{"id":56046,"date":"2024-08-29T13:13:38","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T11:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=56046"},"modified":"2024-08-29T13:13:38","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T11:13:38","slug":"nashua-sevens-to-light-up-goldstones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=56046","title":{"rendered":"Nashua Sevens to light up Goldstone’s"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Playing on Goldstone’s, Maritzburg College is always a contender.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Maritzburg College<\/strong> plays host to the annual Nashua Sevens<\/strong> on Saturday, with eight u18 and four u15 teams in action.<\/p>\n

The three previous Sevens events in KZN – the Saints<\/strong>, Glenwood,<\/strong> and Durban High School (DHS) Sevens<\/strong> – have featured u17 teams, so it will be interesting to see if the shift to the u18 age group leads to a different outcome.<\/p>\n

Based on the two previous events, the teams to watch are DHS and Westville<\/strong>, with the Horseflies<\/strong> capturing the DHS Sevens last weekend, thanks to a 26-12 win over the Griffin<\/strong> in the final, and Westville winning the Glenwood Sevens, thanks to a 12-7 defeat of DHS in that final.<\/p>\n

DHS hunts fantastically as a team, with much of their success coming from the pressure they generate on the opposition, and their ability to finish opportunities when they force turnovers.<\/p>\n

Westville, meanwhile, possesses some of the most exciting runners in the game. They’re a nuggetty defensive unit, too, which is one of the reasons they’ve won three tournaments this season: the Clifton Sevens, the Saints Sevens, and the Glenwood Sevens.<\/p>\n

While DHS and Westville are good bets to go all the way, never count out Maritzburg College on Goldstone’s<\/strong>, whether it be the 15-man game or sevens. Last season, they lifted their game for the Nashua Sevens but were narrowly pipped in the u18 final, going down 10-12 to Northwood<\/strong>. Their u15 side, however, beat Michaelhouse<\/strong> 24-16 to claim the honours in their age group.<\/p>\n

‘House will pose a serious challenge. They’ve played some good sevens this season. Just a touch more consistency and they’ll be in the mix for the title. Their arch-rivals, Hilton College<\/strong>, have struggled a little for form, but they have the ability to pull off an upset or two.<\/p>\n

College’s city neighbours, St Charles<\/strong>, has some outstanding sevens’ players. If they include their u18 players, they’re a dark horse title contender, no doubt.<\/p>\n

Glenwood<\/strong>, after a tough season, has made a impressive transition to sevens. Both their u17 and u15 teams made the Cup semi-finals in the Glenwood and DHS Sevens, with the u15s going on to contest the Glenwood final. They’re fit, hard, and skilled. Beware the Green Machine<\/strong>! Like Saints, they’re a dark horse that bears watching.<\/p>\n

FIXTURES<\/strong><\/p>\n

u15<\/strong><\/p>\n

08:40 – Maritzburg College vs Michaelhouse
\n09:00 – Glenwood vs College 7s
\n10:40 – Maritzburg College vs College 7s
\n11:00 – Glenwood vs Michaelhouse
\n12:40 – Maritzburg College vs Glenwood
\n13:00 – Michaelhouse vs College 7s<\/p>\n

14:40 – Final<\/p>\n

u18<\/strong><\/p>\n

09:20 – Maritzburg College vs Glenwood
\n09:40 – Westville vs Hilton
\n10:00 – Michaelhouse vs St Charles
\n10:20 – DHS vs College 7s
\n11:20 – Glenwood vs Hilton
\n11:40 – Maritzburg College vs Westville
\n12:00 – Michaelhouse vs DHS
\n12:20 – St Charles vs College 7s
\n13:20 – Maritzburg College vs Hilton
\n13:40 – Glenwood vs Westville
\n14:00 – Michaelhouse vs College 7s
\n14:20 – St Charles vs DHS<\/p>\n

15:15 – Final<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Maritzburg College plays host to the annual Nashua Sevens on Saturday, with eight u18 and four u15 teams in action. The three previous Sevens events in KZN – the Saints, Glenwood, and Durban High School (DHS) Sevens – have featured u17 teams, so it will be interesting to see if the shift to the u18 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":56053,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56046","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\/56046","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=56046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56046\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=56046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=56046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}