Concern mounts about impact of lost season
Some doyens of the local schools rugby community are voicing growing concerns about the negative effects the cancelled 2020 season will have on players’ prospective careers.
Think twice on schoolboys issue
Schools should carefully consider the long-term impact of allowing Grade 12 rugby players to repeat matric for purely rugby reasons, writes DYLAN JACK.
Lynch: Still hope for EPD, U17 players
SA Schools ‘A’ coach Katleho Lynch says thought is still being put into giving players in the SA Rugby Elite Player Development squad a run-out towards the end of the year.
SA Rugby youth programme continuing in lockdown
The SA Rugby Elite Player Development (EPD) programme continues to engage with provincial coaches and players during the lockdown.
The Lost Generation
Grade 12 sportsmen and sportswomen across the country face the daunting prospect of becoming ‘the Lost Generation’ in the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, writes GARY LEMKE.
Schools must see cancellations as an opportunity
Schoolboy rugby stakeholders need to use the unexpected gap in the year’s playing calendar to come together and erase the blights on the game, writes DYLAN JACK.
Port Elizabeth to host next Craven Week
The U18 Craven and Academy Week will be held in Port Elizabeth next year as SA Rugby announced the hosts for future youth weeks until 2022.
Craven Week highlights skills concerns
The 2019 Craven Week highlighted the skills deficiencies that often cause promising schoolboys to struggle at a higher level, writes DYLAN JACK.
Province power through Bulls
Western Province put up a dominant second-half showing to beat the Bulls 56-31 in the closing match of the U18 Craven Week in Bloemfontein on Saturday. DYLAN JACK reports.
Craven Week Hero of the Day (Day 4)
Griffons inside centre Duncan Amsterdam was named Craven Week Hero of the Day for his supreme three-try performance against the Blue Bulls XV on Thursday.
