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Live on youtube if anyone is interested

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53qrb_y0nEo

That YC didn’t have much in it, just a bit of a scrag.

Yep it was a weak YC.

So sad to see the empty stadium with schools rugby.

OomStruisbaai wrote: Sat Mar 05, 2022 3:47 pm So sad to see the empty stadium with schools rugby.

The Leinster Schools Qtr Finals start tomorrow in Donnybrook, & I guarantee they'll be full houses.

fishfoodie wrote: Sat Mar 05, 2022 5:35 pm

OomStruisbaai wrote: Sat Mar 05, 2022 3:47 pm So sad to see the empty stadium with schools rugby.

The Leinster Schools Qtr Finals start tomorrow in Donnybrook, & I guarantee they'll be full houses.

Put on the link please.

Rhona hurt our school sport for the last two years. In South Africa school sport is a big thing. The top rugby schools travel far and they will do for exc soccer/debatting/chess/socccer/hockey ect against each other riding with the 1st team rugby on the Saturday. All the pupils and parents attend and support in all the sport ending with a crowd of 10,000 plus at the rugby. Paarl Interschools have a crowd of 30 000 +.

OomStruisbaai wrote: Sat Mar 05, 2022 6:56 pm

fishfoodie wrote: Sat Mar 05, 2022 5:35 pm

OomStruisbaai wrote: Sat Mar 05, 2022 3:47 pm So sad to see the empty stadium with schools rugby.

The Leinster Schools Qtr Finals start tomorrow in Donnybrook, & I guarantee they'll be full houses.

Put on the link please.

I'm not sure if they'll all be live on Youtube, but if they are the Leinster Rugby Page will be a good place to start

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHjF2 ... eyyBL8Ow2w

Blackrock College v Terenure College – Sunday, 6 March (Energia Park, KO 12pm)
Gonzaga College v Wesley College – Monday, 7 March (Energia Park, KO 3pm)
Newbridge College v Belvedere College – Tuesday, 8 March (Energia Park, KO 3pm)
St Mary’s College v Kilkenny College – Wednesday, 9 March (Energia Park, KO 3pm)

The big game is first up tomorrow

Thanks Boet. Schools rugby is the best.

OomStruisbaai wrote: Sat Mar 05, 2022 7:08 pm Thanks Boet. Schools rugby is the best.

No problem !

I love being at school games in person, you really get the enthusiasm that way.

And I found the link to the live streams !!

https://www.irishrugbylive.ie/

Cup Semi Finals today

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UT4MXF8b_08

Two QFs down, & two to go

Blackrock College 48 Terenure College 0
Gonzaga College 32 Wesley College 7

In South Africa only the Gauteng schools play competitions. Affies however withdraw from this.

It's more important to get mass participation for the top rugby schools. The biggest schools have 20 + rugby , 6+ soccer , 15 hockey+ teams playing each other from Friday to saturday.
Some schools include chess, surfing, Xbox, tennis, water polo, cycling, golf and cross country running.

Semi Finals Announced

Bank of Ireland Leinster Schools Senior Cup semi-finals:

Gonzaga College v St Mary’s College – Wednesday, 23 March (Energia Park, KO 3pm)
Newbridge College v Blackrock College – Thursday, 24 March (Energia Park, KO 3pm)

Both semi-finals will be broadcast live on Premier Sports TV. The final of the competition is due to be played on Sunday, 3 April, at the RDS Arena.

CJ Standers school Oakdale vs Paul Willemse school Monnas

fishfoodie wrote: Thu Mar 10, 2022 9:39 pm Semi Finals Announced

Bank of Ireland Leinster Schools Senior Cup semi-finals:

Gonzaga College v St Mary’s College – Wednesday, 23 March (Energia Park, KO 3pm)
Newbridge College v Blackrock College – Thursday, 24 March (Energia Park, KO 3pm)

Both semi-finals will be broadcast live on Premier Sports TV. The final of the competition is due to be played on Sunday, 3 April, at the RDS Arena.

Senior Final is kicking off in 20 mins, at 13:00 GMT

Gonzaga College v Blackrock College
Live on Premier Sports TV, & I think online here https://www.irishrugbylive.ie

OomStruisbaai wrote: Tue Mar 08, 2022 5:29 am In South Africa only the Gauteng schools play competitions. Affies however withdraw from this.

It's more important to get mass participation for the top rugby schools. The biggest schools have 20 + rugby , 6+ soccer , 15 hockey+ teams playing each other from Friday to saturday.
Some schools include chess, surfing, Xbox, tennis, water polo, cycling, golf and cross country running.

I love this, especially coming from the North American 'varsity' system where schools only have one team per age band (at most). Typically, in Canada, you'll get the 'junior' team for Grades 9 and 10, 'senior' for 11 and 12. Sometimes girls (and boys in smaller areas) either don't get enough for both or there's not enough junior opponents locally if they do, so there will be a 'varsity' team for Gr 9-12 (less likely for contact sports, but does exist for a lot of girls XVs).

If SA would play in competition, this two Bok factories would have clashed mostly.

For some reason (maybe because Grey College is a boy school) they never played the usual interschools (teams from all age groups) against each other.

Last night they produce the best rugby for the year.

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