Rankings

It simply doesn’t get bigger in the world of school rugby than the annual derby between Paarl Boys High and Paarl Gim.

A crushing win by Maritzburg College over Affies helped to close the gap on the leading team in the country, Rondebosch, but it could well be a case of too little too late for the Pietermaritzburg team who might have to make peace with the No.2 spot this season.

Grey College have climbed up to snatch the top spot on this week’s U14 Belgotex Sports Top 100 Rankings in what could work out to be a perfectly timed run of form.

At this very late stage of the season Affies scored a vital win over Maritzburg College to nudge past Paarl Gim into second spot on this week’s U15 Belgotex Sports Top 100 Rankings.

Paarl Boys High came back from the break to continue where they had left off and notched up yet another victory against SACS who put up a huge defensive effort against the Number 1 ranked team in South Africa.

For many of the U14 teams around the country their season has come to an end and with it their first taste of high school rugby. Although there are still a few schools that have a couple of fixtures still to play this is how the Belgotex Sports U14 Rankings are looking like for this week.

Glenwood tumble out of the top five on this week’s Belgotex Sports U15 Rankings after struggling to convert their chances in their match against an upbeat Maritzburg College team who engineered a great win over the Green Machine.

After a run of 19 straight wins Rondebosch finally succumbed to their first defeat of the season when they fell on the wrong side of a 1-0 result in their encounter with a motivated Bishops outfit.

It was a massive effort by Boland Landbou as they locked horns with the indomitable Paarl Boys High to try and do what no other team has done yet in 2017- Beat Boishaai!

As we move into the final half of the 2017 season we are looking at a very stable table with Outeniqua still the leading team on this week’s Belgotex Sports U15 Top 100 Rankings.