Countdown to riveting schoolboy rugby

Fans of schoolboy rugby are in for a treat this weekend as ten top sides from all over the country lock horns this Easter weekend at Kearsney College in Hillcrest at the ninth annual Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival.

Ballito’s Umhlali Preparatory kicks off the festival against the KZN U13 Development XV on Thursday morning at 9.30am in the first primary school game of the weekend.

Five matches are played per day, preceded by a match between a local primary school and the KZN U13 Development side on Thursday, Saturday and Monday.

The other two local primary schools are Pelham Senior Primary School and Highbury Preparatory.

There are two first-timers in this years line-up, including Maritzburg College, Hoërskool Noord-Kaap from Kimberley.

Three of KZN’s top five sides can be seen in action this weekend. Maritzburg College, Kersney and Glenwood all have their eye on top honors and will be giving the other seven sides a taste of KZN grit.

Schools represented are Dr EG Jansen from Boksburg, HTS Middelburg, Selborne from East London, Dale College from King Willioams Town, Hoërskool Framesby from Port Elizabeth, SACS from Cape Town and KZN sides, Maritzburg College, Kersney and Glenwood.

Three Sharks Academy bursaries, consisting of a Sharks Academy contract and n academic tuition bursary, will be awarded straight after the last match of the festival to three players who show great potential.

Entry into the grounds is R50 per car or R20 per pedestrian and huge crowds are expected as usual.

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Fixtures

Thursday 24 March

09:30 KZN u13 Dev XV vs Umhlali Prep

10:45 Kearsney College vs Höerskool Noord-Kaap

12:00 HTS Middelburg vs Selborne College

13:15 Glenwood HS vs Dr EG Jansen

14:30 Maritzburg College vs Dale College

15:45 SACS vs Höerskool Framesby

Saturday 26 March

08:30 KZN u13 Dev XV vs Pelham Senior Primary

09:30 Höerskool Framesby vs Dale College

10:45 Glenwood HS vs HTS Middelburg

12:00 Kearsney College vs SACS

13:15 Maritzburg College vs Selborne College

14:30 Dr EG Jansen vs Höerskool Noord-Kaap

Monday 28 March

09:30 KZN u13 Dev XV vs Highbury Prep

10:45 SACS vs Selborne College

12:00 Höerskool Framesby vs Höerskool Noord-Kaap

13:15 Maritzburg College vs Dr EG Jansen

14:30 Glenwood HS vs Dale College

15:45 Kearsney College vs HTS Middelburg

17:00 Awarding of Sharks Academy Bursaries

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