Dale College put together a mighty performance in their match against old rivals Queen’s College winning by over 50 points to cap off a season that could have been a whole lot better if not for a few banana skins along the way.
However their strong finish to the season helps to boost them into the top 20 zone on the final Belgotex Sports U16 Top 100 Rankings for 2017 which also sees one or two surprises amongst the elite teams.
Grey College, with the solitary loss in an otherwise brilliant season, end 2017 as the leading U16 team in the country but not without a strong challenge from PRG who perhaps fittingly came second to Grey in their final match of the season.
Harkening back to the 1970’s when former Springbok Thys Burger played for Helpmekaar, the U16 “Bruinmasjien” have also enjoyed a great season and it will be interesting to see how these players perform in their 2018 First XV.
Durbanville who had a fantastic start to their season will be well pleased with a top 10 finish which included wins against SACS and Bishops and will be hoping to continue with this progress on into next year.
Well done to the players and coaches who delivered yet another great performance on the field and we look forward to seeing how all progress on into the First XV’s next season.
| U16 RANKINGS 1 SEPTEMBER 2017 | |||
| RANK | TEAM | PLAYED | AVG PTS |
| 1 | GREY COLLEGE | 15 | 7.533 |
| 2 | PAUL ROOS GYM | 15 | 7.060 |
| 3 | ST JOHNS COLLEGE | 14 | 6.586 |
| 4 | HELPMEKAAR | 13 | 5.938 |
| 5 | SELBORNE COLLEGE | 16 | 5.925 |
| 6 | DURBANVILLE | 18 | 5.750 |
| 7 | MENLOPARK | 17 | 5.729 |
| 8 | PAARL BOYS HIGH | 12 | 5.592 |
| 9 | STELLENBERG | 19 | 5.395 |
| 10 | JEPPE | 17 | 5.218 |
| 11 | MONTANA PTA | 12 | 5.033 |
| 12 | ST ANDREWS COLLEGE | 14 | 4.936 |
| 13 | VOORTREKKER BETH | 10 | 4.620 |
| 14 | MONUMENT | 16 | 4.581 |
| 15 | OOS MOOT | 17 | 4.506 |
| 16 | PAARL GIM | 16 | 4.450 |
| 17 | KINGSWOOD COLLEGE | 13 | 4.423 |
| 18 | DALE COLLEGE | 16 | 4.356 |
| 19 | OAKDALE | 15 | 4.300 |
| 20 | BOLAND LANDBOU | 15 | 4.093 |
| 21 | TRANSVALIA | 10 | 4.080 |
| 22 | DIE BRANDWAG | 6 | 3.950 |
| 23 | HTS DROSTDY | 16 | 3.919 |
| 24 | WELKOM GYM | 8 | 3.875 |
| 25 | HILTON COLLEGE | 12 | 3.825 |
| 26 | NORTHWOOD | 10 | 3.820 |
| 27 | RONDEBOSCH | 16 | 3.788 |
| 28 | FRAMESBY | 14 | 3.714 |
| 29 | GREY HIGH SCHOOL | 13 | 3.708 |
| 30 | GLENWOOD | 11 | 3.500 |
| 31 | PIET POTGIETER | 15 | 3.467 |
| 32 | ST STITHIANS | 7 | 3.457 |
| 33 | ST CHARLES COLLEGE | 13 | 3.454 |
| 34 | MARITZBURG COLLEGE | 15 | 3.360 |
| 35 | PIETERSBURG | 6 | 3.350 |
| 36 | PRETORIA BOYS HIGH | 16 | 3.231 |
| 37 | WESTVILLE | 13 | 3.169 |
| 38 | OUTENIQUA | 15 | 3.127 |
| 39 | KLERKSDORP | 10 | 3.090 |
| 40 | WITTEBERG | 8 | 2.925 |
| 41 | KES | 16 | 2.906 |
| 42 | WESVALIA | 10 | 2.830 |
| 43 | LIGBRON | 16 | 2.800 |
| 44 | AFFIES | 15 | 2.800 |
| 45 | WATERKLOOF | 12 | 2.708 |
| 46 | LYDENBURG | 10 | 2.700 |
| 47 | HOPEFIELD | 10 | 2.680 |
| 48 | JEUGLAND | 14 | 2.579 |
| 49 | NICO MALAN | 15 | 2.493 |
| 50 | PIONIER | 8 | 2.388 |
| 51 | BIRCHLEIGH | 9 | 2.333 |
| 52 | SECUNDA | 8 | 2.288 |
| 53 | FOURWAYS | 12 | 2.125 |
| 54 | ST DAVIDS | 15 | 2.120 |
| 55 | WYNBERG | 9 | 1.989 |
| 56 | NOORDHEUWEL | 14 | 1.743 |
| 57 | PAREL VALLEI | 6 | 1.683 |
| 58 | LABORI | 7 | 1.614 |
| 59 | FAIRMONT | 15 | 1.553 |
| 60 | MARAIS VILJOEN | 11 | 1.518 |
| 61 | DIAMANTVELD | 12 | 1.508 |
| 62 | KEMPTON PARK | 14 | 1.507 |
| 63 | HUDSON PARK | 17 | 1.376 |
| 64 | MICHAELHOUSE | 8 | 1.325 |
| 65 | MARLOW | 8 | 1.325 |
| 66 | EG JANSEN | 11 | 1.318 |
| 67 | HERMANUS | 8 | 1.275 |
| 68 | PEARSON | 8 | 1.250 |
| 69 | HANS MOORE | 7 | 1.114 |
| 70 | NELSPRUIT | 9 | 1.078 |
| 71 | FLORIDA | 9 | 0.967 |
| 72 | GARSFONTEIN | 13 | 0.900 |
| 73 | CLIFTON | 12 | 0.883 |
| 74 | KRUGERSDORP | 6 | 0.800 |
| 75 | SACS | 16 | 0.694 |
| 76 | PARKTOWN | 10 | 0.640 |
| 77 | BRACKENFELL | 10 | 0.510 |
| 78 | DANIEL PIENAAR | 7 | 0.286 |
| 79 | RUSTENBURG | 11 | 0.191 |
| 80 | HTS MIDDELBURG | 12 | 0.183 |
| 81 | CENTURION | 9 | 0.178 |
| 82 | HUGENOTE SPRINGS | 8 | 0.163 |
| 83 | MIDSTREAM | 9 | 0.122 |
| 84 | GRENS | 7 | -0.029 |
| 85 | OVERKRUIN | 6 | -0.033 |
| 86 | QUEENS COLLEGE | 11 | -0.036 |
| 87 | HS ALBERTON | 8 | -0.075 |
| 88 | SUTHERLAND | 7 | -0.100 |
| 89 | ELDORAIGNE | 10 | -0.280 |
| 90 | DHS | 7 | -0.757 |
| 91 | STIRLING | 11 | -1.009 |
| 92 | KEARSNEY COLLEGE | 10 | -1.010 |
| 93 | BISHOPS | 14 | -1.300 |
| 94 | ST ALBANS COLLEGE | 7 | -1.329 |
| 95 | GRAEME COLLEGE | 10 | -1.380 |
| 96 | MUIR | 6 | -1.517 |
| 97 | BELLVILLE | 11 | -1.673 |
| 98 | MIDDELBURG HS | 6 | -1.767 |
| 99 | CAMBRIDGE | 10 | -1.810 |
| 100 | ST BENEDICTS | 13 | -2.215 |
