{"id":15727,"date":"2023-05-19T22:20:40","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T20:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rugby.supersportschools.com\/?p=15727"},"modified":"2023-05-19T22:20:40","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T20:20:40","slug":"red-army-aim-to-slay-griffons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=15727","title":{"rendered":"Red Army aims to slay Griffons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-9020\" src=\"https:\/\/rugby.supersportschools.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/NewsGKES-300x193.jpg\" alt=\"NewsGKES\" width=\"400\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/NewsGKES-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/NewsGKES.jpg 642w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>Two teams both coming off of the back of big losses from last weekend will be looking to change their fortunes tomorrow.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Westville Boys&#8217; High makes the long trip up to Gauteng where King Edward VII will be aiming to protect their home-turf.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kick-off takes place at 12:00 on Reds Field, where fans can expect a fiery encounter as both teams look towards getting a win next to their name.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">KES will fancy playing in home conditions and have shown throughout the season that they are tough to beat when playing in front of their home crowd, where a sea of bottle green blazers stack up next to the field to show their support.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last weekend the team lost to a rampant Affies side, who were particularly brutal in the second half. During the first half, the side showed some grit and were able to hold off the boys from Pretoria and were able to score through forwards <\/span><b>Tristan Maugeri, Thomas Beling and Joshua Aube.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prior to last weekend KES had won three games on the trott beating Parktown, Pretoria Boys High and Jeppe.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Only one change has been made to last weekend&#8217;s starting XV with <\/span><b>Mbuso Methula<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> coming in for <\/span><b>Olunje Mehlomakulu <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who misses out due to injury. The Red Army will be looking at flyhalf <\/span><b>Vusi Moyo<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to fire, who has been pivotal in their success throughout the season thus far, but struggled last weekend to convert any of his kicks last weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Westville<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lost to Maritzburg College who were celebrating their 160th Anniversary. Playing away at Goldstones proved to be a tough challenge with Maritzburg winning the match 27-8. The Griffins showed some fight in defence as the scoreline could have run away from them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Outside centre,<\/span><b> Siyabonga Ndlodzi<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was named in the Sharks Craven Week side earlier this week which will be held in George later this year. Winger <\/span><b>Unathi Mlotshwa<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> finds himself in the Sharks Academy XV side. Both backline players will be itching at finding the try line.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Westville coaching staff in the form of head coach <\/span><b>Dusty Noble<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and assistant coach <\/span><b>Njabula Zulu<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are also part of the Sharks Craven Week Team. Alongside Strength and Conditioning Coach <\/span><b>Zander Erasmus<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The weather may come into question as there has been a large amount of rainfall in the past few days on the highveld, but the forecast looks good with no rain predicted on the day. However the field might be a mud bowl, with the amount of rain which has fallen, which could provide for interesting viewing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>The teams:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>King Edward VII:\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">15 Tristan Maugeri, 14 Haniel Monkoti, 13 Timi Oluwole, 12 Caleb Lombard,11 Mbuso Methula, 10 Vusi Moyo , 9 Ruan Van Rensburg, 8 Kebotile Maake, 7 Thandolwethu Biyela, 6 James Kobrowisky, 5 Andrew Engelbrecht, 4 Thomas Beling, 3 Joshua Aube, 2 Siphosethu Mnebelele, 1 Lesedi Moloi.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Westville Boys\u2019 High: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">15 Tsheggofatso Ramaloko, 14 Evan Moolman, 13 Siyabonga Ndlozi, 12 Likhona Finca, 11 Unthi Mlotshwa, 10 Rylan Jones, 9 Ryan Pitsor, 8 Tebogo M\u2019Khomazi, 7 Avethandwa Tukwayo, 6 Chris Cloete, 5 Rhys Mitchell, 4 Daniel Mayo, 3 Bryce Stockton, 2 Ross Calvert, 1 Jeshua Ferreira.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Fixtures:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>u14A &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8:30 (Tutty Faber)<br \/>\n<\/span><b>u15A &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9:30 (John Hurry 2)<br \/>\n<\/span><b>u16A &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9:30 (Reds Field)<br \/>\n<\/span><b>u19B &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10:40 ( Reds Field)<br \/>\n<\/span><b>u19A &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">12:00\u00a0 (Reds Field)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two teams both coming off of the back of big losses from last weekend will be looking to change their fortunes tomorrow. Westville Boys&#8217; High makes the long trip up to Gauteng where King Edward VII will be aiming to protect their home-turf. 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