{"id":75804,"date":"2025-06-22T09:59:46","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T07:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=75804"},"modified":"2025-06-22T09:59:46","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T07:59:46","slug":"paarl-gim-makes-it-14-games-unbeaten-at-boland-landbou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=75804","title":{"rendered":"Paarl Gim makes it 14 games unbeaten at Boland Landbou"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_75828\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-75828\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-75828\" src=\"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Paarl-gim-1-400x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-75828\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paarl Gim end the day 14 matches unbeaten. Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/paarlgim1858\/\"><strong>Paarl Gimnasium on Instagram<\/strong><\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Boland Landbou<\/strong> hosted the mighty <strong>Paarl Gimnasium <\/strong>on <strong>Perdeberg<\/strong> <strong>A Field<\/strong> on Saturday, but it was the visitors who made themselves at home, powering their way to a big 80-29 victory.<\/p>\n<p>At times, defence might have appeared optional as the teams scored 19 tries between them, with 14 going the way of <em><strong>Gimmies<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The match also showed why Paarl Gim captain <strong>Markus<\/strong> <strong>Muller<\/strong> and <b>Boland Landbou <\/b>scrumhalf <strong>Jayden Brits<\/strong> are in the <strong>Western Province Craven Week<\/strong> side. Muller scored an astonishing 43 points, crossing for five tries while also adding nine conversions. Brits scored a try, landed two conversions and provided two try assists.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday&#8217;s defeat was <em><strong>The Farmers<\/strong><\/em>&#8216; fifth on the trot, but they&#8217;ve all been against tough opposition. Their previous four losses came against <strong>Paarl Boys&#8217; High, Paul Roos, Affies<\/strong>, and <strong>Rondebosch<\/strong>. Meanwhile, <strong>Paarl Gim<\/strong> remains unbeaten after 14 games this season.<\/p>\n<p>Gimmies opened the scoring in just the third minute. It was set up by hard running from the forwards onto short, flat passes from scrumhalf <strong>Mickyle Booise <\/strong>and, to no one&#8217;s surprise, finished by outside centre, Makus Muller, who muscled his way through three defenders to score.<\/p>\n<p>The home team, then, did themselves no favours when they had two players yellow carded in quick succession. Gim didn&#8217;t need an invitation and hooker <strong>Charles Whitehead<\/strong> went over after a series of phases from the tap and go on the home team&#8217;s five-metre line.<\/p>\n<p>Paarl Gim showed they could strike from long distance, too, with a searing counterattack from their own 22. Attacking down the flank, they were brought up just five metres short of the try line. Good, quick hands between Booise and flyhalf <strong>Louis Koen<\/strong> put fullback, <strong>Dawid Badenhorst<\/strong>, over in the corner.<\/p>\n<p>To their credit, Boland Landbou found a response in the 16th minute when, from a five-metre scrum, flyhalf <strong>Pieter Bergh<\/strong> sliced through after selling a dummy for a five-pointer.<\/p>\n<p>An exquisite 50-22 from <strong>Starman Brits<\/strong> got the home team back on the attack and, from the lineout, the farmers played a phase before Brits sniped through a gap to score.<\/p>\n<p>Nearing halftime, Muller was over for his second, dotting down in the corner after receiving the ball on a blindside attack.<\/p>\n<p>The visitors added to their tally only moments before the half-time break, with Muller bagging his hattrick after a rolling maul inside the 22 set Boland Landbou on the back foot. After a successful conversion from the corner, the Gim captain already had 23 points to his name and his side led 33-12.<\/p>\n<p>Gimmies continued to stack points after the break, striking again from range after a 40-metre run by fullback Badenhorst, which set up loosehead prop <strong>Pieta Cilliers <\/strong>to barge over for five.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn&#8217;t long before Badenhorst was over for a try of his own after a blindside move from Booise. Then, from the kickoff, centre <strong>Ethan Barker <\/strong>broke the line and fed Badenhorst, who provided the finish to bag a hattrick of tries.<\/p>\n<p>Boland briefly enjoyed some success when flank <strong>Stephan Griesel<\/strong> scored from close range, and they followed that with another try from close range through eighthman, <strong>Juan Visagie<\/strong>, thanks to Brits effectively manipulating the Gim defence.<\/p>\n<p>Markus Muller was over for his fourth off the back of a Gim rolling maul in the 57th minute and just six minutes later he had a handful of five-pointers. This time, he hit the line at pace, running onto a flat pass that put him through the gap.