Premier Interschools will feature one of the oldest school derbies in the country for their season closure – Bishops vs Rondebosch, one of the most highly anticipated schoolboy games in the Western Cape.

It will be the 202th time that these two great schools meet each other on the rugby field, the first of which was played in 1911. In 1908 they played a once-off Under-16 match. The first match between these two schools saw Bishops run rampant on the day winning the encounter 112-0 with Painton Cowen scoring 86 points in the match.

The first recorded match nearly put paid to rugby at Rondebosch, but fortunately they continued with the rivalry in 1911. This is one of the longest running interschool derbies in the country and because they play it twice a year, the number of games played against each other are high.

Pride and bragging rights are at stake in the leafy suburb of Rondebosch. The two schools are only about 400m apart and close to Newlands Stadium. Rondebosch has won 79 games with Bishops reaching their century of wins in the first encounter of 2018 and currently stands at 103 wins. There have been 19 draws.

Results Through the Years

Year No R Bosch Score Bishops Score RB Won B Won Draw
1908 1 RBHS 0 112 Bishops 0 1 0
1911 2 RBHS 0 18 Bishops 0 1 0
3 RBHS 0 25 Bishops 0 1 0
1916 4 RBHS 13 13 Bishops 0 0 1
5 RBHS 0 13 Bishops 0 1 0
1917 6 RBHS 3 5 Bishops 0 1 0
7 RBHS 14 3 Bishops 1 0 0
1918 8 RBHS 0 16 Bishops 0 1 0
9 RBHS 0 0 Bishops 0 0 1
1920 10 RBHS 3 22 Bishops 0 1 0
11 RBHS 9 3 Bishops 1 0 0
1921 12 RBHS 0 6 Bishops 0 1 0
1923 13 RBHS 9 8 Bishops 1 0 0
1925 14 RBHS 22 3 Bishops 1 0 0
1926 15 RBHS 9 10 Bishops 0 1 0
16 RBHS 3 6 Bishops 0 1 0
1928 17 RBHS 3 8 Bishops 0 1 0
18 RBHS 3 15 Bishops 0 1 0
1929 19 RBHS 3 7 Bishops 0 1 0
1930 20 RBHS 9 15 Bishops 0 1 0
21 RBHS 9 12 Bishops 0 1 0
1931 22 RBHS 3 11 Bishops 0 1 0
23 RBHS 9 16 Bishops 0 1 0
1932 24 RBHS 3 9 Bishops 0 1 0
25 RBHS 0 15 Bishops 0 1 0
1933 26 RBHS 6 11 Bishops 0 1 0
27 RBHS 3 3 Bishops 0 0 1
1934 28 RBHS 3 Bishops 1 0 0
1935 29 RBHS 3 6 Bishops 0 1 0
30 RBHS 3 37 Bishops 0 1 0
1936 31 RBHS 0 49 Bishops 0 1 0
32 RBHS 3 37 Bishops 0 1 0
1937 33 RBHS 0 0 Bishops 0 0 1
34 RBHS 3 6 Bishops 0 1 0
1938 35 RBHS 8 3 Bishops 1 0 0
36 RBHS 6 16 Bishops 0 1 0
1939 37 RBHS 8 0 Bishops 1 0 0
1940 38 RBHS 3 25 Bishops 0 1 0
39 RBHS 8 11 Bishops 0 1 0
1941 40 RBHS 9 13 Bishops 0 1 0
41 RBHS 8 3 Bishops 1 0 0
