{"id":42130,"date":"2024-04-19T11:31:14","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T09:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=42130"},"modified":"2024-04-19T11:31:14","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T09:31:14","slug":"hilton-aims-for-five-in-a-row-with-kearsney-visiting-on-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=42130","title":{"rendered":"Hilton aims for five in a row with Kearsney visiting on Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The results of Kearsney College and Hilton College have been trending in the opposite direction. On Saturday, the One-Stripe will try to arrest a four-game slide at Hilton.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At the Bishops 175 Festival<\/strong>, Hilton<\/strong> College<\/strong> let slip a 25-7 lead and went down 25-26 to Kingswood College<\/strong>. Since then, however, they’ve been on a roll and recorded four wins in succession, including a fine 34-17 victory over Grey High<\/strong> and a 17-14 defeat of Boland Landbou<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

After the farmers comfortably beat Maritzburg College<\/strong>, they were favoured to handle Hilton, too. Brad McLeod-Henderson<\/strong>‘s charges were 3-7 down to Boland at half-time, in their clash at the St John’s Easter Rugby Festival<\/strong>, but Rukudzo Madinga<\/strong> breeched their try line twice in the second half of a morale-boosting victory.<\/p>\n

Hilton, as always, is well drilled and well versed in their game plan. They’re a tough out. Their two defeats have come by four points in total.<\/p>\n

With success has come stable selection, or it could be stated that with stable selection has come success, and the Hilton lineup is settled.<\/p>\n

The same cannot be said for Kearsney College<\/strong>, with some changes and positional switches made for Saturday’s game.<\/p>\n

Cameron Veenstra<\/strong> does duty at fullback, which should give the One-Stripe<\/strong> an extra attacking edge, while Doan Nel<\/strong> starts at flyhalf. Daniel Eager<\/strong>, their kicker, takes up position on the left wing.<\/p>\n

Nqoba Simo Mnqokoyi<\/strong> and Heinrich Fourie<\/strong> team up in the second row, with Ryan Sim dropping to the bench.<\/p>\n

Kearsney went down by one point to Framesby<\/strong> in their opening match at the Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival<\/strong>, but were then comfortably beaten by Rondebosch<\/strong> and EG Jansen<\/strong>, who both went unbeaten. Nonetheless, that makes it four defeats on the trot for the One-Stripe – they were beaten 23-0 by DHS<\/strong> before the festival – and they will be desperate to reverse that trend. It will be a massive challenge on Gilfillan Field<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Westville<\/strong> welcomes Glenwood<\/strong> to Bowden’s<\/strong>. Although it’s the Griffin<\/strong> who enter the match having lost last time out, while the Green Machin<\/strong>e won, the home side will take some confidence out of their 24-31 defeat to Jeppe<\/strong> in Johannesburg.<\/p>\n

They ran in some spectacular tries and the potential that exists in their backline is now showing itself more consistently.<\/p>\n

Flyhalf Unathi Mlotshwa<\/strong>‘s goal-kicking at Jeppe was exceptional and his cross-kick to pick out Evan Moolman<\/strong> and free him for a try late in the game demonstrated excellent vision and decision-making.<\/p>\n

Captain Chris Cloete<\/strong> starts at hooker. He’s a dynamic force at ruck time, one of the best over the loose ball, and has already handled lineout throw-ins, so that change is likely to be a good boost for Westville. Will he match Jeshua Ferreira<\/strong>‘s impact in the set scrums? That’s a question that will need to be answered on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Glenwood also received an encouraging outing from their flyhalf Kungawo Ncamazane<\/strong> against Clifton, but it’s Juan Viljoen<\/strong> who starts at 10 on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The Green Machine did a good job of controlling possession and working their way down the field at the Riverside Sports Club<\/strong>, which allowed their backs time and space to do their thing, and they responded by scoring five of Glenwood’s six tries.<\/p>\n

It’s going to be a tougher challenge on Bowden’s, but both teams will feel they made some progress last weekend.<\/p>\n

TEAMS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hilton College<\/strong><\/p>\n

15 Ivan Jjuuko, 14 Rukudzo Madinga 13 Khazimla Makali, 12 Dan Sweeney, 11 Ricky Adonis, 10 Liyema Nela, 9 Zander Vorster, 8 Hanu Pieterse (c), 7 Jaque Olivier, 6 Ross Brown, 5 Kieran Hunter, 4 Stewart Falconer, 3 Ben le Roux, 2 Josh Grant, 1 Oli Proudfoot.<\/p>\n

Kearsney College<\/strong><\/p>\n

15 Cameron Veenstra, 14 Valentino Lenge, 13 Lindokuhle Mpungose, 12 Jarred van Staaden, 11 Daniel Eager, 10 Doan Nel, 9 Murray Weyer, 8 Qhamani Mlalandle, 7 Connor McIntyre, 6 Callum Steer, 5 Nqoba Simo Mnqokoyi, 4 Heinrich Fourie, 3 Anele Cele (c), 2 Blake Kruger, 1 Kudakwashe Kachambwa.<\/p>\n

Westville Boys’ High School<\/strong><\/p>\n

15 Jade-Will Koopman, 14 Evan Moolman, 13 Michael Satade, 12 Blake Allbon, 11 Jadrian Afrikaner, 10 Unathi Mlotshwa, 9 Ryan Pistor, 8 David Humphreys, 7 Seth Gwynn, 6 Brandon Eke, 5 Rhys Mitchell, 4 Oliver Gcina, 3 Bandile Mncwango, 2 Chris Cloete, 1 Likhona Maseko<\/p>\n

Glenwood High School<\/strong><\/p>\n

15 Lesedi Khumalo, 14 Sthabiso Dube, 13 Lize Mtetwa, 12 Sisipho Dwayi, 11 Mvelo Ndwalane, 10 Juan Viljoen, 9 Lian Lochner, 8 Jordan Hargreaves, 7 Tyler Conyngham, 6 Mkhululi Mhlongo, 5 Tylo Madaat, 4 Michael Ize-Iyamu, 3 Uzukhanye Xaba, 2 Martin van Wyngaardt, 1 Lonwabo Nkalitshana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At the Bishops 175 Festival, Hilton College let slip a 25-7 lead and went down 25-26 to Kingswood College. Since then, however, they’ve been on a roll and recorded four wins in succession, including a fine 34-17 victory over Grey High and a 17-14 defeat of Boland Landbou. After the farmers comfortably beat Maritzburg College, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":42152,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42130","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\/42130","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\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42130\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}