{"id":45845,"date":"2024-05-20T12:40:32","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T10:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=45845"},"modified":"2024-05-20T12:40:32","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T10:40:32","slug":"charlie-hofmeyr-remains-unbeaten-strand-in-a-thrilling-draw-in-worcester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=45845","title":{"rendered":"Charlie Hofmeyr remains unbeaten, Strand in a thrilling draw in Worcester"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Luan Giliomee<\/strong> took centre stage again in Ceres on the weekend, slotting a last-minute penalty from more than 50m out, to keep Charlie Hofmeyr<\/strong>‘s perfect record intact with a 30-27 win over Swartland<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Charlies started the game strongly, outscoring the visitors 17-9 in the first half after tries by Izha-vin van Wyk<\/strong> and Daniel Bakkes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Swartland’s outstanding centre, Carlo van der Merwe<\/strong>, kept them within striking range, with his educated boot contributing 17 points to his side’s total off the kicking tee.<\/p>\n

After the break, Kailen Kotze<\/strong> and Tyrese Barlow<\/strong> scored tries for the visitors, and Van der Merwe drove them into a 24-20 lead with 20 minutes left to play.<\/p>\n

The home team’s electric inside centre, Philip du Plessis<\/strong>, regained the lead for Charlies in the 58th minute, combining with Giliomee for the umpteenth time this season to unlock the defence.<\/p>\n

When Van der Merwe levelled the scores again, with less than five minutes to play, it looked like the visitors might secure a draw, but Giliomee stepped up to take the winning kick from within his own half.<\/p>\n

Giliomee, in an earlier interview with SuperSport Schools Plus<\/a>, had said he admired Handr\u00e9 Pollard<\/strong>‘s ability to land clutch kicks under pressure. On Saturday, he emulated the Springbok flyhalf’s excellence in the biggest moments.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, a spirited second-half-comeback saw Bellville THS<\/strong> claim a spectacular win against Parel Vallei<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Somerset West outfit led 19-5 at halftime, having executed their set pieces well while sticking to their structures.<\/p>\n

The Bellville boys kept hammering away at the visitors, though, and a hat-trick by their livewire outside centre, Gladewyne Magala<\/strong>, brought them back into the contest in the second stanza.<\/p>\n

The halfback pairing of Conner Smith<\/strong> and Chad Rinquest<\/strong> was equally exciting, with both going over for five-pointers, and Smith struck a magnificent drop goal to give his team a 29-27 lead with about three minutes to go.<\/p>\n

Porterville<\/strong>‘s big no. 8, Joshua Steenkamp<\/strong>, also crossed for three tries as they thumped Jan van Riebeeck<\/strong> 76-3.<\/p>\n

Robertson<\/strong> kept their impressive run of form alive with a 49-32 victory over Hermanus<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Jaydan van Niekerk<\/strong> starred at flyhalf for the Robbies again, and their nippy winger, Winsor de Koker<\/strong>, breached the Hermanus defence twice to help drive his side to victory.<\/p>\n

Melkbosstrand<\/strong> had just enough to edge past Hottentots-Holland <\/strong>18-17 in another thriller on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The stage had been set for an exciting weekend of schoolboy rugby on Friday evening, when Worcester Gimnasium<\/strong> and Ho\u00ebrskool Strand<\/strong> battled to a 31-31 stalemate.<\/p>\n

The contest might not have produced a winner, but it did produce another magnificent display of the exciting running brand of rugby both schools take pride in, and their supporters were entertained to the final moments.<\/p>\n

Strand’s fiery flanker, Ashraf Fanie<\/strong>, scored twice to help them fight back from a 17-31 deficit.<\/p>\n

SCORERS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Charlie Hofmeyr 30 (17) – <\/strong>Tries: Izha-vin van Wyk, Daniel Bakkes, Philip du Plessis. Conversions: Luan Giliomee (3). Penalties: Giliomee (3).\u00a0Swartland 27 (9) – <\/strong>Tries: Kailen Kotze, Tyrese Barlow. Conversion: Carlo van der Merwe. Penalties: Van der Merwe (5)<\/p>\n

Bellville THS 34 (5) – <\/strong>Tries: Gladewyne Magala (3), Chad Rinquest, Conner Smith. Conversions: Carter Ryk (3). Drop goal: Smith.\u00a0Parel Vallei 27 (19) – <\/strong>Tries: Luchen Meyer, Andre Engelbrecht, Iviwe Majingo, Renato Tosi. Conversions: Shudley Rhoda (2). Penalty: Meyer.<\/p>\n

Porterville 76 –\u00a0<\/strong>Tries: Joshua Steenkamp (3), Brenden September (2), MacAllistair Boer (2), Linrique Mason, Dandre Killian, Henre Blom, Krynauw Marais, Arno Venter. Conversions: Boer (8).\u00a0Jan van Riebeeck 3.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Robertson 49 –\u00a0<\/strong>Tries: Winsor de Koker (2), Jaydan van Niekerk, Kyle Cedras, Tyron Matthys, Groban van Wyk. Doelskoppe: Van Niekerk (5). Strafdoelle: Van Niekerk (3). Hermanus 32.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ho\u00ebrskool Overberg 40 –\u00a0<\/strong>Tries: Pieter du Toit, Johan Beukes, Favian Arendse, Bradwill Mackenzie, Franco Griessel, Jade Macpherson.\u00a0Dirkie Uys 7.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Labori 31 –\u00a0<\/strong>Tries: Christiaan Kershoff (2), Joshua Gempies (2), Miguel Britz. Doelskoppe: Xavier Bothma (2).\u00a0Wellington High 0.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Worcester Gimnasium 31 –<\/strong> Tries: Alungile Mothibe, Wilfred Slingers, Lukewin van Heerden, Waylan Pienaar, Armand Croeser. Conversions: Lohenzel Jansen (3). Strand 31 –\u00a0<\/strong>Tries: Ashraf Fanie (2), Justin Phillips, Roeben Robinson, Lyle Julies. Conversions: Tyron Nicholas (2), Jaydan Steenkamp.<\/p>\n

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

u19 –\u00a0<\/strong>Melkbosstrand 18, Ho\u00ebrskool Hottentots-Holland 17; Augsburg 32, Curro Langebaan 28; Bergvliet 17, Camps Bay High School 7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Luan Giliomee took centre stage again in Ceres on the weekend, slotting a last-minute penalty from more than 50m out, to keep Charlie Hofmeyr‘s perfect record intact with a 30-27 win over Swartland. Relive all of the action on SuperSport Schools\u00a0 Register now – Link to the game Charlies started the game strongly, outscoring the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":45910,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45845","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\/45845","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=45845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45845\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}