1942 42 RBHS 4 16 Bishops 0 1 0
43 RBHS 3 10 Bishops 0 1 0
1943 44 RBHS 0 21 Bishops 0 1 0
45 RBHS 3 31 Bishops 0 1 0
1944 46 RBHS 21 14 Bishops 1 0 0
47 RBHS 6 0 Bishops 1 0 0
1945 48 RBHS 6 0 Bishops 1 0 0
49 RBHS 8 11 Bishops 0 1 0
1946 50 RBHS 3 3 Bishops 0 0 1
51 RBHS 3 3 Bishops 0 0 1
1947 52 RBHS 3 6 Bishops 0 1 0
53 RBHS 9 3 Bishops 1 0 0
1948 54 RBHS 17 13 Bishops 1 0 0
55 RBHS 6 13 Bishops 0 1 0
1949 56 RBHS 0 23 Bishops 0 1 0
57 RBHS 6 17 Bishops 0 1 0
1950 58 RBHS 14 14 Bishops 0 0 1
59 RBHS 17 6 Bishops 1 0 0
1951 60 RBHS 0 8 Bishops 0 1 0
61 RBHS 0 17 Bishops 0 1 0
1952 62 RBHS 6 3 Bishops 1 0 0
63 RBHS 3 3 Bishops 0 0 1
1953 64 RBHS 6 3 Bishops 1 0 0
65 RBHS 13 11 Bishops 1 0 0
1954 66 RBHS 11 3 Bishops 1 0 0
67 RBHS 3 3 Bishops 0 0 1
1955 68 RBHS 6 8 Bishops 0 1 0
69 RBHS 6 9 Bishops 0 1 0
1956 70 RBHS 9 6 Bishops 1 0 0
71 RBHS 0 11 Bishops 0 1 0
1957 72 RBHS 5 0 Bishops 1 0 0
73 RBHS 3 3 Bishops 0 0 1
1958 74 RBHS 8 6 Bishops 1 0 0
75 RBHS 8 0 Bishops 1 0 0
1959 76 RBHS 3 0 Bishops 1 0 0
77 RBHS 0 10 Bishops 0 1 0
1960 78 RBHS 3 3 Bishops 0 0 1
79 RBHS 12 3 Bishops 1 0 0
1961 80 RBHS 5 0 Bishops 1 0 0
81 RBHS 13 6 Bishops 1 0 0
1962 82 RBHS 0 3 Bishops 0 1 0
83 RBHS 6 6 Bishops 0 0 1
1963 84 RBHS 11 0 Bishops 1 0 0
85 RBHS 9 6 Bishops 1 0 0
1964 86 RBHS 13 0 Bishops 1 0 0
87 RBHS 13 0 Bishops 1 0 0
1965 88 RBHS 0 0 Bishops 0 0 1
89 RBHS 3 3 Bishops 0 0 1
1966 90 RBHS 14 3 Bishops 1 0 0
91 RBHS 12 3 Bishops 1 0 0
1967 92 RBHS 20 0 Bishops 1 0 0
93 RBHS 3 3 Bishops 0 0 1
1968 94 RBHS 6 0 Bishops 1 0 0
95 RBHS 8 8 Bishops 0 0 1
1969 96 RBHS 11 6 Bishops 1 0 0
97 RBHS 25 3 Bishops 1 0 0
1970 98 RBHS 14 0 Bishops 1 0 0
99 RBHS 11 9 Bishops 1 0 0
1971 100 RBHS 8 3 Bishops 1 0 0
101 RBHS 24 3 Bishops 1 0 0
1972 102 RBHS 13 4 Bishops 1 0 0
103 RBHS 13 4 Bishops 1 0 0
1973 104 RBHS 13 12 Bishops 1 0 0
105 RBHS 13 16 Bishops 0 1 0
1974 106 RBHS 3 9 Bishops 0 1 0
107 RBHS 4 18 Bishops 0 1 0
1975 108 RBHS 27 3 Bishops 1 0 0
109 RBHS 22 6 Bishops 1 0 0
1976 110 RBHS 14 13 Bishops 1 0 0
111 RBHS 22 12 Bishops 1 0 0
1977 112 RBHS 15 12 Bishops 1 0 0
113 RBHS 33 7 Bishops 1 0 0
1978 114 RBHS 6 6 Bishops 0 0 1
115 RBHS 6 8 Bishops 0 1 0
1979 116 RBHS 0 9 Bishops 0 1 0
117 RBHS 0 24 Bishops 0 1 0
1980 118 RBHS 22 12 Bishops 1 0 0
119 RBHS 3 10 Bishops 0 1 0
1981 120 RBHS 6 12 Bishops 0 1 0
121 RBHS 6 7 Bishops 0 1 0
1982 122 RBHS 6 18 Bishops 0 1 0
123 RBHS 12 6 Bishops 1 0 0
