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Junior rugby stars kick it up

Thirteen schools in the Highway area will be representing the Pinetown and Districts in the SPAR KZN Primary Schools' Rugby Tournament.

THE annual gathering of KwaZulu-Natal’s young aspiring rugby players will take place at the Woodburn Stadium from 22 to 24 May for the SPAR KZN Primary Schools’ Rugby Tournament.

Now in its seventeenth year, the tournament will have six regions participating during the three days. Northern Natal, Southern Coastals, Durban Coastals, Pinetown and Districts, Zululand and the Midlands will have three divisions each, with 330 boys competing in the hope of being selected to represent their province.

The merit division, or the U13A teams, will be hoping to make the team that stays in Durban for the Craven Week later this year. The U13B team will select a team that will travel to Sasolburg to play in the Interprovincial and finally the U12 age group hope to identify players that will travel to Vryheid later in the season for the U12 Interprovincial.

Heroes of the modern day game have all started their competitive careers at this tournament. Patrick Lambie, who dons the Springbok jersey, cut his teeth in the early years at this rugby festival. Former Sharks player, now representing England, Bradley Barrett, Greg Rawlinson, Matt Stevens, Alistair Hargreaves and current Shark’s player Stefan Ungerer all participated in the KZN Primary Schools’ Rugby Tournament.

“It is fantastic to see the eagerness at this level among all the boys. This tournament has proven itself to be an essential ingredient in grooming future players and we at SPAR are delighted to be a part of it for the second year,” said Rob Philipson, managing director for SPAR KZN.

The games kick off on Thursday with nine games on the programme. Teams go head to head on Friday with the finals and the awards ceremony will take place on Saturday.The primary schools that will represent the Pinetown and Districts are Ashley Primary School, Atholl Heights Primary School, Berea West Primary School, Forest View Primary School, Gelofte Skool, Highbury Preparatory School, Hillcrest Primary School, His Church Primary School, Kloof Senior Primary School, Northdene Preparatory School, Thomas More College, Westville Senior Primary School and Winston Park Primary School.

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