{"id":93905,"date":"2026-04-19T12:24:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T10:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=93905"},"modified":"2026-04-19T12:24:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T10:24:04","slug":"sacs-claims-derby-win-oakdale-defeats-durbies-charlies-handles-hopefield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=93905","title":{"rendered":"SACS claims derby win, Oakdale defeats Durbies, Charlies handles Hopefield"},"content":{"rendered":"
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SACS rose to the challenge, scoring a hard-fought 22-17 win over Bishops after both of their matches last year ended in draws. Photo: Andrew Pieterse.<\/strong><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After two draws and a loss to Bishops <\/b>in their most recent battles, SACS<\/strong> made their home crowd proud at Memorial Field<\/strong> on Saturday, defeating their southern suburbs’ rival 22-17.<\/p>\n

The hosts were on fire from the get-go, going up 15-0 just past the 20-minute mark.<\/p>\n

Centres James Sale<\/strong> and Luca Orgill<\/strong> both crossed the whitewash, and flyhalf Jake Dave<\/strong> added another try as halftime drew near.<\/p>\n

Just before the break, Bishops hit back hard, with inside centre Boytjie Fyfer<\/strong> squirming his way through the defence to dot down under the posts.<\/p>\n

At halftime, SACS led 22-10.<\/p>\n

Throughout the second half, the visitors clawed their way back into the game. They scored their second try of the match when right wing Elihle Tsobo<\/strong> spotted space down his flank and stabbed a grubber through for Fyfer, who chased and then pounced on the ball for his second five-pointer.<\/p>\n

Despite the centre’s tries and Bishops’ sterling second stanza effort, SACS held on for a much-desired victory.<\/p>\n

Oakdale Landbou<\/strong> made the journey from Riversdal to Cape Town to take on Ho\u00ebrskool Durbanville<\/strong>. In a tough battle, the visitors fought their way to a 21-7 victory.<\/p>\n

They were exceptional in the lineouts and at set scrums, using both set pieces as attacking weapons.<\/p>\n

Their physicality took a toll on the hosts and brought rewards, with fullback Andr\u00e9 van der Merwe<\/strong> bursting through a rolling maul and scoring in the first half. In the second half, lock Rico Ferreira<\/strong> and outside centre Myburgh Eksteen<\/strong> also went over for tries.<\/p>\n

Durbies<\/strong><\/em> pulled one back, notching a try after a snipe from scrumhalf Lorenzo Brogneri<\/strong>. He sliced through the middle from the base of a ruck, and then offloaded to flyhalf Hadley Erasmus<\/strong>, who provided the finish. He also converted his try to make it a seven-point play.<\/p>\n

A couple of stiff assignments await Oakdale at the ABSA Wildeklawer<\/strong> Festival<\/strong>. They face Westville Boys’ High<\/strong> on Saturday, 25 April, and Paul Roos Gimnasium<\/strong> on Monday, 27 April.<\/p>\n

Ho\u00ebrskool Charlie Hofmeyr<\/strong> secured victory at home, beating Ho\u00ebrskool Hopefield<\/strong> 29-10 on Saturday.\u00a0The hosts appeared to have an extra level of synchronicity at the set pieces, and they also dominated the collisions.<\/p>\n

Fullback Shandley<\/strong> Burrows<\/strong> contributed 14 points to Charlies<\/strong><\/em>‘ win, <\/strong>scoring a try, kicking three conversions, and a penalty.<\/em><\/p>\n

Hopefield scored two entertaining tries. The first came when their large and speedy eighthman Vis Frey was put into space from an offload by flyhalf Jordan Loubser<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The second came via a pass, which was toe-poked through, chased, and dotted down by hooker Ewout Oosthuizen<\/strong>. Those tries made it tight at the break, with Charlie Hofmeyr only 12-10 ahead.<\/p>\n

They pulled clear in the second half, exhibiting better stamina as they added two converted tries and a penalty to take their victory margin to 19 points.<\/p>\n

It was the second week in succession that they won by 19 points. They beat Hoerskool Strand<\/strong> 43-24 the previous weekend.<\/p>\n

Scorers<\/strong><\/p>\n

SACS 22 (22) –<\/strong> Tries: James Sale, Luca Orgill, Jake Dave. Conversions: Dave (2). Penalty: Dave. Diocesan College 17 (10) –<\/strong> Tries: Boytjie Fyfer (2). Conversions: Caleb Clark (2). Penalty: Clark.<\/p>\n

Oakdale Landbou 21 (7) –<\/strong> Tries: Rico Ferreira, Andr\u00e9 van der Merwe, Myburgh Eksteen. Conversions: Nathan-Lee Gordon (3). Ho\u00ebrskool Durbanville 7 (0) –<\/strong> Try: Hadley Erasmus. Conversion: Erasmus.<\/p>\n

Ho\u00ebrskool Charlie Hofmeyr 29 (12) –<\/strong> Tries: Dewald Jaars, Randall Muller, Henry Willemse, Shandley Burrows. Conversions: Burrows (3). Penalty: Burrows. Ho\u00ebrskool Hopefield 10 (10) –<\/strong> Tries: Vis Frey, Ewout Oosthuizen.<\/p>\n

Results<\/strong><\/p>\n

U19<\/strong><\/p>\n

SACS I 22 Bishops I 17
\nOakdale I 21 Durbanville I 7
\nCharlie Hofmeyr I 29 Hopefield I 10
\nSACS II 20 Bishops II 20<\/p>\n

U16<\/strong><\/p>\n

A:<\/strong> SACS 29 Bishops 7<\/p>\n

U15<\/strong><\/p>\n

A:<\/strong> SACS 12 Bishops 15<\/p>\n

U14<\/strong><\/p>\n

A:<\/strong> SACS 19 Bishops 7<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After two draws and a loss to Bishops in their most recent battles, SACS made their home crowd proud at Memorial Field on Saturday, defeating their southern suburbs’ rival 22-17. The hosts were on fire from the get-go, going up 15-0 just past the 20-minute mark. Centres James Sale and Luca Orgill both crossed the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":93906,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93905","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\/93905","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=93905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93905\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/93906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=93905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=93905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=93905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}