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Mar 2, 23 •
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Supporters of fast-paced schoolboy rugby are set to score with this week’s announcement that the Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival will again kick off over Easter weekend. This 14th festival promises thrilling match-ups between some of the country’s...
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Mar 12, 18 •
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Comments Off on Kearsney beat Michaelhouse 27-17
Kearsney hosted Michaelhouse for the season’s first traditional fixture. The match, and the first half in particular, was marred by typical first match rustiness and errors. Kearsney had the upper hand from the start but were unable to take advantage of...
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Jun 13, 17 •
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Comments Off on Kearsney 1st XV beat St Benedicts 1st XV 64-22
Kearsney hosted the visitors from Bedfordview, Gauteng in what can be described as perfect playing conditions. The visitors stunned the home team with the first try scored in the first minute after their speedy center collected a loose pass to score under...
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Jun 5, 17 •
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Comments Off on Kearsney 1st XV lost to Hilton 1st XV 8-17
Hilton hosted Kearsney in ideal Midlands conditions for the return leg of the double header fixture. As in 2016, the result favoured the home team and Hilton won this encounter 17-8. Kearsney, however, dominated the opening 25 minutes but was unable to score...
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May 30, 17 •
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Comments Off on Kearsney 1st XV beat St Stithians 1st XV 41-18
Kearsney travelled to Gauteng and enjoyed good playing conditions on the Highveld. Kearsney started strongly and were awarded their first try from good attacking play following a lineout in their own half. Eighth man Dylan Richardson made a strong run with...
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Jun 7, 16 •
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Comments Off on Match Report: Kearsney 1st XV beat Hilton College
Kearsney 1st XV beat Hilton College 1st XV 20-8 Kearsney hosted Hilton on the return leg of the double header fixture in good playing conditions on their 95th anniversary Founders Day weekend. Both teams were in good form and the match promised to be a...
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May 30, 16 •
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Comments Off on Match Report: Kearsney vs St Stithians
Kearsney 1st XV beat St Stithians 82 – 5 Kearsney hosted St Stithians on Saturday in pleasant conditions. The first 10 minutes were even with both teams squandering points scoring opportunities. Kearsney scored the first try via number eight Dylan...
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Mar 25, 16 •
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Comments Off on KEARSNEY EASTER RUGBY FESTIVAL 2016 PREVIEW FOR DAY TWO
After the first day of the 2016 Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival the sides which stood out are Selborne College from East London and hosts Kearsney College. The match between Glenwood High School and Boksburg’s Dr EG Jansen was very tightly contested, with...
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Mar 23, 16 •
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Comments Off on TOUGH ENCOUNTERS EXPECTED ON FIRST DAY #KERF #SBSchoolsFest
KEARSNEY EASTER RUGBY FESTIVAL DAY ONE: PREVIEW With only hours left before Thursday’s kick-off of the ninth annual Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival, players from ten prominent South African rugby schools are preparing for some tough encounters early in the...
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Feb 18, 16 •
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Brought to you by Standard Bank Day 1 Thursday 24 March 2016 09h30 KZN U13 Provincial Development vs Umhlali Prep 10h45 Kearsney College vs Hoërskool Noord-Kaap 12h00 HTS Middelburg vs Selborne College 13h15 Glenwood High School vs Dr...
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Mar 30, 15 •
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Comments Off on TOP CLASS SCHOOLS RUGBY KICKS OFF
Caption: Sharks players Tera Mthembu and Francois Kleinhans kick off the Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival outreach initiative ‘Boots & Balls’ by handing over rugby equipment and clothing to the KZNRU Development Programme’s Quentin Reynolds (left),...
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Jan 24, 15 •
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Comments Off on Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival 2015
Date Time 02/04/2015 08h30 KZN u13 P/Development Umhlali Prep 09h30 Kearsney Selborne Kear v Selb 10h45 SACS Dale SACS v Dale 12h00 Menlopark Westville Menl v Glen 13h15 EG Jansen Affies EGJa v Affi 14h30 Glenwood Framesby West v Fram 15h45 Grey College...
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Apr 22, 14 •
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Comments Off on KEARSNEY EASTER RUGBY FESTIVAL WRAP & FINAL LOG OF RESULTS
A highly successful seventh Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival wrapped up yesterday (Monday) with the announcement of the five players to each receive bursaries to the Sharks Academy for 2015. Valued at over R100 000 each, the recipients are prop Kenny van...
