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