{"id":96146,"date":"2026-05-22T07:50:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T05:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=96146"},"modified":"2026-05-22T07:50:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T05:50:42","slug":"bishops-out-to-right-the-ship-in-king-price-derby-series-at-durbanville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=96146","title":{"rendered":"Bishops out to right the ship in King Price Derby Series at Durbanville"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_96149\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-96149\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-96149\" src=\"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Durbies-Bishops-2026-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-96149\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Durbies will be hungry to take the cake at home. Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/hoerskool_durbanville?igsh=azd1aWNreHh6YjNy\"><strong>Ho\u00ebrskool Durbanville.<\/strong><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After a comfortable 64-5 success against <a href=\"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/boishaai-dismantles-the-jade-brigade-durbies-dumps-tygerberg\/\"><strong>Ho\u00ebrskool Tygerberg<\/strong><\/a> last weekend, <strong>Ho\u00ebrskool Durbanville<\/strong> will go into their <strong>King Price Derby Series<\/strong> clash against Bishops with confidence.<\/p>\n<p>The teams take to the field for a 12:30 kickoff.<\/p>\n<p>Last weekend, the visitors lost 14-66 at <a href=\"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/gimmies-run-riot-at-home-boland-landbou-edges-out-sacs\/\"><strong>Paarl Gimnasium<\/strong><\/a>, arguably the most in-form side in the country, which extended Bishops&#8217; run of losses to five.<br \/>\nThose five matches also included two southern suburbs&#8217; derbies and a long trek to KwaZulu-Natal to take on a tough <a href=\"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/muddied-on-gilfillan-field-hiltons-record-still-clean-after-win-over-bishops\/\"><strong>Hilton College<\/strong><\/a> team.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s no let-up. More tough games await Bishops, so the <strong>King Price Derby Series<\/strong> clash is an opportunity to pick up a win, to put it in plain terms.<\/p>\n<p>Last weekend, outside centre <strong>Danny Newton<\/strong> showed off some exciting skills, even in the absence of his centre partner, <strong>Eljaron Geduld<\/strong>. He and hooker <strong>Joe Lanning<\/strong> were the only members of the visiting side to get over <em><strong>Gimmies<\/strong><\/em>&#8216; try line.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Durbanville <\/strong>is not short of talent. Without blindside flank <strong>Zay-Winn Januarie<\/strong> up for selection last weekend, openside flank <strong>Jean de Vries<\/strong> rose to the occasion to bag two tries. Fullback <strong>Wihan Roux<\/strong>, who also contributes many points off the kicking tee, also went over for a brace.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s expected to be a tight contest. Bishops will aim to end a streak of five losses, and Durbanville will aim to start a streak by winning back-to-back matches for the first time this season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The teams:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ho\u00ebrskool Durbanville:<\/strong> 15 Wihan Roux, 14 Raydon Williams, 13 Farrel-Leigh Dido, 12 Louwrens Rademeyer, 11 Cole Carls, 10 Hadley Erasmus, 9 Lorenzo Brogneri, 8 Muller Jansen van Vuuren, 7 Jano Hearn, 6 Jean de Vries, 5 Jano Stone, 4 Jeandr\u00e9 Janse van Rensburg, 3 Hanno Rhode, 2 Tristen Muller, 1 Hannes Vermeulen.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Diocesan College:<\/strong> 15 Miyolo Ngculu, 14 Jono Horton, 13 Danny Newton, 12 Christian Toweel, 11 Elihle Tsobo, 10 Caleb Clark, 9 Jack Fleck, 8 Jack Venter, 7 Connor Clark, 6 James Gordon, 5 Alex Vintcent (captain), 4 Dan Coetzee, 3 Jack Hibling, 2 Joe Lanning, 1 Jarred Kowen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a comfortable 64-5 success against Ho\u00ebrskool Tygerberg last weekend, Ho\u00ebrskool Durbanville will go into their King Price Derby Series clash against Bishops with confidence. The teams take to the field for a 12:30 kickoff. Last weekend, the visitors lost 14-66 at Paarl Gimnasium, arguably the most in-form side in the country, which extended Bishops&#8217; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":96149,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96146","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\/96146","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=96146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96146\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/96149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=96146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=96146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=96146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}