A sincere thank you to the players, coaches, families, and friends for joining us this year! Your support is invaluable to the growth and development of rugby at all levels in the best spirit of festival competition.
Special thanks to everyone in our Wynberg Community who volunteered their time and energy to support the Standard Bank Wynberg Rugby Festival. Your willingness to step in and help ensured the event’s success.
From our rugby players and supporters, to festival bag packers and gate access controllers, to tuck shop helpers, braai masters, multimedia and digital media, ball boys, scorers, linesmen, first aiders, medics, coaches, team managers, old boys, grounds and facilities staff, catering teams, security, and cleaners, every contribution played an important role.
Events like this simply cannot happen without the support of the greater Wynberg community.
To our music department/entertainers, thank you for ending the event on a high note.
WYNBERG RUGBY FESTIVAL
We launched the first Wynberg Rugby Festival in its current format, a preseason set of 'friendlies' for schools and junior clubs, in 2006, Wynberg’s 165th year.
Over the decades, it has evolved into a platform for youth rugby at different
age groups and all levels from U13 to U19 and draws a broad mix of teams, enhancing competition, friendship, and development across schoolboy rugby. Traditionally supported by sponsors such as Standard Bank, the festival attracts over 1800 players and coaches.
Several aspects distinguish Wynberg's Rugby Festival from other South African schools' events:
Wide scale and inclusivity - the event hosts an unusually large number of fixtures across multiple age groups, not just 1st XV or A Team matches.
A developmental focus, blending established schools and grassroots clubs, which helps expose emerging talent to tough competition.
Strong community engagement with significant local participation and volunteer support.
The festival’s timing and structure provide teams with meaningful match practice ahead of the official season, making it both a preparatory and celebratory rugby occasion.
Hosting the festival has a multifaceted impact:
For players, it delivers an opportunity to test themselves against diverse opposition, build match fitness, and experience a festival environment that emphasises sportsmanship and teamwork early in the season.
For the school community, it becomes a major seasonal focal point that boosts engagement among parents, coaches, alumni, and local supporters, anchoring school spirit around a festival-style sporting event.
Particularly in a milestone year like the 20th edition, the festival reinforces tradition, celebrates past growth, and galvanises alumni networks, strengthening a sense of legacy and continuity.
May the players, coaches, officials, families, and supporters enjoy every moment of the Festival. Here’s to a great 2026 rugby season ahead!
Peter van Schalkwyk Deputy Headmaster
WYNBERG RUGBY FESTIVAL
Media
WYNBERG RUGBY FESTIVAL
We are contracted to SuperSport Schools, but due to the high volume of Festival streaming material, matches will also be broadcast via Wynberg Media on YouTube
Please use the red-highlighted links in the fixtures sections for streams:
Fixtures 1 | Fixtures 2 | Fixtures 3
Unlisted videos on YouTube, as published in this schedule, will remain available on demand
Action photo albums will be published on our Flickr channel throughout
Follow Festival updates on social media:
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Wynberg Boys’ High School
Wishing all teams the very best at the Standard Bank Wynberg Rugby Festival! I know you guys can’t wait for the kick-off this weekend. Big congrats to my old school on celebrating the 20th anniversary of this Festival format, and on 185 years of ‘brothers in an endless chain’. May every match be played in the best of festival spirit, and may the season ahead be successful and rewarding.
Rob Louw
Former Springbok, Wynberg Old Boy and Patron of Wynberg Rugby
WYNBERG RUGBY FESTIVAL
Wynberg 2nd XV 38 - 3 St Benedict’s 1st XV
16h00
Wynberg U16B 17 - 12 St Benedict’s U16A
THURSDAY 12 MARCH
SILVERHURST B FIELD
16h00 17h00 17h10
Wynberg U14 Invitation 22 - 5 Windhoek Gym U14A
Wynberg U15 Invitation 12 - 14 Windhoek Gym U15A
FRIDAY 13 MARCH
SILVERHURST A FIELD
FRIDAY 13 MARCH SILVERHURST C FIELD 16h00 17h00
Wynberg U14C 31 - 12 Jan van Riebeeck U14A
Edgemead U14A 5 - 22 Groote Schuur U14A
Wynberg U15D 0 - 69 SACS U15D 16h00 17h00
Wynberg 5 XV 24 - 17 Jan van Riebeeck 1 XV th st
16h00
16h30 17h00
WYNBERG RUGBY FESTIVAL || JUNIORS
Wynberg U14D 15 - 0 Wynberg U13A
Wynberg U14D 0 - 30 Hamiltons U13A
Wynberg U13A 0 - 35 Hamiltons U13A
SATURDAY 14 MARCH SILVERHURST A FIELD
Wynberg U13B 0 - 20 Hamiltons U13B
SSDP U13A 45-0 Kaytomas U13A
Hamiltons U13A W/O vs Langa U13A
Wynberg U13A 25-0 SSDP U13A
Hamiltons U13B vs Kaytomas U13A
Wynberg U13B vs Langa U13A
Hamiltons U13A 50 - 0 SSDP U13A
Wynberg U13B vs Kaytomas U13A
Hamiltons U13B vs Langa U13A
* No live streaming due to the rescheduling of fixtures to ensure the boys got game time
SATURDAY 14 MARCH
Wynberg 3rd XV 15 - 14 Paarl Boys 4th XV
Groote Schuur 1st XV 15 - 20 Curro Delft 1st XV
Edgemead 1st XV 31 - 21 Bergvliet 1st XV
11h30 12h40 13h50 15h00 16h10 17h20
Bosmansdam 1st XV 19 - 50 Paarl Boys 3rd XV
Wynberg 2nd XV 33 - 0 Strand 2nd XV
Bishops 2nd XV 26 - 14 Worcester Gym 2nd XV
St Benedict's 1st XV 19 - 12 Melkbosstrand 1st XV
Bishops 1st XV 31 - 26 Worcester Gym 1st XV
Wynberg 1st XV 33 - 3 Strand 1st XV
Wynberg U15B 24 - 12 Worcester Gym U15B
Bishops U15B 19 - 7 Edgemead U15A
Bosmansdam U15A vs Kaytomas U15A | Match cancelled
