We bring you the best bits from this weekend’s schools rugby action from around the country.

It was touted as the blue-ribbon fixture of this weekend’s schools rugby action and the showdown lived up to expectation with Paarl Gymnasium ultimately coming away as victors.

The visitors from the Cape ran in seven tries on their way to a remarkable 43-31 win, with midfielder Markus Muller front and centre throughout the clash. Muller, who is the Gimmies captain, was embroiled in a titanic midfield battle with Ethan Adams, but it was the former who scored two tries to come out on top in the epic showdown between the two best schoolboy centres in the country.

Like his skipper, Gimmies winger Johan Kleynhans also bagged a brace of tries.

The result marks Grey College’s first defeat at home in Bloemfontein since 2017, when they lost 46-31 to the other Paarl giants – Boishaai – eight years ago.

Grey College suffered their first home loss since 2017, while there were wins for Affies, Kearsney, Queen’s, Paarl Boys’ and Paul Roos on Saturday.

In other schools rugby results across the country, Affies scored six tries to register a 41-25 win against their Pretoria rivals Garsfontein, while just down the road, Pretoria Boys’ suffered a 45-28 defeat to Maritzburg College.

Meanwhile in Cape Town, Paarl Boys’ ran Rondebosch ragged in a 55-12 victory, while Paul Roos also picked up a big away win against Bishops (41-10).

SACS slumped to a 29-7 home defeat to Stellenberg and Wynberg won a high-scoring match at Durbanville 37-31.

In KwaZulu-Natal, Kearsney edged Glenwood 32-31, DHS beat Northwood 22-19 and Michaelhouse hammered Zimbabwe’s Peterhouse 80-5.

And in the Eastern Cape, Grey High smashed Dale 43-3 and Queen’s beat Selborne 40-22.

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