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Daar is nog sewesaksie in Bloemfontein hierdie naweek waneer die Sand du Plessis Itec-sewestoernooi Saterdag afskop.

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Tien plaaslike skole sal sake uitspook in die o.17 toernooi, met ‘n paar spanne wat geskiedkundig baie sukses ervaar in die vinniger formaat van die spel.

Sand du Plessis en Brebner geniet hul sewes elke jaar, en spanne soos Zastron, Ladybrand, Hendrik Potgieter, Hoërskool Bloemfontein, President Steyn en Brandfort mag vir ‘n paar opslae sorg.

Bultfontein het verlede naweek by hul tuistoernooi albei die o.15- en o.17-titels verower. Hulle kon in die eerste wedstryd van die toernooi vir Sand du Plessis met 45-0 kafdraf, en sal daardie sukses hierdie naweek graag wil herhaal.

Vuyo Nzunga het by daardie toernooi vir Bultfontein uitgestaan, en hy is ‘n speler om hierdie naweek dop te hou.

Die groepe:

Poel A: Sand du Plessis, Ladybrand II, Hendrik Potgieter, Brandfort, Brebner.

Poel B: Zastron, Bultfontein, President Steyn, Ladybrand A, Hoërskool Bloemfontein.

Die bepalings:

A-veld: 08:00 – Sand du Plessis t. Brebner; 08:40 – Ladybrand II vs Brandfort; 09:20 – Hendrik Potgieter t. Brebner; 10:00 – Zastron t. President Steyn; 10:40 – Bultfontein t. Hoërskool Bloemfontein; 11:20 – Zastron t. Ladybrand; 12:00 – Presidet Steyn t. Ladybrand; 12:40 – Zastron t. Bultfontein; 14:00 – Bultfontein t. Ladybrand; 14:20 – Sand du Plessis t. Ladybrand II.

B-veld: 08:00 – Zastron t. Hoërskool Bloemfontein; 08:40 – Bultfontein t. President Steyn; 09:20 – Ladybrand t. Hoërskool Bloemfontein; 10:00 – Sand du Plessis t. Brandfort; 10:40 – Ladybrand II t. Brebner; 11:20 – Sand du Plessis t. Hendrik Potgieter; 12:00 – Brandfort t. Brebner; 12:40 – Ladybrand II t. Hendrik Potgieter; 14:00 – Hendrik Potgieter t. Brandfort; 14:20 – President Steyn t. Hoërskool Bloemfontein.

Altesaam 44 sewesspanne is hierdie naweek in Middelburg in aksie by die Mpumalanga-been van die Frogfoot sewesreeks.

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In die o.17 toernooi by Hoërskool Middelburg is daar 24 spanne wat van Vrydag af meeding vir die titel en die geleentheid om by die Frogfoot Kampioenskaptoernooi in Pretoria deel te neem in Oktober.

Die voorste twee spanne in elke groep teen Saterdagmiddag kwalifiseer vir die kwarteindronde vir die Beker.

Met 85 wedstryde van opwindende o.17 sewesrugby oor die naweek belowe hierdie geleentheid om ‘n skouspel te wees. Middelburg weet hoe om saam te trek vir ‘n rugbygeleentheid soos hulle jaarliks wys waneer die dorp tussen rooi en groen verdeel word vir die groot ontmoeting tussen Hoërskool Middelburg en HTS Middelburg.

Die buurskole mag mekaar hierdie naweek dalk ook in die uitspeelrondes raakloop, dit sal ‘n wedstryd wees om seker te maak om te kyk.

Verlede jaar se algehele wenners, Secunda, sal verby Rob Ferreira, Curro Nelspruit, Hoogenhout, Barberton en Khetelo moet kom vir die kans om daardie sukses te herhaal.

Die groepe is:

Poel A: Piet Retief, Oosterland, Volksrust, Kanonkop, Steelcrest, MDCCS.

Poel B: Secunda, Rob Ferreira, Curro Nelspruit, Hoogenhout, Barberton, Khetelo.

Poel C: Hoërskool Middelburg, Ligbron, HTS Witbank, Standerton, Lowveld, Lydenburg.

Poel D: Nelspruit, HTS Middelburg, Patriot, Ermelo, Bergvlam, Penryn.

Die bepalings:

Vrydag

A-veld: 10:00 – MDCCS t. Kanonkop; 10:20 – Piet Retief t. Steelcrest; 10:40 – Oosterland t. Volksrust; 11:00 – Lydenburg t. Standerton; 11:20 – Hoërskool Middelburg t. Lowveld; 11:40 – Ligbron t. HTS Witbank; 12:00 – Curro Nelspruit t. Hoogenhout; 12:20 – Khetelo t. Secunda; 12:40 – Rob Ferreira t. Ermelo; 13:00 – Patriot t. Ermelo; 13:20 – Penryn t. Nelspruit; 13:40 – HTS Middelburg t. Bergvlam; 14:00 – Piet Retief t. Oosterland; 14:20 – Volksrust t. MDCCS; 14:40 – Kanonkop t. Steelcrest; 15:00 – Hoërskool Middelburg t. Bergvlam; 15:20 – HTS Witbank t. Lydenburg; 15:40 – Standerton t. Hoogenhout; 16:00 – Secunda t. Hoogenhout; 16:20 – Curro Nelspruit t. Barberton; 16:40 – Rob Ferreira t. Khetelo; 17:00 – Nelspruit t. Ermelo; 17:20 – Patriot t. Bergvlam.

B-veld: 10:00 – Khetelo t. Hoogenhout; 10:20 – Secunda t. Barberton; 10:40 – Rob Ferreira t. Curro Nelspruit; 11:00 – Penryn t. Ermelo; 11:20 – Nelspruit t. Bergvlam; 11:40 – HTS Middelburg t. Patriot; 12:00 – Volksrust t. Kanonkop; 12:20 – MDCCS t. Piet Retief; 12:40 – Oosterland t. Barberton; 13:00 – HTS Witbank t. Standerton; 13:20 – Lydenburg t. Hoërskool Middelburg; 13:40 – Ligbron t. Lowveld; 14:00 – Secunda t. Rob Ferreira; 14:20 – Curro Nelspruit t. Khetelo; 14:40 – Hoogenhout t. Barberton; 15:00 – Nelspruit t. HTS Middelburg; 15:20 – Patriot t. Penryn; 15:40 – Ermelo t. Bergvlam; 16:00 – Kanonkop t. Piet Retief; 16:20 – Steelcrest t. Volksrust; 16:40 – MDCCS t. Oosterland; 17:00 – Standerton t. Hoërskool Middelburg; 17:20 – Lowveld t. HTS Witbank.

C-veld: 16:40 – Penryn t. HTS Middelburg; 17:00 – Lydenburg t. Ligbron.

Saterdag

A-veld: 08:00 – Piet Retief t. Volksrust; 08:20 – Secunda t. Curro Nelspruit; 08:40 – Hoërskool Middelburg t. HTS Witbank; 09:00 – Nelspruit t. Patriot.

B-veld: 08:00 – Kanonkop t. Oosterland; 08:20 – Hoogenhout t. Rob Ferreira; 08:40 – Standerton t. Ligbron; 09:00 –Ermelo t. HTS Middelburg.

