28 April 2026
Throughout the long weekend, at the Absa Wildeklawer Festival in Kimberley and the Standard Bank Grey High Rugby Festival in Gqeberha, KZN schools were competitive, but they often found themselves on the wrong end of results. In fact, the only 1st XV to win at the Grey festival was Michaelhouse, who hammered St Andrew’s College 41-5 on Monday.
The Makhanda side was made to pay for ‘House‘s unexpected loss to Grey High on Saturday, with coach Marco Engelbrecht‘s boys going down 19-28 after leading 19-15.
Kearsney College twice came up narrowly short. They lost by two points to Graeme College when a last-second penalty kick to win the game drifted wide left, and they fell by five against a surging SACS team on Monday.
St Charles College gave Kingswood a good go, but lost by three in their opener. Graeme, who’ve been stitching together another strong season, had their number on Monday, winning 43-17.
Glenwood High was handed two tough assignments, taking on Rondebosch Boys’ High and Grey High. The Green Machine had their moments, but both ‘Bosch and Grey were comfortable winners by 20 and 22 points, respectively.
KZN sides fared better at age-group levels, with Kearsney’s u15A and u14A sides returning clean records, while for many others it was a case of winning one and losing one.
Clifton College vs Hoërskool Suid-Natal
Clifton College wasn’t in festival action. They headed down the South Coast to face Hoërskool Suid-Natal on Saturday.
The Durban boys would have expected to win, but with well over half their preferred starting 1st XV out of action with injuries after the St Stithians Easter Festival, they faced a tough challenge. It proved to be just beyond them.
Suid-Natal scraped a narrow 29-26 1st XV win, but Clifton’s u16A side triumphed 19-5. The South Coast locals showed their teeth, however, by claiming a hard-fought 15-10 victory in the u15A game, and a comfortable 36-7 win in the u14A match.
RESULTS
Saturday, 25 April
1st XV
Kingswood 22-19 St Charles
Graeme 35-33 Kearsney
Rondebosch 42-22 Glenwood
Grey High 28-19 Michaelhouse
Parel Vallei 50-14 Framesby
SACS 34-26 Selborne
HTS Daniel Pienaar 34-34 Hudson Park
HTS Drostdy 74-0 St Stithians
Dale College 32-15 Pearson
Mzwandile Mali XV 42-34 Muir College
2nd XV
Grey High Unicorns 25-12 SACS
u16A
Grey High 47-8 Michaelhouse
Kearsney 36-31 Graeme
St Charles 26-12 Pearson
Parel Vallei 22-14 Framesby
Rondebosch 52-17 Selborne
HTS Drostdy 50-28 Nico Malan
SACS 26-14 St Stithians
HTS Daniel Pienaar 51-17 Hudson Park
Muir College 20-12 Grey High u16B
u15A
Grey High 32-12 Michaelhouse
Pearson 19-17 St Charles
Kearsney 39-17 Graeme
Framesby 43-0 Parel Vallei
Selborne 27-25 Rondebosch
Nico Malan 31-19 Hudson Park
HTS Drostdy 46-10 HTS Daniel Pienaar
Muir College 14-12 Grey High u15B
u14A
Kearsney 29-5 Graeme
Grey High 34-7 Michaelhouse
Pearson 18-7 St Charles
HTS Daniel Pienaar 21-0 Hudson Park
Selborne 16-14 Rondebosch
HTS Drostdy 48-5 Nico Malan
Framesby 26-7 Parel Vallei
Grey High u14B 57-19 Muir College
Monday, 27 April
1st XV
SACS 33-27 Kearsney
Michaelhouse 41-5 St Andrew’s College
Grey High 34-12 Glenwood
Graeme 43-17 St Charles
Pearson 57-12 Mzwandile Mali XV
Kingswood 38-20 St Stithians
HTS Drostdy 67-12 Selborne
Rondebosch 29-12 KES
Parel Vallei 28-15 Hudson Park
Dale College 34-25 Muir College
2nd XV
SACS 22-17 St Andrew’s College
u16A
SACS 34-24 Kearsney
Michaelhouse 39-5 St Andrew’s College
KES 26-22 Selborne
Rondebosch 20-17 Grey High
Nico Malan 49-22 St Stithians
HTS Drostdy 45-26 Pearson
u15A
Michaelhouse 47-5 St Andrew’s College
Kearsney 31-19 Nico Malan
St Charles 5-5 Graeme
Grey High 58-12 Rondebosch
KES 38-5 Selborne
Hudson Park 15-5 Parel Vallei
Dale College 24-10 Muir College
HTS Drostdy 19-5 Pearson
u14A
Michaelhouse 50-0 St Andrew’s College
Graeme 19-0 St Charles
Kearsney 47-7 Nico Malan
Grey High 20-5 Rondebosch
HTS Drostdy 41-0 Pearson
KES 41-0 Selborne
Dale College 41-7 Muir College
Parel Vallei 17-10 Hudson Park
Grey High u14B 45-3 Westering
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