KES, St John’s, St Stithians Easter rugby festivals — All the fixtures

It’s Easter weekend and that means it’s time for schoolboy rugby action – and plenty of it. The three traditional Easter long weekend festivals in Johannesburg will again take place with fixtures on Thursday, Saturday and Monday at St John’s, St Stithians and King Edward VII School. In an interesting new twist, St John’s are hosting U-13 and U-16 matches as well, with Monday’s schedule dedicated to the U-13s and U-16s only.

Matches on the three days will take place on the Burger field as C field. The St Stithians Sportsfest also includes U13 and U16 boys and girls teams in action on Monday, with the opening day Thursday and Saturday reserved for the senior U19 boys. A hockey festival is taking place at the same time, as well as matches in netball, tennis, squash and football.



King Edward VII School’s U-19 boys matches this year take place on Saturday and Monday only. Thursday’s action is dedicated to U-13s and U15s as well as U-16 girls. The school will also host a hockey festival over the weekend, with matches on Thursday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday.

Several other sporting festivals will take place across Gauteng and the country over the long weekend, including the Best of the West rugby festival at Krugersdorp High and the annual Kearsney College festival in KZN. U-19 First XV rugby fixtures St John’s festival Thursday Kingswood v Randburg 12.30pm Voortrekker v Graeme 1.

40pm Golden Lions Invitational v Maritzburg College 2.50pm St David’s Marist Inanda v SACS 4pm Nelspruit v Welkom Gim 5.10pm Pretoria Boys v Diamantveld 7.

10pm St John’s v Hilton 8.20pm Saturday St David’s Marist Inanda v Golden Lions Invitational 8.20am Welkom Gim v Diamantveld 9.

30am Voortrekker v SACS 10.40am Pretoria Boys v Graeme 11.50am Randburg v St John’s 2.

10pm Hilton v Kingswood 3.20pm Maritzburg v Nelspruit 4.30pm St Stithians festival Thursday Hartpury College 2nd (England) v Rand Park 9am St Stithians v Clifton 10.

10am Northcliff v St Andrew’s Makhanda 11.20am Michaelhouse v St John’s Harare 12.30pm St Charles v Windhoek High 1.

40pm Hartpury College 1st v Wynberg Boys 2.50pm Bishops v Helpmekaar 4pm Saturday Hartpury College 2nd (England) v Mzwandile Mali XV 8.30am Clifton v Windhoek High 9.

40am Northcliff v St John’s Harare 10.50am St Andrew’s Makhanda v St Charles 12pm Bishops v Hartpury College 1st 1.10pm Wynberg v Helpmekaar 2.

20pm St Stithians v Michaelhouse 4pm KES festival Saturday Pearson v Northwood 9am Hudson Park v Eldoraigne 10.15am Queen’s v Parktown 11.30am Noordheuwel v Affies 12.

45am Jeppe v Selborne 2pm KES v Rondebosch 3.15pm Monday Pearson v Eldoraigne 9am Queen’s v Rondebosch 10.15am Affies v Selborne 11.

30am Parktown v Hudson Park 12.45pm Noordheuwel v Jeppe 2pm KES v Northwood 3.15pm.