C-veld: 08:00 – Steelcrest t. MDCCS; 08:20 – Barberton t. Khetelo; 08:40 – Lowveld t. Lydenburg; 09:00 – Bergvlam t. Penryn.

 

Daar is hierdie naweek nog sewesaksie in Centurion by die Eldoraigne-sewestoernooi waar 33 o.15- en o17-spanne bymekaarkom om sake uit te spook vir die titel.

Die o.17’s skop Vrydag af met die meerderheid van hul groepbepalings, voordat die uitspeelrondes Saterdag finaliseer word en plaasvind.

Affies lyk soos die voorste aanspraakmakers op die Beker, nadat hulle verlede naweek eers in die eindstryd teen Garsfontein hul eerste nederlaag van die byeenkoms ervaar het by die Montana-sewestoernooi met 29-26.

Die Blitzbere het onstuitbaar gelyk by die byeenkoms, maar Affies het goed gedoen om hulle te laat sweet. Garsfontein kon die wendrie eers in die doodnsnikke van die spel aanteken om die titel te neem.

Aangesien Garsies nie hierdie naweek deelneem nie lyk Affies soos die sterkste span by die toernooi.

Daar is egter nog ‘n nuwe teenstander, Helpmekaar, wat die kans sal wil benut om hul staal teen hul plaaslike teenstander te bewys.

Helpmekaar het nog ‘n span wat deelneem by die Monument Sewestoernooi

Hulle was verlede naweek by die Witteberg Sewestoernooi in aksie en kon dus nie by die Montana-toernooi deelneem waar meeste van hierdie naweek se spanne was nie, so dit sal interesant wees om te sien hoe hulle opmeet.

Die groepe:

Poel A – Affies, Montana II, Eldoraigne, Amberfield Uitnodigingspan, Erasmus, Blou Bulle Uitnodigingspan.

Poel B – Affies II, Montana, Oos-Moot, Pretoria-Noord, Overkruin, Helpmekaar.

Poel C – Zwartkop, Menlopark, Zayo Academy, Sutherland, Rooikatte, Centurion Secondary.

Die bepalings:

Vrydag

13:00 – Affies t. Montana  II; 13:20 – Affies II t. Montana; 13:40 – Menlopark t. Zwartkop; 14:00 – Erasmus t. Amberfield Uitnodigingspan; 14:20 – Sutherland t. Rooikatte; 15:00 – Eldoraigne t. Blou Bulle Uitnodigingspan; 15:20 – Oos-Moot t. Helpmekaar; 15:40 – Zayo Academy t. Centurion Secondary; 16:00 – Montana II t. Erasmus; 16:20 – Montana t. Overkruin; 16:40 – Menlopark t. Rooikatte; 17:00 – Eldoraigne t. Amberfield Uitnodigingspan; 17:20 – Oos-Moot t. Pretoria-Noord; 17:40 – Zayo Academy t. Sutherland; 18:00 – Affies t. Blou Bulle Uitnodigingspan; 18:20 – Helpmekaar t. Affies II; 18:40 – Centurion Secondary t. Zwartkop; 19:00 – Montana II t. Eldoraigne; 19:20 – Montana t. Oos-Moot; 19:40 – Menlopark t. Zayo Academy; 20:00 – Affies t. Erasmus; 20:20 – Affies II t. Overkruin; 20:40 – Zwartkop t. Rooikatte; 21:00 – Blou Bulle Uitnodigingspan t. Amberfield Uitnodigingspan; 21:20 – Helpmekaar t. Pretoria-Noord; 21:40 – Centurion Secondary t. Sutherland.

Saterdag

07:20 – Eldoraigne t. Erasmus; 07:40 – Oos-Moot t. Overkruin; 08:00 – Zayo Academy t. Rooikatte; 08:20 – Amberfield Uitnodigingspan t. Affies; 08:40 – Pretoria-Noord t. Affies II; 09:00 – Sutherland t. Zwartkop; 09:20 – Blou Bulle Uitnodigingspan t. Montana II; 09:40 – Helpmekaar t. Montana; 10:00 – Centurion Secondary t. Menlopark; 10:20 – Affies t. Eldoraigne; 10:40 – Affies II t. Oos-Moot; 11:00 – Zwartkop t. Zayo Academy; 11:20 – Erasmus t. Blou Bulle Uitnodigingspan; 11:40 – Overkruin t. Helpmekaar; 12:00 – Rooikatte t. Centurion Secondary; 12:20 – Amberfield Uitnodigingspan t. Montana II; 12:40 – Pretoria-Noord t. Montana; 13:00 – Sutherland t. Menlopark.

 

Die seuns van Grey-kollege het hierdie naweek hul buurskole in die Rosestad herhinder wie die kroon in Bloemfontein dra met ‘n stewige vertoning by die Jim Fouché-sewestoernooi.

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Terwyl Grey se eerstespan by die Marius Schoeman Sewestoernooi by Paarl Gimnasium in aksie was, waar hulle vir die tweede agtereenvolgende naweek die kompetisie kon kaf draf tot in die eindstryd, net om teen ‘n span van Paul Roos Gimnasium vas te loop wat witwarm is op die oomblik.

Die twee skole is op die oomblik ‘n stap voor hul naaste teenstanders, en die Grey-kollege Uitnodigingspan het dit ook bewys deur om hul spiere te bult by hul buurskool se toernooi.

Die manne van die Bloemfonteinse rugbyfabriek kon 283 punte gedurende die vyf wedstryde aanteken en slegs 31 afstaan, waarvan die meerderheid in die eindstryd teen Fichardtpark gekom het.

Die Fichies het self ‘n sterk toernooi beleef om bo aan hul groep te eindig. Hulle moes, onder andere, hul groot vyand Jim Fouché verslaan vir ‘n plek in die eindstryd.

Jim Fouché het vroeër in die jaar, gedurende die 15-man seisoen, Fichardtpark se harte gebreuk in die Bloemfontein Stadsbeker eindstryd, en die Fichies sou hul 22-17 oorwinning oor JF die naweek veral geniet.

Fichardtpark kon 28 punte teen Grey aanteken in die eindstryd, maar daar was geen manier om die Grey spoedvrate in te perk nie, en hulle kon uiteindelik redelik gemaklik wegstap met die titel na ‘n 39-24 sege

By die o.15s het Grey ook nie sy eweknie gehad nie, met die Grey-kollege uitnodigingspan wat hul skoolmaats in die Grey B span kon troef in die eindstryd met 28-10.

Die kampioene het ‘n verbysterende gemiddeld van 51-3 oor die vyf wedstryde die naweek behaal.

Al die uitslae:

o.17

Poel A: Jim Fouché 75, Brebner 0; Fichardtpark 75, Stallions 0; Fichardtpark 22, Staatspresident Swart 0; Jim Fouché 27, Stallions 0; Staatspresident Swart 45, Stallions 0; Fichardtpark 50, Brebner 0; Fichardtpark 22, Jim Fouché 17; Staatspresident Swart 50, Brebner 7; Brebner 24, Stallions 21; Jim Fouché 33, Staatpresident Swart 5.

