{"id":45761,"date":"2024-05-19T12:53:15","date_gmt":"2024-05-19T10:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=45761"},"modified":"2024-05-19T12:53:15","modified_gmt":"2024-05-19T10:53:15","slug":"saints-down-brandfort-in-bloemfontein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=45761","title":{"rendered":"Saints down Brandfort in Bloemfontein"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo: St Andrew’s School<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

St Andrew’s School<\/strong> bounced back from a 0-26 midweek defeat against Zastron<\/a> to topple a strong SPS Brandfort <\/strong>43-27 on Hickling Field in Bloemfontein on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The visitors got only 10 minutes out of their try-hungry no. 8 Greyven Dempsey<\/strong>\u00a0before he had to leave due to injury, but he still managed to cross the whitewash once.<\/p>\n

Saints’ attack, spearheaded by their captain Matthew Fletcher<\/strong> and the 8th-man Eduan van den Heever<\/strong>, exploited Brandfort’s defences expertly and by halftime they had raced into a 29-8 lead.<\/p>\n

Brandfort fought back hard in the second half to outscore St Andrew’s 19-14 after the break, but the Bloemfontein outfit’s strong start was enough to secure an impressive win.<\/p>\n

Fletcher and Van den Heever crossed for two tries apiece, while wings, Kaelo Monyaki<\/strong> and Dakalo Leketa<\/strong>, and fullback Tsebo Senago,<\/strong> each added further five-pointers.<\/p>\n

Saints will use their impressive win as a building block ahead of their next outing against Cornwall Hill College<\/strong> on 1 June.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Heatherdale<\/strong> put in a strong performance to blank Bloemfontein Suid<\/strong> 26-0.<\/p>\n

The match between Zastron<\/strong> and President Steyn<\/strong> was, unfortunately, cut short due to two serious injuries, but the “Vultures” had already amassed 29 unanswered points and had the Steyners on the rack, thanks to a brace each by the centre-pairing of Frans Botha<\/strong> and Kami Masiloane<\/strong>, and a fifth try by WG Rautenbach<\/strong>, on the wing.<\/p>\n

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

St Andrew’s School 43 –\u00a0<\/strong>Tries: Matthew Fletcher (2), Eduan van den Heever (2), Tsebo Senago, Kaelo Monyakie, Dakalo Leketa. Conversions: Naude Botha (4). SPS Brandfort 27 –\u00a0<\/strong>Tries: Xander van Heerden, Malan Kriel, Greyven Dempsey, Penalty Try. Conversion: Altus Coetsee. Penalty: Coetsee.<\/p>\n

Zastron 29 –\u00a0<\/strong>Tries: Frans Botha (2), Kami Masiloane (2), WG Rautenbach. Conversions: Lechabile Leballo (2).\u00a0President Steyn 0.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Heatherdale 26 –\u00a0<\/strong>Tries: Keoratile Mphasa, Cheslynn Plaatjies, Bjornelle Roules, Lehlohonolo Seasla. Conversions: Plaatjies (3). Bloemfontein South 0.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

St Andrew’s School bounced back from a 0-26 midweek defeat against Zastron to topple a strong SPS Brandfort 43-27 on Hickling Field in Bloemfontein on Saturday. The visitors got only 10 minutes out of their try-hungry no. 8 Greyven Dempsey\u00a0before he had to leave due to injury, but he still managed to cross the whitewash […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":45766,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45761","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\/45761","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=45761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45761\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}