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Die verdedigende kampioen van die Virseker Beeldtrofee vir Grootskole, Helpmekaar-kollege, sal sy titel Saterdag teen Lichtenburg op laasgenoemde se tuisveld verdedig.

Helpies het gesukkel om Ligbron Saterdag op Ermelo met 27-15 te klop. Die span van die Goudstad se heelagter, Chuiner van Rooyen, was soos altyd op sy stukke. Dit was veral sy stelskopwerk in moeilike winderige omstandighede wat sy span op die ou einde deurgetrek het. Hy het al drie sy span se drieë verdoel en ook twee strafdoele tussen deur die pale gejaag.

Van Rooyen het ook ’n briljante individuele drie gedruk waar hy bykans deur die hele span van Ligbron gehardloop het. Die wedstryd was ’n stryd tussen Ligbron se groot pak voorspelers en die vluvoetige en vaardige agterhoede van Helpmekaar.

Buiten Van Rooyen het die kantman Robbie Slabbert ook uitstekende werk by die afbreekpunte verrig. Hy sak aan die kant van die skrum in die plek van die Helpies se SA Skole A-span flank, Mark Snyman, wat nie vir die span se laaste twee wedstryde beskikbaar was nie. Slabbert behoort vir die eindstryd terug na slot te skuif.

Lichtenburg het op sy tuisveld oor te veel skietgoed vir Vereeniging Gimnasium beskik en met 48-17 as oorwinnaars van die veld gestap. Die Liggies het die besoekers in die eerste helfte geblitzkrieg en binne die eerste kwart van die wedstryd reeds vier drieë gedruk.

Gimmies het voor die kragmeting per gemiddeld minder as vier punte per wedstryd afgestaan. Niks het in die wedstryd vir Gimmies uitgewerk nie en die span het ’n slegte dag op kantoor beleef wat nog lank by hom sal spook.

Liggies het al die foute wat Gimmies het dadelik uitgebuit. Vir Gimmies het sy kaptein en heelagter, Jan Labuschagné, vleuel Edrich Jacobs en haker Enrico Robbertse moedig probeer.

In Vanderbijlpark sou die vreugdevure Saterdag ook hoog gebrand het. Transvalia het ’n span in elk van die jonger spanne se eindstryde. Dié skool se o.16-span het op ’n drafstap met Frikkie Meyer van Thabazimbi (45-7) klaargespeel. Hulle sal in die eindstryd teen Oos-Moot van Pretoria te staan kom. Oos-Moot het Ligbron met 32-28 uitgeskakel.

Transvalia se o.15-span het nie veel probleme ondervind om sy eweknie van die Hoërskool Pietersburg met 36-15 te troef. Hy sal in die eindstryd teen Helpmekaar te staan kom. Helpies se o.15-span het Frikkie Meyer met 35-15 in die ander halfeindstryd geklop.

In die o.14-afdeling het Transvalia vir Potchefstroom Gimnasium met 36-10 die loef afgesteek, terwyl Rob Ferreira in die ander halfeindstryd ’n naelskraapse sege van 12-11 oor Helpmekaar behaal het.

Puntemakers: 

Helpmekaar 27 (13) – Drieë: Chuiner van Rooyen, Zandré Kruger, Robbie Slabbert. Doelskoppe: Van Rooyen (3). Strafdoele: Van Rooyen (2). Ligbron 15 (7) – Drieë: Lwazi Sithole, Hamilton Muisi. Doelskop: Gert Cronjé. Strafdoel: Cronjé. 

Lichtenburg 48 – Drieë: Henk Venter (2), Bertru Jones (2), Corno Lubbe, Evardi Boshoff, Lohan Jahns, Donovan Serfontein. Doelskoppe: Jahns (2), Rabie van Zyl, Boshoff. Vereeniging Gimnasium 17 –

Ander spanne: 

o.16: Oos-Moot 32, Ligbron 28; Transvalia 45, Frikkie Meyer 7. 

o.15: Helpmekaar 35, Frikkie Meyer 15; Transvalia 36, Hoërskool Pietersburg 15.

o.14: Rob Ferreira 12, Helpmekaar 11; Transvalia 36, Potchefstroom Gimnasium 10.