Poel B: Grey-kollege Uitnodigingspan 92, Stallions II 0; Sentraal 62, Heatherdale 0; HTS Louis Botha 37, Heatherdale 0; Grey-kollege Uitnodigingspan 17, Sentraal 0; Sentraal 52, Stallions II 12; Grey-kollege Uitnodigingspan 67, HTS Louis Botha 7; Grey-kollege 68, Heatherdale 0; HTS Louis Botha 36, Stallions II; Ssentraal 29, HTS Louis Botha 7; Stallions II 15, Heatherdale 7.

Eindstryde:

Beker: Grey-kollege Uitnodigingspan 39, Fichardtpark 24.
Plaat: Sentraal 22, Jim Fouché 19.
Bowl: HTS Louis Botha 27, Staatspresident Swart 12.
Skild: Brebner 17, Stallions II 7.

o.15

Poel A: Grey-kollege Uitnodigingspan 29, Fichardtpark 7; Brebner 22, Stallions II 0; Staatspresident Swart 17, Brebner 12; Grey-kollege Uitnodigingspan 72, Stallions II 0; Fichardtpark 32, Stallions II 0; Grey-kollege 60, Staatspresident Swart 0; Grey-kollege Uitodigingspan 65, Brebner 0; Fichardtpark 45, Staatspresident Swart 0; Staatspresident Swart 20, Stallions 0; Fichardtpark 69, Brebner 12.

Poel B: Grey-kollege II 19, Sentraal 5; Jim Fouché 34, HTS Louis Botha 10; Jim Fouché 47, Stallions 0; Grey-kollege II 35, HTS Louis Botha 0; Sentraal 49, HTS Louis Botha 12; Grey-kollege II 59, Stallions 0; Grey-kollege II 45, Jim Fouché 5; Sentraal 62, Stallions 0; HTS Louis Botha 43, Stallions 7; Jim Fouché 17, Sentraal 10.

Eindstryde:

Beker: Grey-kollege uitnodigingspan 28, Grey-kollege II 10.
Plaat: Fichardtpark 19, Jim Fouché 10.
Bowl: Sentraal 55, Staatspresident Swart 0.
Skild: HTS Louis Botha 45, Brebner 0.

 

Some of the best schools sevens teams in the Western Cape gather in Wellington this weekend for the inaugural Cape Schools Sevens Festival at Hugenote.

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Though this will be the first instalment of what will hopefully become a yearly event, the quality shown by the competing teams over the last couple of weekends promises a weekend of stellar schoolboy sevens.

The reigning NWU Prestige Schools and Marius Schoeman Sevens Tournament champions, Paul Roos, will have a target on their backs as they look to take their third trophy in as many weeks.

The boys from Stellenbosch have had a couple of slow starts to their tournaments though, and are yet to finish a weekend unbeaten.

They will hope to change that this weekend, but face some serious challenges in their pool in the likes of Stellenberg, Curro Langebaan, Porterville and a wildcard Paarl Boys’ High Invitational team, any of whom could easily cause an upset.

The two players who were singled out as the players-of-the-tournament in their previous two campaigns, Junaid Coetzee and Gert Kemp, are definitely ones to watch this weekend, but there are a number of other dangermen as well.

Samuel Badenhorst, the big first-team flank, represented the country as part of the SA u18 Sevens team at the Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinidad and Tobago where they earned bronze behind only Scotland and Fiji. He has put his experience to good use for the Maroon Machine since the sevens season began.

Keenan Stoffels is another livewire with a bright future in either format of the game. He and Kemp scored two tries each in last weekend’s 33-10 victory over their old rivals, Grey College.

That was the second weekend Grey lost to Paul Roos in the final, and the boys from Stellenbosch have proven themselves to be among the foremost u17 sevens teams in the country at the moment.

That is the nature of these sevens tournaments, and one of their major attractions, as the gulf between the top schools in the country and some of the smaller schools is narrowed in the quicker format.

The home team shares a group with an in-form Boland Landbou side and Hoërskool Durbanville, who have been punching above their weight all season.

Hugenote made it to the Cup quarter-final at last weekend’s event, where they ran into Paarl Gimnasium and lost by 40-12.

Boland Landbou made an exit in the same stage, narrowly losing against Boishaai by 27-22.

A lot of effort has gone into ensuring that this weekend’s event is filled with entertainment for the spectators according to Dirkie Gildenhuys of Cape Schools Sevens.

There will be live music, food and drinks, screenings of the World Cup games, a playpark and entertainment for younger children and top-quality schools sevens. The aim is to contribute towards building the sevens platform in South African schools rugby, alongside some of the established tournaments like the Marius Schoeman Sevens and to expand to include more sporting codes in the coming years.

At this first instalment, there will already be 40 of the top rugby teams in the country competing in the u15 and u17 sevens tournaments.

“The main goal of this event is to give some smaller teams the opportunity to face some of the best teams in the country, this year we have two development teams competing at this event, and we have a few bursaries from the WP Rugby Institution which we will be able to award. We hope to turn this into an event that showcases the best up-and-coming talent” says Gildenhuys.

The Pools:

Pool A: Paarl Boys High, Brackenfell, Hermanus, Hoërskool Bellville, JSA Foundation.

Pool B: Paarl Gimnasium, Oakdale, Parel Vallei, Boland Landbou II, Bredasdorp.

Pool C: Paul Roos Gimnasium, Stellenberg, Curro Langebaan, Paarl Boys’ High Invitational, Porterville.

Pool D: Boland Landbou, Hugenote, Hoërskool Durbanille, Augsburg, Forward Foundation.

The fixtures:

Friday

Field A: 14:00 – Boland Landbou vs Forward Foundation; 14:20 – Hugenote vs Augsburg; 14:40 – Paarl Boys’ High vs JSA Foundation; 15:00 – Brackenfell vs Hoërskool Bellville; 16:40 – Paul Roos vs Curro Langebaan; 17:00 – Stellenberg vs Porterville; 17:20 – Paarl Gimnasium vs Parel Vallei; 17:40 – Oakdale vs Bredasdorp.

Field B: 15:20 – Boland Landbou vs Hoërskool Durbanville; 15:40 – Hugenote vs Forward Foundation; 16:00 – Paarl Boys’ High vs Hermanus; 16:20 – Brackenfell vs JSA Foundation; 18:00  – Hoërskool Durbanville vs Augsburg; 18:20 – Paul Roos vs Porterville.

Field C: 14:00 – Paarl Gimnasium vs Bredasdorp; 14:40 – Parel Vallei vs Boland Landbou II; 15:00 – Stellenberg vs Paarl Boys’ High Invitational; 15:40 – Oakdale vs Boland Landbou II; 17:20 – Hermanus vs Hoërskool Bellville; 18:00 – Curro Langebaan vs Paarl Boys’ High Invitational.

Saturday:

Field A: 09:20 – Paul Roos vs Paarl Boys’ High Invitational; 09:40 – Stellenberg vs Curro Langebaan; 10:00 – Paarl Gimnasium vs Boland Landbou II; 10:20 – Oakdale vs Parel Vallei; 12:00 – Augsburg vs Forward Foundation; 12:20 – Boland Landbou vs Hugenote; 12:40 – Hoërskool Bellville vs JSA Foundation; 13:00 – Paarl Boys’ High vs Brackenfell.

