From sa schools matches to success with the stormers and western. It was originally home to grey high school old boys but for years now the ogc has welcomed visitors and new members from past and present parents as well as the general public. This page is about grey high school 1st team rugby. Grey high school strives to provide excellence in academic, sporting and cultural activities. High school varsity club and single school varsity must be enrolled, attending and in good standing in a high school or an equivalent nonpostsecondary educational program or institution home schooled. Dean dreamed of shaping a team that would go down in grey history as one of the best the school had produced. At the age of 12, he impressed scouts at a youth tournament in mossel bay and was offered a scholarship at grey junior in port elizabeth.
Ultimate rugby is a dynamic rugby website and mobile app containing the latest news, realtime live scores, videos, competitions, social media and player interaction for all tierone rugby worldwide. The grey boys finished their tour in style by winning all 5 matches. This page is about grey high school 1st team rugby, jump to. Ssl is a platform on youtube that films and live streams schoolboy rugby and other school sport to the internet so that anyone in any part of the world with an internet connection can watch gamessport live. The player must be within four 4 years of the moment the player first enrolled in the ninth grade, regardless of when the player started playing rugby or had the ability to start.
However, most of said players 11, i think played for a very inexperienced 1st team in 2018, which may have eroded their confidence or toughened them up for 2019. The series, now in its seventh year, is expected to grow even stronger. Keep up to date with the latest updates and happenings. You can now view the year books below, we adding them as they get scanned, our mission is to get all the grey college year book magazines scanned and digitised for old boys to access for next few centuries. Grey high school port elizabeth, eastern cape facebook. Best school in the world with some steps and some mega boomfas ig. Best represented school in super rugby, european club rugby, currie cup and varsity cup.
Congrats to grey high for hostings such a wonderful festival. Hosts grey are set for an explosive finish to the standard bank grey high school rugby festival when they take on king edward school of johannesburg in the final match of the tournament next weekend. Premier interschools rugby grey college vs grey high. According to the sports lore, in 1823 william webb ellis, a pupil at rugby school, defied the. Grey high school is a semiprivate english medium high school for boys situated in the suburb of mill park in port elizabeth in the eastern cape province of south africa. And horoscopes esoteric, audio books, back to school, bags and boxes. Grey college is the best rugby school in 2016, 2017 and 2018 by ending overall first in the combined age group rankings. Usa rugby oversees four national teams, multiple collegiate and high school allamerican sides, and an emerging olympic development pathway for elite athletes.
This author has written this book with out siya knowledge or permission. During greys first tenure as governor of new zealand, he was created a knight commander of the order of the bath 1848. Your history of rugby fact book is also a great way to enjoy a trip down memory lane. Grey high school vs grey college historic overview 2018. The grey schools celebrated their 150th anniversary in 2006, and grey junior celebrated its 75th anniversary as.
Meet grey high schools first team rugby captain awsum. While history teaching originally focused on the facts of political history such as wars and dynasties, contemporary history education has assumed a more integrative approach offering students an expanded view of historical knowledge that includes aspects of geography, religion, anthropology, philosophy, economics, technology, art and society. Grey remains as one of the leading schools in the country, with a culture and value system that support its fine heritage. Traditional schools they compete against, on an annual basis, are dale college, graeme college, grey college, queens college, selborne college, st. The participating schools have not been finalised but herewith a list of confirmed schools. Rugby has been one of the main school sports its foundation. The grey 1st xv won a high scoring match by 45 points to 38. Grey has served bloemfontein, the free state, south africa and the world well over the past 150 years. History of the grey soon after the landing of the british settlers in 1820, a small but flourishing settlement existed on the shores of algoa bay. Successful weekend for grey sports teams in queenstown. Title price low to high price high to low recently added date oldest first date recent first authorsubject signed. Grey college vs grey high school from grey college, bloemfontein more rugby highlights. Greg represented eastern province and border, and enjoyed stints in europe as a professional player too. Thus began one of the most remarkable success stories in rugby history, one that.
The school has already produced twenty springboks, including the most recent, frans malherbe. In 2017, the u16a team won every match, including a 34 to 0 win over kingswood. Standard bank grey high rugby festival fixtures press release by neale emslie. The hockey teams had a clean sweep, with rugby teams winning of the 15 matches. Grey high vs grey college historic overview rugby 15. Any form of organised education, however, was sadly lacking until the arrival of a scottish graduate named john paterson, who must be given most of the credit for establishing a small. A centenary history of george heriots school fp rfc 1990.
