Paarl Boys’ High is back to number one on School of Rugby’s Rankings powered by Virseker. Boishaai was not ranked in our first two rankings of 2017 because of the fact that they didn’t play enough games before this weekend. Boishaai is still unbeaten in South Africa since 2015.
Boishaai impressed during the annual Wildeklawer tournament in Kimberley by beating Selborne College (33-16) and Glenwood (30-12). Both Selborne College and Glenwood was still unbeaten in 2017 before Boishaai crossed paths with them.
Grey College is also still unbeaten and it is only the fact that Boishaai played higher ranked schools according to our tier system than the team from Bloemfontein is in the second spot. Grey College impressed with their performances against Boland Landbou (49-8) and Paarl Gimnasium (31-19). Gimmies was unbeaten until Monday’s clash against Grey in Kimberley.
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:
| # | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points F | Points A | Ave Score |
| 1 | Paarl Boys’ High | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 124 | 54 | 31-14 |
| 2 | Grey College | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 401 | 62 | 57-9 |
| 3 | Paarl Gimnasium | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 216 | 136 | 31-19 |
| 4 | SACS | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 203 | 75 | 34-13 |
| 5 | Monument | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 312 | 141 | 35-16 |
| 6 | King Edward VII | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 251 | 108 | 31-14 |
| 7 | Grey High School | 6 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 203 | 87 | 34-15 |
| 8 | Glenwood | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 192 | 108 | 27-15 |
| 9 | Paul Roos Gimnasium | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 283 | 138 | 35-17 |
| 10 | Waterkloof | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 384 | 301 | 35-27 |
| 11 | Affies | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 212 | 129 | 27-16 |
| 12 | Oakdale Landbou | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 211 | 100 | 35-17 |
| 13 | Helpmekaar | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 250 | 118 | 31-15 |
| 14 | Menlopark | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 281 | 277 | 31-31 |
| 15 | Voortrekker (Bethlehem) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 245 | 86 | 41-14 |
| 16 | HTS Drostdy | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 215 | 137 | 31-20 |
| 17 | Rondebosch Boys’ High | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 199 | 87 | 33-15 |
| 18 | Diocesan College | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 122 | 107 | 24-21 |
| 19 | Welkom Gimnasium | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 302 | 172 | 27-16 |
| 20 | Selborne College | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 199 | 122 | 25-15 |
| 21 | Kearsney College | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 301 | 181 | 27-16 |
| 22 | Framesby | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 71 | 87 | 14-17 |
| 23 | Garsfontein | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 213 | 286 | 27-36 |
| 24 | Witteberg | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 263 | 115 | 44-19 |
| 25 | Noord-Kaap | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 289 | 163 | 32-18 |
| 26 | Eldoraigne | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 196 | 162 | 25-20 |
| 27 | Wynberg Boys’ High | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 131 | 122 | 26-24 |
| 28 | Nelspruit | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 178 | 211 | 25-30 |
| 29 | Diamantveld | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 159 | 171 | 20-21 |
| 30 | Stellenberg | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 173 | 153 | 25-22 |
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).