1983 124 RBHS 18 10 Bishops 1 0 0
125 RBHS 6 16 Bishops 0 1 0
1984 126 RBHS 7 0 Bishops 1 0 0
127 RBHS 15 11 Bishops 1 0 0
1985 128 RBHS 3 12 Bishops 0 1 0
129 RBHS 16 9 Bishops 1 0 0
1986 130 RBHS 4 14 Bishops 0 1 0
131 RBHS 3 13 Bishops 0 1 0
1987 132 RBHS 7 12 Bishops 0 1 0
133 RBHS 3 15 Bishops 0 1 0
1988 134 RBHS 3 13 Bishops 0 1 0
135 RBHS 3 10 Bishops 0 1 0
1989 136 RBHS 10 58 Bishops 0 1 0
137 RBHS 4 7 Bishops 0 1 0
1990 138 RBHS 7 14 Bishops 0 1 0
139 RBHS 0 9 Bishops 0 1 0
1991 140 RBHS 9 12 Bishops 0 1 0
141 RBHS 9 21 Bishops 0 1 0
1992 142 RBHS 3 34 Bishops 0 1 0
143 RBHS 6 27 Bishops 0 1 0
1993 144 RBHS 10 26 Bishops 0 1 0
145 RBHS 5 19 Bishops 0 1 0
1994 146 RBHS 6 5 Bishops 1 0 0
147 RBHS 19 9 Bishops 1 0 0
1995 148 RBHS 7 6 Bishops 1 0 0
149 RBHS 11 10 Bishops 1 0 0
1996 150 RBHS 17 7 Bishops 1 0 0
151 RBHS 6 0 Bishops 1 0 0
1997 152 RBHS 18 0 Bishops 1 0 0
153 RBHS 31 11 Bishops 1 0 0
1998 154 RBHS 0 20 Bishops 0 1 0
155 RBHS 7 15 Bishops 0 1 0
1999 156 RBHS 16 15 Bishops 1 0 0
157 RBHS 9 24 Bishops 0 1 0
2000 158 RBHS 22 19 Bishops 1 0 0
159 RBHS 27 17 Bishops 1 0 0
2001 160 RBHS 0 17 Bishops 0 1 0
161 RBHS 0 18 Bishops 0 1 0
2002 162 RBHS 8 53 Bishops 0 1 0
163 RBHS 25 41 Bishops 0 1 0
2003 164 RBHS 5 18 Bishops 0 1 0
165 RBHS 19 78 Bishops 0 1 0
2004 166 RBHS 8 27 Bishops 0 1 0
167 RBHS 26 22 Bishops 1 0 0
2005 168 RBHS 6 31 Bishops 0 1 0
169 RBHS 12 14 Bishops 0 1 0
2006 170 RBHS 3 70 Bishops 0 1 0
171 RBHS 22 75 Bishops 0 1 0
2007 172 RBHS 27 48 Bishops 0 1 0
173 RBHS 24 27 Bishops 0 1 0
2008 174 RBHS 8 20 Bishops 0 1 0
175 RBHS 15 47 Bishops 0 1 0
2009 176 RBHS 16 10 Bishops 1 0 0
177 RBHS 6 10 Bishops 0 1 0
2010 178 RBHS 10 38 Bishops 0 1 0
179 RBHS 19 19 Bishops 0 0 1
2011 180 RBHS 34 18 Bishops 1 0 0
181 RBHS 12 37 Bishops 0 1 0
2012 182 RBHS 3 15 Bishops 0 1 0
183 RBHS  19 11 Bishops 1 0 0
2013 184 RBHS 22 7 Bishops 1 0 0
185 RBHS 11 23 Bishops 0 1 0
2014 186 RBHS 14 52 Bishops 0 1 0
187 RBHS 21 22 Bishops 0 1 0
2015 188 RBHS 23 36 Bishops 0 1 0
189 RBHS 55 12 Bishops 1 0 0
2016 190 RBHS 15 14 Bishops 1 0 0
191 RBHS 30 26 Bishops 1 0 0
2017 192 RBHS 32 19 Bishops 1 0 0
193 RBHS 64 7 Bishops 1 0 0
2018 194 RBHS 20 25 Bishops 0 1 0
195 RBHS 10 10 Bishops 0 0 1
2019 196 RBHS 36 26 Bishops 1 0 0
197 RBHS 10 21 Bishops 0 1 0
2021 198 RBHS 10 50 Bishops 0 1 0
2022 199 RBHS 20 15 Bishops 1 0 0
200 RBHS 43 26 Bishops 1 0 0
2023 201 RBHS 8 13 Bishops 0 1 0
79 103 19

