{"id":92118,"date":"2026-03-20T08:25:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T06:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=92118"},"modified":"2026-03-20T08:25:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T06:25:14","slug":"paul-roos-and-affies-renew-rivalry-in-early-season-king-price-derby-series-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=92118","title":{"rendered":"Paul Roos and Affies renew rivalry in early-season King Price Derby Series clash"},"content":{"rendered":"
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TIAA BASSON, captain and outside centre of Paul Roos Gimnasium. PHOTO: Charmaine Sander<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It may still be early in the season, but two of South Africa\u2019s top school teams will already square off this Saturday.<\/p>\n

The Afrikaanse Ho\u00ebr Seunskool will travel to Stellenbosch for the first time since 2015 to face Paul Roos Gimnasium in a King Price Derby Series clash.<\/p>\n

Catch all the action live on SuperSport Schools<\/a> (www.supersportschools.com<\/a>) as well as on DStv Channel 216.<\/p>\n

In 2015, the main match of Paul Roos\u2019s rugby day, celebrating its 150th anniversary, was this very fixture.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a major occasion when two schools with such rich histories and so many boys come up against each other. This interschools just make sense. The whole event is something special,\u201d said Corn\u00e9 Uys, head coach of Paul Roos.<\/p>\n

The first teams have, however, met every year since 2022 at the Noord\/Suid or Wildeklawer tournaments. This year, 31 rugby matches and 17 hockey matches will take place during the interschools event.<\/p>\n

Both schools\u2019 first teams are regarded by experts as among the favourites to finish at least in the top three school teams in the country this year.<\/p>\n

The team from the Eikestad had three players last year – Lehan Barnard (hooker), Travis Pheiffer (flyhalf), and Tiaan Basson (centre), who were included in SA Rugby\u2019s u17 High Performance group.<\/p>\n

Affies\u2019 captain and lock, Martin van Niekerk, as well as the lively hooker, Carl Els, were also part of the national group. The duel at hooker between Els and Barnard should therefore be one of the highlights.<\/p>\n

The home side\u2019s captain, Basson, will have to be contained at inside centre by Affies. Last year, he represented the Western Province XV at Craven Week and also made a name for himself as an exchange student at Cheltenham College in England.<\/p>\n

Affies\u2019 Wit Bulle beat Waterkloof 34\u201320 last week in their first outing of the season. Paul Roos kicked off their season with a 24\u20137 victory over HTS Drostdy and also beat Wynberg Boys\u2019 High 15\u20135 earlier this week during the WP Rugby Day.<\/p>\n

The latter match was only 20 minutes per half, and no place-kicking was allowed.<\/p>\n

In 2015, Paul Roos won 29\u201312 with Damian Willemse at flyhalf, while Ruan de Swardt was his direct opponent. Willemse has since helped the Springboks win two World Cups, while De Swardt has represented the Proteas on the cricket field.<\/p>\n

\u201cHome-ground advantage will definitely play a role. The team that controls the set pieces and dominates at the breakdowns on the day will walk off as victors,\u201d said Ruan Jacobs, head coach of Affies.<\/p>\n

The teams:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Paul Roos Gimnasium:<\/strong> 15 Kyle Snyers, 14 Jean Hamman, 13 Tiaan Basson (captain), 12 Albert Nel, 11 Cadynn Samuels, 10 Travis Pheiffer, 9 Tristan Armitage, 8 Werner de Bruin, 7 Gerard Bekker, 6 Christian le Roux, 5 Sebastian Cilliers, 4 Stef de Villiers, 3 Zak Steyn, 2 Lehan Barnard, 1 Thomas Meyer.<\/p>\n

Affies:<\/strong> 15 Kyle van Staden, 14 Dandr\u00e9 Brink, 13 Estian Marx, 12 Juan Ferreira, 11 Joshua Gouws, 10 Reuben Smith, 9 Fourie Roberts, 8 Janno Geyser, 7 Caleb Pretorius, 6 Lohan Bitzer, 5 Reubenne Vlok, 4 Martin van Niekerk (captain), 3 Hannes Nagel, 2 Carl Els, 1 Francois de Beer.<\/p>\n

Referee: <\/strong>Wickus Nell.
\nKick-Off:<\/strong> 12:30<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It may still be early in the season, but two of South Africa\u2019s top school teams will already square off this Saturday. The Afrikaanse Ho\u00ebr Seunskool will travel to Stellenbosch for the first time since 2015 to face Paul Roos Gimnasium in a King Price Derby Series clash. Catch all the action live on SuperSport […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":92121,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92118","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\/92118","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=92118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92118\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/92121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=92118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=92118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=92118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}