2014-01-13

The Wildeklawer tournament, not a part of Easter’s rugby, has become the most influential of the tournaments with its ability to attract a large number of top schools. This year is no different when it takes place on 28-30 April. A change this year will be the absence of Basjan Reinhardt who did so much of the organisation but who died last year of a heart attack on the day after his birthday. The schools invited this year are Affies, Boland Landbou, Diamantveld, Drostdy, EG Jansen, Glenwood, Grey College (Bloem), Grey High School (PE), HTS Middelburg, KES, Maritzburg College, Monument, Noord-Kaap, Oakdale, Outeniqua, Paarl Gim, Paul Roos, SARU Invitational XV, Selborne and Waterkloof. Of these schools several were on the final Top 20 ranking in 2013 – Paarl Gim (1), Outeniqua (2), Affies (3), Grey Bloem (4), EG Jansen (5), Waterkloof (9), Oakdale (10), Grey PE (11), HTS Middelburg (12), Monument (13) and Noord-Kaap (15). Paul Roos, who did not have as good a year as usual last year were also on the FNB Top 20 at times. This year they should enjoy the arrival of a great Under-16 team in 2013. Glenwood, Diamantveld and Drostdy, too, were there for […]

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