11 April 2023
Kearsney Easter Festival
At Kearsney, Glenwood and Westville Boys’ High joined Monument as the three teams to go through the event with a perfect record of three wins from three matches. DHS went two for three, including a stunning win over Marlow on the final day, while the hosts went down twice, but ended Dr EG Jansen’s unbeaten season.
6 April
Kearsney 20-23 Dale
DHS 31-16 Worcester Gimnasium
Monument 28-7 Framesby
Westville 31-19 Noord-Kaap
Dr EG Jansen 28-28 Hartpury College
Glenwood 22-10 Marlow
8 April
Westville 14-9 Hartpury College
Marlow 30-15 Worcester Gimnasium
Glenwood 19-7 Dale
Kearsney 17-12 Dr EG Jansen
DHS 31-10 Framesby
Monument 50-5 Noord-Kaap
10 April
Glenwood 57-3 Worcester Gimnasium
DHS 32-25 Marlow
Monument 41-5 Dale
Westville 22-10 Dr EG Jansen
Framesby 35-7 Noord-Kaap
Kearsney 24-26 Hartpury College
Saint Stithian’s
At Saint Stithian’s, Michaelhouse emerged with an unblemished record. Clifton found the sledding tough. However, they played the toughest schedule of any team at the festival; they teams they faced won eight of nine matches.
6 April
Wynberg 20-12 Helpmekaar
Michaelhouse 29-22 Saint Andrew’s College
Saint John’s (Harare) 29-26 Saint Alban’s
Kingswood 45-12 Clifton
Bishops 66-3 Saint Stithian’s
8 April
Kingswood 36-17 Saint Stithian’s
Saint Andrew’s College 43-21 Saint John’s (Harare)
Helpmekaar 30-31 Bishops
Michaelhouse 37-21 Clifton
Wynberg 56-0 Saint Alban’s
10 April
Bishops 43-10 Clifton
Wynberg 41-0 Northcliff
Michaelhouse 40-10 Saint Alban’s
Kingswood 31-5 Helpmekaar
Saint Stithian’s 7-15 Saint John’s (Harare)
Saint John’s Easter Festival
At Saint John’s, Maritzburg College showed they are a team to be reckoned with, not only scoring three victories, but also lowering the colours of a highly rated Jeppe 1st XV. Saint Charles scored an impressive win over Saint Benedict’s, while Hilton College won two of three, sneaking by Noordheuwel by two, and losing to Jeppe by four.
6 April
Maritzburg College 50-5 Lions Invitational
Saint Charles 5-41 Pretoria Boys’ High
Nelspruit 12-8 Saint Benedict’s
Jeppe 27-17 Graeme College
Grey High 22-12 Boland Landbou
Hilton College 32-30 Noordheuwel
Welkom Gimnasium 28-12 Saint John’s
8 April
Welkom Gimnasium 19-17 Lions Invitational
Saint Charles 31-0 Saint Benedict’s
Graeme College 20-20 Saint John’s
Maritzburg College 43-19 Nelspruit
Noordheuwel 19-24 Boland Landbou
Hilton College 20-24 Jeppe
Grey High 19-26 Pretoria Boys’ High
10 April
Grey High 40-7 Lions Invitational
Hilton College 36-10 Graeme
Noordheuwel 52-11 Saint Benedict’s
Saint John’s 18-7 Saint Charles
Boland Landbou 50-15 Welkom Gimnasium
Nelspruit 24-31 Pretoria Boys’ High
Maritzburg College 26-20 Jeppe
KES Easter Festival
Northwood won two of three at the KES Festival, going down only to Paarl Boys’ High, one of the traditional powerhouses of South African schoolboy rugby.
6 April
Nico Malan 46-11 Saint David’s
Eldoraigne 36-0 Parktown
Paarl Boys’ High 48-5 Selborne College
Northwood 30-15 Ben Vorster
KES 52-12 Hudson Park
Queen’s College 40-21 Diamantveld
8 April
Durbanville 61-21 KES
Diamantveld 37-21 Nico Malan
Saint David’s 20-36 Eldoraigne
Northwood 31-13 Hudson Park
Queen’s College 32-10 Ben Vorster
Selborne College 23-17 Parktown
KES 8-10 Paarl Boys’ High
10 April
Queen’s College 31-12 Kempton Park
Nico Malan 24-5 Ben Vorster
Parktown 17-19 Diamantveld
Saint David’s 19-31 Hudson Park
Durbanville 20-17 Eldoraigne
Northwood 7-29 Paarl Boys’ High
KES 20-0 Selborne College
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