Field B: 08:00 – Paul Roos vs Stellenberg; 08:20 – Hoërskool Durbanville vs Hugenote; 10:00 – Boland Landbou vs Augsburg; 10:20 – Hoërskool Durbanville vs Forward Foundation; 10:40 – Paarl Boys’ High vs Hoërskool Bellville; 11:00 – Brackenfell vs Hermanus.

Field C: 08:00 – Paarl Gimnasium vs Oakdale; 08:20 – Parel Vallei vs Bredasdorp; 08:40 – Hermanus vs JSA Foundation; 11:20 – Porterville vs Paarl Boys’ High Invitational; 12:00 – Bredasdorp vs Boland Landbou II; 12:20 – Curro Langebaan vs Porterville.

Garsfontein moes sweet om hul groot vyande, Affies, te verslaan in verlede naweek se eindstryd by die Montana o.17 Sewetoernooi.

Die Garsie Bere het hul ritme na die halftyd-breuk gevind en teruggeveg om in die doodsnikke van die wedstryd ‘n wendrie aan te teken en Affies se harte te breek met ‘n epiese 29-26 sege.

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Nathan Schwarts kon, met speeltyd iets van die verlede, ‘n laaste pragdrie druk om die titel vir sy span te verower, ondanks die onvermoeide verdediging deur die Affies seuns.

Nadat Affies verlede naweek op die Sutherland Sewes kroon beslag gelê het, en Garsfontein goed vertoon het by die NWU Prestige Sewestoernooi in Potchefstroom, het alle tekens daarna gedui dat hierdie twee spanne mekaar in ‘n titaniese stryd sal ontmoet hierdie naweek.

Die feit dat dit in die eindstryd plaasgevind het maak die kragmeting net nog meer opwindend.

Met ‘n gemiddelde telling van 38-8 oor die ses wedstryde die naweek is daar geen twyfel dat Garsies die toernooi domineer het nie, maar Affies het uiters goed gespeel om hul teenstanders in ‘n hoekie te druk. Hulle kon egter net nie lank genoeg uithou nie.

Die Garsfontein eerstespan het ‘n barsseisoen agter die rug. Hul enigste nederlaag hierdie jaar was teen Grey-kollege, toe hulle in  April die knie moes buig teen die Bloemfonteiners by die Absa Wildeklawer Fees in Kimberley.

Die o.17 sewesspan lyk huidiglik net so indrukwekkend en verdien met hierdie oorwining dan ook hul plek by die Kampioenskap-toernooi wat in Oktober by Grey-kollege plaasvind.

Stephan Pretorius, Luann Olivier en hul kaptein, Brooklyn Newman is drie van Garsfontein-spelers wat uitgestaan het by die naweek se byeenkoms.

Newman is vroeër die jaar ingesluit by die SA Skole A span na sy vertoning by die Cravenweek in George, en Olivier was deel van die SA o.18 Sewesspan wat ‘n brons medalje verdien het by die Statebond Jeugspele in Trinidad en Tobago.

Hierdie toernooi het dan ook gedien as ‘n kans vir die Blou Bul keurders om die spelers in aksie te sien voordat die streekspanne eersdaags aangekondig word.

Menlopark het in net so ‘n titaniese stryd vir die derde posisie teen Waterkloof gewen met 22-19.

In die eerste helfte het albei spanne nog die water getoets en na sewe minute was daar nog bitter min tussen hulle op 7-5 in die Klofies se guns.

Na die breuk het albei spanne die bal laat loop en skielik was dit ‘n baie opwindende wedstryd.

Met net 30 sekondes oor op die horlosie was Waterkloof in die bestuurssitplek met ‘n 19-15 voorsprong. Menlo kon egter die besit van die bal oorneem en uit hul eie gevaargebied breuk om vir Leskin Samuels oor te stuur vir die wendrie om ‘n dramatiese einde aan die wedstryd te bring.

Oos-Moot kon met 15-5 teen die tuisspan die loef afsteek in die Plaat-eindstryd.

Montana het in die kwareindronde teen Menlopark vasgeloop, wie hul veldtog vir die beker kon kortknip met ‘n omvattende 31-0 sege, voor daardie wedstryd was die tuisspan egter nog onoorwonne, met drie goeie seges oor Eldoraigne (14-10), Sutherland (42-0) en Curro Roodeplaat (32-0) om bo aan hul groep te eindig.

Menlopark het op hul beurt weer teen Affies uitgeval in die halfeindstryd. Teen halftyd was die wedstryd nog oop vir albei spanne om te gryp op 14-12 in Affies se guns.

In die tweede helfte was daar egter net een span in die wedstryd en Affies kon 27 punte sonder antwoord aanteken.

Die uitslae:

Poel A: Garsfontein 48, Wonderboom 5; Pretoria-Noord 35, Erasmus Uitnodigingspan 7; Garsfontein 54, Erasmus Uitnodigingspan 0; Pretoria-Noord 21, Wonderboom 17; Garsfontein 39, Pretoria-Noord 0; Wonderboom 12, Erasmus Uitnodigingspan 7.

Poel B: Waterkloof 45 HTS John Vorster 0; Amberfield College Uitnodigingspan 19, Die Wilgers 17; Waterkloof 26, Amberfield College Uitnodigingspan 7; HTS John Vorster 17, Die Wilgers 12; Amberfield College Uitnodigingspan 26, HTS John Vorster 19; Waterkloof 43, Die Wilgers 5.

Poel C: Affies 24, Zayo Academy 19; Centurion 19, Rietondale 0; Affies 59, Rietondale 5; Zayo Academy 21, Centurion 12; Affies 43, Centurion 0; Zayo Academy 42, Rietondale 14.

Poel D: Oos-Moot 12, Zwartkop 5; Curro Hazeldean 34, Gerrit Maritz 0; Oos-Moot 71, Gerit Maritz 0; Zwartkop 57, Curro Hazeldean 0; Oos-Moot 52, Curro Hazeldean 0; Zwartkop 59, Gerrit Maritz 0.

Poel E: Montana 14, Eldoraigne 10;  Sutherland 29, Curro Roodeplaat 0; Eldoraigne 39, Curro Roodeplaat 14; Montana 42, Sutherland 0; Montana 32, Curro Roodeplaat 0; Eldoraigne 42, Sutherland 5.

Poel F: Erasmus 24, Montana Uitnodigingspan 14; Menlopark 19, Pretoria Boys’ High 12; Menlopark 47, Montana Uitnodigingspan 5; Pretoria Boys’ High 21, Erasmus 17; Menlopark 38, Erasmus 21; Pretoria Boys’ High 40, Montana Uitnodigingspan 7.

Kwarteindronde

Beker: Garsfontein 38 (19), Zwartkop 7 (7); Waterkloof 24 (14), Oos-Moot 0; Menlopark 31 (19), Montana 0; Affies 59 (19), Zayo Academy 7 (0).

Bowl: Pretoria-Noord 31 (17), Sutherland 12 (5); Wonderboom 21 (12), HTS John Vorster 12 (7); Eldoraigne 33 (19), Centurion 7 (7); Pretoria Boys’ High 21 (14), Erasmus 17 (7);

Halfeindronde

Beker: Garsfontein 19 (12), Waterkloof 12 (7); Affies 41 (14), Menlopark 12 (12).

