{"id":80480,"date":"2025-08-15T05:28:20","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T03:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=80480"},"modified":"2025-08-15T05:28:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T03:28:20","slug":"brackenfell-hosts-tigers-strand-tackles-mighty-milnerton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=80480","title":{"rendered":"Brackenfell hosts Tigers, Strand tackles mighty Milnerton"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Brackenfell will aim to get back to winning ways in front of their home crowd on Saturday. Photo: HS Brackenfell on Instagram<\/strong><\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Brackenfell<\/strong> takes on visiting Tygerberg<\/strong> at 12:35 on Saturday, aiming for a bounce-back performance after losing last time out.<\/p>\n

They visited SACS two weeks ago and came off second, going down 25-43<\/strong><\/a>. The Tigers<\/strong><\/em>, meanwhile, picked up a\u00a029-12 win over Strand<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Brackenfell competes fiercely in the lineouts, and their no. 8, Wade Fortuin<\/strong>, is dangerous off the back of rolling mauls. With his strong ball carrying, he’s a problem from close range, even for multiple defenders.<\/p>\n

Tygerberg will need to ensure their defensive line is narrow and rushing. Brackenfell enjoys playing through the middle, and a line break can very quickly turn into a try.<\/p>\n

Brakkies<\/strong><\/em> are feisty. They scored three tries in the last 10 minutes of their SACS loss. The Tigers<\/strong><\/em> will need to be every bit as ferocious in their season finale on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The Parow locals are no strangers to set-piece battles, and they will need their tight five to set the tone up front. They’re a team that relies on their forwards’ ball carrying ability. That sucks in defenders and sets Tygerberg up for swift attacks.<\/p>\n

An all-out encounter can be expected, but there’ll be a happy ending for only one team, unless, of course, there’s a draw, and Naas Botha<\/strong>, famously, had something to say about draws…<\/p>\n

Also in Cape Town<\/strong>, along the Blaauwberg Coast<\/strong>, Milnerton<\/strong> hosts Strand<\/strong> at 12:30 on Saturday and Millies <\/strong><\/em>will feel the fire inside after a morale-boosting, belief-building, come-from-behind 14-12 win over<\/a> Stellenberg <\/strong>last Saturday.<\/p>\n

Down 0-12 at the break, Milnerton kept Stellenberg scoreless in the second half and Chadlin Sellidon<\/strong>‘s accuracy off the kicking tee helped secure a narrow two-point win.<\/p>\n

Sellidon, at fullback, and captain Morgan Lodewyk<\/strong>, at centre, lead the Milnerton attack, Lodewyk is a big guy and uses his physicality well. His tenacity often leads to try-scoring attacks. Sellidon, meanwhile, often finishes what his skipper starts, and then tacks on two from the kicking tee.<\/p>\n

Strand boasts some skilful and impactful players in flank, Schalk Beukes,<\/strong> and scrumhalf Jayden Steenkamp. <\/strong>They, too, won’t be concerned about their attacking ability.<\/p>\n

The bigger questions, though, revolve around their set piece and midfield play. Can their tight five match Milnerton’s?<\/p>\n

If so, then it could be a battle of strong finishers vs strong finishers. In recent games, both sides have scored most of their tries in the second half.<\/p>\n

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

Ho\u00ebrskool Brackenfell vs Tygerberg High School at 12:35 in Brackenfell on Saturday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Brackenfell (likely):<\/strong> 15 Zane van Schalkwyk, 14 Deros Manya, 13 Luhle Ngqentsu, 12 Yibonge Malote, 11 Migile Carelse, 10 Junior Louw, 9 Jean Oosthuizen, 8 Wade Fortuin, 7 Kamva Simama, 6 Seth Braaf, 5 Zander van Zyl, 4 Jeandre Limby, 3 Liam Hine, 2 Ethan Carr, 1 Siraaj Cook.<\/p>\n

Tygerberg:<\/strong> N\/A.<\/p>\n

Milnerton High vs Ho\u00ebrskool Strand at 12:30 in Blaauwberg on Saturday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Milnerton:<\/strong> 15 Chadlin Sellidon, 14 Leo Weber, 13 Sebastien Stroobants, 12 Morgan Lodewyk, 11 Litha Tasana, 10 Zaide Vigeland, 9 Tristan Strydom, 8 Jeremy Armstrong, 7 Joshua Vomberg, 6 Andrew Kansley, 5 Kgaugelo Mokgobu, 4 Xavier Wolmarans, 3 Dane van der Merwe, 2 Divine Ambrose, 1 Chadley Davis.<\/p>\n

Strand:<\/strong> 15 Ashton Mitchell, 14 Keahan Josephs, 13 Gerber de Goede, 12 Lyle Julies, 11 Kyle Steyn, 10 Justin Phillips, 9 Jayden Steenkamp, 8 Rohan Bezuidenhout, 7 Joshua Lourens, 6 Schalk Beukes, 5 Dewald Bernard, 4 Keagan Coetzee, 3 Timothy van den Bergh, 2 Ruben Paanakker, 1 Christopher Els.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Brackenfell takes on visiting Tygerberg at 12:35 on Saturday, aiming for a bounce-back performance after losing last time out. They visited SACS two weeks ago and came off second, going down 25-43. The Tigers, meanwhile, picked up a\u00a029-12 win over Strand.\u00a0 Brackenfell competes fiercely in the lineouts, and their no. 8, Wade Fortuin, is dangerous […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":80483,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80480","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\/80480","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=80480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80480\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/80483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=80480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=80480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=80480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}