{"id":75690,"date":"2025-06-20T11:11:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T09:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=75690"},"modified":"2025-06-20T11:11:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T09:11:13","slug":"wynberg-chases-king-price-derby-series-win-at-sacs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=75690","title":{"rendered":"Wynberg chases King Price Derby Series win at SACS"},"content":{"rendered":"
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SACS fullback Quewinn Lackay is a dangerous weapon on the counterattack.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Wynberg Boys’ High<\/strong> visits SACS<\/strong> on Saturday, favoured to claim a victory in their King Price Derby Series <\/strong>match on Memorial-A Field<\/strong>, which kicks off at 12:30.<\/p>\n

In 2024, there was almost nothing to separate the sides, with Wynberg winning 9-7 at home in August, and SACS triumphing 30-29, also at home, in June.<\/p>\n

This time out, though, Wynberg looks like a far more solid bet than SACS to win. Last Saturday, they fell to a hard-fought 17-21 loss to Paul Roos Gimnasium<\/strong>. On the same day, Paarl Gimnasium<\/strong> overran SACS 82-7. Will SACS suffer a hangover from that heavy defeat?<\/p>\n

The weather forecast for Saturday looks perfect for rugby – a cool 16 degrees Celsius, with little wind and lots of sunshine.<\/p>\n

The home team will, unfortunately, be without their captain, Siphesihle Mbungendlu<\/strong>, a member of the Western Province XV<\/strong> Craven Week side, due to injury. It’s a loss they can’t dwell on.<\/p>\n

Luvuyo Mbuli will pack down in his stead on the side of the SACS’ scrum.<\/p>\n

Wynberg will look to their powerful prop, Luqobo Makwedini,<\/strong> to deliver domination in the set scrums, while their captain and lock, Jaythen Orange<\/strong>, will be a tough challenge for the home side in the lineouts.<\/p>\n

Behind their pack, Wynberg possesses many skilful playmakers, including flyhalf Achmat Behardien<\/strong> and centres Kunene Gadu<\/strong> and Yaqeen Ahmed<\/strong>. They’ve consistently shown the ability to unlock the toughest of defences.<\/p>\n

SACS will aim to slow down Wynberg’s rapid phase play with strong counter rucks at the breakdown. Much will depend on how well they read the visitors’ inventive attacking play.<\/p>\n

Wynberg will head into the contest with confidence. They’ve played some outstanding rugby this season, attacking with speed and creative freedom, which will ask serious questions of the SACS defence.<\/p>\n

They’ll be eager to get the ball out wide where their hot-stepping wings can show off their fancy footwork.<\/p>\n

Craven Week scrumhalf Morn\u00e9<\/strong> Noble<\/strong>, besides offering a clean service from the base of the scrum, is also a dangerous man around the fringes of rucks and mauls, and he has a sharp eye for a gap. SACS will need to be on their toes when he has the ball in his hands.<\/p>\n

Teams<\/strong><\/p>\n

SACS vs Wynberg, Memorial-A Field, Cape Town, 12:30<\/strong><\/p>\n

SACS:<\/strong> 15 Quewinn Lackay, 14 Josh Gorgens, 13 Mikey Skeeles, 12 Nathan Potgieter, 11 Imtiaz Abrahams, 10 Robert Boyes, 9 Matt Forbes, 8 Daniel Grant, 7 Harrison Bell, 6 Luvuyo Mbuli, 5 Cameron Hirst, 4 Reuben De Klerk, 3 Qiraan Hermans, 2 Sango Zangqa, 1 Qawe Sawuka.<\/p>\n

Wynberg:<\/strong> 15 Daniel Ould, 14 Chad Campbell, 13 Kunene Gadu, 12 Yaqeen Ahmed, 11 Albert Lourens, 10 Achmat Behardien, 9 Morn\u00e9 Noble, 8 Alvn Machinja, 7 Tjeripo Karuhumba, 6 Alex Barrett, 5 James Orwin, 4 Jaythen Orange (Captain), 3 Luqobo Makwedini, 2 Noah Gila, 1 Luke Miller.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wynberg Boys’ High visits SACS on Saturday, favoured to claim a victory in their King Price Derby Series match on Memorial-A Field, which kicks off at 12:30. In 2024, there was almost nothing to separate the sides, with Wynberg winning 9-7 at home in August, and SACS triumphing 30-29, also at home, in June. This […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":68281,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75690","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\/75690","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\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=75690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75690\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/68281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}