Grey College thumped Welkom Gymnasium, as Marlow Agricultural edged Selborne College in East London on a thrilling weekend of schools rugby across the country.
In Welkom, Grey scored 11 tries in a 71-21 hammering of their hosts on Saturday. Meanwhile, Marlow led 18-3 in the first half before Selbourne rallied after the break to seize the lead 20-18, but the home side clawed back to claim a hard-fought 23-20 victory.
Elsewhere, Monument kicked off the season with a 24-0 win over Hoërskool Trio, while Affies and Boland Landbou were victorious against Diamentveld and Drostdy respectively.
Also, Michaelhouse and Helpmekaar played to an exciting 24-all draw in KZN.
Results (10-11 March):
Welkom Gim 21-71 Grey College
Marlow 23-20 Selborne
Monument 24-0 Hoërskool Trio
Diamantveld 0-27 Affies
Boland Landbou 24-10 Drostdy
EG Jansen 41-Nelspruit
Menlo Park 22-13 Transvalla
Kempton Park 29-25 Middelburg
Eldoragne 47-7 Klerksdorp
Witterburg 25-12 Central
Jim Fouche 24-21 Goudveld
Michaelhouse 24-24 Helpmekaar
Garsfontein 47-21 Pretoria Boys’
St. Albans 13-11 Centurion
Secunda 27-19 Hilton College
The Wilgers 36-7 Brits
Merensky 12-10 Elliras
HTS Witbank 38-22 Ben Viljoen
HTS Tom Naude 20-17 HTS John Verster
Eric Louw 50-13 Stanford Lake College
Nylstroom 21-19 Frikkie Meyer II
HTS Sasolburg 61-0 Boksburg
Northern Cape 26-5 Landboudal
Upington High 60-3 Posters III
Paul Erasmus 9-5 Hennenman
Outeniqua 59-6 Pearl Valley
Oudtshoorn 41-12 Kannaland Schools
HTS Bellville 20-5 Franshoek
Charlie Hofmeyr 31-15 Vredendal