Schoolboy rugby starts again: All the big fixtures this weekend

2026-03-13 - 10:03

The 2026 schoolboy rugby season enters its second week, and some big fixtures are on the cards this Saturday. In Pretoria, a derby of note will draw crowds as Hoërskool Waterkloof host Affies. Bulls coach Johan Ackermann said he expected some of the Bulls faithful to miss their derby against the Stormers on Saturday due to the enormity of this clash. Schools around the country also converged on Cape Town for the Wynberg Rugby Festival running through the week. The final matches will be played out on Saturday for families to make a day of it. Otherwise, many of the biggest schools are slowly getting into the swing of things, with KwaZulu-Natal schools only starting this week. Some of their derbies include Durban HS v Michaelhouse, Hilton v Westville and Northwood v Glenwood. Selected fixtures Boland Landbou v Durbanville Bishops v Worcester Gim Wynberg v Strand St Benedict’s v Melkbsstrand Stellenberg v Paarl Gim Oakdale v Grey College Outeniqua v Nico Malan Swartland v Belville Maritzburg College v Helpmekaar Durban HS v Michaelhouse Hilton v Westville Northwood v Glenwood St Charls v Kearsney George Randall v Lilyfontein Queen’s v Cambridge Queenstown Region v Border Combined Schools XV Ooskus Gim v Port Rex Selborne v Stirling Dale v Hudson Park Daniel Pienaar v Graeme Marlow v Duineveld Framesby v St Andrew’s Otto du Plessis v Brandwag (EP) Victoria Park v Kingswood Goudveld v Jim Fouché Trio v Diamantveld Fichardtpark v Beth Voortrekker Witteberg v Sentraal Hugenote (Springs) v Die Anker Wagpos v Zwartkop Heidelberg VS v Bergsis Ac Jeugland v Montana Potch Volkskool v Klerksdorp Wesvalia v Lichtenburg HTS Middelburg v Piet Retief Menlopark v Ben Vorster Middelburg v Transvalia Nelspruit v EG Jansen Waterkloof v Affies Garsfontein v Jeppe St David’s v St Stithians St Alban’s v St John’s Parktown v Trinityhouse