The King Price Derby Series will be showcasing the best of what South African schoolboy rugby has to offer once again this Saturday.

One of the biggest school rugby rivalries will take centre stage in Pretoria when the Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool of Pretoria will take on Grey College from Bloemfontein.

Catch all the action live on SuperSport Schools (www.supersportschools.co.za) or on Channel 216 in DStv. The match kicks off at 14:00.

These two schools met each other for the first time on the rugby field back in 1923. Since then, 48 encounters took place with Grey College coming out on top in 37 of them, while Affies won six matches. Five matches ended in a draw.

Grey College defeated Paarl Boys’ High by 31-21 in a King Price Derby Series encounter last week. This week, they will be welcoming back Johan Dormehl (winger) and Henru Erasmus (flanker) to their ranks after they missed the encounter against Boishaai due to injury.

Erasmus’ partnership with Niel du Randt and Xander de Beer in the loose forwards could prove to be the deciding factor in the match.

Affies welcome back Rico du Plessis at outside centre. Du Plessis has been a revelation this year in every match he got an opportunity to pull on the hallowed Wit Bul-jersey.

With his ability to open up space for the side’s dangerous wingers Dandré Brink and Dehan Botha, he will, without a doubt, be looked after well by Grey’s defence.

It has been more than ten years since Affies last defeated Grey College. Their last victory came back in 2015, when they won 29-18 in Bloemfontein.

In Riversdale on the Eike-field Oakdale Landbou will be hosting Hoërskool Outeniqua in the biggest school rugby, wait probably biggest rugby match in South Western Districts.

The last two years’ encounters belonged solely to the Bulle from Oakdale as they trampled the Kwaggas by 50-7 (2025) and 60-8 (2024). This year’s encounter promises to be a much tighter affair.

Going by the selectors for the Craven Week, Oakdale should still be the favourites for this Saturday’s clash. Eleven players from the side made South Western Districs’ squad to take part in this tournament in Gqeberha in July.

Outeniqua have nine players who made the cut. Oakdale’s loosehead prop, Kyle Burger, got the nod ahead of Matthew Smith of Outeniqua in the starting line-up. Burger will, however, be on the bench for this weekend’s clash, while Smith would be raring to go to showcase what he has to offer.

In Krugersdorp on the Ras van Rooyen Hoërskool Monument’s Wit Bulle will face Jeppe High School for Boys in another King Price Derby Series clash.

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These two schools don’t have a long history of playing each other, but they have been the two main producers for the Lions Craven Week side over the last couple of years.

This Saturday’s encounter will only be the sixth in history. The first was in 2014 when Monnas won by 24-22. Last year, Monument won handsomely by 70-24 on Collard Field.

In the previous two years, Jeppe came out on top by 47-31 (2024) and 30-24 (2023).

The halfback pairing of Morné Noble and Jayden Viljoen will be the driving force behind the Wit Bulle. Noble represented the South African Schools’ side in 2025, while Viljoen is without a doubt one of the frontrunners to wear the number 10 SA Schools-jersey this year.

In the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands St Charles College will host Glenwood High School for a King Price Derby Series encounter from 15:30.

Source : Hannes Nienaber