THE annual gathering of KwaZulu-Natal’s young aspiring rugby players takes place at Woodburn Stadium from May 22 to 24 for the Spar KZN Primary Schools’ Rugby Tournament.
The tournament, now in its 17th year, will see six regions taking part over the three days. Northern KwaZulu-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 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 hopes to identify players that will travel to Vryheid later in the season for the U12 interprovincial.
Managing director for Spar KZN, Rob Philipson said, “It is fantastic to see the eagerness at this level amongst all 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.”
The games kick off on Thursday, with nine games on the programme. Teams go head to head on Friday, with the finals and awards ceremony on Saturday.
Primary schools represented for the southern coastal region are Amanzimtoti, Athlone Park, Doonheights, Izotsha, King Edward, Kokstad Junior, Kokstad Primary, Kuswag, Pennington, Margate, Scottburgh, Southcity, Suid-Natal Primary, St Monica’s and Warner Beach.
