{"id":73057,"date":"2025-05-23T09:48:32","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T07:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=73057"},"modified":"2025-05-23T09:48:32","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T07:48:32","slug":"wynberg-eyes-fourth-straight-victory-as-bishops-bring-fire-to-hawthornden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=73057","title":{"rendered":"Wynberg eyes fourth straight victory as Bishops bring fire to Hawthornden"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_73059\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-73059\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-73059\" src=\"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SACS--400x267.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-73059\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Siphe Mbungendlu, flanker from SACS. PHOTO: Andrew Pieterse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The first recorded match between <strong>Wynberg Boys\u2019 High<\/strong> and <strong>Diocesan College<\/strong> took place in 1920, but the rivalry between these two schools most probably predates this clash taking their proximity to each other into consideration.<\/p>\n<p>The two schools\u2019 face each other twice on an annual basis with this year\u2019s first encounter to be played on Hawthornden in Cape Town\u2019s southern suburbs as part of the <strong>King Price Derby Series<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The match kicks off at 12:30.<\/p>\n<p>Catch all the action live on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/supersportschools\">SuperSport Schools<\/a><\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.supersportschools.com\">www.supersportschools.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Wynberg Boys\u2019 High have won the last three encounters between the two schools in 2023 (35-8 and 38-16) and 2022 (27-20). Bishops\u2019 2025 side has been a more formidable opponent than last year.<\/p>\n<p>They have secured good victories over Michaelhouse (26-17) and Brackenfell (24-12) earlier in the season. The team, however, have not won in their last five outings. A draw of 14-all against SACS was their best result in this handful of matches.<\/p>\n<p>Wynberg will therefore take the field as favourites on their home ground. This will also be their first match against Southern Suburbs opposition this season.<\/p>\n<p>The team has only suffered defeat three times thus far against Stellenberg (19-24), Helpmekaar (17-18) and Paarl Boys\u2019 High (26-32).<\/p>\n<p>Wynberg has also been utilising the SA Schools flyhalf of 2024, <strong>Yaqeen Ahmed<\/strong>, at inside centre this season. Bishops\u2019 midfield pairing of <strong>Rynard Gordon<\/strong> and <strong>Boytjie Fyfer<\/strong> will have to keep Ahmed at bay.<\/p>\n<p>The home side\u2019s halfback pairing of <strong>Morn\u00e9 Noble<\/strong> and <strong>Achmat Behardien<\/strong> has also had superb seasons thus far. They could also be thorns in the side of Bishops.<\/p>\n<p>Wynberg also have SA Schools A tighthead prop <strong>Luqobo Makwedini<\/strong> in their pack of forwards to lead the charge up front.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SACS <\/strong>will be hosting <strong>Ho\u00ebrskool Durbanville<\/strong> on Saturday at Memorial A from 12:30.<\/p>\n<p>These two teams met each other last year during the <strong>Wynberg Rugby Festival,<\/strong> with SACS coming out on top by 25-22 in a closely contested match.<\/p>\n<p>The contest between the two outside centres, <strong>Mikey Skeeles<\/strong> (SACS) and <strong>Louwrens Rademeyer<\/strong> (Durbanville), promises to be one of the highlights of the clash.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The teams: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Wynberg Boys\u2019 High vs Diocesan College on Hawthornden in Cape Town at 12:30: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Wynberg Boys\u2019 High:<\/strong> 15 Daniel Ould, 14 Chad Campbell, 13 Kunene Gadu, 12 Yaqeen Ahmed, 11 Albert Lourens, 10 Achmat Behardien, 9 Morn\u00e9 Noble, 8 Alvin Machinja, 7 Tjeripo Karuhumba, 6 Jamie Stride, 5 James Orwin, 4 Jaythen Orange, 3 Luqobo Makwedini, 2 Noah Gila, 1 Luke Miller.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Diocesan College:<\/strong> 15 Lulibo Nyawula, 14 Cole Robyntjies, 13 Rynard Gordon, 12 Boytjie Fyfer, 11 Eljaron Geduld, 10 Alex Laspatzis, 9 Max Marr, 8 Jack Venter, 7 Ethan Venter, 6 Uzoma Ngcwangu, 5 Dan Coetzee, 4 Alex Vintcent, 3 Chris du Toit, 2 Daniel van den Heever (captain), 1 Will Reid.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SACS vs Ho\u00ebrskool Durbanville on Memorial A Field in Cape Town from 12:30: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SACS:<\/strong> 15 Langa Moyo, 14 Josh Pfister, 13 Mikey Skeeles, 12 Nathan Potgieter, 11 Dayyaan Conrad, 10 Robert Boyes, 9 Max Bester, 8 Thando Sitole, 7 Daniel Grant, 6 Siphe Mbungendlu, 5 Siphukhanyo Dyantyi, 4 Reuben de Klerk, 3 Qiraan Hermans, 2 Sango Zangqa, 1 Qawe Sawuka<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ho\u00ebrskool Durbanville:<\/strong> 15 Cole Carls, 14 Kyle Doyle, 13 Louwrens Rademeyer, 12 De Wet Viljoen, 11 Michael Shaw, 10 Kyle Albertus, 9 Lorenzo Brogneri, 8 Muller Janse van Vuuren, 7 Tiaan Kearns, 6 Zay-Winn Januarie, 5 Adriaan Freemantle, 4 Ethan Swartz, 3 Ruan van Wyk, 2 Juan Smit, 1 Eli Pedro.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first recorded match between Wynberg Boys\u2019 High and Diocesan College took place in 1920, but the rivalry between these two schools most probably predates this clash taking their proximity to each other into consideration. The two schools\u2019 face each other twice on an annual basis with this year\u2019s first encounter to be played on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":73059,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73057","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\/73057","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=73057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73057\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/73059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=73057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=73057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=73057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}