Bishops 2023 Season

Bishops started their season with five wins on the trot but came unstuck against a very good Paul Roos at the Piley Rees. From then onwards they had a stop/start season struggling to get into their rhythm in every game and had losses against Boland Landbou, Paarl Gim , Paarl Boys’ High and Wynberg, the latter which they beat earlier in the season.

Bishops Results to Date:

Date Opp For Against
2023/03/18 St Benedicts 42 7
2023/03/20 Noord-Kaap 47 5
2023/04/06 St Stithians 66 3
2023/04/08 Helpmekaar 31 30
2023/04/10 Clifton College 43 10
2023/04/22 Paul Roos 12 24
2023/05/06 SACS 31 25
2023/05/13 Wynberg BHS 14 10
2023/05/20 Boland Landbou 19 22
2023/05/27 Stellenberg 22 7
2023/06/03 Paarl Gim 7 45
2023/06/10 Rondebosch 13 8
2023/07/22 Haileybury (UK) 67 12
2023/06/28 St Andrews 48 39
2023/07/29 Paarl Boys High 12 22
2023/08/12 Wynberg BHS 20 27
2023/08/19 SACS 27 25

Rondebosch 2023 Season

Rondebosch is having a busy season so far having played 17 games, won 10,  lost six and drawn one.  Their only real surprise loss was against Durbanville, and their best victories were against Wynberg (twice) and a very strong Boland Landbou. They are an unpredictable team and if they gel on the day they can beat any opposition. The last derby match of the season against the old foe might just be motivation enough for them to get one over Bishops.

Rondebosch Results to Date:

Date Opp For Against
2023/03/18 Windhoek High 45 3
2023/03/20 Duineveld 52 5
2023/03/25 Oakdale 24 18
2023/03/30 Grey PE 19 19
2023/04/01 Muir College 36 13
2023/04/15 Durbanville 19 35
2023/04/22 Boland Landbou 15 8
2023/05/06 Milnerton 35 24
2023/05/13 SACS 22 7
2023/05/20 Paul Roos 7 27
2023/05/27 Wynberg BHS 20 16
2023/06/03 HJS Paarl 7 12
2023/06/10 Bishops 8 13
2023/07/22 Stellenberg 17 20
2023/07/29 Paarl Gim 7 41
2023/08/12 SACS 29 21
2023/08/19 Wynberg BHS 21 20

 

Rugby at Bishops

There is a myth that William Webb Ellis started rugby.  There is also a myth that Canon Ogilvie brought rugby to South Africa.  In fact he detested the game and did not want Bishops to play it.  What he brought to South Africa in 1861 was a form of football at a time when there was no game called soccer and rugby football was played only at Rugby School.  Canon Ogilvie’s game was based on what was played at his old school, Winchester College in Hampshire.  George Ogilvie was a remarkable personality.  His nickname was Gog and the game played at the Cape was often referred to as Gog’s Game or Gogball.

Bishops got the Cape playing football of this kind, starting with the South African College.  Bishops and SACS may well have played each other as far back as 1892. Eventually clubs were formed, Hamiltons in 1875 and then Villagers to start with, and then in the late 1870s the rugby game was brought to the Cape and became generally accepted, as it had become in England in 1871.  Then the Western Province RFU was formed to regulate the game in the Western Province.  Bishops, like SACS and then Victoria College in Stellenbosch, played in the Grand Challenge competition of the WP RFU. That all changed with the coming of the school. In those early days Bishops had the advantage of coaching, especially by HH Castens, a South African old boy of Rugby School and Oxford.  Then it also had the great South African rugby personality and thinker of the last century in Barry Heatlie, whose nickname was usually Fairy but also Ox. Heatlie, who helped to found the Old Diocesans’ Union, also formed an Old Diocesans RFC.  In forming the old boys’ union he – or rather his wife –had worked out the colours.  The predominant colour was green.  In days when dyeing was the simplest way of getting rugby jerseys, the OD RFC decided to use green – myrtle green.