Plaat: Montana 31 (19), Zayo Academy 7 (0); Oos-Moot 28 (12), Zwartkop 17 (0).

Eindstryd

Beker: Garsfontein 29 (10), Affies 26 (14); (Derde plek) Menlopark 22 (5), Waterkloof 19 (7).

Plaat: Oos-Moot 15 (10), Montana 5 (0).

Bowl: Eldoraigne 29 (17), Pretoria-Noord 0.

Skild: Die Wilgers 26 (12), Montana Uitnodigingspan 0.

Die kampioenspan

Garsfontein: JP Pieterse, Ruan Enslin, Handre Maree, Ruwald Horn, Nathan Schwartz, 7 Brooklyn Newman, Luann Olivier, Xian Erasmus, Luan Ferreira, Wihan van den Berg, Stephan Pretorius, Aiden King.

Paarl Gimnasium defended their title as the champions of the Marius Schoeman u15 tournament with a comprehensive victory over their rivals from the Agter-Paarl, Boland Landbou.

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Reminiscent of days gone by, it was Louis Koen who stood out for the Paarl Gimnasium side as they stormed to a 22-12 triumph.

He was excellent throughout the tournament and set the pace in the final to help his team along to their second successive victory in their home tournament.

Thomas Saunders was also in phenomenal form throughout the weekend, earning him the player-of-the-tournament award for his efforts.

Boland Landbou did well to score twice against the champions who conceded only a single try on the first day, but they simply could not contain the hosts.

En route to the championship, Paarl Gimnasium saw away with Paul Roos Gimnasium in the quarter-finals in an epic battle, where the hosts walked away victorious by a single point, 20-19.

Both of these proud schools had unbeaten seasons with their u15 15-man teams, with their only draw coming when they played against each other.

In fact, the first time the Paul Roos u15 boys tasted defeat in any format of the game was against Paarl Gim last weekend at the Bredasdorp Sevens tournament when they lost by 21-7 in the semi-final.

Stellenberg will be proud of their bronze medal position after beating a tireless side from Hermanus by 17-14. Both of these teams exceeded expectations to top the rest of the competition and make it all the way to the semi-finals before bowing out to the two Paarl giants.

In the Plate final, HTS Drostdy from Worcester played exceptionally well to get one over their big rivals from George, Outeniqua.

The Donkies beat the Kwaggas by 21-12.

Swartland are the Bowl champions after getting past a very promising Worcester Gimnasium team by 17-7 in the final.

All the results:

Pool A – Worcester Gimnasium 29, Bosmandam 5; Hermanus 40, Connect Academy 5; Hermanus 38, Worcester Gimnasium 19; Connect Academy 29, Bosmandam 5; Connect Academy 21, Worcester Gimnasium 14; Hermanus 54, Bosmandam 0.

Pool B – Hoërskool Stellenbosch 28, Brackenfell 7; Oakdale 54, Curro Langebaan 0; Oakdale 59, Brackenfell 0; Curro Langebaan 19, Hoërskool Stellenbosch 15; Oakdale 43, Hoërskool Stellenbosch 5; Brackenfell 12, Curro Langebaan 10.

Pool C – Strand 28, Hoërskool Bellville 24; Forward Foundation 19, HTS Drostdy 14; HTS Drostdy 17, Strand 7; Forward Foundation 33, Hoërskool Bellville 7; HTS Drostdy 36, Hoërskool Bellville 12; Forward Foundation 27, Strand 10.

Pool D – Tygerberg 14, Charlie Hofmeyr 7; Boland Landbou 35, Melkbosstrand 0; Boland Landbou 38, Charlie Hofmeyr 14; Tygerberg 24, Melkbosstrand 12; Boland Landbou 54, Tygerberg 12; Charlie Hofmeyr 28, Melkbosstrand 7.

Pool E – Hoërskool Durbanville 17, Milnerton 0; Hugenote 35, Blitz Gimmies 14; Hugenote 19, Hoërskool Durbanville 17; Blitz Gimmies 27, Milnerton 7; Hoërskool Durbanville 24, Blitz Gimmies 14; Milnerton 24, Hugenote 21.

Pool F – St Andrews College 12, Parel Vallei 5; Paarl Gimnasium 57, Jan van Riebeeck 0; Paarl Gimnasium 29, St Andrews College 5; Jan van Riebeeck 24, Parel Vallei 14; Paarl Gimnasium 25, Parel Vallei 0; St Andrews College 38, Jan van Riebeeck 7.

Pool G – Paarl Boys’ High 46, Paulus Joubert 0; Outeniqua 48, Vooruitsig 0; Paarl Boys’ High 29, Outeniqua 0; Paulus Joubert 14, Vooruitsig 7; Outeniqua 36, Paulus Joubert 0; Paarl Boys’ High 51, Vooruitsig 0,

Pool H – Paul Roos 33, Swartland 7; Stellenberg 29, Table View 0; Paul Roos 12, Stellenberg 12; Swartland 38, Table View 5; Stellenberg 31, Swartland 7; Paul Roos 28, Table View 0.

Round of 16

Worcester Gimnasium 28, Brackenfell 0; Bosmandam 14, Curro Langebaan 10; Strand 10, Melkbosstrand 0; Charlie Hofmeyr 21, Hoërskool Bellville 12; Paarl Gimnasium 43, Parel Vallei 7; Jan van Riebeeck 17, Milnerton 5; Table View 17, Paulus Joubert 12; Swartland 36, Vooruitsig 0; Hermanus 47, Hoërskool  Stellenbosch 5; Oakdale 21, Connect Academy 7; Forward Foundation 29, Tygerberg 10; Boland Landbou 35, HTS Drostdy 5; St Andrews College 21, Hugenote 19; Paarl Gimnasium 12, Hoërskool Durbanville 10; Stellenberg 24, Paarl Boys’ High 5; Paul Roos 33, Outeniqua 5.

Quarter-finals

Shield – Melkbosstrand 26, Brackenfell 7; Hoërskool Bellville 40, Curro Langebaan 0; Parel Vallei 14, Paulus Joubert 7; Milnerton 38, Vooruitsig 0.

Bowl – Worcester Gimnasium 31, Strand 12; Charlie Hofmeyr 47, Bosmandam 10; Blitz Gimmies 24, Table View 17; Swartland 52, Jan van Riebeeck.

Plate – Tygerberg 17, Hoërskool Stellenbosch 7; HTS Drostdy 24, Connect Academy 7; Hugenote 19, Paarl Boys’ High 12; Outeniqua 19, Hoërskool Durbanville 14.

Cup – Hermanus 27, Forward Foundation 17; Boland Landbou 17, Oakdale 12; Stellenberg 29, St Andrews College 19; Paarl Gimnasium 20, Paul Roos 19.

Semi-finals

Shield – Hoërskool Bellville 22, Melkbosstrand 12; Milnerton 17, Parel Vallei 5.
Bowl – Swartland 19, Blitz Gimmies 12; Worcester Gimnasium 12, Charlie Hofmeyr 5;
Plate – HTS Drostdy 26, Tygerberg 0; Outeniqua 19, Hugenote 7.
Cup – Boland Landbou 19, Hermanus 15; Paarl Gimnasium 10, Stellenberg 5.

