Daniel hartman craven 11 october 1910 4 january 1993 was a south african rugby union player 1938, national coach, national and international rugby administrator, academic, and author. Popularly known as danie, doc, or mr rugby, craven s appointment from 1949 to 1956 as coach of the springboks signalled one of the most successful spells in south african rugby history during. This was also the year that welkom high school beat gimmies 21 12 at rugby. According to the sports lore, in 1823 william webb ellis, a pupil at rugby school, defied the conventions of the day that the ball may only be. To do justice to the full rugby legacy, writing a full history of all south africas rugby exiles. He still wears his st peters 1 st xv rugby tie with pride. Hattingh played craven week rugby for western transvaal in 1985. The craven week is an annual rugby union tournament organised for. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience.
At the end of the third term, mr pagel resigned to take up an inspectorate position, and mr n j mcgill was appointed principal in 1981. School of rugby is a schools rugby website which covers schools rugby as well as junior rugby from around south africa. School of rugby is with francois du plessis and cj morison. We have increased the number of doping control tests at craven rugby week and we continue to catch young players testing positive for performance enhancing drugs, said. The board wants the game played in the right spirit.
The brand of rugby played was particularly attractive to watch where the forwards gained possession for the wings to score, and when. The 1st xv had an excellent season with seven players being chosen to represent the rhodesian schools craven week side. Digital version of the 2020 law book now available online. For those who can make it to polokwane just two and half hours from pretoria get ready for not only a feast of rugby, but also a momentous. He made his provincial debut for northern transvaal in 1991 and his international debut for the springboks on 22 august 1992 against australia at newlands in cape town, when he replaced adri geldenhuys in the first half. Cocacola craven week has travelled all over south africa but this is the first time in 50 years that polokwane and the limpopo province will be hosting the prestigious tournament. It is a book of great delight and takes selfcontrol to stop dipping into it and it is not easy to put down. A craven week rugby player has made a 7 year olds dreams come true with a simple act of kindness and inspired thousands in the process. As we get to craven week again in 2010 it is good for us to recall who the craven of craven week was.
The u18 craven week will return to grey college in the bloemfontein for the first time since 2005, when the popular schools rugby showcase plays out from 1 to 6 july 2019. The untold story of south africas black rugby exiles ohio university. This year it was held at one of the top white private schools even though 50% of the. The book begins with a rabbinic endorsement by rabbi hacohen and. Cape town the u18 craven week will return to grey college in the bloemfontein for the first time since 2005, when the popular schools rugby showcase plays out from july 16, 2019. South africa national rugby union team the south africa team that played the second. The tournament started in july 1964, and is named after the legendary springbok rugby union player and coach dr danie craven the tournament has its humble beginnings in an idea by piet malan, then springbok flanker, in 1949, around the time of the south african rugby. In a historic first, the u16 sa rugby grant khomo under16 week will welcome a new team this year, the iqhawe impi, following the addition of the side comprising of players selected from the. Free state western province blue bulls eastern province.
Posted in craven week, dylan jack, sa schools, schools rugby, top headlines tagged sa schools, schools rugby, u craven week, u18 craven week. Iqhawe impi to make history in grant khomo week sa rugby. This book gives us the history of rugby union, with mentions of soccer football, gaelic football, u. Oct 26, 18 4861 views craven week, craven week fixtures, general news, grant khomo week, school, youth weeks shaun liddle no comments the u18 craven week will return to grey college in the bloemfontein for the first time since 2005, when the popular schools rugby showcase plays out from 1 to 6 july. Rugby, football game played with an oval ball by two teams of 15 players in. The tournament started in july 1964, and is named after the legendary springbok rugby union player and coach dr danie craven the tournament has its humble beginnings in an idea by piet malan, then springbok flanker, in 1949, around the time of the south african rugby boards 75th. His previous books include rugby s great split, rugby league in twentieth century britain, and a social history of english rugby union, each of which won the aberdare prize for sports history book of the year. At prince edward school he played in the first xv for two years and in the craven week side in 1968. It s the best seat in the house, constantly brings new challenges and i was too small to make it onto the bigger.
Frankly i suspect that if he were still alive he would have been abhorred by developments in schools rugby. Bowe behind new schools festival inspired by south africas craven week the former ulster and ireland wing has partnered up with louis ludik for rugby rising. The youth development platform for our future springboks. After matriculating he went on a rugby exchange to mahurangi high. Blue bulls rugby union boland rugby border rugby eastern province rugby free state cheetahs golden lions rugby union griffons rugby griqualand west limpopo blue bulls pumas sharks south western districts valke rugby western province rugby union. The craven week is an annual rugby union tournament organised for schoolboys in the republic of south africa. Rugby, football game played with an oval ball by two teams of 15 players in rugby union play or players in rugby league play. Schoolboy rugby stakeholders need to use the unexpected gap in the years playing calendar to come together and erase the blights on the game, writes dylan jack. Craven was a threetime chairman of the irb council and presided over both the south african rugby board and the unified south african rugby football union, which he helped form in 1992. It was high drama in the final match of the day between dhl western province xv and the assupol blue bulls as the pretoria sides fullback geraldo flusk scored a late try and converted it for a 3634 lead with seconds to play, and they then managed to hold on for the win. Here is a list of the players who scored the most points during a single craven week since the inaugural. During the five years from 1975 to 1980 that he served as captain, the springboks won of 15 matches, giving du plessis an 86. Rugbyplaying history at the national u level and sub sequent. Discover book depositorys huge selection of rugby league books online.