Touring teams came to South Africa in 1891, 1896 and 1903.  In those days the local union would appoint a captain who would pick a team to represent South Africa and give them jerseys to play in.  When Heatlie became captain in 1896 he gave them his club’s jerseys – and South Africa won for the first time.  When he was again made captain in 1903, he gave his team green jerseys again and South Africa won a series for the first time.  And so South Africa still plays in green jerseys. In 1903 Gerald Orpen of SACS and two Bishops men, Fairy Heatlie and Biddy Anderson, pushed through a recommendation that the springbok be added to the jersey.  It had been intended for 1903 but first came to pass in 1906.

The following is the list of those acknowledged as Bishops internationals:

South Africa: Mauritz van Buuren, Harry Boyes, who was the first secretary of the SA Rugby Board when it was founded in 1889, Frank Guthrie, Bill Bisset, Jack Hartley, who is the youngest player ever to have represented South Africa, Charlie van Renen and his brother Willie, Percy Twentyman Jones, who became the president of the WP RFU and also played cricket for South Africa, Biddy Anderson, who captained South Africa at cricket and refereed a Test, FR Myburgh, Paul Scott, Davey Cope, the first man to kick a goal for South Africa in a test, who was killed in a train smash at Mostert’s Hoek on his way to a Currie Cup tournament, Theo Samuels who first scored a try for South Africa, Barry Heatlie (captain),  Long George Devenish, who was for years a national selector, Joe Barry, Syd Ashley, Bertie Gibbs, Paddy Carolin (captain), who first devised the 3-4-1 scrum formation and regretted doing so, Mary Jackson, Barley Burdett, who died in World War I, Noel Howe-Browne, Bai Wrentmore, Geoff Grey, who became a national selector,  DO Williams,. George D’Alton, John Apsey (Prep only), Dendy Lawton, Howard Watt, Dennis Fry and his brother Stephen (captain), Tommy Gentles, Bobby Johns, Peter Whipp, Dugald Macdonald, Guy Kebble, Christian Stewart, Robbie Fleck, Selborne Boome, David von Hoesslin, Hanyani Shimange (Prep only), François Louw, Nizaam Carr and their latest Dillyn Leyds who debuted for the Springboks from the bench against France on June 10, 2017.

Fleck, Boome and Von Hoesslin were in the same team at Bishops, when the star was Herschelle Gibbs.

Nick Koster (International Barbarians)

For England: Reg Hands, Tuppy Owen-Smith (captain), Ossie Newton Thompson, Clive van Ryneveld, Christopher Newton Thompson (wartime), Stuart Abbott

For Scotland: Harold McCowat, Beak Steyn, Mike Dickson, Donald Macdonald

For Wales:  Mike Davies, Haldane Luscombe

For Canada:  Christian Stewart

For Zimbabwe: Mark Neill, Russell Ashley-Cooper (Many others played for Rhodesia)

For Australia: Daniel Vickermann

For Argentina: Barry Heatlie – which means that he played for two countries.

In addition Bill Bisset and Biddy Anderson refereed tests.

In the 2003 World Cup Bishops had three old boys representing three different countries, a world first. Selborne Boome for the Boks, Daniel Vickerman for Australia and Stuart Abbot for England.

Basil Bey is the most successful Bishop’s coach of all time. From 1986 to 1989 Bishops only lost one game. That was in 1987 to Grey High.

Rugby at Rondebosch Boys’ High School

Rugby at RBHS is steeped in tradition, pride and passion. The impressive list of provincial and national rugby players bears testimony to the depth of association between Rondebosch and top class rugby.

Rondebosch started off as a soccer playing school, but by 1904, rugby was being played on an unofficial basis. In 1906 soccer was dropped and the bold step was taken to enter a rugby team in the u/16 competition where it had to compete, among others, with those schools with colleges attached to them, namely Diocesan College, SACS and Stellenbosch. By 1913, the school won the under 15 and under 13 competitions. From this time onwards Rondebosch became a force in WP schools’ rugby, though it was 1922 before the School could win the under 17 Shield for the first time as well as the u/15 and u/13 competitions. The golden years of Rondebosch rugby were undoubtedly the 1960s. Three teams went unbeaten in the years 1960, 1964 and 1967.

