Starting fixtures for 2008 Schools Weeks
Tue, 12 Feb 2008
The Craven Week for High Schools is at Affies in Pretoria on 6-12 July 2008. The fixtures for the first two days are known.
Starting fixtures for 2008 Schools Weeks
Tue, 12 Feb 2008
The Craven Week for High Schools is at Affies in Pretoria on 6-12 July 2008. The fixtures for the first two days are known.
SA Schools play Italy
Thu, 20 Jul 2006
The 2006 South African Schools side will play against Italy Under-18 in Bloemfontein on Saturday - a match the South Africans would be expected to win.
Top 20 and Weeks' standings
Sun, 16 Jul 2006
Let's compare, by province, the standings of the FNB Top 20, the results from Craven Week and the Academy Week and the number of players in the two national teams..
Summary of Craven Week results
Sun, 16 Jul 2006
The 43rd Craven Week ended ion Johannesburg after five playing days of rugby with lots of tries. On the final day the Blue Bulls proved their worth by beating the Golden Lions in the prestigious final match of the tournament.
SA Schools teams selected
Sat, 15 Jul 2006
At the end of the 2006 Craven Week which ended in Johannesburg on Saturday two representative schools teams were announced - a South African Schools team and a South African Schools A team.
Craven Week - Final Day
Sat, 15 Jul 2006
The Blue Bulls are the undisputed kings of Craven Week 2006 after their big win over the Golden Lions, an even bigger win than the score suggests.
Possible Craven Week selections
Fri, 14 Jul 2006
The 43rd Coca-Cola Craven Week for Under-18 players been held at the University of Johannesburg has once again produced rugby fitting of the man after whom the tournament is named. The schoolboys have tried their best to play attacking rugby at all times and there has been lots of talent on display.
Craven Week - final fixtures
Thu, 13 Jul 2006
Not at all surprisingly, the Blue Bulls and the Golden Lions play the final fixture of the 2006 Craven Week. They have been the outstanding teams.
Craven Week - Day 4
Thu, 13 Jul 2006
It was sunny but windy in Johannesburg for the fourth day of the 2006 Craven Week and it started with a mismatch as Griquas blew away Border Country Districts. In fact it was a day with only one close match out of five.
Paralysed star encourages Craven Week players
Wed, 12 Jul 2006
On Tuesday evening Victor Vermeulen spoke to nearly 400 schoolboy rugby players taking part in Craven Week and at the end of his inspirational address, they rose to applaud the young man who spends much of his life in a wheelchair.
Craven Week - Day 3
Wed, 12 Jul 2006
The rain was pelting down in the south of the country but up in Johannesburg the weather was calm and perfect for rugby as the 2006 Craven Week went into Day 3.
Craven Week Day 2
Tue, 11 Jul 2006
If you did not watch the Griffons play the Valke on the second day of Craven Week you missed getting a taste one of the great individual performances of the 43 Craven Weeks. Cecil Afrika of the Griffons is magnificent. You also missed a wodnerful rugby match.
Craven Week - Day 1
Mon, 10 Jul 2006
Craven Week 2006 opened at the University of Johannesburg on Monday with a trans-border match between Limpopo and Zimbabwe - on a sunny, slightly windy day.
Craven Week history
Mon, 10 Jul 2006
Craven Week, the greatest schoolboy rugby tournament in the world, seems to have been around forever. But like all things, it had a birth. It was a healthy birth but not universally welcomed. There were those who thought it a bad idea.
Craven Week Venues
Mon, 10 Jul 2006
This year's Craven Week will be the third held in Johannesburg. Its centre of activities will be the University of Johannesburg, where the old RAU used to play its rugby.
Danie Craven
Mon, 10 Jul 2006
Danie Craven has been dead for 13 years. Lest anybody forget the greatest man in South Africa's rugby history and in case some do not know why the Craven Week is named after him, we give a short biography.
Father of Craven Week no longer here
Mon, 10 Jul 2006
Towards the end of April, Jan Preuyt, generally considered the father of Craven Week, died in Cathcart in the Eastern Cape. He was 83.
Fixtures for Craven Week 2006
Mon, 10 Jul 2006
The fixtures for the first two days of Craven Week have been made. The other three days' fixtures depend on what has gone before.
Referees for Craven Week
Mon, 10 Jul 2006
The 2006 Craven Week takes place at the University of Johannesburg from Monday, 11 July. Nine referees have been appointed to the week.
