Craven Week, SA’s premier senior schoolboy rugby tournament, starts on Monday at St Stithians College in Johannesburg with Western Province’s Under-18 squad fancied to be crowned unofficial champions for the third year running. The Cape side set a record winning score for a final game in 2015 when, on home soil, they crushed defending champions Eastern Province 95-0. In 2016, they eased to a 28-20 victory over the Golden Lions in the final game of the week at host school Kearsney College of KwaZulu-Natal. In their opener on Monday, WP face a revved-up Pumas team keen to roll over one of the country’s powerhouses. The winner will play either the Blue Bulls or Lions on Wednesday should they win their openers against KwaZulu-Natal and Border, respectively. Free State, loaded once again with Grey College players, have failed to impress in recent years and can count on a tough outing when tackling Boland on day two. The above-mentioned teams, excluding Border, are most favoured to vie fo...
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