SA schoolboy set for Scotland U19 debut

SA schoolboy set for Scotland U19 debut

Former Rondebosch Boys’ High centre Harry Soboil has been selected for the Scotland U19 squad. The Scots are set to face Italy U19 in two matches. Soboil starred for the Rondebosch 1st XV last year and was selected for the Western Province U18 Academy Week squad. He...

Barrett: Bok hiding still hurts

The All Blacks’ scars from their record defeat to the Springboks are still fresh. Flyhalf Beauden Barrett says the memory of the 43-10 humiliation in Wellington continues to hang over the team months later. “There is a deep feeling of pain, almost like a deathly...
SA rugby’s latest schoolboy behemoth

SA rugby’s latest schoolboy behemoth

Rondebosch Boys’ High lock Sebastian Vermeulen is a giant specimen. Vermeulen weights 140kg and stands 2.06m tall! He featured at the Pretoria Boys’ High 125th Anniversary Easter Rugby Festival over the weekend, making a big impression in more ways than one.   The...

Stonehouse opens up on Pumas player exodus

The Pumas’ reputation as one of South African rugby’s most productive talent factories continues to grow, but it comes at a price. Players developed in the Lowveld are regularly snapped up by bigger local and overseas clubs, forcing coach Jimmy Stonehouse to...