{"id":232664,"date":"2022-07-28T17:46:39","date_gmt":"2022-07-28T15:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/?p=119096"},"modified":"2022-07-28T17:46:39","modified_gmt":"2022-07-28T15:46:39","slug":"festival-of-rugby-to-mark-200th-birthday-of-muir-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/festival-of-rugby-to-mark-200th-birthday-of-muir-college\/","title":{"rendered":"Festival of Rugby to mark 200th birthday of Muir College"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"scaip scaip-1 \">\n<aside id=\"republication_tracker_tool-2\" class=\"republication_tracker_tool clearfix\">\n<h5 class=\"adtitle\">Republish for Free<\/h5>\n<div class=\"license\">\n<p><button name=\"Republish This Story\" id=\"cc-btn\" class=\"republication-tracker-tool-button\">Republish This Story<\/button><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"license\" rel=\"noreferrer license noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nd\/4.0\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/festival-of-rugby-to-mark-200th-birthday-of-muir-college.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/festival-of-rugby-to-mark-200th-birthday-of-muir-college.png\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"message\">\n<p>Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Up and coming rugby stars of tomorrow will be in action when school rugby teams from the Eastern and Western Cape compete for honours in a two-day festival to celebrate the 200<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of the founding of Muir College in Kariega \/ Uitenhage.<\/p>\n<p>There will be 56 teams from 23 schools playing 30 games between them on Saturday, August 6 and Monday, August 8, according to Muir College head of sport Gert van Wyk.<\/p>\n<p>Highlights will include the first match between the Grey and Muir first teams in a number of years, and a demonstration match between the South African Legends and \u201cthe Old Muirite Legends\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>It will be a fun game, says former EP rugby player and manager of the Old Muirite Legends team Robert Blignaut.<\/p>\n<p>Former Springbok Garth Wright will be in the team, as will Blignaut, with 136 first-class games to his name and former Cheetahs and Eastern Province Kings player Darron Nell, who is currently the Grey High School coach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are also a lot of former Craven Week players in the team,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n<p>Rugby legends have no age limit \u2013 the oldest player will be 70-year-old Harry Sharp, who says \u201cage is only a number\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Wright will captain the team.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the first team clash, there will be six other matches between Muir and Grey teams, including the under 14s, under 15s and under 16s.<\/p>\n<p>Top rugby schools from outside the Nelson Mandela Bay metro that will be participating include Selborne from East London, Dale College from King Williamstown, Graeme College from Grahamstown \/ Makhanda and Paarl Boys from Paarl in the Western Cape.<\/p>\n<p>The festival will be preceded by a SA Rugby Legends coaching clinic for Kariega schools on the Friday from 15:00.<\/p>\n<p>Matches will be televised on SuperSport, and the festival is open to the public.<\/p>\n<p>There will be food vans and refreshments available on the fields, as well as helicopter flips over the town.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Video:<\/strong> Festival of Rugby to mark 200th birthday of Muir College<\/p>\n<p><strong>More Info on Festival of Rugby to mark 200th birthday of Muir College here:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/muircollege.co.za\/200-year-celebration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/muircollege.co.za\/200-year-celebration\/<\/a><br \/><strong>Twitter<\/strong>: <a 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