Paarl Boys’ High made sure with their narrow victory of 26-25 over Paarl Gimnasium in the biggest interschools match on Planet Earth tht they will finish on top of School of Rugby’s Rankings for a second succesive year.
Boishaai boasts an unbeaten run of 38 matches since the beginning of last year. The two victories at the Newlands Rugby Day is not counted in the 38 matches. Their last defeat came in 2014 in the final of Die Burger’s competition when the lost to Marlow Landbou (10-11) in Cradock.
Paarl Gimnasium had a short stay at number two and dropped to the third position after losing this important match. This was only Gimmies’ second defeat of the season after also losing to Garsfontein (13-15) at the Noord/Suid tournament in Pretoria.
Grey College is back into the second spot after only dropping to third because of not playing as many games as Gimmies since the July-holidays. The side from Bloemfontein’s only defeat thus far came against Paarl Boys’ High (18-28). Grey have at least three matches left with interschools against Glenwood and Paul Roos Gimnasium, which they both have to play without their SA Schools’ players. They will also face the losing finalist of the Griffon-league in the semi-final of the Kovsie Championships’ Shimla-league semi-final.
It is important to take into consideration that School of Rugby’s ranking system only takes into account the performances each team produced thus far in the season and not the potential we might believe each team has.
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:
| Ranking | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points F | Points A | Ave Score |
| 1 | Paarl Boys’ High | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 546 | 210 | 34-13 |
| 2 | Grey College | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 607 | 168 | 51-14 |
| 3 | Paarl Gimnasium | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 577 | 235 | 38-16 |
| 4 | Affies | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 733 | 228 | 49-15 |
| 5 | Monument | 17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 595 | 225 | 35-13 |
| 6 | Oakdale Landbou | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 411 | 207 | 32-16 |
| 7 | EG Jansen | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 577 | 264 | 38-18 |
| 8 | Boland Landbou | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 635 | 289 | 42-19 |
| 9 | Helpmekaar | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 448 | 263 | 32-19 |
| 10 | Dale College | 16 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 614 | 210 | 38-13 |
| 11 | Diamantveld | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 381 | 182 | 32-15 |
| 12 | Paul Roos Gimnasium | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 507 | 254 | 34-17 |
| 13 | Welkom Gimnasium | 17 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 727 | 259 | 43-15 |
| 14 | Grey High School | 16 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 532 | 229 | 33-14 |
| 15 | Jeppe High School for Boys’ | 18 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 618 | 357 | 34-20 |
| 16 | Selborne College | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 638 | 253 | 35-14 |
| 17 | Glenwood | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 328 | 205 | 27-17 |
| 18 | Nelspruit | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 314 | 272 | 24-21 |
| 19 | SACS | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 634 | 326 | 40-20 |
| 20 | Garsfontein | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 450 | 314 | 32-22 |
| 21 | Kearsney College | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 516 | 257 | 37-18 |
| 22 | Outeniqua | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 445 | 221 | 34-17 |
| 23 | Ben Vorster | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 515 | 262 | 37-19 |
| 24 | Rondebosch Boys’ High | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 298 | 262 | 25-22 |
| 25 | Duineveld | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 348 | 183 | 27-14 |
| 26 | Voortrekker | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 549 | 204 | 37-14 |
| 27 | HTS Middelburg | 16 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 469 | 285 | 29-18 |
| 28 | Kingswood College | 16 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 503 | 264 | 31-17 |
| 29 | Pietersburg | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 556 | 312 | 37-21 |
| 30 | HTS Drostdy | 15 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 365 | 300 | 24-20 |
- Paarl Boys’ High’s victory over the Golden Lions XV (54-0) is not counted towards the rankings and also not reflected in the above statistics of their season.