Grey sports teams enjoyed a successful weekend in queenstown against queens college. The official website of the national governing body for the sport of rugby union in the united states of america. Grey funding we offer professional primary and secondary schooling for boys, geared at making gentlemen out of boys who are not only proud members of their community but proud contributors to the overall success of their communities through sport and academic excellence. Usa rugby is charged with developing the game on all levels and has over 125,000 active members. Do you want to work at a great school and be part of a friendly team. Grey high school rugby festival 2018 schoolboyrugby blog. The history of each school is there, from the beginning to the present day not just in the buildings but mostly the people, individuals and groups such as sporting teams, the many different spheres of school life and staff members. He adapted well to the posh private school, but it was on the rugby field. Its history and its daily life goulburn, edward meyrick on. Grey rugby tour report to uk 20 grey high overseas rugby festival itinerary monday 25 november 15.
He was subsequently offered a rugby scholarship to the prestigious grey high school, which south african cricketer graeme pollock and england international mike catt had attended. The book is a celebration of history and south african school. Grey is recognised for its competitiveness and excellence in academic, sporting and cultural activities, as well as for its ability to consistently produce leaders. The tyres were part of rugby life at grey high school. School of rugby is a schools rugby website which covers schoolsrugby as well as junior rugby from around south africa. Famed old boy and former director of rugby at grey, 1991s greg miller represented sa school s at both rugby and cricket, while his record for the annual quad race still stands at the school. Whitchurch high school welcomes all students of a variety of abilities and learning needs. Whether it was the first rugby game that you went to as a child, or that beloved grudge match you won from decades ago, you can recount it all in this unique and fantastic book. This tradition was reintroduced in 2011 after an absence of more.
Rugby, football game played with an oval ball by two teams of 15 players in rugby union play or players in rugby league play. Rugby vs grey college bloemfontein paarl boys high school. The grey high school rugby festival will take place from the 22nd of march 2019. Connect to grey junior school, grey high school, grey foundation, old greys union and old grey club. Many of the memories one has of rugby high school are framed by the annual traditions that took place there and hopefully still do. I started aspiring to do much more than my peers around me at my old school. The contest reflected the policy to name the intermediate schools after important figures in northwest history. The socs sport toolkit is designed to save time and help manage sports in schools. Grey high school ultimate rugby players, news, fixtures. Greys 1 st team has unbeaten seasons from 1981 until now. Andrews college, wynberg high and of late paul roos gymnasium. I am very grateful for all the opportunities i received at my old school, but moving to grey was a good decision. Grey high school rugby festival 2019 schoolboyrugby blog.
It is one of the top schools in the country for its rugby, cricket and hockey, as well as being one of the oldest schools in south africa. Some quality teams from other parts of the country to test the best the eastern cape can throw at them. In 1820 the game of rugby was played rather like soccer, but players were allowed to catch the ball and kick it out of their hands. Playing for the future, premier interschools is about history, heritage and tradition. Grey high school pe grey college 1st xv rugby stats. Both rugby union and rugby league have their origins in the style of football played at rugby school in england. First established in 1850, the old grey club is steeped in history and tradition.
Some of these traditions harked back to the history of the school, and although these were generally reviled when you first arrived, by the time you left years later, you were miserable that you would never take. Grey has a proud rugby tradition and record which dates back to the 19th century. Grey high school of port elizabeth will be holding its annual rugby festival on 2123 march 2019. Captain robert gray junior high school, built in south tacoma, was the name chosen from a naming contest conducted by the tacoma daily ledger, predecessor to the tacoma news tribune. At the end there is an index by school, which makes it easy to find people. Weve lost 3 games to paul roos, rondebosch and grey college. Grey high has a proud history in south african rugby producing 15. It is a grand occasion with 82 matches, played on seven fields, mostly at grey but also at old grey, crusaders and police fields. Oliver auditions will take place from 3 8 february 2020. This balanced development of body, mind and spirit is also encapsulated in the school motto tria juncta in uno meaning three joined in one. They are in the order in which they appear in the book, which is by age sacs, wynberg boys high, bishops, grey college of bloemfontein. The grey high school rugby festival raised the bar in school rugby by delivering one of the most exciting mix of teams which produced some great rugby. Socs sport caters for all sports and comes complete with a dedicated sports website to link to your school website information published in your sports website is not an additional overhead but the natural output from the processes needed to manage sports in your school.
There were no limits to the number of players on each side, for example, school house v rest of the school. Its highly unlikely for grey college not to dominate sa schools rugby. Club until, one day, he was offered a rugby scholarship to grey high school. Siya kolisi first came to our attention a few months earlier when he played for a club which took on a grey junior side in a local tournament, says dean carelse, who is currently master in charge of rugby at another port elizabeth school pearson high, but was a rugby coach and teacher at grey high at the time.
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