{"id":81860,"date":"2025-08-29T06:54:20","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T04:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=81860"},"modified":"2025-08-29T06:54:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T04:54:20","slug":"wynberg-prepares-for-final-battle-against-sacs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=81860","title":{"rendered":"Wynberg prepares for final battle against SACS"},"content":{"rendered":"
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SACS will need to read the game at speed against an electric Wynberg attack. Photo: mbl_photography4 on Instagram<\/strong><\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Since 2002, Wynberg<\/strong> has won 29 of their 43 matches against SACS, with SACS<\/strong> picking up 13 wins, while one game ended in a draw. When last they met, in June, Wynberg scored a 21-10 victory.<\/p>\n

The southern suburbs’ rivals end their seasons in the spotlight of a King Price Derby Series<\/strong> clash on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Catch the action LIVE on SuperSport Schools<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

SACS head coach Nick Maurer<\/strong> told SuperSport Schools Plus<\/strong><\/a>, it’s about more than the last match of the season: “It’s the final game for the matric pupils. It’s an emotional one. They’ll be out there representing their school for the final time,” he explained.<\/p>\n

After a few up and downs while dealing with injuries, SACS has looked strong in the latter part of the season. They’ll throw everything they have into Saturday’s clash on Hawthornden Field<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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SACS will be a threat on the counterattack. Photo: mbl_photography4 on Instagram<\/strong><\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Hooker and captain, Sango Zangqa<\/strong>, is a lead-by-example player, whose physicality will challenge Wynberg.<\/p>\n

Siphe Mbungendlu<\/strong>, at flank, has an all-out engine and he’ll be a threat at the breakdowns and when carrying the ball.<\/p>\n

The hosts will fight fire with fire. Prop, Luqobo Makwedini<\/strong>, is a cannonball of power and will ask serious questions of the SACS scrum.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Wynberg lineout will be led by their workhorse lock and captain, Jaythen Orange<\/strong>, whose immense work rate makes him a threat all over the field.<\/p>\n

The hosts’ halfbacks present a double-threat. Scrumhalf Morn\u00e9 Noble<\/strong>, distributes with pace and has a keen eye for any gaps that might appear around the fringes of rucks and mauls. Meanwhile, flyhalf Achmat Behardien<\/strong>, reads the game well and does an excellent job of identifying space. With good decision-making, he’s adept at exploiting those areas of potential weakness with his sharp kicking and passing.<\/p>\n

With both teams aiming to end their season with a derby win and many players running out for their schools for a last time, it will be an emotional clash. Who will handle those emotions better, and might SACS claim an unlikely away win?<\/p>\n

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

Wynberg vs SACS at 12:30 on Hawthornden Field this Saturday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wynberg:<\/strong> 15 Laeeq Davids, 14 Chad Campbell, 13 Kunene Gadu, 12 Daniel Oud, 11 Albert Lourens, 10 Achmat Behardien, 9 Morn\u00e9 Noble, 8 Esa van der Schyff, 7 Tjeripo Karuhumba, 6 Alvin Machinja, 5 James Orwin, 4 Jaythen Orange (captain), 3 Luqobo Makwedini, 2 Noah Gila, 1 Luke Miller.<\/p>\n

SACS:<\/strong> 15 Quewinn Lackay, 14 Josh Gorgens, 13 Imtiaz Abrahams, 12 Mikey Skeeles, 11 Josh Pfister, 10 Nathan Potgieter, 9 Matt Forbes, 8 Thando Sithole, 7 Harrison Bell, 6 Siphe Mbungendlu, 5 RJ Cunningham, 4 Reuben De Klerk, 3 Rory Bachmann, 2 Sango Zangqa (captain), 1 Qawe Sawuka.<\/p>\n

Referee:<\/strong> Jaco Smith.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Since 2002, Wynberg has won 29 of their 43 matches against SACS, with SACS picking up 13 wins, while one game ended in a draw. When last they met, in June, Wynberg scored a 21-10 victory. The southern suburbs’ rivals end their seasons in the spotlight of a King Price Derby Series clash on Saturday. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":81862,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81860","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\/81860","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=81860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81860\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/81862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}