<\/p>\n<p>The class of Brits was on show in the 66th minute when his clever chip was gathered by <strong>Gehano van Bo<\/strong>. The wing side-stepped a couple of players before being brought down on the five-metre line. Visagie was on hand, though, to pick up the ball and he was bundled over the line for his second try of the game.<\/p>\n<p>With time running short, Gimmies&#8217; right wing, <strong>Johan Kleynhans<\/strong> profited from a Boland Landbou knock-on in the home team&#8217;s 22, claiming possession before running through to score.<\/p>\n<p>Straight from the kick-off, the visitors struck one last time, with Barker breaking the line before offloading for another try. With Divan Pieters adding the conversion, Paarl Gim reached 80 points for a second week in succession.<\/p>\n<p>Boland next plays on 26 July when they host <strong>Bishops<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Paarl Gim returns to action on the same day, hosting <strong>Wynberg Boys&#8217; High<\/strong> in Paarl.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, on the other side of town, <strong>Durbanville<\/strong> visited <strong>Paarl Boys&#8217; High<\/strong> at the <strong>Buco Brug Street Stadium<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Boishaai<\/strong><\/em> powered their way to a 54-14 win, making a fiery comeback after going down 0-7 in the first two minutes of the match. For Durbanville, despite the big defeat, it was an improvement on their 7-73 loss on the same ground last year.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to free-flowing passing down the wing, Durbanville flyhalf <strong>Valrhinio Olckers<\/strong> found himself with space down the flank, where he ran in for the score, and inside centre <strong>Kyle Albertus<\/strong> added the extras from the corner as the visitors snatched a shock lead.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The hosts<\/strong><\/em> struck back quickly with two tries before the 10-minute mark through hooker <strong>JP Norton<\/strong> and lock <strong>Jayden Joubert<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Loosehead prop <strong>Jordan Jooste<\/strong> picked up and ploughed over for five in the 18th minute and when Iwan Jordaan added the extras it was 19-7.<\/p>\n<p>After the break, Boishaai hit their stride, running in three early tries. Durbanville found a reply through eighthman <strong>Adrian Freemantle<\/strong>, who squeezed his way over for a try after the Cape Town school had laid siege to the home team&#8217;s try line. Albertus added the extras.<\/p>\n<p>The home side finished strongly, bagging two more tries in the last five minutes of the game.<\/p>\n<p>Paarl Boys&#8217; High returns to action on 26 July, when they host <strong>SACS<\/strong>, while Durbanville faces<strong> Brackenfell <\/strong>that same day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scorers:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Paarl Gimnasium 80 (33) &#8211; <\/strong>Tries: Markus Muller (5), Dawid Badenhorst (3), Charles Whitehead, Johan Kleynhans, Divan Pieters. Conversions: Markus Muller (9), Divan Pieters. <strong>Boland Landbou 29 (12) &#8211;<\/strong> Tries: Juan Visagie (2), Pieter Bergh, Jayden Brits, Stephan Griesel. Conversions: Jayden Brits (2).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Paarl Boys&#8217; High 54 (19) &#8211;<\/strong> Tries: Jordaan Jooste (2), JP Norton, Jayden Joubert, Cruz Davey, Kobus Wilken, Juan van der Merwe, Gavie Kok. Conversions: Iwan Jordaan (5), Francois van der Merwe, Steph van der Merwe. <strong>Ho\u00ebrskool Durbanville 14 (7) &#8211;<\/strong> Tries: Valrhinio Olckers, Adrian Freemantle. Conversions: Kyle Albertus (2).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other results<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>u19 &#8211;<\/strong> Boland Landbou I 29 Paarl Gim I 80, Boland Landbou II 17 Paarl Gim II 50, Boland Landbou III 13 Paarl Gim III 40, Boland Landbou IV 7 Paarl Gim IV 38, Boland Landbou V 26 Paarl Gim V 22, Boland Landbou VI 0 Paarl Gim VI 19, Paarl Boys II 64 Durbanville II 3.<\/p>\n<p><strong>u16 &#8211;<\/strong> Boland Landbou A 9 Paarl Gim A 10, Boland Landbou B 6 Paarl Gim B 31, Boland Landbou C 7 Paarl Gim 29, Boland Landbou D 29 Paarl Gim D 31, Paarl Boys A 26 Durbanville A 7.<\/p>\n<p><strong>u15 &#8211;<\/strong> Boland Landbou A 7 Paarl Gim A 39, Boland Landbou B 19 Paarl Gim B 31, Boland Landbou C 12 Paarl Gim C 10, Boland landbou D 13 Paarl Gim D 5, Paarl Boys A 35 Durbanville A 11.<\/p>\n<p><strong>u14 &#8211;<\/strong> Boland Landbou A 0 Paarl Gim A 15, Boland Landbou B 7 Paarl Gim 70, Boland Landbou C 0 Paarl Gim C 36, Boland Landbou D 0 Paarl Gim D 80, Paarl Boys A 17 Durbanville A 0.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boland Landbou hosted the mighty Paarl Gimnasium on Perdeberg A Field on Saturday, but it was the visitors who made themselves at home, powering their way to a big 80-29 victory. At times, defence might have appeared optional as the teams scored 19 tries between them, with 14 going the way of Gimmies. 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