RBHS practises a professional and innovative approach to its rugby with a comprehensive Performance Sports Testing programme. This programme assesses players’ physical strength/weaknesses in relation to his playing position. It focuses on the abilities all players should possess and aim to develop, to improve his performance profile. RBHS was the first school in South Africa that embarked on a study to maximize the safety of its players and adopt the programme. This includes using a sophisticated, research-based software tool designed to assist coaches and doctors to better manage a player’s return after sustaining a sports-related concussion. The system is called IMPACT (Immediate Post Concussion Assessment and Cognitive Testing).

Springboks: Gerald Thompson, Frank Mellish, Jackie Tindall, Willie Rousseau, Bennie Osler, Stanley Osler, Jock van Niekerk, Mervyn Ellis, Jack Gage, Alvi van der Merwe, John Apsey, Dendy Lawton, James Starke, Mike Lawless, Ian McCallum, Roy McCallum, Chris Pope, Derek van den Berg, Joel Stransky (at Rondebosch till his under 16 year), Gcobani Bobo and Hanyani Shimange,

England: Frank Mellish; France: Eric Melvill; Ireland: Dion O’Cuinneagain (captain), who also captained the South African Sevens side; USA Sevens: Dallen Stanford.

In the 1st test against the great 1974 Lions side of Willie-John McBride, three Rondebosch Old Boys were in the starting line-up for the Springboks at Newlands. Ian McCallum at fullback, his brother Roy McCallum at scrumhalf and wing Chris Pope.  That was the only time the three ever played a test together. SA lost that test 12-3 and the Springbok selectors panicked and started what is now known as “the farce of ‘74′ ‘ selection process. That test was the last of Ian McCallum’s 11 tests and the first of Chris Pope’s nine tests. Sadly that was Roy McCallum first and only test. He deserved a second chance as much as anyone as he was a brilliant scrumhalf, but suffered behind a Springbok pack murdered by the British Lions. He paid the ultimate price for his forwards’ lack of dominance.

Their latest notable players are Zain Davids (SA U20 and SA 7’s) and Mike Mavovana (SA 7’s).

The rugby derby will be broadcast live on Saturday, 26 August from 14h00 on SuperSport Schools (channel 216)

Schedule Date Series Title Episode Title Start Time End Time Channel Status
26-Aug-2023 Premier Interschools Rugby Bishops Diocesan College vs Rondebosch Boys High 14:00 15:30 SCH Live
28-Aug-2023 Premier Interschools Rugby Bishops Diocesan College vs Rondebosch Boys High 18:30 20:00 SCH Repeat
29-Aug-2023 Premier Interschools Rugby Bishops Diocesan College vs Rondebosch Boys High 02:45 04:20 RUG / RUGA Repeat
29-Aug-2023 Premier Interschools Rugby Bishops Diocesan College vs Rondebosch Boys High 05:00 06:30 SCH Repeat
29-Aug-2023 Premier Interschools Rugby Bishops Diocesan College vs Rondebosch Boys High 16:30 18:00 SCH Repeat
30-Aug-2023 Premier Interschools Rugby Bishops Diocesan College vs Rondebosch Boys High 21:10 22:40 SCH Repeat

The Premier Interschool Magazine Show, Episode 12, will broadcast from 23 August at 19.00 on SuperSport Schools (channel 216)

Schedule Date Series Title Episode Title Start Time End Time Channel Status
23-Aug-2023 Premier Interschools Preview Episode 12 19:00 19:15 SCH Premier
24-Aug-2023 Premier Interschools Preview Episode 12 05:45 06:00 VR2 Repeat
24-Aug-2023 Premier Interschools Preview Episode 12 16:15 16:30 SSP1 Repeat
25-Aug-2023 Premier Interschools Preview Episode 12 15:05 15:20 SCH Repeat
26-Aug-2023 Premier Interschools Preview Episode 12 11:50 12:05 SCH Repeat

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