Die Goue Leeus se werwers sal hul afrigters baie moeite spaar indien hulle die Hoërskool Waterkloof se eerstespan na volgende jaar se seisoen kontrakteer. Klofies het nou wel danksy ’n drie slegs drie minute voor die eindfluitjie deur EG Jansen se plaasvervanger-vleuel, Franklin Wagner, met 31-34 die knie in die halfeindstryd van die Virseker Beeldtrofee vir Makroskole gebuig, maar die span speel sonder twyfel dieselfde opwindende voetbal as die Leeus.

Wagner het verlede week na ’n besering eers sy terugkeer tot die span van Boksburg se span gemaak. Jansies het met sy drie vir die eerste keer in die kragmeting die voortou geneem. Die span van Boksburg se kaptein en haker, Werner Fourie, en skrumskakel, Ginter Smuts, verdien lof dat hul nooit moed opgegee het nie.

Klofies se losskakel, Ulrich Maritz, was uitstaande met sy besluitneming asook taktiese skopwerk was uitmuntend was. Die heelagter, Duhan Gunther, asook die stut Wernich Barnard, was ook dorings in Jansies se vlees.

Die ander halfeindstryd van die reeks tussen Monument en Garsfontein sal eers Dinsdag in Krugersdorp beslis word. Die twee spanne het albei spelers aan die nasionale skolespanne afgestaan en daarom is die wedstryd geskuif.

Op ’n winderige Ermelo het Helpmekaar-kollege se heelagter, Chuiner van Rooyen, met ’n skitterende skopvertoning die verdedigende kampioen tot ’n sege van 27-15 oor Ligbron gehelp om sy plek in die Grootskole-eindstryd te bespreek. Van Rooyen het buiten sy skopwerk ook ’n drie gedruk waar hy feitlik deur die hele Ligbron vanuit die laaste vesting genael het.

Helpies sal nou na Lichtenburg moet reis om sy titel in die eindstryd teen die Hoërskool Lichtenburg te verdedig. Die Liggies het op sy tuisveld sy halfeindstryd teen Vereeniging Gimnasium redelik gemaklik met 48-17 gewen.

Ben Viljoen sal in die Mediumskole-afdeling sy titel as kampioen teen Vryburg gaan verdedig. Ben Viljoen moes sweet om Die Wilgers met 29-21 te verslaan. Vryburg het heelwat gemakliker verby Brandwag van Benoni (44-8) in sy halfeindstryd gekom. Vryburg se binnesenter, Johan Pelser, het 24 punte tot die sege bygedra. Hy het ’n drie gedruk, al vyf sy span se drieë verdoel en ook met drie strafdoele geslaag.

Welkom Gimnasium het op Griekwa-park in Kimberley sy plek in die eindstryd van die Kovsiestreek-kompetisie se Shimla-liga (vir mediumskole) met ’n sege van 37-19 oor Noord-Kaap. Dit was die derde keer wat die spanne mekaar vanjaar ontmoet het met Gimmies wat die eerste wedstryd oortuigend met 32-5 gewen het, terwyl Noord-Kaap tydens die Wildeklawer-toernooi die bordjies met 34-32 verhang het.

Gimmies is die verdedigende kampioen van die liga en sal teen die wenner van die ander halfeindstryd wat more tussen Grey-kollege en Voortrekker in Bethlehem plaasvind te staan kom.

In dié kompetisie se Irawa-liga (vir kleinskole) het die Hoërskool Kalahari se Leeus van Kuruman met ’n klinkende sege van 41-3 oor Bothaville dit duidelik gemaak dat hy nie maklik in sy opmars na die titel gestuit gaan word nie.

St. Andrew van Bloemfontein sal vir hom volgende week in die eindstryd wag na hy op sy tuisveld vir Hennenman met 29-10 getroef het.

VIRSEKER BEELDTROFEE HALFEINDRONDE

Makroskole: EG Jansen 34, Waterkloof 31.

