U16

Maritzburg College were the big casualty last week in the U16 rugby fixtures which were few and far between although a couple of them did make their mark on the U16 Top 100 Rugby Rankings.

Maritzburg College met their match over the past weekend when they stumbled at the hands of the strong finishing Westville team and lose their first match of the season and along with it their unbeaten status.

A virtually unchanged top half of the U16 Top 100 Rankings for this week although Monnas takes a step into the top five territory for the first time this season following their dismantling of Nelspruit over the weekend.

Oakdale put in one of their best performances of the season with, what for many was a surprise win over Outeniqua who slip down a couple of positions on this week’s U16 School Rugby Rankings.

It is 12 wins from 12 matches for the powerful Paarl Gym team who brushed aside Oakdale in a hard fought for victory to remain the kings of the castle on this week’s U16 Top 100 rankings.

Paarl Gim were pushed hard by a Rondebosch side who have yet to get their season going in 2018 but at the end showed their class to take the victory and remain the leaders amongst the U16 teams on this week’s U16 Rankings.

Paarl Gym U16’s managed to keep the pressure on the rest of the teams in the country after completing a seemingly comfortable win over Paul Roos Gym who never seemed to be able to match the overall play of Gimmies.

After another successful campaign at the Wildeklawer Festival, Paarl Gim remains the top U16 rugby team in the country as they surge onwards during this unbeaten run.

The unbeaten Hilton College make their entry into the SA School Sports U16 Ranking in second spot just behind Paarl Gim, but it is very tight at the top.

Maritzburg College continue to peel off the wins in 2018 with 8 victories from 8 outings and most of those wins have been high scoring affairs.