Sunday, 30 June 2019

The Craven Week is not what it used to be

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I’m not going to be at the Craven Week this year. I’ve been to the last 16 weeks in a row, and to 27 of the last 30, so it will be a littl...
Wednesday, 12 June 2019

Craven Week selecting is a whole new ball game

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The Craven Week has been, for years, a fantastic rugby occasion. The best young players in the land all appearing on the same field in a n...
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Friday, 7 June 2019

The professionals should be producing the pros, not the schools

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An article on the All Out Rugby website last week made for interesting reading: https://www.alloutrugby.com/why-school-power-doesnt-tran...
Wednesday, 29 May 2019

Selection - the way things are

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I’m going out on a limb here and I’m probably going to get bliksemed, so I’ll get my excuse in upfront: there’s a difference bet...
Wednesday, 22 May 2019

Online registration is not the answer to our schooling woes

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So the Gauteng Department of Education’s online registration process got under way on Monday. I’m afraid I’m conflicted on the issue –...
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Thursday, 16 May 2019

The downside of having super schools

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A downside to the emergence of rugby “super” schools was always going to be the decline and possible demise of the rest. Not all schoo...
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Thursday, 2 May 2019

KES vs Jeppe is a proper derby

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It was the great screenwriter, Aaron Sorkin, who said that if you repeat something you have written yourself and published before, it’s no...