 |
| 1932 | Paarl Gimnasium | 7 | Paarl Boys’ High | 3 |
| 1931 | Paarl Gimnasium | 6 | Paarl Boys’ High | 0 |
| 1930 | Paarl Boys’ High | 5 | Paarl Gimnasium | 3 |
| 1929 | Paarl Gimnasium | 6 | Paarl Boys’ High | 3 |
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