FAIRTREE First XV School Rugby Rankings: 04/08/2025

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Fairtree School Rugby Rankings

A Season of Dominance — With a Final Twist in the Fairtree First XV School Rugby Rankings. 

The matter before us: Who shall rightfully wear the crown as the No.1 ranked First XV rugby team in South Africa for the 2025 season? No second chances. Just 70 minutes of high-stakes rugby between two  juggernauts from the same rugby-mad town.

And in this ultimate grudge match, Paarl Boys walked away with a 35–33 victory over Paarl Gim — the previously top-ranked team.

A narrow win? Yes.
But in a court of rugby justice — it’s the smoking gun.

To understand why Paarl Boys finish as No.1 on the Fairtree school rugby rankings, we need to consider not just the head-to-head result, but the full season’s form, particularly against common opponents:

Affies

  • Paarl Boys: 25–17 win
  • Paarl Gim: 16–16 draw
  • Edge: Boishaai

Monument

  • Paarl Boys: 85–0 win
  • Paarl Gim: 66–16 win
  • Edge: Boishaai — emphatic statement

Grey College

  • Paarl Boys: 25–10 win
  • Paarl Gim: 43–31 win
  • Edge: Boishaai — slightly stronger defensively

HTS Drostdy

  • Paarl Boys: 55–19 win
  • Paarl Gim: 92–12 win
  • Edge: Gim — huge attacking margin

SACS

  • Paarl Boys: 51–8 win
  • Paarl Gim: 82–7 win
  • Edge: Comparable — both dominant

Others (Bishops, Wynberg, Boland, Oakdale, Stellenberg, PRG)

Margins across these fixtures were closely matched. Paarl Gim had the edge against Oakdale (won, while Boys lost narrowly), but Paarl Boys posted stronger wins against Boland and Bishops.

Why Paarl Boys Deserve the No.1 Ranking

  • They beat Paarl Gim in the final match — the ultimate tiebreaker.
  • Stronger results in key fixtures such as Affies, Grey and Monument.
  • Season-long consistency, with their only loss coming narrowly to Oakdale.

Paarl Gim’s campaign was spectacular and worthy of huge respect — but the draw (Affies), combined with the loss to Boys, just tilt the scale.

Final Word

Paarl Boys finish the 2025 school rugby season as the top-ranked First XV team in South Africa. Their victory over Paarl Gim wasn’t just historic — it was the final word in both teams’ season filled with elite-level performances.

With both teams having produced some of the most scintillating rugby we’ve seen in recent years, they have raised the standard of South African schoolboy rugby yet again.

There’s no more rugby to be played for these two heavyweights this season — but there’s no doubt about who stands tallest when the dust settles.

Paarl Boys: No.1….but only just.

 SA SCHOOL SPORTS AND SPORTSMANS WAREHOUSE RANKINGS

FAIRTREE FIRST XV RANKINGS  04 AUGUST, 2025

 