Finals

Shield – Milnerton 21, Hoërskool Bellville 14.
Bowl – Swartland 17, Worcester Gimnasium 7.
Plate – HTS Drostdy 21, Outeniqua 12.
Cup – Paarl Gimnasium 22, Boland Landbou 12; (Third place) Stellenberg 17, Hermanus 14.

 

 

Paul Roos Gimnasium and Grey College faced one another in a final for a second time in two weeks, as the age-old rivals met again in the grand finale of what has been another spectacular weekend of sevens at the Marius Schoeman u17 Sevens tournament at Paarl Gimnasium.

Unlike last weekend though, the Maroon Machine dominated the entire match as they solidified their place on top of the sevens rankings with a comprehensive 33-10 victory over their arch-nemesis.

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It took only 20 seconds for Grey College to strike when Philip Mclaren dove over for the first try of the final.

While Paul Roos only found their rhythm in the second half last weekend, Keenan Stoffels responded immediately for the Stellebosch side, breaking away to run nearly the length of the field scoring under the posts allowing his team to gain the lead after the successful conversion.

Gert Kemp then repeated the trick, scoring another beautiful long-range try.

With their tails up, Stoffels added another to give Paul Roos a 21-5 lead after four minutes.

The Bloemfontein giants are never stunned for too long though, and McLaren could relieve some of the scoreboard pressure with his second thanks to brilliant interplay by Alzeadon Felix and Pieter van der Merwe.

Kemp also completed his brace just before halftime to take the Stellenbosch side into the break with a 26-10 lead.

Though Grey did well to stem the flow of points in the second half, Stoffels needed only three minutes after the action resumed to complete his hat trick and seal the victory for his team.

Benjamin van Rensburg, Felix, Van der Merwe and Ethan Adams looked exciting for Grey, but Paul Roos simply outplayed their old rivals and removed any doubt about who the forerunners are in South African u17 sevens this year.

Samuel Badenhorst, the big Paul Roos flanker who was part of the SA u18 Sevens team that won bronze at the Commonwealth Youth games in Trinidad and Tobago earlier this year, showed that he definitely has a future in the quicker format of the game should he choose to pursue it.

Badenhorst was immense for the Stellenbosch side this weekend, along with Stoffels, Kemp, Matthew Klein, Reuben Kruger and Junaid Coetzee.

Coetzee backed up his player-of-the-tournament award from last weekend with another scintillating performance this weekend.

This weekend, Gert Kemp was honoured with the player-of-the-tournament award. Kemp is only in grade 10 this year and will be one to watch over the coming seasons.

Along with the prize money and bragging rights, the champions also earn a spot in the Championship tournament which will be held at Grey College in October, where the two sides may very well complete the trilogy if their paths are fated to cross again.

After this weekend, however, there can be no doubt that while Grey was unmatched during the regular 15-man season, Paul Roos is the top dog of u17 Sevens at the moment.

The new champions almost had their campaign cut short in the quarter-finals by the boys from Stellenberg though.

Two yellow cards for Paul Roos Gimnasium early in the first half of the Cup quarter-final allowed Stellenberg to go into the break with a 12-5 lead.

The Jade Brigade failed to capitalize on their numerical advantage in the second half though, and it was Paul Roos who scored first to draw the scores level again.

After the initial slow start, the Maroon Machine regrouped and took control of the game, scoring 21 unanswered points in the second half to win by 26-12.

They then continued with that momentum to eliminate the hosts in an epic semi-final.

Paul Roos Gimnasium took the lead early against the Paarl Gimnasium thanks to two tries by Coetzee and Stoffels.

Just like last weekend, the Stellenbosch side proved to be a great tournament team, playing their best rugby when it mattered most.

As the pressure mounted both teams lost their discipline a bit, Paarl Gimnasium was reduced to five men and Paul Roos went down to six by the end of the game. The visitors maintained their control of the game to book a rematch of last weekend’s final against Grey College with a 27-7 victory.

Paarl Boys’ High and Boland Landbou traded blows throughout their quarter-final matchup.

It looked like Lyle Lewis delivered the knockout punch with a late try for Boland, but their big local rivals managed to draw it equal in the dying moments when Ivan van Zyl burst over to send the game to sudden death.

Boishaai then finally booked their place in the penultimate round through a try by their flyer, Leevano Cupido, who has been excellent for them throughout the weekend, ending the game at 27-22.

The hard-fought battle might have taken its toll on the team from Paarl though, as Grey College ended their tournament relatively comfortably in the semis by 47-5.

Though Gimmies couldn’t defend their title at their home tournament, they will be happy to have gotten one over their big rivals, Boishaai, in the third-place playoffs, beating their neighbours by 28-15.

SACS played excellently to get to the Plate final, where they saw away with the Paarl Barbarians by 33-7.

Hoërskool Durbanville came up just short against Strand in the Bowl final. Strand beat the Durbies by 28-21.

All the results:

Pool A – Strand 52, Hoërskool Stellenbosch 0; Paarl Barbarians 21, Worcester Gimnasium 14; Worcester Gimnasium 10, Strand 7; Paarl Barbarians 38, Hoërskool Stellenbosch 0; Paarl Barbarians 21, Strand 12; Worcester Gimnasium 49, Hoërskool Stellenbosch 0.

Pool B – Paul Roos Gimnasium 50, Parel Vallei 0; Hugenote 28, Amdec Blitz 12; Paul Roos Gimnasium 25, Hugenote 0; Amdec Blitz 15, Parel Vallei 7; Hugenote 38, Parel Vallei 0; Paul Roos 46, Amdec Blitz 0.

Pool C – Paarl Gimnasium 74, Tygerberg 0; Brackenfell 19, Vooruitsig 5; Paarl Gimnasium 50, Brackenfell 0; Tygerberg 38, Vooruitsig 0; Tygerberg 19, Brackenfell 14; Paarl Gimnasium 69, Vooruitsig 0.

Pool D – Outeniqua 36, Paulus Joubert 0; Stellenberg 55, Connect Academy 7; Stellenberg 19, Outeniqua 19; Connect Academy 17, Paulus Joubert 5; Stellenberg 55, Paulus Joubert 0; Outeniqua 56, Connect Academy 0.

Pool E – Paarl Boys’ High 31, Milnerton 5; HTS Drostdy 36, Jan van Riebeeck 12; Paarl Boys’ High 29, HTS Drostdy 24; Milnerton 31, Jan van Riebeeck 12; Paarl Boys’ High 56, Jan van Riebeeck 0; Milnerton 24, HTS Drostdy 21.

Pool F – Hoërskool Durbanville 61, Hermanus 0; Oakdale 29, Forward Foundation 22; Oakdale 19, Hoërskool Durbanville 17; Forward Foundation 31, Hermanus 7; Oakdale 22, Hermanus 0; Forward Foundation 12, Hoërskool Durbanville 7.

Pool G – SACS 17, Charlie Hofmeyr 0; Boland Landbou 51, Melkbosstrand 0; SACS 19, Boland Landbou 19; Charlie Hofmeyr 29, Melkbosstrand 7; Boland Landbou 26, Charlie Hofmeyr 5; SACS 24, Melkbosstrand 0.