Boland made a strong run in the second half, with two excellent runs by fullback viaan mentoor from darling getting him a brace and his team back on even terms with minutes to play. It is available in the major south african book stores. Hattingh played in five test matches and twelve tour matches for the. Danie craven, byname of daniel hartman craven, born october 11, 1910, lindley, south africadied january 4, 1993, stellenbosch, south african rugby union football player, coach, and administrator who was one of the most influential and controversial figures in the history of the sport. Oct 26, 18 4859 views craven week, craven week fixtures, general news, grant khomo week, school, youth weeks shaun liddle no comments. For the non history buffs, heres a potted history of craven week, which has faced many changes since it started but the key factor is still rugby.
Over the past half a century 243 springboks have graduated through the craven week ranks and 46 springboks have played at the under craven week. Hudson park high school 1st team south africa 19851987 border schools craven week representative 1987 university of port elizabeth 19881991 cambridge rugby club 19922003 captain, 5 time league champions coached u10 selborne colledge border bulldogs 19992000. Craven week unofficial winners 19712014 schoolboyrugby blog. South western districts vs south eastern transvaal coca cola craven week, durban monday, july 9th, 1990. Wayne tucker, the rugby captain, was selected for craven week rugby and made the nfs school team.
Tim hutchinson wrote a letter to mrs barnes of glenwood high school, to tell her about one of their craven week rugby players who made his grandsons dreams come true with a simple act of kindness. The iqhawe impi which will be made up from players who were identified by the. I like to challenge myself individually and to be a referee does present that challenge very often. Both rugby union and rugby league have their origins in the style of football played at rugby school in england. Rugby news of the all blacks, wallabies, springboks and england, ireland. We see the origin of rugby union and of soccer as each emerged from the myriad local rules popular in great britain in the nineteenth century. Marius eyssen, pieter school of rugby craven week 1996 school of rugby.
His name lives on through craven week, the first nonracial south african schoolboy competition which he was instrumental in launching in 1964, a truly. Bowe behind new schools festival inspired by south africa. Rugby in south africa craven played 16 test international. This special 20 edition of the cocacola craven week tournament will see exactly 440 of the countrys top school rugby players take part in 20 teams that includes sides from namibia and zimbabwe. He made his mashonaland debut at the 1969 tournament his clubplaying career has been largely dedicated to old hararians with brief spells at johannesburg and cape town. Once again i just want to say thank you to johan snyman who updates the. Without his time and effort to retrieve the info and forward it, presenting the database below would not have been possible. Craven week showcases the best schoolboy rugby and not once has the tournament been played in a black township. The craven week having begun in 1964, and every member of the team being awarded colours.
The games virtues were promoted by books such as thomas hughess tom. Football, rugby league and aussie rules when their history impacts the history of union. Siya kolisi sings and dances with the border team at the u18 craven week in paarl on monday. The south african rugby union saru hosts four national competi tion tournaments for. With the 2015 craven week schools rugby festival only days away the south african institute for drugfree sport saids has pointed to an alarming doping trend in the sport at this level. Salisbury, rhodesia sad news from prince edwards old. The springboks in the world cup the early beginnings schools, clubs and soldiers pave the way turmoil at the top the woes and fortunes of rugby presidents segregation, frustration and infighting the history of multiracial rugby in south africa a competition of two phases the currie cup.
An allround athlete, craven represented his university in rugby, swimming. Iqhawe impi to make history in grant khomo week south. Pdf rugbyplaying history at the national u level and. The money from them went to feeding the stellenbosch university bursary fund. Some names of people and places proper nouns in the days when people did grammar have become common nouns in the language, losing the capital letter to start th word sandwich, cardigan, meander, boycott, lynch, rugby, as examples. Seventysix per cent of the players selected for the u tournament do not play at the u18 national craven week tournament.
Apart from his academic dissertations which were referred to above, craven wrote numerous books as solo and coauthor on rugby, including his. He represented his school at provincial u18 level for the border craven week team and was awarded full school colours for rugby. Daniel hartman craven 11 october 1910 4 january 1993 was a south african rugby union. Increase in doping tests at craven week drug free sport. Tacklerelated injury rates and nature of injuries in. The proceeds from this book, too, will go to the university of stellenbosch bursary fund. Craven week rugby player makes a 7 year olds dreams come true.
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