{"id":68159,"date":"2025-03-27T13:58:43","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T11:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=68159"},"modified":"2025-03-27T13:58:43","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T11:58:43","slug":"11th-north-south-tournament-features-a-western-cape-flavour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=68159","title":{"rendered":"11th North\/South Tournament features a Western Cape flavour"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Paul Roos Gimnasium in action against Affies at the 2024 North\/South Tournament. Photo: Frans Lombard\/Actionpix.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The 11th NMI Toyota North\/South tournament<\/strong> will feature a tasty Western Cape flavour this year.<\/p>\n

Follow all the action live on SuperSport Schools<\/strong> – (www.supersportschools.com)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The event has moved from Afrikaans Ho\u00ebr Seunskool (Affies),<\/strong> in Pretoria, to Paul Roos Gimnasium,<\/strong> in Stellenbosch, and the newcomers include more newbies from the Western Cape, who will be in action on one of the biggest stages on the South African Schools circuit.<\/p>\n

The North\/South Tournament has also become a can’t-miss event for selectors ahead of the provincial season, which takes place in July. It’s also a showcase for many players who will earn selection for the SA Schools and SA u18 teams later in the year.<\/p>\n

Parel Vallei<\/strong>, one of the newcomers from the Western Cape, makes their bow with an outing against a dangerous Mzwandile Mali XV<\/strong> side. The Eastern Cape team was selected at the Mzwandile Mali Rugby Festival in 2024 and has already travelled across the pond to test the strength of clubs in England. Melkbosstrand, another side from down south, will tackle the Mzawandile Magic.<\/p>\n

The hosts, Paul Roos Gimnasium, ranked number one in South Africa in 2024, will get their challenge underway against the powerhouse Bere<\/strong><\/em> from Ho\u00ebrskool Garsfontein<\/strong>. Both sides have clean records after two outings and will have to put it all on the line in a match that promises fireworks up front, especially with Paul Roos’ old-boy and Springbok lock, Andries Bekker<\/strong>, assisting with coaching the Bere’s lineout this year.<\/p>\n

Paul Roos will take on Noordheuwel<\/strong> in the main match on the final day, which will also feature a rematch in the curtain-raiser between Grey College<\/strong> and \u00a0Jeppe High School<\/strong> for Boys<\/strong>, who sent shock waves through schoolboy rugby last season when they beat the Bloemfontein powerhouse at the festival. Garsfontein, meanwhile, will test themselves against Stellenberg<\/strong>‘s Jade Brigade<\/strong> <\/em>in their second match.<\/p>\n

The first day’s action will be highlighted by a high-intensity clash between Paarl Gimnasium<\/strong> and King Edward VII School (KES)<\/strong>, which will see Gim’s robust offence challenged by a strong defensive outfit.<\/p>\n

The penultimate day will also feature a scrumptious showdown between two of the countries’ big dogs, Ho\u00ebr Jongeskool Paarl (Boishaai)<\/em><\/strong>, and their old foe, Affies. It will be the first of Affies’ big clashes with the big four, which also includes Grey College, Paul Roos and Paarl Gimnasium.<\/p>\n

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

Day One – Friday – 28 March<\/strong><\/p>\n

08:30 – Parel Vallei vs Mzwandile Mali XV
\n10:00 – SACS vs Welkom Gimnasium
\n11:30 – Outeniqua vs Menlopark
\n13:00 – Boland Landbou vs EG Jansen
\n14:30 – Durbanville vs Monument
\n16:00 – HTS Drostdy vs Afrikaans Ho\u00ebr Seuns Skool
\n17:30 – Ho\u00ebr Jongenskool Paarl vs Waterloof
\n19:00 – Paarl Gimnasium vs King Edward VII School<\/p>\n

Day Two – Saturday – 29 March<\/strong><\/p>\n

08:00 – Framesby vs Duineveld
\n09:30 – Diamantveld vs Ho\u00ebrskool Rustenburg
\n11:00 – Worcester Gimnasium vs Marais Viljoen
\n12:30 – Nico Malan vs Helpmekaar Kollege
\n14:00 – Stellenberg vs Voortrekker
\n15:30 – Oakdale vs Ho\u00ebrskool Nelspruit
\n17:00 – Rondebosch Boys’ High vs Jeppe
\n18:30 – Grey College vs Noordheuwel
\n20:00 – Paul Roos Gimnasium vs Garsfontein<\/p>\n

Day Three – Monday – 31 March\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

08:30 – Melkbosstrand vs Mzwandile Mali XV
\n10:00 – Outeniqua vs Welkom Gimnasium
\n11:30 – HTS Drostdy vs Menlopark
\n13:00 – Durbanville vs EG Jansen
\n14:30 – Boland Landbou vs Waterkloof
\n16:00 – SACS vs King Edward VII School
\n17:30 – Paarl Gimansium vs Monument
\n19:00 – Ho\u00ebr Jongenskool Paarl vs Afrikaans Ho\u00ebr Seunskool<\/p>\n

Day Four – Tuesday – 01 April<\/strong><\/p>\n

07:30 – Brackenfell vs Marais Viljoen
\n09:00 – Nico Malan vs Ho\u00ebrskool Rustenburg
\n10:30 – Duineveld vs Voortrekker
\n12:00 – Framesby vs Diamantveld
\n13:30 – Rondebosch Boys’ High vs Ho\u00ebrskool Nelspruit
\n15:00 – Stellenberg vs Garsfontein
\n16:30 – Oakdale vs Helpmekaar Kollege
\n18:00 – Grey College vs Jeppe
\n19:30 – Paul Roos Gimnasium vs Noordheuwel<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The 11th NMI Toyota North\/South tournament will feature a tasty Western Cape flavour this year. Follow all the action live on SuperSport Schools – (www.supersportschools.com) The event has moved from Afrikaans Ho\u00ebr Seunskool (Affies), in Pretoria, to Paul Roos Gimnasium, in Stellenbosch, and the newcomers include more newbies from the Western Cape, who will be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":68192,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68159","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\/68159","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\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=68159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/68192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}