{"id":93549,"date":"2026-04-15T13:58:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T11:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=93549"},"modified":"2026-04-15T13:58:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T11:58:36","slug":"rhenish-and-oranje-resume-battle-for-supremacy-on-a-busy-weekend-of-hockey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=93549","title":{"rendered":"Rhenish and Oranje resume battle for supremacy on a busy weekend of hockey"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rhenish is gearing up to host Oranje in Stellenbosch. Photo: Belgotex Sport<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The St Mary\u2019s Waverley Hockey Festival<\/a><\/strong>, which took place in Johannesburg last month, rubberstamped a point: school girls\u2019 hockey in South Africa is thriving.<\/p>\n

The festival brought together some of the country\u2019s top sides, and it ended with Sekond\u00eare Meisieskool Oranje<\/strong> claiming top honours after beating Die Ho\u00ebrskool Menlopark 2-0 in the final<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

While Oranje got past Rhenish Girls’ High<\/strong> in the semi-finals, there was little to separate the sides. Their clash ended in a goalless draw, but went Oranje’s way after an eight-second penalty shootout.<\/p>\n

It was the second time the sides had met in as many weeks. They had also shared a pulsating 2-2 draw at the Greg Beling Festival<\/strong> in East London.<\/p>\n

When Oranje and Rhenish face off again, one thing is certain: it will be a showdown of the best versus the best, and that’s something not often seen in the boys’ game.<\/p>\n

Their third meeting of 2026 takes place in Stellenbosch on Thursday night. It will\u00a0kick-start a bumper hockey weekend for both sides.<\/p>\n

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Oranje will aim to continue their brilliant start to the season against Rhenish and Paarl Girls’ High. Photo: Oranje on Facebook<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“I think playing Oranje for the third time in less than a month is really exciting,” Rhenish head coach Chris Gerber told SuperSport Schools Plus<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

“We pride ourselves on playing against the best as much as possible, and this will be another big test.<\/p>\n

“They will come out firing, and we need to make sure we stay composed and structured as much as possible.”<\/p>\n

After going down in their showdown semifinal with Oranje at St Mary’s Waverley, Gerber\u2019s side drew with St Mary’s DSG, Kloof<\/strong>, the 2025 winners, and finished joint third.<\/p>\n

“After St Mary’s, we had a good review of where we are and where we are going as a side,” Gerber said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur key takeaways were that we still played good, structured hockey and didn’t let the [25-minute] format stop us from doing so.”<\/p>\n

After facing Oranje on Thursday, Rhenish will head to Gqeberha<\/strong> to take on Collegiate Girls’ High<\/strong> in a derby that’s grown into one of the country’s premier clashes over the past couple of seasons.<\/p>\n

Last year, the sides drew 1-1 in Stellenbosch<\/a><\/strong>, and coach Gerber expects a tough outing against coach Michael Abrahams’<\/strong> charges.<\/p>\n

“This clash will again be a very nice, strong fixture for us. They are a quality side, and we will have to be in top form.<\/p>\n

“The girls are mentally strong and very determined, so they know what we are working towards and what our objectives are.<\/p>\n

“When it comes to these big fixtures, the girls are excited and ready to go.”<\/p>\n

Other matches<\/strong><\/p>\n

On their Western Cape tour, Oranje will also face Paarl Girls’ High<\/strong> on Friday night.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, HMS Bloemhof<\/strong> hosts Parel Vallei<\/strong> on Friday, while Rustenburg Girls’ High<\/strong> tackles Fairmont High <\/strong>on Thursday.<\/p>\n

FIXTURES<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thursday, 16 April<\/strong><\/p>\n

17:00 – Fairmont vs Rustenburg Girls’ High
\n18:45 – Rhenish vs Oranje<\/p>\n

Friday, 17 April<\/strong><\/p>\n

18:15 – Herschel vs DF Akademie
\n18:30 \u2013 Paarl Girls’ High vs Oranje
\n18:30 – Bloemhof vs Parel Vallei
\n19:00 – Paarl Gimnasium vs La Rochelle<\/p>\n

Saturday, 18 April<\/strong><\/p>\n

10:30 – Collegiate\u00a0vs Rhenish<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The St Mary\u2019s Waverley Hockey Festival, which took place in Johannesburg last month, rubberstamped a point: school girls\u2019 hockey in South Africa is thriving. The festival brought together some of the country\u2019s top sides, and it ended with Sekond\u00eare Meisieskool Oranje claiming top honours after beating Die Ho\u00ebrskool Menlopark 2-0 in the final. While Oranje […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":93605,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93549","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\/93549","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\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=93549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93549\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/93605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=93549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=93549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=93549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}