RANK

TEAM

MATCHES

AVG BONUS POINTS

1

PAARL BOYS HIGH

17

21.306

2

PAARL GIM

16

21.300

3

GREY COLLEGE

14

20.093

4

AFFIES

15

19.973

5

PAUL ROOS GYM

16

19.213

6

DHS

16

18.138

7

WESTVILLE

13

18.015

8

OAKDALE

14

17.271

9

GARSFONTEIN

15

16.680

10

HILTON COLLEGE

15

16.220

11

RONDEBOSCH

15

15.893

12

WYNBERG BH

15

15.807

13

STELLENBERG

17

15.741

14

GREY HIGH SCHOOL

11

15.618

15

HELPMEKAAR

19

15.358

16

NOORDHEUWEL

17

15.353

17

NORTHWOOD

16

15.000

18

QUEENS COLLEGE

17

14.700

19

BOLAND LANDBOU

14

14.107

20

JEPPE

17

14.094

21

OUTENIQUA

13

13.923

22

ST ANDREWS COLLEGE

16

13.913

23

MARITZBURG COLLEGE

15

13.667

24

GRAEME COLLEGE

16

13.588

25

NICO MALAN

13

13.500

26

MENLOPARK

13

13.285

27

SACS

17

13.276

28

MICHAELHOUSE

16

13.150

29

PRETORIA BOYS HIGH

17

12.929

30

DURBANVILLE

15

12.913

31

KES

15

12.720

32

ST STITHIANS

12

12.625

33

HTS DROSTDY

15

12.413

34

MONUMENT

17

12.388

35

TRANSVALIA

11

12.255

36

GLENWOOD

13

12.223

37

MILNERTON

16

12.044

38

HTS MIDDELBURG

14

12.036

39

SELBORNE COLLEGE

15

11.973

40

WATERKLOOF

16

11.938

41

DIAMANTVELD

17

11.935

42

KEARSNEY COLLEGE

14

11.779

43

PEARSON

14

11.764

44

MIDDELBURG HS

14

11.607

45

RUSTENBURG

17

11.588

46

EG JANSEN

19

11.384

47

MARLOW

15

11.193

48

BISHOPS

17

11.165

49

KINGSWOOD COLLEGE

13

11.069

50

ZWARTKOP

13

10.923

51

DIE BRANDWAG

15

10.807

52

ST CHARLES COLLEGE

13

10.777

53

NELSPRUIT

16

10.750

54

BRANDWAG

17

10.612

55

ST JOHNS COLLEGE

13

9.954

56

MONTANA PTA

13

9.892

57

HUDSON PARK

16

9.838

58

FRAMESBY

15

9.727

59

KEMPTON PARK

12

9.717

60

WESVALIA

13

9.662

61

WELKOM GIM

12

9.658

62

WORCESTER GYM

11

9.609

63

TRIO

13

9.523

64

PARKTOWN

10

9.370

65

JIM FOUCHE

16

9.369

66

SECUNDA

12

9.258

67

MERENSKY

11

9.173

68

PIETERSBURG

14

9.107

69

POTCH GIM

10

9.080

70

DALE COLLEGE

17

9.035

71

BERGSIG

10

8.870

72

POTCH VOLKSKOOL

9

8.833

73

NORTHCLIFF

14

8.821

74

CHARLIE HOFMEYR

13

8.815

75

PAREL VALLEI

11

8.791

76

WITTEBERG

12

8.667

77

VOORTREKKER BETH

15

8.640

78

OOS MOOT

11

8.600

79

FRIKKIE MEYER

7

8.529

80

HOPEFIELD

12

8.492

81

OTTO DU PLESSIS

16

8.469

82

BEN VORSTER

14

8.371

83

STRAND

13

8.300

84

MIDSTREAM

17

8.241

85

MARAIS VILJOEN

13

8.208

86

LICHTENBURG

16

8.194

87

BRACKENFELL

14

8.186

88

OVERBERG

8

8.050

89

HANS STRIJDOM

7

8.017

90

ST ALBANS COLLEGE

13

8.015

91

KLERKSDORP

12

7.858

92

PORT REX

16

7.838

93

PORTERVILLE

12

7.792

94

UPINGTON

14

7.707

95

FICHARDTPARK

10

7.580

96

JEUGLAND

11

7.555

97

DIE ANKER

11

7.518

98

ROBERTSON

14

7.507

99

ELDORAIGNE

12

7.375

100

HUGENOTE WELL

14

7.257

101

HEIDELBERG VOLKIES

11

7.191

102

DINAMIKA

11

7.018

103

ERMELO

15

7.007

104

