St John's Easter Rugby Festival has been the festival to be at during the past ten years. This year the festival is scheduled to take place from Thursday 06 April until 10 April 2023.
Grey High School and Maritzburg College are the new faces while Affies, Helpmekaar, Paul Roos and Paarl Boishaai are missing from the fixtures.
Helpmekaar will attend the St Stithians Easter Rugby Festival and Paarl Boishaai will be attending the KES Easter Rugby Festival due to an administrative error apparently.
Maritzburg College will be closely watched for an early influence of ex-Garsfontein Director Of Rugby. Hendre Marnitz replaced Hein Kriek as the Director of Rugby at Maritzburg College at the beginning of this year. Expect the normal exciting rugby that Maritzburg College play to increase by 20-30%.
Nelspruit will bring new excitement after being promoted to the Noordvaal Cup competition after a few not-so-great years while the appearance of Grey High School will also bring new excitement to the festival.
Boland Landbou will be out to prove some wrong while Pretoria Boys High and Noordhewel will be hard nuts to crack.
Fixtures 2023:
06 April 2023
Maritzburg College vs Lions XV
St Charles College vs Pretoria Boys High
Nelspruit vs St Benedict's
Jeppe vs Graeme College
Grey High School vs Boland Landbou
Hilton College vs Noordheuwel
Welkom Gim vs St John's College
08 April 2023
Welkom Gim vs Lions XV
St Charles College vs St Benedict's
Graeme College vs St John's College
Maritzburg College vs Nelspruit
Noordheuwel vs Boland Landbou
Hilton College vs Jeppe
Grey High School vs Pretoria Boys High
10 April 2023
Grey High School vs Lions XV
Hilton College vs Graeme College
Noordheuwel vs St Benedict's
St John's College vs St Charles
Boland Landbou vs Welkom Gim
Nelspruit vs Pretoria Boys High
Maritzburg College vs Jeppe