Grootskole: Lichtenburg 48, Vereeniging Gimnasium 17; Helpmekaar 27, Ligbron 15.

Mediumskole: Vryburg 44, Brandwag (Benoni) 8; Ben Viljoen 29, Die Wilgers 21.

Middelskole: Schweizer-Reneke 24, Carletonville 12; Zeerust 62, Steelcrest 0.

Kleinskole: Koster 43, Curro Roodeplaat 3; Curro Heuwelkruin 31, Stella 6.

VRYSTAAT/GRIEKWAS

Grey-kollege 34, Paul Roos Gimnasium 32; Welkom Gimnasium 37, Noord-Kaap 19; Kalahari 41, Bothaville 3; St. Andrew 29, Hennenman 10; Retief (Kestell) 17, HLNK Jan Kempdorp 10; Sand du Plessis 18, Theunissen 17.

SA Schools coach Lance Sendin on Saturday lauded his team’s character as a last-gasp try secured them a 13-12 victory against England in the final round of the U19 International Series at Paarl Boys’ High to secure a whitewash in the tournament.

In a strange twist to the final day’s play, a missed conversion by the SA Schools A team, meanwhile, saw them go down 17-18 against Wales. In the opening match of the day, Italy defeated France 30-21.

“The guys hung in there against England and showed guts and good character,” said Sendin. “The players became men today because this was a hard-fought Test match. The victory was also just reward for all their hard work, and I am very proud that they finished the tournament unbeaten.”

Erasmus, meanwhile, admitted that his team was not at their best against Wales and said: “I am very disappointed, we didn’t play as well as we wanted to. But looking back at the tournament as a whole, it was a fantastic opportunity for the players to measure themselves against international competition.”

The SA Schools team struck first in their clash against England with fullback Gianni Lombard slotting over a penalty goal in the 17th minute, after missing an earlier attempt. This lead, however, was short-lived as England scored a try from a pick-and-go compliments of No 8 Tom Willis.

Both teams were dealt a blow soon after as they were reduced to 14 men, while England found themselves playing with 13 men for three minutes in the closing stages of the half as they received a second yellow card. The hosts, in particular, showed courage on attack as they ran hard at England, but mistakes at crucial times combined with the visitors’ tenacious defence left them trailing 5-3 at the break.

The second half was equally intense, but England used their powerful forwards well to force their way onto the front foot, and it paid off as Willis scored his second try to hand them a 12-3 lead. Lombard slotted over his second penalty goal in the 54th minute to reduce the deficit to 12-6, which put them within range of winning the match with a converted try.

And they did just that as captain Salmaan Moerat crashed over on the stroke of fulltime. The successful conversion by Lombard sealed the 13-12 win.

The first half between the SA Schools A team and Wales was tight as both sides tried hard to make their presence felt on attack and put their bodies on the line on defence. Each side lost a player to a yellow card during the first 15 minutes, but the SA Schools A team managed to score a try from a rolling maul compliments of flanker Francke Horn.

The home team, however, suffered a blow shortly before the break as flyhalf Tyrone Green was sin-binned, but their solid defence throughout the half limited Wales to only a penalty despite their determined efforts to cross the chalk.

Wales continued to threaten in the opening exchanges of the second half, which allowed scrumhalf Dane Blacker to dash to the tryline for an 8-7 lead while Green was still in the sin bin. SA Schools A fullback Austin Davids missed a penalty soon after, but Green pushed the side ahead with a stunning try after kicking the ball through and gathering to touch down. The remaining minutes were thrilling as Wales scored two tries, while Mark Snyman scored a vital try for the hosts in the last minute. The unsuccessful conversion, however, saw them go down 18-17.

SA Schools 13 (3) England 12 (5)

SA Schools – Try: Salmaan Moerat. Conversion: Gianni Lombard. Penalty Goals: Gianni Lombard (2).

England – Tries: Tom Willis (2). Conversion: James Grayson.

SA Schools A 17 (7) Wales 18 (3)

SA Schools A – Tries: Franke Horn, Mark Snyman, Tyrone Green. Conversion: Austin Davids.
Wales – Tries: Cameron Lewis, Corey Baldwin, Dane Blacker. Penalty Goal: Ben Jones.

