{"id":15640,"date":"2023-05-19T09:20:04","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T07:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rugby.supersportschools.com\/?p=15640"},"modified":"2023-05-19T09:20:04","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T07:20:04","slug":"preview-fnb-classic-clash-eldoraigne-vs-zwartkop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=15640","title":{"rendered":"Preview: FNB Classic Clash – Eldoraigne vs Zwartkop"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"NewsGEldoraigne1\"It is May, with rain about and that means one thing; another FNB Classic Clash in Centurion between two of the area’s fiercest rivals. <\/span><\/p>\n

Expect a cold winters day with big hits and fast break aways.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Ho\u00ebrskool Eldoraigne plays host to this weekend\u2019s much anticipated local derbies against old time foes Ho\u00ebrskool Zwartkop with kick-off starting at 13:30 pm.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Catch all the action live on <\/span>SuperSport Schools<\/b><\/a> (www.supersportschools.com)<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Eldo\u2019s recent form has been slightly underwhelming over the past few weeks coming off of a 32-22 loss away against Merensky in Tzaneen and then drawing to Ho\u00ebrskool Menlopark which some would suggest came as a bit of an upset in their favour.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

However the side had a very good Easter Festival at King Edward VII, winning two out of their three matches and losing narrowly to a strong Ho\u00ebrskool Durbanville team\u00a0 20-17. The highlight of their tournament was beating Parktown Boys\u2019 38-0, where their forwards dominated the match scoring five tries between them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The team will be looking to replicate some of that early season form to inspire the side to win another derby clash. Players to watch out for include flankers <\/span>Anroux Du Plessis<\/b> and <\/span>Divan De Jager.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Last year Ho\u00ebrskool Eldoraigne walked away victorious winning a closely contested match 18-12 in very muddy conditions. The sides could be facing similar conditions this year as the lead up to the weekend has seen some rainfall.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Zwartkop\u2019s come into the match off the back of two consecutive wins beating HTS Middelburg last weekend 37-14 at home and beating Brakenfell recently 33-12.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Zwartkops will be looking at fullback <\/span>Kieraan Krotz<\/b> to provide impetus in the backline and could look to play more of a kicking game which will bring in flyhalf <\/span>Jonathan Wilson\u2019s<\/b> boot. Zwarries will also be relying on their forward pack to win possession during some hard-headed scrumming and chasing down any sort of aerial play.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The sides should match up nicely with each school boasting a strong line-up of players. But who will come out on top this year?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Both sides will want to gain the bragging rights but will need to overcome the wet muddy conditions which may result in a change of tactics from the coaching staff as they enter into this much anticipated Classic Clash.<\/span><\/p>\n

The teams:<\/b><\/p>\n

Eldoraigne: <\/b>15 JP Meyer, 14 Hendru Van Zyl, 13 Marchand Nel, 12 Rynahardt Gelderblom, 11 Juan Bothma, 10 Reynier Kidson , 9 Donnevin Naude, 8 Johan Coetsee, 7 Divan De Jager, 6 Anroux Du Plessis, 5 Myburgh Van Wyk, 4 Shane Henery, 3 Willie Diffenthal, 2 Wickus Diffenthal, 1Jaydon Niehaus.<\/span>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Zwartkop:\u00a0<\/b>15 Kieraan Krotz, 14 Stiaan Bekker, 13 Milton Naude, 12 Wihan Van Der Berg, 11\u00a0 Denilson Metcalfe, 10 Jonathan Wilson, 9 Waldo Smith, 8 Nathan Van Aswegen, 7 Ian Van Der Westhuizen, 6 Jeandre Hanse, 5 Johan Van Heerden, 4 Dehan Smit, 3 Xavier Boikanyo, 2 Reagan Smith, 1 Julian Lubbe.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Fixtures:<\/b><\/p>\n

u19A:\u00a0<\/b>13:30
\nu19B –\u00a0<\/b>11:00
\nu19C –\u00a0<\/b>10:00
\nu16A –\u00a0<\/b>12:05
\nu15A –\u00a0<\/b>9:00
\nu14A – <\/b>8:00<\/span> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It is May, with rain about and that means one thing; another FNB Classic Clash in Centurion between two of the area’s fiercest rivals. Expect a cold winters day with big hits and fast break aways.\u00a0 Ho\u00ebrskool Eldoraigne plays host to this weekend\u2019s much anticipated local derbies against old time foes Ho\u00ebrskool Zwartkop with kick-off […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":8237,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15640\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}