It was a festival of schoolboy rugby in Kimberley over the weekend.
The 2025 edition of the Wildeklawer sports festival in Kimberley came to an end on Saturday night, after four days of action which included schoolboy rugby, hockey, football and netball.
According to the organisers, a record-breaking 232 teams, representing 126 different schools all over South Africa, came together to compete.
These teams comprised a total of 5,357 players and officials. Matches were played across the city at a number of different venues.
Results of the First XV rugby matches
Wednesday
Marlow 25 Welkom Gim 22
Nico Malan 41 Glenwood 39
Diamantveld 26 Waterkloof 54
Affies 20 Paul Roos 10
Thursday
EG Jansen 20 Drostdy HTS 10
Boland Landbou 64 Framesby 5
DHS 26 Stellenberg 19
Monnas 20 Outeniqua 21
Garsfontein 30 Oakdale 30
Northwood 20 Paarl Gim 46
Noordheuwel 14 Paarl Boys High 42
Jeppe 37 Maritzburg College 24
Grey College 28 Helpmekaar 7
Barbarian North 30 Barbarian South 15
Rustenburg 40 Voortrekker Bethlehem 7
Saturday
Waterkloof 17 Stellenberg 17
Noordheuwel 35 Outeniqua 33
Monnas 0 Paarl Boys High 83
Diamantveld 38 Maritzburg College 31
Affies 74 Boland Landbou 14
Jeppe 27 Oakdale 42
EG Jansen 17 Paul Roos 46
Garsfontein 29 Grey College 45
DHS 20 Paarl Gim 47
Rustenburg 33 Welkom Gim 0
Framesby 7 Helpmekaar 62
Barbarian South 50 Voortrekker Bethlehem 0
Northwood 21 Drostdy HTS 12
Marlow 8 Glenwood 9
Nico Malan 6 Barbarian North 14