Pool H – St Andrews College 17, Hoërskool Bellville 17; Grey College 73, Curro Langebaan 0; Grey College 39, St Andrews College 5; Hoërskool Bellville 45, Curro Langebaan 19; Grey College 36, Hoërskool Bellville 5; Curro Langebaan 24, St Andrews College 19.

Round of 16

Strand 19, Parel Vallei 0; Amdec Blitz 28, Hoërskool Stellenbosch 7; Paulus Joubert 12, Brackenfell 7; Connect Academy 28, Vooruitsig 0; HTS Drostdy 17, Hermanus 7; Hoërskool Durbanville 19, Jan van Riebeeck 5; Charlie Hofmeyr 22, St Andrews College 10; Curro Langebaan 29, Melkbosstrand 0; Hugenote 15, Paarl Barbarians 10; Paul Roos 22, Worcester Gimnasium 7; Paarl Gimnasium 38, Outeniqua 7; Stellenberg 43, Tygerberg 5; Paarl Boys’ High 46, Forward Foundation 7; Oakdale 24, Milnerton 0; Boland Landbou 26, Hoërskool Bellville 0; Grey College 31, SACS 0.

Quarter-finals

Shield – Parel Vallei 33, Brackenfell 5; Hoërskool Stellenbosch 27, Vooruitsig 7; St Andrew’s College 27, Hermanus 5; Melkbosstrand 21, Jan van Riebeeck 12.

Bowl – Strand 38, Paulus Joubert 12; Amdec Blitz 19, Connect Academy 7; Charlie Hofmeyr 22, HTS Drostdy 12; Hoërskool Durbanville 19, Curro Langebaan 7.

Plate – Paarl Barbarians 26, Outeniqua 21; Worcester Gimnasium 17, Tygerberg 14; SACS 19, Milnerton 7; Hoërskool Bellville 27, Forward Foundation 7.

Cup – Paarl Gimnasium 40, Hugenote 12; Paul Roos 26, Stellenberg 12; Paarl Boys’ High 27, Boland Landbou 22; Grey College 26, Oakdale 14.

Semi-finals

Shield – Parel Vallei 14, Hoërskool Stellenbosch 5; St Andrews College 41, Melkbosstrand 0.
Bowl – Strand 29, Amdec Blitz 17; Hoërskool Durbanville 22, Charlie Hofmeyr 5.
Plate – Paarl Barbarians 28, Worcester Gimnasium 7; SACS 29, Hoërskool  Bellville 12.
Cup – Paul Roos 27, Paarl Gimnasium 7; Grey College 47, Paarl Boys’ High 5.

Finals

Shield – St Andrews College 17, Parel Vallei 7.
Bowl – Strand 28, Hoërskool Durbanville 21.
Plate – SACS 33, Paarl Barbarians 7.
Cup – Paul Roos 33, Grey College 12; (Third place) Paarl Gimnasium 28, Paarl Boys’ High 15.

 

Gericke Primary School from Ceres overcame all odds last night to beat Outeniqua by 12-10 in the Marius Schoeman u12 Sevens-tournament in Paarl to be crowned champions.

The u12 boys set the tone perfectly for what is a jam-packed weekend full of exciting rugby.

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In an epic finale to what had been an amazing day filled with the best barefoot rugby in the country, the Gericke boys fought doggedly to the end to upset the big boys from George.

Ruben Giliomee scored a sensational try to give his team the advantage. He was aware enough to spot the space in the backfield and after taking a penalty quickly and hoofing the ball upfield it was a foot race, which he was never going to lose.

The name should ring a bell for South African school sports lovers, his big brother, Luan Giliomee, was part of a very impressive Charlie Hofmeyr first team this year and was selected as part of the SA u18 Sevens team that earned bronze at the Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinidad and Tobago earlier in the year.

His sister, Lané, is an equally accomplished athlete, captaining the Western Province Netball team, and excelling in the 400m hurdles. She is also the deputy head girl at Charlie Hofmeyr, where young Ruben is sure to follow in his siblings’ footsteps, where both Luan and Lané were honoured as the sportsman and sportswoman of the year at the proud school in Ceres this year.

There was very little to separate the two teams throughout the match, tied at 5-all at the break, and both scoring only one additional try in the second half, the difference was the fact that Gericke scored under the post, allowing them an easy conversion, and then defended brilliantly to make life difficult for the boys from George.

When they finally got over the line they had to make do with the little bit of space left in the corner, and the conversion from the touchline was much more difficult, ultimately leaving them two points short.

Paarl Boys’ Primary beat an impressive team from Noord-Eind in the final for the Plate by 27-7, and two-time MS Sevens u12 champions, Bastion, had to settle for third place this year, after beating Durbanville in the playoffs with 24 unanswered points.

Last year’s champions, the hosts, Paarl Gimnasium, finished second best in the Bowl competition this year after they ran into the Bastion B-team and lost by 22-14.

Finally, Welgemoed took the Shield home after their 29-21 triumph over WA Joubert.

The action continues today with the u15 and u17 teams taking the field, and if the juniors were any indication of what to expect, you would not want to miss any of the games today.

All the results:

Pool A: Hugenote 17, Worcester 15; Panorama 33, Forward Foundation 14; Panorama 15, Worcester 12; Forward Foundation 14, Hugenote 12; Forward Foundation 19, Worcester 12; Panorama 29, Hugenote 17.

Pool B: Durbanville 20, Kenridge 12; Paarl Gimnasium 50, Drakenstein 5; Durbanville 10, Paarl Gimnasium 5; Kenridge 31, Drakenstein 7; Kenridge 22, Paarl Gimnasium 5; Durbanville 24, Drakenstein 10.

Pool C: Gericke 38, Hugo Rust 7; Noord-Eind 27, Durbanville II 0; Gericke 22, Noord-Eind 5; Durbanville II 17, Hugo Rust 0; Noord-Eind 31, Hugo Rust 0; Gericke 31, Durbanville II 5.

Pool D: Stellenbosch II 17, WA Joubert 10; Lochnerhof 29, Worcester II 0; Lochnerhof 27, Stellenbosch II 5; Worcester II 36, WA Joubert 19; Lochnerhof 27, WA Joubert 14; Stellenbosch II 24, Worcester 19.

Pool E: Brackenfell 27, Welgemoed 0; Outeniqua 26, Kathleen Murray 26; Outeniqua 24, Brackenfell 19; Kathleen Murray 26. Welgemoed 10; Brackenfell 24, Kathleen Murray 14; Outeniqua 38, Welgemoed 0.

Pool F: Eikestad 14, NTK RFC 12; Stellenbosch 36, Vooruitsig 5; Eikestad 52, Stellenbosch 0; NTK RFC 66, Vooruitsig 0; Eikestad 54, Vooruitsig 0; NTK RFC 35, Stellenbosch 5.

Pool G: Paarl Boys’ Primary 31, Coutrai 0; Bastion 51, Paarl Gimnasium II 0; Bastion 21, Paarl Boys’ Primary 19; Courtrai 17, Paarl Gimnasium II 5; Bastion 35, Courtrai 5; Paarl Boys’ Primary 57, Paarl Gimnasium II 0.

Pool H: Van Riebeeckstrand 31, Gordon’s Bay 0; Eversdal 28, Bastion II 5; Van Riebeeckstrand 31, Eversdal 17; Bastion II 36, Gordon’s Bay 5; Eversdal 38, Gordon’s Bay 5; Van Riebeeckstrand 45, Bation II 5.

