Scores update live from Grey High School during play — no refresh needed. Kick-off times are SAST; later rounds are seeded as the week unfolds.
Every union named a 23-man under-18 squad for Gqeberha. Tap a team for the full team list and results — every player with jersey number, position and school.
Top six of 16 unions after the latest round. Four points a win, plus bonus points for four tries or losing inside seven.
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | T | PF | PA | PD | BP | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Western Province | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 106 | 71 | +35 | 2 | 14 |
| 2 | Boland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 110 | 69 | +41 | 4 | 12 |
| 3 | Free State | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 133 | 97 | +36 | 4 | 12 |
| 4 | Sharks | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 89 | 73 | +16 | 3 | 11 |
| 5 | Western Province XV | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 119 | 106 | +13 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | Leopards | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 122 | 84 | +38 | 2 | 10 |
Top points and try scorers at the 2026 FNB U18 Craven Week — official matchday data, updated after every game.
Craven Week is South Africa’s flagship under-18 schools rugby tournament, staged every winter since July 1964 and named after Danie Craven, the Springbok scrumhalf who spent decades running the game and backed the idea of a national schools week. Each of the country’s 14 provincial unions sends at least one side; the bigger unions field two, one from their urban base and one representing the country districts. For one week the best schoolboy players in the land pull on provincial jerseys.
It has always been the main hunting ground for franchise and Springbok scouts. A large share of every professional intake — and a long line of Test players — first caught the eye in the green-and-gold jersey of their province at Craven Week. The 2026 edition was a landmark for the host: Grey High School turned 170 this year, and it was the first time the boys’ and girls’ U18 weeks were played at one venue.
The 2026 tournament ran to 16 sides and, unusually, kept no points log and staged no official final. The organisers seeded the fixtures as the week went on — only the opening fixtures were set in advance, with the later rounds confirmed after each day’s results — and the two standout sides were paired in a main match on the final day. Western Province arrived as the 2025 holders and the most successful side in Craven Week history, and closed the 2026 week with a 40–24 main-match win over Western Province XV.
Every match was streamed live on SuperSport Schools, and SA Rugby published the confirmed fixtures, teams and results on its match centre each day of the week. For the senior game — the Springboks, the URC and the Currie Cup — here is where the rest of South African rugby is on:
The FNB U18 Craven Week is South Africa’s biggest schools rugby tournament, and the 2026 edition ran from 6 to 11 July at Grey High School in Gqeberha — the first time the boys’ and girls’ U18 weeks shared one venue. Sixteen provincial sides played 24 matches across five match days, scoring 232 tries and 1,567 points between them, and Western Province closed the week with a 40–24 win over Western Province XV in Saturday’s main match on the Kolisi field. Below are the full results, match reports and the tournament’s top scorers, with a page for every team and player who featured.
The FNB U18 Craven Week 2026 was played from 6 to 11 July at Grey High School in Gqeberha, in the Eastern Province. The main match on the final day, Saturday 11 July, was played on Grey’s Kolisi field.
Craven Week crowns no official champion, but the final-day main match is its showpiece — and Western Province beat Western Province XV 40–24 on the Kolisi field on Saturday 11 July to close the 2026 tournament. Blue Bulls No. 10 Ruan Fluks finished as the week’s top points scorer with 41, and the Leopards’ Marques Jantjies scored the most tries with six.
The U18 week produced 24 matches across five match days, with the 16 sides scoring 232 tries and 1,567 points between them. Full timelines, team pages and individual player stats for all of it are linked from this page.
Craven Week is South Africa’s flagship under-18 schools rugby tournament, staged every winter since July 1964 and named after Springbok scrumhalf and administrator Danie Craven. Each of the 14 provincial unions sends at least one side, and it has long been the main scouting ground for franchise and Springbok talent.
Western Province U18 came out on top of the 2025 main match and go into 2026 as the holders. Western Province also have the most main-match wins in the tournament’s history.
Every match was streamed live on SuperSport Schools. Full results, minute-by-minute match timelines and player stats for all 24 matches are on this page and the linked team and player pages.
Sixteen sides contested the 2026 U18 week: Blue Bulls, Boland, Border, Eastern Province, Free State, Golden Lions, Griffons, Griquas, Leopards, Limpopo Blue Bulls, Pumas, Sharks, SWD, Valke, Western Province and Western Province XV.
Craven Week is the under-18 tournament; the FNB U16 Grant Khomo Week is its under-16 equivalent, played at Kearsney College in Durban from 29 June to 3 July 2026. Both fall under SA Rugby’s FNB Youth Weeks.
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