Next Mutual & Federal Premier Interschools: Grey College vs Paarl Boys’ – Supreme Schools Rivalry

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JOHANNESBURG, 21 May 2013: Grey College will play Paarl Boys’ in Bloemfontein on Saturday 25 May 2013, in a Mutual & Federal Premier Interschools match that will be televised LIVE on SuperSport 6 at 12:55.

Mutual & Federal Premier Interschools is a series of 12 matches, which feature the highest profile and most traditional interschool rugby rivalries, from South Africa’s top rugby schools, broadcast live on SuperSport from April to August.
Schoolboy rugby has served as one of the cornerstones of domestic rugby dating back more than a century, and true to its slogan “Honouring Heritage. Playing for the Future”, Mutual & Federal Premier Interschools is about History, Heritage and Tradition. The series, now in its second year, is expected to grow even stronger.
The Mutual & Federal Premier Interschools stories is further captured in 12 magazine shows which preview all the games and provide historical overviews of these traditional schools and highlight other academic, cultural and sporting achievements.

Herewith, the Magazine Show times as per Supersport schedule online:

Wednesday 22 May: SS1 @ 17:45 Mutual & Federal Premier Interschools Eps 5 (Premeire)

Thursday 23 May: SS6 @ 06:15

Friday 24 May: SS6 @ 20:30

Saturday 25 May: SS1 @ 06:15

Notes and background – Historic overview of the upcoming teams

Grey College vs Paarl Boys High – Background Info

Paarl Boys High (1868) and Grey College (1855) are amongst the oldest schools in South Africa with both schools having a significant pedigree of rugby history, heritage and tradition. They first played each other in 1950 and did not have a regular fixture every year due to the distance between the schools. Grey and Paarl Boys High (also known as Boishaai) played each other 21 times from 1950 up to 1995 and since then it became an annual fixture. In total they have now played 38 matches with Grey having won 30, Paarl Boys won six and two Draws.
The Paarl Boys High vs. Grey College Interschools has now evolved to be one of the Mutual & Federal Premier Interschools in South Africa and will be televised LIVE on SuperSport 6 at
1:45pm on Saturday 26 May, 2013 from Grey College in Bloemfontein. Currently both Boishaai and Grey are among the top 10 top ranked rugby schools in South Africa.

Scores Through The Years

stats by Nelio de Sa 

Highlights over the Years

1950’s

In 1956 Boishaai traveled up north to play Grey in Bloemfontein and it was during this game that legendary Springbok center Mannetjies Roux from Paarl Boys High was first noted by Sports Editor from Die Volksblad, Herman le Roux, who then predicted that Roux would be a future Springbok. Although Grey won 13 – 3, Roux had a sublime game for Boishaai and it was only six years later that he scored that famous try (again in Bloemfontein) against the 1964 British Lions of Arthur Smith.

Mannetjies Roux in 1968 playing in Paarl Boys High Old Boy jersey

Legendary Springbok from Paarl Boys High (1956) Mannetjies Roux

1970’s

In 1974 the first SA Schools team was selected and Grey College had two representatives – Jan Geldenhuys and Gerhard Weitz. Grey beat Paarl Boys High during a festival occasion in the Paarl 21-7

1974: Grey College (21) Paarl Boys High (7)

Jan Geldenhuys (SA Schools) leading Grey against Boishaai in 1974

During the late seventies two very famous Springbok and SA Schools wings (Carel du Plessis and Jaco Reinach) played for Paarl Boys High and Grey College respectively and later became team mates during the 1986 Springboks against the New Zealand Cavaliers. Carel, prince of wings from Boishaai, played in 1978 against Grey which Grey won 29-13.

Carel Du Plessis in his playing days for Province

A year later, in 1979 Jaco Reinach (double Springbok in Rugby and Athletics) was Grey’s wing against Boishaai in a match won by Boishaai 15-13. In 1980, Jaco again played first team for Grey against Boishaai in a Grey team that starred 5 SA Schools players including Jurie Erwee (Captain), Jaco Reinach, Joepie vd Merwe, Koen Pieterse, and Hendrik Daffue. Grey won 13-4. Helgardt Muller (who played SA Schools in ’81 and ’82) and Joubert Strydom (SA Schools Nuffield Cricket Captain) was also part of the 1980 Grey College First Team.

Jaco Reinach (double Springbok from Grey) played against Paarl Boys High in 1979 &

1980 and later became Springbok team mates  with Carel du  Plessis (Boishaai 1978)

against the 1986 NZ Cavaliers.

