{"id":6734,"date":"2015-08-14T06:17:22","date_gmt":"2015-08-14T06:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rugby.supersportschools.com\/tough-one-for-unbeaten-boishaai\/"},"modified":"2015-08-14T06:17:22","modified_gmt":"2015-08-14T06:17:22","slug":"tough-one-for-unbeaten-boishaai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=6734","title":{"rendered":"Tough one for unbeaten Boishaai"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"NuusGThis has been a golden year for Boys’ High – who have played 17 matches and won the lot. An unbeaten season is a rarity in the tough world of South African schoolboy rugby, especially for a top school who face top opponents week in and week out. Boys’ High have this match against Oakdale and a home match against Drostdy to achieve that.<\/span><\/p>\n

They will not have a full side out on Saturday but they will have great support as 23 teams plus parents and other supporters pour out onto the N2 for the 250-kilometre journey to Riversdale, beautiful Riversdale.<\/span><\/p>\n

Oakdale have great admiration for this year’s Boys’ High side but are no slouches themselves. They will be going flat out. They have not suffered Paarl Boys’; High’s losses to national teams but they are without lock Adr\u00e9 Smith. They have homeground advantage, which is less of an advantage now that top schools play all over the place.<\/span><\/p>\n

History is with Boys’ High who have won the last three encounters reasonably comfortably – 24-13, 38-10 and 22-7<\/span><\/p>\n

The Season So Far<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Paarl Boys’ High are ranked top of the FNB Top 20, Oakdale 10th. That means that Oakdale will be up for the challenge.<\/span><\/p>\n

While Boys High have won 17 out of 17, Oakdale have lost three of their 12 matches – all to Top 20 sides – Paul Roos, Paarl =Gim and HTS Middelburg. They have beaten two Top 20 sides – Outeniqua and Potchefstroom Gim, Paarl have beaten eight Top 20 teams. The closest Paarl Boys’ High have come to defeat was against Bishops whom they beat 12-7, four penalties to a goal.<\/span><\/p>\n

Results Against Common Opponents<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Diamantveld: Oakdale won 26-13; Paarl Boys’ High won 22-12<\/span>
Outeniqua: Oakdale won 24-17; Paarl Boys’ High won 23-17<\/span>
Paarl Gim: Oakdale lost 31-28; Paarl Boys’ High won 16-10<\/span>
Paul Roos: Oakdale lost 29-15; Paarl Boys’ High won 29-10<\/span><\/p>\n

Achievers<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Oakdale’s players are eligible for South Western Districts, Paarl Boys’ High’s players for Western Province.<\/span><\/p>\n

South African Schools<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Paarl Boys’ High:<\/strong> Manuel Rass, Ruben de Villiers, Salmaan Moerat<\/span><\/p>\n

South African Schools A<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Paarl Boys’ High:<\/strong> Tyreeq February, Khanya Ncusane<\/span><\/p>\n

Craven Week<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Paarl Boys’ High:<\/strong> Ruben de Villiers, Tyreeq February, Wikus Groenewald, Leo Kruger, Salmaan Moerat, Khanya Ncusane, Manuel Rass<\/span><\/p>\n

Oakdale:<\/strong> Darren Adonis, Boeta Hamman, Eckhard Leicher, Renaldo Ferreira, Ewan Coetzee, Adr\u00e9 Smith, HP van Schoor, Bertie de Bod, Hermanus Botha, Chrisjan du Toit, Daine Kannemeyer<\/span><\/p>\n

Academy Week<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Paarl Boys’ High:<\/strong> Charl Serdyn, Bradley Thain<\/span>
Oakdale: Xavier Swartbooi, Kurt Eybers, William Eybers, Zinedine Booysen, Helgard Meyer, Alexander Wallace.<\/span><\/p>\n

Having so many players in the SA Schools sides is a two-edged sword – a great honour but they will not be playing in this match as the national sides will be in action in Cape Town.<\/span><\/p>\n

The teams:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Oakdale Landbou:<\/strong> 15 Darren Adonis, 14 Alex Wallace, 13 Kurt Eybers, 12 William Eybers, 11 Nicolus van Eeden, 10 Christo Hamman, 9 Eckard Leicher, 8 Renaldo Ferreira, 7 Hanno Olivier, 6 Bertie de Bod, 5 Daniel Victor, 4 Ewan Coetzee, 3 Chrisjan du Toit, 2 HP van Schoor, 1 Hermanus Botha<\/span>
Replacements: 16 Marko van der Merwe, 17 Andr\u00e9 Posthumus, 18 Jaco Smit, 19 Western Province van Heerden, 20 Zinedine Booysen, 21 Daine Kannemeyer, 22 Xavier Swartbooi<\/span><\/p>\n

Paarl Boys’ High:<\/strong> 15 Jeanluc Cilliers, 14 Urgene Johannes, 13 Henri van Heerden, 12 Jan-Louis la Grange, 11 Hugo Slabbert, 10 Rayhaan Lombaard, 9 Bradley Thain, 8 Ruan van der Merwe, 7 Charl Serdyn, 6 Andreas van Wyk (captain), 5 Dean Schwartz, 4 David Meihuizen, 3 Leo Kruger, 2 MC de Jongh, 1 Wikus Groenewald<\/span>
Replacements: The whole of the Paarl Boys’ High 2nd XV, who will have played a full match, can be used as replacements for injury.<\/span>
Coaches: Sean Erasmus, Elmo Wolfaardt<\/span><\/p>\n

Date: 15 August 2015<\/span>
1st XV kick-off: 14.30<\/span>
Venue: Eikeveld, Ho\u00ebr Landbouskool Oakdale, Riversdale<\/span>
Expected weather conditions: Rain, wind and cold weather have hit the Western Cape this week but good things are forecast for Riversdale on Saturday – sunshine with a high of 24\u00b0C, dropping to 9\u00b0C – a good day for rugby.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rugby Programme<\/span><\/p>\n

Eike<\/span>
09.30: Under-15A<\/span>
10.40: 3rd XV<\/span>
12.00: 2nd XV<\/span>
13.10: Under-16 A<\/span>
14.30: 1st XV<\/span><\/p>\n

Populierbos<\/span>
09.30: Under-16C<\/span>
10.40: Under-16B<\/span>
12.00: Under-16E<\/span>
13.10: Gerrit du Plessis vs Paarl Boys’ High Under-16D<\/span><\/p>\n

Donkerbos<\/span>
09.30: Under-14D<\/span>
10.30: Under-14C<\/span>
11.30: Under-14B<\/span>
12.30: Under-14A<\/span><\/p>\n

Ten Damme<\/span>
09.30: Gerrit du Plessis vs Paarl Boys’ High Under-15E<\/span>
10.40: Under-15D<\/span>
12.00: Under-15C<\/span>
13.10: Under-15B<\/span><\/p>\n

De Boord<\/span>
09.30: Albertinia vs Paarl Boys’ High 8th XV<\/span>
10.40: Gerrit du Plessis vs Paarl Boys’ High 7th XV<\/span>
12.00: 6th XV<\/span>
13.10: 5th XV<\/span><\/p>\n

De Tuine<\/span>
09.30: 4th XV<\/span>
10.40: Albertinia vs Paarl Boys’ High Under-14E<\/span><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This has been a golden year for Boys’ High – who have played 17 matches and won the lot. An unbeaten season is a rarity in the tough world of South African schoolboy rugby, especially for a top school who face top opponents week in and week out. Boys’ High have this match against Oakdale […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6539,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6734","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\/6734","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6734\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}