{"id":79658,"date":"2025-08-08T07:18:42","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T05:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=79658"},"modified":"2025-08-08T07:18:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T05:18:42","slug":"boland-landbou-faces-formidable-oakdale-landbou-in-farmers-derby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=79658","title":{"rendered":"Boland Landbou faces formidable Oakdale Landbou in Farmers’ Derby"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Oakdale aim to end the season on a high note. Photo: AJ Muller on Instagram<\/a><\/strong>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This Saturday sees a Farmers’ Derby<\/strong> taking place at 12:30, when Boland Landbou<\/strong> tackles a formidable Oakdale Landbou <\/strong>side\u00a0on “Die Eike<\/strong>“, in Riversdal<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Last weekend, Boland Landbou lost 10-18 to a resilient Stellenberg side<\/a><\/strong>. It was a frustrating game for the visitors, not only because it was a loss, but because it was their lowest scoring game of the season.<\/p>\n

This weekend, the Paarl farmers will be without their SA u18<\/strong> scrumhalf, Jayden Brits<\/strong>, who will be on duty in the International Series<\/strong>, which kicks off at Ho\u00ebrskool Durbanville <\/strong>on Friday, with SA u18 facing France <\/strong>and SA u18A <\/strong>taking on Ireland<\/strong>. That means they’ll have to lean on the boot and playmaking of their flyhalf and captain, Pieter Bergh<\/strong>, even more than usual.<\/p>\n

Bergh possesses a good kicking game and Oakdale will need to be aware of their positional play. He’s adept at nailing 50-22 kicks if opposing back threes are out of position.<\/p>\n

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Can Boland pull off any tricks in their own lineout? Photo Boland Landbou on Instagram<\/strong><\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Oakdale heads into the King Price Derby Series<\/strong> match off a thrilling 21-17 win over Paul Roos Gimnaium<\/strong><\/a>. They’ve been in top form this season, one of the most exciting teams in the country, and they’ve been especially lethal at set-pieces. However, that success has left them without SA u18 prop Kai Pratt <\/strong>and\u00a0eighthman Jacobus de<\/strong> Villiers<\/strong>, and SA u18A lock Diaan Augustyn <\/strong>for Saturday’s showdown. Can they still pull off their set-piece antics without them?<\/p>\n

They’ve been so inventive with their lineout moves this season that there’s a chance Springboks’ head coach, Rassie Erasmus<\/strong>, might borrow a move or two for the men in Green and Gold<\/strong><\/em> in the forthcoming rugby championship. He previously used set piece moves taken from the Paul Roos U14B<\/strong> side in the recent two-test series against Italy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Last year, when they met in Paarl, Oakdale claimed a 21-13 victory over Boland Landbou. The difference between the sides might end up being bigger this year, although the players who are missing because of international duty could tilt the balance.<\/p>\n

Also, last weekend, the Paarl Derby<\/strong> showed that anything is possible in a derby clash.<\/p>\n

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

Oakdale Landbou vs Boland Landbou at 12:30 in Riversdal.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Oakdale Landbou: <\/strong>15 Mark-Hein Fourie, 14 Myburgh Eksteen, 13 Anrich Scheffer, 12 Andr\u00e8 van der Merwe, 11 Lee-Winn Pretorius, 10 CT Vosloo, 9 Jandrian Goosen, 8 Lohan Gerber, 7 Adrian Smith, 6 Jannes Snyman (Captain), 5 Liam van den Berg, 4 Rico Ferreira, 3 Francois le Roux, 2 Sine Mdlankomo, 1 Kyle Burger.<\/p>\n

Boland Landbou: <\/strong>15 Gehano van Bo, 14 Aleit Stander, 13 Jason Ocks, 12 Blake de Kock, 11 Jadon Ocks, 10 Pieter Bergh (Captain), 9 Diwan Schoeman, 8 Jacques Retief, 7 Kody Nell, 6 Juan Visage, 5 Jeandr\u00e8 le Roux, 4 Stephan Griesel, 3 Derico Messina, 2 Wikus Coetzee, 1 Diwan Grobbelaar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This Saturday sees a Farmers’ Derby taking place at 12:30, when Boland Landbou tackles a formidable Oakdale Landbou side\u00a0on “Die Eike“, in Riversdal. Last weekend, Boland Landbou lost 10-18 to a resilient Stellenberg side. It was a frustrating game for the visitors, not only because it was a loss, but because it was their lowest […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":79670,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79658","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\/79658","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=79658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79658\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/79670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=79658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=79658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=79658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}