{"id":71194,"date":"2025-04-30T20:18:27","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T18:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=71194"},"modified":"2025-04-30T20:18:27","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T18:18:27","slug":"klofies-bounce-back-in-style-on-first-day-of-absa-wildeklawer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=71194","title":{"rendered":"Klofies bounce back in  style on first day of Absa Wildeklawer"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_71199\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-71199\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-71199\" src=\"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Waterkloof-vs-Diamantveld-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-71199\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ho\u00ebrskool Waterkloof&#8217;s Jaidon Badenhorst dives over for his second try in the Klofies&#8217; 52-26 win over the hosts, Ho\u00ebrskool Diamantveld. Photo: Frans Lombard\/Actionpix.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"213\" data-end=\"382\"><strong>Ho\u00ebrskool Waterkloof<\/strong> shrugged off last week&#8217;s 24-31 defeat to <strong>Ho\u00ebrskool Nelspruit <\/strong>to deliver a dominant performance on the opening day of the 2025 <strong>Absa Wildeklawer<\/strong> tournament in Kimberley.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"384\" data-end=\"460\"><span data-start=\"387\" data-end=\"460\">Relive all the action on <strong>SuperSport Schools &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/ABSAWildeklawer2025\">(www.supersportschools.com)<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"462\" data-end=\"775\">The Klofies came out firing and handed the hosts <strong>Ho\u00ebrskool Diamantveld,<\/strong> a resounding 54\u201326 loss on their home turf in the City of Diamonds.<\/p>\n<p>The Pretoria school dominated up front, setting the tone from the very first line-out with a powerful driving maul, which culminated in the first of a brace of tries for hooker <strong>Ruan Jacobs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"777\" data-end=\"1152\">It was a return to the physical dominance traditionally associated with the Klofies&#8217; pack. Their supremacy in the forward battle provided the perfect platform for captain and flyhalf <strong>Ronan Bastiaanse<\/strong> to deliver a Man of the Match performance. His slick distribution and creative flair ignited the Pretoria backline, while he masterfully controlled the tempo of the game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1154\" data-end=\"1443\">Eighthman <strong>Marko Kok<\/strong> looks to be hitting peak form just in time for the <strong>Craven Week<\/strong> selection window.<\/p>\n<p>For Diamantveld, star lock <strong>Zuan Rautenbach,<\/strong> once again, impressed with his relentless work rate and strong carries, and stood out in an otherwise disappointing showing from the local school.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rugby - Ho\u00ebrskool Waterkloof vs Ho\u00ebrskool Diamantveld - ABSA Wildklawer - 30 April 2025\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lUZv9DHcaLI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1445\" data-end=\"1695\">However, the spotlight ultimately fell on the home team&#8217;s nippy and explosive fullback <strong>Clinton Brits<\/strong>. Lethal on the counter-attack, he capitalised on two defensive lapses by the visitors to dot down twice to boost Diamantveld\u2019s tally.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1697\" data-end=\"1893\">Waterkloof\u2019s emphatic victory, and scoring over 50 points, adds extra spice to Saturday&#8217;s highly anticipated showdown against the formidable <em><strong>Jade Brigade<\/strong> <\/em>from <strong>Ho\u00ebrskool Stellenberg<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SCORES\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Waterkloof 52 (35)<\/strong> &#8211; Tries: Jaiden Badenhorst (2), Ruan Jacobs (2), Zack Jordaan, Alexander Elliot, Stiaan Theron, Divan Botha. Conversions: Ronan Bastiaanse (6). <strong>Diamantveld 26 (7) <\/strong>&#8211; Tries: Clinton Brits (2), Louis Fourie, Jonathan Harding. Conversions: Ezlin Swartz (2), JG van Heerden.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ho\u00ebrskool Waterkloof shrugged off last week&#8217;s 24-31 defeat to Ho\u00ebrskool Nelspruit to deliver a dominant performance on the opening day of the 2025 Absa Wildeklawer tournament in Kimberley. Relive all the action on SuperSport Schools &#8211; (www.supersportschools.com)\u00a0 The Klofies came out firing and handed the hosts Ho\u00ebrskool Diamantveld, a resounding 54\u201326 loss on their home [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":71199,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71194","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\/71194","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=71194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71194\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/71199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=71194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=71194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=71194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}