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.

Tragic, but inspiring story of rising star

Edinburgh-bound Paul Roos centre Jordan Venter has opened up on how he overcame a tragedy that forever changed his life and career. JAMIE LYALL reports.

Age of destruction

The latest incident of overage pupils playing in school teams has done more damage to the beautiful game, writes former Springbok STEFAN TERBLANCHE.

St John’s postpone Easter festival

St John’s College in Johannesburg is the latest school to postpone their Easter Festival in response to the Covid-19 precautions.

SA’s oldest schools festival also falls victim to Covid-19

St Stithians College has confirmed that its annual Easter Festival has been called off due to the continuing threat of Covid-19.