Grey College 1980 First Team won 13-4 against Paarl Boys High and included 5 SA

Schools Players (Jurie Erwee (captain), Jaco Reinach, Joepie vd Merwe, Koen Pieterse, and Hendrik Daffue)

1990’s

In 1993, the only SA Schools Captain (to date) that became Springbok Captain, was the Paarl Boys High Captain, Corne Krige. Against Grey College, Corne was leading the Boishaai team from the front and will always be remembered for his crash tackles during this game which kept score at a 0-0

2000’s

The last Boishaai team to beat Grey before the 2012 team was in 2000 which boasted the likes of JD Moller, Neil Fullard and Jasper Loubser who did not have their equal in schoolboy rugby that year come scrumtime and 10 + years later is still regarded as one of the best scrummaging pack in schoolboy rugby over the last decade. Grey had future provincial players such as Tewis de Bruyn, Bobbie Joubert and Barry Goodes when Boishaai won the game 17-10 in the Paarl.

JD Moller – Boishaai 2000

2010

The 2010 Interschools in the Paarl had an unfamiliar lead up to the First Team match for Grey when all their A teams in respective age groups (u/14A, u/15A, u/16A) lost against Boishaai on the main field including Grey’s 3rd and 2nd teams. The table was set for the First Team match to be a cracker before Grey took the field. However, the 2010 Grey team had probably the best backline in modern day schoolboy rugby and jumped into 3rd  gear in the second half to run in some sublime tries that resulted in Grey winning 32-12 after being down 11-12 at halftime. That Grey backline during the season of 2010 could contain at one stage up to 6 current and future SA Schools players –Johan Goosen, W illiam Small-Smith, Paul Jordaan, Dries Swanepoel, Jan Serfontein and Kevin Luiters all went on to represent SA Schools in 2010/11.

 Grey 2010 SA Schools Players: Anrich Bitzi, Kevin Luiters, Johan Goosen, Paul Jordaan, Neethling Fouché and William Small-Smith (Captain)

Grey College First Team 2010 beat Paarl Boys High in Paarl 32 -12

2011

In 2011 the Boishaai team nearly caused a major upset in Bloemfontein to end Grey’s long standing winning streak. In an epic match Boishaai came back from being 5-15 down at halftime and  had  Grey under  pressure for  most  of  the  second half.  As  the  final  whistle  went  the scoreboard read Grey 15 -Boishaai 15.

2012 Season

In 2012 Grey came to Paarl as the underdogs, a tag they are not very familiar with. As history will prove, the 2012 Boishaai team was a very well-oiled machine and with their talisman flyhalf Jean- Luc Du Plessis (Son of Carel) pulling the strings, they ran out convincing winners beating Grey

28-18. An interesting twist to the 2012 tale was the fact that the Boishaai left wing Dante vd Merwe is the son of Grey Old Boy Ruan vd Merwe (1986) and the left wing for Grey College was Lezar Marnewick, who’s father Lean played with Ruan for Grey College in 1986!

Dante is again playing for Boishaai in 2013, but in his favourite position as fullback…just like his dad did for Grey back in his days.

Paarl Boys High 2013 Season to Date

Played 12, W on 8 , Lost 3, Draw 1

Preview 2013

At home Grey must be the favorites to win. They might not have the fearsome forwards of a few seasons ago, but the 2013 pack is good enough to hold their own against any opposition. Fullback EW Viljoen is the key player in the Grey backline and his decisive runs f rom the back can cause headaches for Boishaai if they don’t have a counter for it. Boishaai will again rely on their solid pack of forwards to gain dominance and try and starve Grey from good ball. If their speedy backs can get decent ball, they might just prove a handful on the hard surface of Bloem!

List of Grey Springboks:

There were 5 Old Greys in the 1999 W orld Cup squad, Ollie le Roux, Naka Drotské, Ruben

Kruger, W erner “Smiley” Swanepoel and Pieter Müller.

In the 2007 winning W orld Cup team there were again five Old Greys, CJ van der Linde, Jannie and Bismarck du Plessis, Ruan Pienaar and Francois Steyn.

Legendary “Oom” Boy Louw and Carel du Plessis also coached the Springboks. Cornè Krige is still the only SA Schools captain who went on to captain the Springboks as well.

Ryk van Schoor’s son Theuns is currently a teacher at Boishaai and coaches the u/16’s .

TEAM PLAYERS FOR THE GAME ON 25^TH MAY 2013

GREY COLLEGE 1st XV Rugby 2013

PAARL BOYS’ BOYS 1st XV Rugby 2013

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