Top 20 rankings (3 June)
3 Jun 2009
Westville Boys’ High have climbed up keo.co.za’s rankings after their thrilling 27-all draw with KES last Saturday.
Westville, ranked 20th last week, are now 16th. Wynberg Boys’ High have also made good progress, moving from 18th to 14th place after defeating Paarl Gym 15-10.
As far as the top 10 is concerned, Grey College are still sitting pretty at No 1, with Affies having moved from No 4 into second spot with a hard-earned 10-0 victory over Maritzburg College this past weekend. Paarl Boys’ are up one place to No 6 after defeating Rondebosch 18-13, while Paul Roos slip from No 2 to eighth after being beaten 27-15 by Bishops in Stellenbosch.
Meanwhile, St Andrews have cracked the top 20 after a nail-bittting 17-16 win over Grey PE, with Queen’s dropping out.
Keo.co.za Schoolboy Derby Top 20 Rankings:
1. Grey College
2. Affies
3. KES
4. Marlow
5. Waterkloof
6. Paarl Boys’
7. Bishops
8. Paul Roos
9. Outeniqua
10. Monument
11. Glenwood
12. Grey High
13. Selborne
14. Wynberg Boys’
15. Brandwag
16. Westville Boys’
17. St Andrews
18. Paarl Gym
19. Michaelhouse
20. Boland Landbou
Clashes this weekend that could effect the rankings:
Bishops vs Paarl Boys
Outeniqua vs Paarl Gym
SACS vs Paul Roos
Wynberg vs Rondebosch
KES vs Pretoria Boys’
St Johns vs St Stithians
Monument vs Marais Viljoen
Dale vs Grey High (PE)
Queens vs St Andrews
Maritzburg College vs Glenwood
By Gareth Wright
13 Comments
3 Jun 2009, 09:14 am
Its all Grey for the rest of the schools
3 Jun 2009, 09:30 am
go Wynberg!!
Lets finish the season in the top 10!
3 Jun 2009, 11:06 am
I seriously hope rondebosch can cause a upset this weekend.
3 Jun 2009, 11:45 am
Whoever does these current rankings is high on crack. Bishops have flattened every Paarl school so far. Should be number 2 with Wynberg hovering in around position 10. Bishops were provincial champions in 2005, 2006 and second in 2008. Yet in these seasons the highest they finished was below the Paarl schools on the national ladder. Someone please help for I might be misguided here….
3 Jun 2009, 13:56 pm
BISHOPSOD:I can help you with the inaccurate statement in your second sentence.Bishops beat Paarl Gym and Boland Landbou only in 2009.They will only play Paarl Boys High on 6 June.
4 Jun 2009, 09:23 am
#4 BishopsOD: and Bishops lost to Wynberg that is not even on the top 20. The game between Bishops and Paarl Boys should be very interesting.
I sat between many of Bishops supporters and most of the other Bishops team’s coaches when they played Paul Roos and I can got a lot of respect for them especially the coaches. They were not watching with one eye and they gave credit to good play by both sides and never made any negative comments. Well done!!
4 Jun 2009, 09:24 am
BTW I am a Paul Roos supporter
5 Jun 2009, 08:55 am
#4 BishopsOD: here is your the help you requested – Bishops lost 4 & drew 1 game in both 2008 & 2007. Losing 4 games (+ 1 draw) doesn’t put you in the pantheon of greatness. Grey Bloem & Paarl Gim have regularly gone an entire season without a single loss (1 at most).
Having said that Bishop vs Boishaai is going to be a cracker, I am def. going to watch it. HJS HJS HJS all the way.
FYI – Paul Roos isn’t a Paarl school, it’s in Stellenbosch. Paarl Boys’, Paarl Gim & Boland Landbou are Paarl schools.
[lastly, losing to Wynberg didn't help your ranking in 2009].
5 Jun 2009, 09:08 am
#6 Bergie: On the Wynberg defeat, it was the only defeat of the season so far. Along the way, Bishops has beaten Grey High, Gimmies, Paul Roos, Landbou, meaning that they should be second, at least. Are you sure they lost four games last season? I only recall defeats to Gym and Paul Roos.
Sorry about Roos being a Paarl school!
Yeah, the game this weekend is is gonna rock the Cape!
Paarl Gym is pretty crusty this year.
5 Jun 2009, 09:38 am
#9 BishopsOD: Bishops IS above all the schools that they’ve beaten this year. So no gripes there. If they beat Paarl Boys’ on Sat then they will jump futher up the ladder.
FYI – Paarl Boys beat Waterkloof and they are ranked below them. go figure.
what it comes down to is: Beat a team higher than you e.g: Affies or Grey Bloem and you earn major points. BUT beating teams lower on the list doesn’t carry much weight.
However if you happen to lose to a team lower on the list, e.g. Bishops vs Wynberg – and then you lose major rating points.
5 Jun 2009, 13:21 pm
#10 brains_trust: Point taken. It’s just that there’s been controversy about the rankings (somewhere in the Southern Suburbs, of course
).
So if a school is in the top four, technically, they are only looking to stay up there by staving off defeat against the lower ranked sides instead of gaining anything from these matches??? Ouch!
5 Jun 2009, 14:00 pm
#9 BishopsOD: Appology accepted about Roos being in Paarl !(lol)
8 Jun 2009, 10:28 am
#11 BishopsOD: Saturday was a tough day for Bishops with Paarl Boys’ High First XV beating Bishops 31 – 12.
FYI – Paarl Boys’ won every single game on Saturday [i.e. All the U14, U15, U16 & U19 games]. HECTIC.
Well done Boishaai – !
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