Mpumalanga first XV

HTS Witbank

No. 134 in South Africa for 2026 and No. 8 in Mpumalanga.

Updated 24 Oct 2026, with results to 22 Aug 2026.

Rating

1500

started 2026 at 1472

2026 record

7-0-5

12 matches

Points

255-227

+28 difference

Last 5

WLWLW

most recent on the right

Best result of 2026: 40-31 against Alberton, a match HTS Witbank had a 36% chance of winning before kick-off.

Rating through the season

Rating after each match this season. Season start is the left edge.

Date	Opponent	Score	Chance before	Rating	Source
06 Jun	Rob Ferreira	27-17	51%	+34	SA School Sports(one source)
23 May	Standerton	21-40	43%	-36	SA School Sports(one source)
16 May	Lydenburg	12-7	44%	+30	SA School Sports(one source)
09 May	Hoogenhout	12-31	36%	-29	SA School Sports(one source)
18 Apr	Oosterlig	52-14	63%	+38	SA School Sports(one source)
11 Apr	Lydenburg	6-24	57%	-49	SA School Sports(one source)
11 Apr	Hans Moore	36-10	74%	+23	SA School Sports(one source)
11 Apr	Frikkie Meyer	12-15	58%	-24	SA School Sports(one source)
04 Apr	Hans Strijdom	13-12	56%	+9	SA School Sports(one source)
04 Apr	Ermelo	14-19	62%	-33	SA School Sports(one source)
04 Apr	Alberton	40-31	36%	+44	SA School Sports(one source)
30 Mar	Hugenote (Springs)Hansieweek	10-7	64%	+23	SchoolBoyRugby Blog SA School Sports

2025: played 8, won 3, drew 1, lost 4, points 151-161.

Date	Opponent	Score	Chance before	Rating	Source
31 May	Rob Ferreira	19-20	33%	-6	SA School Sports(one source)
17 May	Patriot	8-0	46%	+35	SA School Sports(one source)
17 May	Cambridge	10-0	57%	+29	SA School Sports(one source)
10 May	Witbank	40-0	26%	+87	SA School Sports(one source)
12 Apr	Hoërskool Wilgers	22-29	33%	-31	SuperSport Schools(one source)
29 Mar	HTS Tom Naudé	33-33	27%	+7	SA School Sports(one source)
29 Mar	Bergvlam	7-17	28%	-18	SA School Sports(one source)
15 Mar	Ligbron Akademie	12-62	27%	-28	SA School Sports(one source)

Season	P	W-D-L	Win rate	For	Against	+/-	Points a match	Conceded a match
2026	12	7-0-5	58%	255	227	+28	21.3	18.9
2025	8	3-1-4	38%	151	161	-10	18.9	20.1
2024	7	1-0-6	14%	147	200	-53	21.0	28.6
2023	11	3-0-8	27%	242	288	-46	22.0	26.2
2022	5	4-0-1	80%	137	86	+51	27.4	17.2