Quarter-finals

Shield:  Drakenstein 15, Worcester 10; WA Joubert 22, Hugo Rust 21; Welgemoed 26, Vooruitsig 0; Gordon’s Bay 26, Paarl Gimnasium II 5.

Bowl: Paarl Gimnasium 19, Hugenote 12; Worcester II 26, Durbanville II 24; Kathleen Murray 19, Stellenbosch II 14; Bation II 33, Courtrai 0.

Plate: Kenridge 25, Forward Foundation 7; Noord-Eind 43, Stellenbosch 7; Brackenfell 10, NTK RFC 0; Paarl Boys’ Primary 26, Eversdal 5.

Cup: Durbanville 22, Panorama 12; Gericke 17, Lochnerhof 10; Outeniqua 17, Eikestad 12; Bastion 17, Van Riebeeckstrand 12.

Semi-finals

Shield: WA Joubert 21, Drakenstein 19; Welgemoed 22, Gordon’s Bay 19.

Bowl: Paarl Gimnasium 24, Worcester II 12; Bastion II 24, Kathleen Murray 12.

Plate: Noord-Eind 33, Kenridge 12; Paarl Boys’ Primary 35, Brackenfell 10.

Cup: Gericke 21, Durbanville 5; Outeniqua 14, Bastion 0.

Finals

Shield: Welgemoed 29, WA Joubert 21.
Bowl: Bastion II 22, Paarl Gimnasium 14.
Plate: Paarl Boys’ Primary 27, Noord-Eind 7.
Cup: Gericke 12, Outeniqua 10; (Third Place) Bastion 24, Durbanville 0.

Paul Roos Gimnasium and Paarl Gimnasium got off to a flying start on the first day of the 2023 Marius Schoeman u17 Sevens-tournament on Friday.

Neither team conceded a single try throughout the group stage and enter the playoffs as the favourites.

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The home team scored a massive 193 points over their three games against Tygerberg, Brackenfell and Vooruitsig.

Grey College are the second-highest-scoring team in the group stage. They scored 148 while only conceding 10, and definitely also look on form before the knockout stages.

The proud school from Bloemfontein made it to the finals of the NWU Prestige sevens tournament in Potchefstroom last weekend unbeaten, until Paul Roos pulled off an amazing second-half comeback. After being down 19-0 at half time, the Maroon Machine ended up winning that match, and consequently the inaugural title, by 22-19.

SACS played really well to end second in Group G, after ending all square against the group leaders, Boland Landbou, at 19-all and beating Charlie Hofmeyr (17-0) and Melkbosstrand (24-0) for an opportunity to compete for the Cup quarter-finals.

Group D produced an equally thrilling contest.

Stellenberg and Outeniqua couldn’t find a winner when they met, they also drew at 19-all. After the Jade Brigade then ran 55 unanswered points past Paulus Joubert, it meant that the Kwaggas would need to beat Connect Academy by 68 to finish on top of the pool on points difference.

They gave it their all, but came up just short of their huge target, beating their final opponents by 56-0.

The action continues today as the hosts pick up with their campaign to defend their title from last year. Paul Roos were the first champions back in 2017 and Boishaai won both the 2018 and 2019 editions.

Grey College, Outeniqua, Stellenberg, Boland Landbou and SACS are all still on track for the trophy though, and the beautiful thing about sevens is that it levels the playing field and anyone could win.

A lot can happen on a rugby field in 14 minutes, and from this point on in the tournament, every mistake could have major consequences, as we enter the elimination phase.

All the results:

Pool A – Strand 52, Hoërskool Stellenbosch 0; Paarl Barbarians 21, Worcester Gimnasium 14; Worcester Gimnasium 10, Strand 7; Paarl Barbarians 38, Hoërskool Stellenbosch 0; Paarl Barbarians 21, Strand 12; Worcester Gimnasium 49, Hoërskool Stellenbosch 0.

Pool B – Paul Roos Gimnasium 50, Parel Vallei 0; Hugenote 28, Amdec Blitz 12; Paul Roos Gimnasium 25, Hugenote 0; Amdec Blitz 15, Parel Vallei 7; Hugenote 38, Parel Vallei 0; Paul Roos 46, Amdec Blitz 0.

Pool C – Paarl Gimnasium 74, Tygerberg 0; Brackenfell 19, Vooruitsig 5; Paarl Gimnasium 50, Brackenfell 0; Tygerberg 38, Vooruitsig 0; Tygerberg 19, Brackenfell 14; Paarl Gimnasium 69, Vooruitsig 0.

Pool D – Outeniqua 36, Paulus Joubert 0; Stellenberg 55, Connect Academy 7; Stellenberg 19, Outeniqua 19; Connect Academy 17, Paulus Joubert 5; Stellenberg 55, Paulus Joubert 0; Outeniqua 56, Connect Academy 0.

Pool E – Paarl Boys’ High 31, Milnerton 5; HTS Drostdy 36, Jan van Riebeeck 12; Paarl Boys’ High 29, HTS Drostdy 24; Milnerton 31, Jan van Riebeeck 12; Paarl Boys’ High 56, Jan van Riebeeck 0; Milnerton 24, HTS Drostdy 21.

Pool F – Hoërskool Durbanville 61, Hermanus 0; Oakdale 29, Forward Foundation 22; Oakdale 19, Hoërskool Durbanville 17; Forward Foundation 31, Hermanus 7; Oakdale 22, Hermanus 0; Forward Foundation 12, Hoërskool Durbanville 7.

Pool G – SACS 17, Charlie Hofmeyr 0; Boland Landbou 51, Melkbosstrand 0; SACS 19, Boland Landbou 19; Charlie Hofmeyr 29, Melkbosstrand 7; Boland Landbou 26, Charlie Hofmeyr 5; SACS 24, Melkbosstrand 0.

Pool H – St Andrews College 17, Hoërskool Bellville 17; Grey College 73, Curro Langebaan 0; Grey College 39, St Andrews College 5; Hoërskool Bellville 45, Curro Langebaan 19; Grey College 36, Hoërskool Bellville 5; Curro Langebaan 24, St Andrews College 19.

Round of 16 playoffs:

Pitch 1 (JA Kriel): 09:00 – Strand vs Parel Vallei; 09:20 – Brackenfell vs Paulus Joubert; 09:40 – HTS Drostdy vs Hermanus; 10:00 – Charlie Hofmeyr vs St Andrews College; 10:20 – Paarl Barbarians vs Hugenote; 10:40 – Paarl Gimnasium vs Outeniqua; 11:00 – Paarl Boys’ High vs Forward Foundation; 11:20 – Boland Landbou vs Hoërskool Bellville.

Pitch 3 (Oukraal): 09:00 – Amdec Blitz vs Hoërskool Stellenbosch; 09:20 – Connect Academy vs Vooruitsig; 09:40 – Hoërskool Durbanville vs Jan van Riebeeck; 10:00 – Curro Langebaan vs Melkbosstrand; 10:20 – Paul Roos Gimnasium vs Worcester Gimnasium; 10:40 – Stellenberg vs Tygerberg; 11:00 – Oakdale vs Milnerton; 11:20 – Grey College vs SACS.