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<blockquote data-quote="saulan" data-source="post: 817469" data-attributes="member: 60236"><p>Just want to make a correction on that point. In general, private schools in South Africa are quite rubbish at rugby in South Africa. There is maybe one in each big town that may have a good team (Bishops in the WC, Hilton and Michaelhouse in KZN and Saint Andrews in Grahamstown). But the best schools at rugby are generally a form of public school, or former model c's. They are government schools but have additional fees to provide a bit more. These include schools like Paarl Boys, Paarl Gym, Paul Roos, Waterkloof, Outenequa (sorry, I am sure I butchered that), Grey PE, Grey College,Tygerberg, Glenwood, Wynberg, SACS and Rondebosch to name a few. </p><p></p><p>The only schools that you could try to seperate from these is pure government schools, which are free. Unfortunately these schools are incredibly underfunded with one teacher to 50 students in some cases. It's a lot harder to get rugby into these schools when the traditional sport is often football, a game that is a lot easier to just pick up and play, than rugby, a game that requires a bit more infrastructure and has a higher injury rate. Personally, I don't think SARU is doing enough anyway to get rugby into these schools and regions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="saulan, post: 817469, member: 60236"] Just want to make a correction on that point. In general, private schools in South Africa are quite rubbish at rugby in South Africa. There is maybe one in each big town that may have a good team (Bishops in the WC, Hilton and Michaelhouse in KZN and Saint Andrews in Grahamstown). But the best schools at rugby are generally a form of public school, or former model c's. They are government schools but have additional fees to provide a bit more. These include schools like Paarl Boys, Paarl Gym, Paul Roos, Waterkloof, Outenequa (sorry, I am sure I butchered that), Grey PE, Grey College,Tygerberg, Glenwood, Wynberg, SACS and Rondebosch to name a few. The only schools that you could try to seperate from these is pure government schools, which are free. Unfortunately these schools are incredibly underfunded with one teacher to 50 students in some cases. It's a lot harder to get rugby into these schools when the traditional sport is often football, a game that is a lot easier to just pick up and play, than rugby, a game that requires a bit more infrastructure and has a higher injury rate. Personally, I don't think SARU is doing enough anyway to get rugby into these schools and regions. [/QUOTE]
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