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Apr 21, 14 •
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Comments Off on Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival wrapped up – Sharks Academy bursaries awarded
A highly successful seventh Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival wrapped up today with the announcement of five players who each received bursaries to the Sharks Academy for 2015. Valued at over R100 000 each, the recipients are prop Kenny van Niekerk and flyhalf...
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Apr 21, 14 •
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Comments Off on Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival Match Report – Kearsney vs EG Jansen
MATCH 6 KEARSNEY COLLEGE 3 – EG JANSEN 25 Kearsney found themselves on the back foot right from kick-off, as EG Jansen’s pace and physicality put their defence under pressure. With only 21 minutes gone, EG Jansen were three tries to nil ahead, tallying...
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Apr 21, 14 •
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Comments Off on Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival Match Report – Grey College vs Monument
GREY COLLEGE 10 – 10 MONUMENT (Photos: Tracey van den Aardweg) The team from Bloemfontein were on the score board with only nine minutes from the start, scoring two tries, one by prop Ruben Terblanche and the other by full back Henry Immelman. Monument...
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Apr 21, 14 •
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Comments Off on Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival Match Report – Affies vs HTS Middelburg
GAME 4 AFFIES 10 – HTS MIDDELBURG 20 The physicality of this tough encounter was confirmed in the first five minutes with two great sides taking on each other. It was the team from HTS Middelburg who dominated possession until relief came for Affies. With...
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Apr 21, 14 •
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Comments Off on Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival Match Report – Westville vs Selborne
GAME 3 WESTVILLE 14 – SELBORNE 20 (Photos: Tracey van den Aardweg) After Westville’s great performance against Grey College on Saturday, they continued to impress with good, basic rugby and were the first to score a try using the pace of Lindo Buthelezi....
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Apr 21, 14 •
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Comments Off on Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival Match Report – Glenwood vs Framesby
GAME 2 GLENWOOD 31 – HOERSKOOL FRAMESBY 29 Glenwood have had a fantastic festival, notching up two excellent wins – over Dale on Thursday and over EG Jansen on Saturday. Framesby, whilst performing better than in last year’s festival, have lost both...
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Apr 21, 14 •
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Comments Off on KEARSNEY EASTER RUGBY FESTIVAL Match Report- NICO MALAN vs DALE COLLEGE
FINAL DAY – MONDAY 21 APRIL FESTIVAL RESULTS TO DATE THIRD DAY 09h30Nico Malan 10 – 25 Dale College 10h45Glenwood – Framesby 12h00Westville – Selborne College 13h15Affies – HTS Middelburg 14h30Grey College – Monument...
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Apr 20, 14 •
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Four teams – Grey College, Monument, Glenwood and HTS Middelburg – go unbeaten into the final day (Monday) of the Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival. In what is being dubbed the clash of the titans, Grey and Monument will play each other in the...
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Apr 19, 14 •
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Comments Off on KEARSNEY EASTER RUGBY FESTIVAL MATCH REPORT – AFFIES vs MONUMENT
GAME 6 AFFIES 14 – MONUMENT 36 (Photos: Tracey van den Aardweg) Monument’s Wikus van Biljon opened the score board early in the game putting three points on the board in the form of a penalty. An unfortunate mistake in the Affies defence resulted in a...
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Apr 19, 14 •
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Comments Off on Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival match report – Grey College vs Westville
GREY COLLEGE 32 – WESTVILLE 20 A determined Grey College took the lead only 11 minutes into the first half, scoring two tries using the pace of Lourens Steenkamp and Henry Slabbert. Westville soon recovered and dominated possession for a while, which was...
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Apr 19, 14 •
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GAME 4 GLENWOOD 31 – EG JANSEN 20 EG Jansen was the first to score with only four minutes into the first half when centre Delano Kotze kicked a penalty straight through the poles. The Glenwood defence was tested to the maximum with the ‘Black and Gold’...
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Apr 19, 14 •
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Comments Off on Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival match report – Kearsney vs Dale
GAME 3 KEARSNEY COLLEGE 24 – DALE COLLEGE 19 With only 20 minutes into the first half, Kearsney found themselves well in front with some ill-disciplined play by their opposition. Tristan Tedder slotted three penalties and scrum half James Hall impressed...