LIGBRON

12

6.958

105

RANDBURG

12

6.892

106

ST DAVIDS

11

6.736

107

DANIEL PIENAAR

12

6.692

108

ANDREW RABIE

18

6.572

109

OOSKUS GIM

10

6.400

110

ROB FERREIRA

8

6.388

111

HUGENOTE SPRINGS

11

6.318

112

BEN VILJOEN

10

6.300

113

CAMBRIDGE

14

6.221

114

LINDEN

8

6.143

115

MELKBOSSTRAND

11

6.064

116

TOM NAUDE

11

6.036

117

STIRLING

13

6.031

118

VOLKSKOOL

8

5.950

119

MUIR COLLEGE

9

5.922

120

KALAHARI

12

5.858

121

HERMANUS

11

5.782

122

BERGSIG UITENHAGE

14

5.764

123

HENTIE CILLIERS

7

5.750

124

RANDPARK

8

5.629

125

BELLVILLE

12

5.592

126

MONTAGU

15

5.553

127

SWARTLAND

11

5.509

128

POINT

13

5.485

129

ERASMUS

7

5.457

130

ST ANDREWS SCHOOL

7

5.440

131

AUGSBURG

11

5.436

132

DUINEVELD

12

5.350

133

PIET RETIEF

13

5.346

134

KING DAVID

8

5.343

135

HTS BELLVILLE

13

5.338

136

UNION HS

12

5.333

137

WOLMARANSSTAD

8

5.263

138

VRYBURG

7

5.250

139

DR MALAN

11

5.236

140

WILGERIVIER

8

5.083

141

WONDERBOOM

12

5.058

142

SASOLBURG HS

15

5.000

143

CORNWALL HILL

13

4.962

145

ALBERTON HS

12

4.908

146

CENTURION

11

4.818

147

BOTHAVILLE

13

4.815

148

CBC BOKSBURG

9

4.800

149

SUID NATAL

9

4.567

150

FLORIDA

8

4.457

151

HANS MOORE

12

4.400

152

MONUMENT PARK

11

4.391

153

SENTRAAL

16

4.381

154

HOOPSTAD

10

4.360

155

ALEXANDER ROAD

12

4.275

156

PIKETBERG

12

4.150

157

PRETORIA NOORD

10

4.140

158

DIE WILGERS

8

4.086

159

BREDASDORP

10

4.080

160

SAO BRAS

9

4.067

161

FAIRMONT

9

4.011

162

BERGVLAM

6

3.933

163

LANGENHOVEN GIM

15

3.907

164

WESTERING

11

3.864

165

DE VILLIERS GRAAFF

8

3.838

166

HTS WITBANK

8

3.813

167

THOMAS MORE COLLEGE

10

3.790

168

CURRO HILLCREST

11

3.782

169

TRINITYHOUSE RR

10

3.780

170

HILLCREST

10

3.750

171

ST BENEDICTS

12

3.742

172

UPLANDS COLLEGE

9

3.722

173

DF MALAN

13

3.615

174

LABORI

13

3.600

175

LUTZVILLE

10

3.550

176

KNYSNA

12

3.525

177

SPRINGS

9

3.511

178

KUSWAG

13

3.377

179

ST DECLANS

8

3.288

180

WAGPOS

8

3.175

181

BERGVLIET

10

3.170

182

KLOOF

9

3.111

183

CURRO HAZELDEAN

7

3.086

184

AHS GERMISTON

12

2.942

185

JAN VAN RIEBEECK

7

2.857

186

ST PETERS

8

2.763

187

DRIEHOEK

8

2.700

188

WITTEDRIFT

9

2.511

189

GOUDVELD

9

2.500

190

TYGERBERG

7

2.400

191

GLENWOOD HOUSE

7

2.283

192

CLIFTON

7

2.243

193

POTCH BOYS

8

2.163

194

DF MALHERBE

11

2.109

195

BURGERDORP

9

2.078

196

SUTHERLAND

7

2.029

197

YORK

10

2.020

198

LEEUWENHOF

11

1.855

199

OUDTSHOORN

11

1.609

200

OOSTERLIG

11

1.509

201

DESPATCH

9

1.356

202

PENRYN COLLEGE

8

1.300

203

BENONI

7

1.200

204

VREDENDAL

8

1.063

205

EDGEMEAD

7

0.943

206

WOODRIDGE COLLEGE

7

-0.786

207

VICTORIA PARK

8

-0.975

208

DIRKIE UYS

7

-1.683

 

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