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Photo Credit: Frans Lombard (Action Pix)<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Two 1st XVs which have struggled to find their feet in 2024 come face to face on Saturday when Pretoria Boys High School<\/strong> (PBHS)<\/strong> chases a much-needed victory against Parktown Boys’ High<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Kick-off takes place at 13:45 on the Parktown A-Field.<\/p>\n

Parktown heads into the clash fresh off a 38-15 win over Springs Boys’ High School<\/strong> last weekend. That came as a welcome confidence-booster after they were the victims of an 80-0 shellacking at the hands of King Edward VII<\/strong> the weekend before.<\/p>\n

Parktown’s Siya Masinga<\/strong> will be one of their key players. He has shown promise in the number 8 jersey and has played a pivotal role in directing mauls and helping to drive the pack forward.<\/p>\n

Behind the scrum, Parktown will look to scrumhalf Tshepiso Tladi<\/strong>, who got onto the scoresheet against Springs, to direct their backline’s attack.<\/p>\n

Candies<\/strong>‘ assistant coach Wian Geldenhuys<\/strong> said Boys High is looking forward to playing against Parktown, from whom he is expecting a robust challenge. “It’s always tough up front, especially at the breakdown against them,” he commented.<\/p>\n

Fullback Itu Baloyi<\/strong> is back in the PBHS lineup and makes his first start since suffering a concussion against Selborne at the King Edward VII Easter Festival<\/strong>. Last weekend, he managed to get some game time for the 2nd XV and came on as a substitute for the 1st XV in their loss to KES.<\/p>\n

Another player returns to the 1st XV for Boys High, with Stephen Adams<\/strong> running out for the first time since their game against Paarl Boys’ High on 1 April. He’s been sidelined with a knee injury since then.<\/p>\n

PBHS won’t be at full strength, however. They’ll\u00a0be missing their tenacious inside centre Rickus Wessels,<\/strong> who is dealing with a hip flexor niggle. He has been replaced by Londie Nemudzivhadi,<\/strong> who will be keen to make his mark as a starter.<\/p>\n

Boys High has played an extremely tough schedule and they’ll be keen to score another win to add their victories over Selborne College and St Alban’s College<\/strong>. They’ve demonstrated good fighting spirit and made matters tough on KES in the second half of a 14-24 defeat last weekend.<\/p>\n

The addition of those familiar faces who are returning from injury might be just the boost Pretoria Boys High needs to help them hit their straps.<\/p>\n

Teams<\/strong><\/p>\n

Parktown Boys High School:<\/strong> 15 Calestin Felkers, 14 Owami Phambuka, 13 Promise Kanda, 12 Lisasa Mnukiso, 11 Kabelo Jwili, 10 Kgotso Tumahole, 9 Thepiso Tladi, 8 Siya Masinga, 7 Keith Mncube, 6 Mfundo Nkosi, 5 Kingsley Okonkwo, 4 Disema Mofokeng, 3 Azola Peter, 2 Lethoko Mallane, 1 Manuel Motsi.<\/p>\n

Pretoria Boys High School:<\/strong>\u00a0 15 Itu Baloyi, 14 Ntsako Ndlovu, 13 Motheo Dimpe, 12 Londie Nemudzivhadi, 11 Ompfuna Tsanwani, 10 Seth Venter, 9 Cole Williams, 8 Katlego Shebu, 7 Akin Akingbola 6 Panyaiotis Ellinas, 5 Tshepiso Shikhibana, 4 Matthew Parrott, 3 Ofentse Moeng, 2 Thapelo Mphela, 1 Jeffery Singo.<\/p>\n

Fixtures<\/strong><\/p>\n

Saturday, 27 April\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

u14A: 09:40 – Parktown Boys High School vs Pretoria Boys’ High School (C Field)
\nu15A: 10:30 – Parktown Boys High School vs Pretoria Boys’ High School (B Field)
\nu16A:\u00a0 11:20 – Parktown Boys High School vs Pretoria Boys’ High School (A Field)
\nu19B: 12:35 – Parktown Boys High School vs Pretoria Boys’ High School (A Field)
\nu19A: 13:45 – Parktown Boys High School vs Pretoria Boys’ High School (A Field)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Two 1st XVs which have struggled to find their feet in 2024 come face to face on Saturday when Pretoria Boys High School (PBHS) chases a much-needed victory against Parktown Boys’ High. Kick-off takes place at 13:45 on the Parktown A-Field. Parktown heads into the clash fresh off a 38-15 win over Springs Boys’ High […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":42972,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42959","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\/42959","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=42959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42959\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}