It has been confirmed that Grey College will play against six Top 10-ranked colleges in 2023 following the discharge of their fixture checklist for the upcoming season.
Grey College completed the yr because the No 1-ranked colleges staff in South Africa and completed an honourable second on the World Schools Festival in Thailand, regardless of sending a squad made up of a mixture of U17 and U16 gamers who will type this yr’s XV staff.
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Grey College have now launched its set of fixtures for the looming 2023 marketing campaign and it confirms they are going to play 17 matches throughout the season, together with showdowns against Paarl Gym, Paarl Boys High, Affies, Monnas, Oakdale and Paul Roos, all of who make up the highest 10 in the official rankings.
Additionally, Grey will compete at three rugby festivals — Graeme College Rugby Day in March, the North-South competition in April and at Wildeklawer on 29 April to 1 May.
Their first sport of the yr is on 25 February once they face an unknown facet on the President Steyn Rugby Day, adopted by away fixtures against Hoërskool Duineveld in Upington and Welkom Gym in Welkom.
Over the weekend of 23-25 March, Grey are scheduled to tackle Eastern Cape sides Marlow and St Andrew’s College on the Graeme Rugby Day match.
Then it’s the large showdown between the 2 finest faculty groups in the nation. Grey College up against Paarl Gym on the North-South match in Pretoria. No 1 vs No 2. It might properly be a conflict which determines who will high the rankings when the season ends later this yr.
On day two of the North-South occasion, Durban-based facet Maritzburg College will tackle Grey College. But ranked exterior of the Top 20, Maritzburg must be a simple sufficient problem for Grey College to beat.
After the North-South match in Pretoria, Grey College will take pleasure in a 12-day break earlier than touring from Bloemfontein to George the place they are going to face hosts Hoërskool Outeniqua on 15 April.
Grey College’s third and remaining look at a competition will see them play two matches at Wildeklawer. Although the fixtures for the match are but to be launched, it’s believed that one among Grey College’s fixtures will pit them against Hoërskool Garsfontein.
If that’s the case, it’ll take Grey’s tally of Top 10 oppositions for the yr from six to seven.
May will probably be an especially busy, congested and difficult interval for Grey College. After the second sport at Wildeklawer on 1 May, Grey will welcome Selborne in Bloemfontein on the sixth.
That is adopted by a tough run of three fixtures against Paarl Boys away in Paarl (13 May), Affies at house in Bloemfontein (20 May) and Monnas in Krugersdorp (27 May).
As the season heads to an in depth, Grey College have play against namesakes Grey High with the fixture happening in Port Elizebeth on 29 July. August will see riveting encounters against Boland colleges Oakdale and Paul Roos, each in Bloemfontein.
Grey College 2023 fixtures:
✈ 25 Feb — vs TBC (President Steyn Rugby Day, Waterbron)
✈ 4 Mar — vs Duineveld (Upington)
✈ 11 Mar — vs Welkom Gim (Welkom)
✈ 23 Mar — vs Marlow (Graeme College Rugby Day, Grahamstown)
✈ 25 Mar — vs St Andrew’s College (Graeme Rugby Day, Grahamstown)
✈ 1 Apr — vs Paarl Gim (North-South Festival, Pretoria)
✈ 3 Apr — vs Maritzburg College (North-South Festival, Pretoria)
✈ 15 Apr — vs Outeniqua (George)
✈ 29 Apr — vs TBC (Wildeklawer, Kimberley)
✈ 1 May — vs TBC (Wildeklawer, Kimberley)
✈ 6 May — vs Selborne College (Bloemfontein)
✈ 13 May — vs Paarl Boys High (Paarl)
✈ 20 May — vs Affies (Bloemfontein)
✈ 27 May — vs Monnas (Krugersdorp)
✈ 29 Jul — vs Grey High School (Port Elizabeth)
✈ 5 Aug — vs Oakdale (Bloemfontein)
✈ 12 Aug — vs Paul Roos (Bloemfontein)
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