{"id":40569,"date":"2024-04-07T10:17:17","date_gmt":"2024-04-07T08:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=40569"},"modified":"2024-04-07T10:17:17","modified_gmt":"2024-04-07T08:17:17","slug":"a-comeback-for-the-ages-as-milnerton-upsets-rondebosch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=40569","title":{"rendered":"A comeback for the ages as Milnerton upsets Rondebosch"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo: Ayesha Kapery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After showing promise in the pre-season against the likes of St Charles College and Boland Landbou, Milnerton High School<\/strong> turned that potential into points, upsetting Rondebosch Boys’ High<\/strong> 34-33, after trailing 3-33 on the Tinkie Heyns Field on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Watch all the action again on SuperSport Schools – Register now<\/a> –<\/strong> Link to the game<\/a><\/p>\n

The hosts got off to a solid start, seemingly putting the match to bed after 40 minutes, thanks to a brace of tries by their big hooker, Justin Amos,<\/strong> and further five-point contributions by Alutha Wesi<\/strong>, Harry Soboil<\/strong> and Shakeel Abrahams<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

By that stage, Milnerton’s only points had come from the boot of flyhalf, Chadwin Sellidon<\/strong>, but that was about to change as the visitors launched an incredible fightback.<\/p>\n

Spurred on by their captain, Frank Hitimana<\/strong>, who rounded off their first try after some excellent work by Briint Davids,<\/strong> with only 15 minutes left to play, the Milnerton side picked up the pace considerably and left ‘Bosch stunned.<\/p>\n

Minutes later, the hosts were huddled under their posts again, after Morgan Lodewyk<\/strong> went over for Milnerton’s second.<\/p>\n

Sellidon’s kicking off the tee had a massive part to play in a tight match, and he contributed even more with a try of his own. Winger Keagan Wood<\/strong> struck twice to get the visitors to within a point, with a minute left on the clock, and Sellidon added the extras to give his side the lead for the first time in the game.<\/p>\n

The drama wasn’t yet over, however. From the ensuing kickoff, Milnerton gave away a penalty within reach of their uprights, but the hosts decided to go for a lineout instead of taking an attempt at goal, which gave the visitors a chance to steal back the ball and secure a remarkable victory.<\/p>\n

The margins were almost as fine in the match between SACS<\/strong> and Stellenberg<\/strong>, with the team from the southern suburbs digging deep to secure a 24-22 victory.<\/p>\n

SACS were missing some of their stars due to injury, including captain Seth Bradford<\/strong> and vice-captain Ben van Coller<\/strong>, but stand-in skipper Nic Reynolds<\/strong> did brilliantly to rally his troops.<\/p>\n

Their troubles were compounded when flanker Siphe Mbungendlu<\/strong> suffered a serious injury, but the remaining SACS players pulled together and had just enough in the tank to see off the Jade Brigade.<\/p>\n

Tries by Luka Tonitz<\/strong>, Dehan Neethling,<\/strong> and Dale du Toit<\/strong> got Stellenberg to within two points of their first win of the season, but Rayaan Solomon<\/strong>‘s accuracy off the tee for SACS proved to be the difference on the day which, given their kicking struggles earlier this season, was a huge positive for the visiting team.<\/p>\n

Wynberg Boys’ High<\/strong> kept their perfect record for the season intact, comfortably beating Ho\u00ebrskool Durbanville<\/strong> 36-19.<\/p>\n

Hooker Xabiso Mkiva<\/strong> and winger\u00a0Kunene Gadu<\/strong> each scored two tries for Wynberg as they outplayed the Durbies.<\/p>\n

Next weekend, however, they will face their toughest challenge yet when they take on Paarl Boys’ High at the Buco Brug Street Stadium.<\/p>\n

Scorers<\/strong><\/p>\n

Milnerton 34 (3) – <\/strong>Tries: Keagan Wood (2), Frank Hitimana, Morgan Lodewyk, Chadwin Sellidon. Conversions: Sellidon (3). Penalty: Sellidon. Rondebosch Boys’ High 33 (19) – <\/strong>Tries: Justin Amos (2), Alutha Wesi, Harry Soboil, Shakeel Abrahams. Conversions: David Simon (3), Shakeel Abrahams.<\/p>\n

SACS 24 –\u00a0<\/strong>Tries: Connor King, Jack Benade, Daniel Grant. Conversions: Rayaan Solomons (3). Penalty: Solomons.\u00a0Stellenberg 22 –\u00a0<\/strong>Tries: Luka Tonitz, Dehan Neethling, Dale du Toit. Conversions: Eben Rademan (2). Penalty: Rademan.<\/p>\n

Wynberg Boys’ High 36 (12) – <\/strong>Tries: Xabiso Mkiva (2), Kunene Gadu (2), Torren February, Levi Brown. Conversions: Yaqeen Ahmed (3). Ho\u00ebrskool Durbanville 19 (7) –\u00a0<\/strong>Tries: Dale Martin (2), AD Freemantle. Conversions: Claydon Karelse (2).<\/p>\n

Other results<\/strong><\/p>\n

u19 – <\/strong>Rondebosch Boys’ High II 34, Milnerton II 0; Wynberg Boys’ High II 15, Ho\u00ebrskool Durbanville II 12; Stellenberg II 28, SACS II 5; Ho\u00ebrskool Durbanville III 17, Wynberg Boys’ High III 8; Stellenberg 24, SACS 20.<\/p>\n

u16 –\u00a0<\/strong>Rondebosch Boys’ High 48, Milnerton 16; Wynberg Boys’ High 21, Ho\u00ebrskool Durbanville 7; Stellenberg 56, SACS 7; Wynberg Boys’ High B 11, Ho\u00ebrskool Durbanville B 7; Stellenberg B 17, SACS B 7.<\/p>\n

u15 –\u00a0<\/strong>Rondebosch Boys’ High 56, Milnerton 0; Wynberg Boys’ High 20, Ho\u00ebrskool Durbanville 14; Stellenberg 20. SACS 15; Wynberg Boys’ High B 20, Ho\u00ebrskool Durbanville B 10; Stellenberg B 33, SACS B 0.<\/p>\n

u14 –\u00a0<\/strong>Rondebosch Boys’ High 32, Milnerton 3; Ho\u00ebrskool Durbanville 15, Wynberg Boys’ High 14; Stellenberg 22, SACS 7; Wynberg Boys’ High B 20, Ho\u00ebrskool Durbanville B 10; SACS B 13, Stellenberg B 5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After showing promise in the pre-season against the likes of St Charles College and Boland Landbou, Milnerton High School turned that potential into points, upsetting Rondebosch Boys’ High 34-33, after trailing 3-33 on the Tinkie Heyns Field on Saturday. Watch all the action again on SuperSport Schools – Register now – Link to the game […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":40605,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40569","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\/40569","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\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40569\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}