KWAZULU-NATAL HIGH SCHOOLS RUGBY ASSOCIATION FIXTURE HANDBOOK 2017 SEASON
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<strong>2017</strong> SA <strong>RUGBY</strong><br />
YOUTH WEEKS<br />
<strong>FIXTURE</strong>S<br />
<strong>KWAZULU</strong>-<strong>NATAL</strong> <strong>HIGH</strong> <strong>SCHOOLS</strong><br />
<strong>RUGBY</strong> <strong>ASSOCIATION</strong><br />
SA Rugby’s Youth Weeks will dish up a series of exciting encounters from 3rd to 22nd July, with the<br />
learners with Special Education Needs (LSEN) Week kicking off the three-week rugby festival, while the<br />
U18 Craven Week and Academy Week will wrap it up.<br />
U18 Craven Week and Academy Week, which will be hosted at St Stithians College in Johannesburg<br />
from 17th to 22nd July; the U16 Grant Khomo Week and U13 Craven Week at Grey College in<br />
Bloemfontein from 10th to 14th July.<br />
The Griffons and Griquas CD will kick off the U18 Craven Week on Monday 17th July, with Western<br />
Province who won the final match last season meeting the Pumas, and hosts, the Lions, taking on<br />
Border. The Blue Bulls will go up against the Sharks and SWD meet Eastern Province in the main matchups<br />
on the second day’s play.<br />
The Academy Week will also feature a series of thrilling encounters with Western Province, who took top<br />
honours last season, taking on Boland in a Western Cape derby, while hosts, the Golden Lions, will meet<br />
the Pumas.<br />
The Blue Bulls, who went down against Western Province in the final match last season, will battle it out<br />
with the Free State.<br />
In Bloemfontein, winners of last season’s final U16 Grant Khomo Week match, the Blue Bulls, will meet<br />
Western Province in a north-south derby, and hosts Free State will play against Zimbabwe in two of the<br />
main matches.<br />
In the U13 Craven Week, meanwhile, the main match-ups will see unofficial 2016 champions, Western<br />
Province, meet the Griffons, the Sharks take on the Golden Lions, and the Free State battle it out with the<br />
Blue Bulls.<br />
Boland, who took top honours in the LSEN Week last season, will kick off the competition against<br />
Eastern Province, while the Valke will meet SWD, Western Province takes on the Blue Bulls, and hosts<br />
the Sharks will go up against the Leopards in the main matches.<br />
SA <strong>RUGBY</strong> YOUTH WEEKS <strong>FIXTURE</strong>S (Opening Rounds):<br />
U18 CRAVEN WEEK (St Stithians College, Johannesburg)<br />
Monday, 17th July<br />
Griffons VS Griquas CD<br />
Limpopo Blue Bulls VS Border CD<br />
Free State VS Boland<br />
Western Province VS Pumas<br />
Golden Lions VS Border<br />
Tuesday, 18th July<br />
Valke VS Namibia<br />
Leopards VS Zimbabwe<br />
Griquas VS Eastern Province CD<br />
SWD VS Eastern Province<br />
Blue Bulls VS KZN<br />
<strong>2017</strong> <strong>KWAZULU</strong>-<strong>NATAL</strong> <strong>HIGH</strong> <strong>SCHOOLS</strong> <strong>RUGBY</strong> <strong>ASSOCIATION</strong> <strong>FIXTURE</strong> <strong>HANDBOOK</strong> 34
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