{"id":8619,"date":"2019-03-26T13:24:19","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T13:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rugby.supersportschools.com\/sacs-unlock-zambezi-steelers-defence-in-43-24-victory\/"},"modified":"2019-03-26T13:24:19","modified_gmt":"2019-03-26T13:24:19","slug":"sacs-unlock-zambezi-steelers-defence-in-43-24-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=8619","title":{"rendered":"SACS &#8220;unlock&#8221; Zambezi Steelers defence in 43-24 victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-8549\" style=\"margin: 0px 10px 5px 0px; float: left;\" src=\"https:\/\/rugby.supersportschools.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/NewsGSACS.jpg\" alt=\"NewsGSACS\" width=\"400\" height=\"296\" \/>SACS didn\u2019t experience too much trouble unlocking the Zambezi Steelers\u2019 defence as they won the encounter by 43-24 during the opening day of the World Schools Festival in die Markotter Stadium in Stellenbosch.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Both SACS\u2019 locks, <strong>Jordan Thomas<\/strong> (captain) and <strong>Enos Ndiao<\/strong>, managed to score a brace of tries to round off impressive performances by both of them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Thomas deservedly won the award as Man-of-the-Match as he grinded at the breakdowns, led his team from the front as well as found time to get in a few runs with the ball in hand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The centre pairing of <strong>Robin Aspeling<\/strong> and <strong>Rihaz Hendricks<\/strong> also impressed with their performance for the winning side. Both managed to find some promising gaps in the Steelers\u2019 defence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For the Zambezi Steelers, from Zimbabwe, their flyhalf and captain, <strong>Thabonga Ngonyama<\/strong>, impressed with his attacking flair and ability. Ngonyama\u2019s style of play would\u2019ve definitely reminded South African rugby fans of former Free State Cheetahs superstar <strong>Kennedy Tsimba<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Tsimba these days are plying his trade as Director of Rugby at St Alban\u2019s College in Pretoria. Ngonyama is a pupil from Peterhouse, which also produced Springbok prop Tendai \u201cBeast\u201d Mtawarira.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The fullback, <strong>Tinashe Hambiro<\/strong>, also impressed every time he got the opportunity to join the line.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">SACS will have a tougher job on Friday when they take on the World Schools Invitational XV. The Zambezi Steelers will Western Province XV.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Scorers:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>SACS 43 (17) \u2013<\/strong> Tries: Jordan Thomas (2), Enos Ndiao (2), Rihaz Fredericks, Hlumelo Ntweni, Matthew Hayes. Conversions: Hayes (2), Robin Aspeling (2). <strong>Zambezi Steelers 24 (5) \u2013<\/strong> Tries: Thabonga Ngonyama (2), Allen Mawande, Tinashe Hambiro. Conversions: Hambiro (2).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">[powr-comments id=&#8221;c1197c4a_1553606496212&#8243;]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SACS didn\u2019t experience too much trouble unlocking the Zambezi Steelers\u2019 defence as they won the encounter by 43-24 during the opening day of the World Schools Festival in die Markotter Stadium in Stellenbosch. Both SACS\u2019 locks, Jordan Thomas (captain) and Enos Ndiao, managed to score a brace of tries to round off impressive performances by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8549,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8619","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\/8619","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8619\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}