School of Rugby Rankings – Final Rankings for 2015

It is no surprise that Paarl Boys’ High are on top of our final rankings of the 2015-season. The class of 2015 finished the season unbeaten by beating Outeniqua by 30-28 in the final of the Maties Top Schools tournament in the Danie Craven Stadium in Stellenbosch. The first time since 1982 that the first XV of Boishaai finished a season unbeaten. 

Boishaai will surely also top all of the other rankings, but we at School of Rugby has the bragging rights that we were the first ranking system placing them on top. The other powerhouse from the Boland town, Paarl Gimnaisum, finished in the second position. Paul Roos would’ve occupied this spot, but their surprise defeat against Boland Landbou going into the home straight of the season cost them.  

Boishaai’s second stringers also finished their season unbeaten. 

Michaelhouse also finished the season unbeaten and gets the number-nine spot on the rankings. They only played 12 matches during the season. This cost them on our system as we reward teams that play more matches and whom play against quality opposition.  

Both teams who played in the final of the Beeld Noordvaal Trofee for Macro Schools, Garsfontein en HTS Middelburg, moved into out Top 20. It must be remembered that we look at a season as a whole. Both teams had slips early in the season, but managed to finish strong. 

The Rankings: 

Matches that didn’t count towards our rankings: 

• Paul Roos Gimnasium was crowned champion at the annual Sanix Youth Internasional Tournament in Japan. They played six matches in the tournament against Higashi Fukuoka High from Japan (45-13), Ryutsu Kezai University/Kashiwa High of Japan (78-0), Enisei-STM of Russia (57-0), Gose Industrial High of Japan (38-0), Truro College of England (63-0) and Brisbane Boys’ College (35-3). The team from Stellenbosch also thrashed Viadana of Italy (94-0) at the St. John’s College Easter Festival which is excluded for the stats for the rankings. 
  

Affies defeated the SARU XV by 50-0 at Wildeklawer. 

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