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<blockquote data-quote="BokMagic" data-source="post: 116091">Well, they haven`t played the truly MIGHTY Framesby High yet, so..........Our setup in South Africa is very much based along provincial lines. Each province has a league, with eventual champions crowned. There are the inevitable derby rivalries- in the Eastern Cape where I grew up, it was always Framesby(my old alma mater) vs Grey High- nowadays considered a FNB Classic Clash- and Framesby vs. Andrew Rabie. But nowadays there are more and more rugby schools coming forward, for instance Itembelihle, alma mater of Bok backrow Solly Tybilika. In the other provinces, there is the annual Hilton/Michaelhouse derby in KZN, Affies vs. Pretoria Boy`s High in Pretoria, and of course the mother of all schools derbies, Paarl Gym vs Paarl Boy`s High in the Boland, a game that draws 30000 people annually. Out of these provincial games comes the provincial Craven Week teams, where the best players from each province plays in an inter-provincial competition. Out of this competition, the Baby Boks will be picked.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BokMagic, post: 116091"] Well, they haven`t played the truly MIGHTY Framesby High yet, so.......... Our setup in South Africa is very much based along provincial lines. Each province has a league, with eventual champions crowned. There are the inevitable derby rivalries- in the Eastern Cape where I grew up, it was always Framesby(my old alma mater) vs Grey High- nowadays considered a FNB Classic Clash- and Framesby vs. Andrew Rabie. But nowadays there are more and more rugby schools coming forward, for instance Itembelihle, alma mater of Bok backrow Solly Tybilika. In the other provinces, there is the annual Hilton/Michaelhouse derby in KZN, Affies vs. Pretoria Boy`s High in Pretoria, and of course the mother of all schools derbies, Paarl Gym vs Paarl Boy`s High in the Boland, a game that draws 30000 people annually. Out of these provincial games comes the provincial Craven Week teams, where the best players from each province plays in an inter-provincial competition. Out of this competition, the Baby Boks will be picked. [/QUOTE]

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