{"id":81384,"date":"2025-08-24T08:36:04","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T06:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=81384"},"modified":"2025-08-24T08:36:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T06:36:04","slug":"sacs-snatches-draw-with-bishops-after-stunning-finish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=81384","title":{"rendered":"SACS snatches draw with Bishops after stunning finish"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_81394\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-81394\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-81394\" src=\"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bishops-2025-rugby-SACS-2025-400x264.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"264\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-81394\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bishops battled through the mud to avoid defeat. Photo: Warwick Richter.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Just as had happened in May, the <strong>SACS<\/strong> and <strong>Bishops <\/strong>1st XVs drew. Back then, it was 14-14. On Saturday, on <strong>Memorial A Field<\/strong>, it ended 18-18.<\/p>\n<p>It began well for the visitors, who made a flying start, scoring in only the third minute.<\/p>\n<p>They created an overlap on the halfway line, which freed up <strong>Noah Edmunds<\/strong>, on the wing. He cut inside and out and evaded the scrambling SACS defence to put Bishops ahead. Then, flyhalf <strong>Christian Toweel<\/strong>, added the extras.<\/p>\n<p>SACS ate into the deficit through two penalty kicks from <strong>Mikey Skeeles<\/strong>, with the centre&#8217;s successes leaving Bishops with a narrow 7-6 lead at the break.<\/p>\n<p>In the second half, <b>Bishops <\/b>extended their advantage to 12-points, scoring 11 points without reply to go up 18-7. SACS, though, kept battling away.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rugby - SACS vs Bishops - 23 August 2025\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NPhojWZkb3M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Their hooker, <strong>Sango Zangqa<\/strong>, led from the front and crashed over next to the uprights in the 69th minute, forcing his way through a wall of muddy Bishops defenders by jumping for the try-line from the base of a ruck.<\/p>\n<p>With their captain&#8217;s try, SACS&#8217;s 12-point deficit was reduced to seven.<\/p>\n<p>Time was almost up. SACS had to run it, and, from the kick-off, they quickly fed the ball down the line, where eighthman, Thando Sithole, bounced off a tackle and found space.<\/p>\n<p>He fed fullback <strong>Quewinn Lackay<\/strong>, who, thrillingly, floored the accelerator to shoot past four Bishops&#8217; defenders, beating the final man with a neat inside step, to earn SACS a draw, which left the visitors staggered.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the season, it had been Bishops who found ways to score points late in games, but on Saturday, it was their southern suburbs&#8217; rivals who manufactured two tries in the space of two minutes to snatch a share of the spoils.<\/p>\n<p>It was all square for a second time in the 2025 season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scorers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SACS 18 (6) &#8211;<\/strong> Tries: Sango Zangqa, Quewinn Lackay. Conversion: Mikey Skeeles. Penalties: Mikey Skeeles (2); <strong>Bishops 18 (7) &#8211;<\/strong> Tries: Noah Edmunds, Ethan Venter. Conversion: Christian Toweel. Penalties: Christian Toweel (2).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other Results<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>U19 &#8211;<\/strong> SACS II 10 Bishops II 10.<\/p>\n<p><strong>U16 &#8211;<\/strong> SACS A 15 Bishops A 0.<\/p>\n<p><strong>U15 &#8211;<\/strong> SACS A 15 Bishops A 3.<\/p>\n<p><strong>U14 &#8211;<\/strong> SACS A 19 Bishops A 12.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just as had happened in May, the SACS and Bishops 1st XVs drew. Back then, it was 14-14. On Saturday, on Memorial A Field, it ended 18-18. It began well for the visitors, who made a flying start, scoring in only the third minute. 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