Issued by SA Rugby Communications

The second to last game of the season’s Premier Interschools Derby’s takes place on Saturday the 20th of August when Boland Landbou hosts fellow agricultural school Oakdale from Riversdale for their annual interschools.

The two schools have been playing each other on yearly basis since 1992 and this year they will meet for the 23rd time. The first few meetings were very close and home ground advantage played a huge role. It was only in 2001 that an away team won for the first time when Boland Landbou with a certain Derick Hougaard at pivot, took the honours 15-0 in Riversdale.

For the next eight years Boland dominated the Interschools and Oakdale only managed one win which was in 2005. The score on the day was 8-6 in a very hard fought game in Riversdale. The 2009 Interschools was abandoned due to flooded fields at Oakdale. Home ground advantage has been key in the past five years and this might may well continue in 2016.

At the moment Boland hold the overall upper hand by winning fourteen of the games while Oakdale have won eight, with one draw.

Scores through the years:

1992:  Landbou 15 Oakdale 6

1993:  Landbou 6 Oakdale 26

1994:  Landbou 18 Oakdale 11

1995:  Landbou 18 Oakdale 19

1996:  Landbou 26 Oakdale 0

1997:  Landbou 22 Oakdale 26

1998:  Landbou 16 Oakdale 12

1999:  Landbou 23 Oakdale 23

2000:  Landbou 31 Oakdale 7

2001:  Landbou 15 Oakdale 0

2002:  Landbou 14 Oakdale 5

2003:  Landbou 20 Oakdale 12

2004:  Landbou 11 Oakdale 7

2005:  Landbou 6 Oakdale 8

2006:  Landbou 17 Oakdale 0

2007:  Landbou 27 Oakdale 19

2008:  Landbou 16 Oakdale 8

2009:  DNP

2010:  Landbou 0 Oakdale 3

2011:  Landbou 3 Oakdale 34

2012:  Landbou 38 Oakdale 19

2013:  Landbou 10 Oakdale 29

2014: Landbou  13 Oakdale 7

2015: Landbou   19 Oakdale 21

Current Season:

Boland Landbou has played sixteen games so far this season winning twelve and losing just four. Two of these losses were against highly rated Paarl neighbours Gymnasium and Boys High. The latter being a very close affair which saw the Number One ranked team only able to secure the win in the final minutes of the game.  They also suffered a loss against Diamantveld at Wildeklawer and a very surprising one in their last match against a struggling Wynberg Boys High. 

Results for 2016:

Date	Opp	For	Against
2016/03/12	Langenhoven Gim	32	13
2016/03/15	Bishops	25	10
2016/03/19	Kempton Park	69	10
2016/03/21	Menlopark	50	10
2016/04/09	Paarl Gim	14	34
2016/04/16	SACS	28	18
2016/04/23	Strand	71	12
2016/04/30	Diamantveld	12	17
2016/05/02	Waterkloof	30	20
2016/05/07	Rondebosch	48	15
2016/05/14	Framesby	31	26
2016/05/28	Stellenberg	34	22
2016/06/04	DF Malan	111	5
2016/06/11	HJS Paarl	24	31
2016/07/23	Bishops	47	19
2016/07/30	Wynberg BHS	34	37

Boland also produced three Craven Week players in centre Henco Marais, scrumhalf Deon Carstens and loose forward Athi Magwala. Inspirational captain Captain Heinrich Brendel also captained the WP Academy team from the flank position which included team mate Jano Steenkamp as a Utility back. Magwala was also picked for the SA Schools A team.

Oakdale from Riversdale is having a stellar season having played fourteen matches and only losing three. The three defeats came against arguably the three strongest schoolboy teams in SA at the moment in Grey College, Paarl Boys High and Paarl Gymnasium.  Their best wins for the season were against highly rated Paul Roos and Outeniqua.

Results for 2016:

Results for 2016:

Date	Opp	For	Against
2016/03/12	Cordoba(Arg)	43	0
2016/03/19	Sentraal	46	0
2016/03/21	Diamantveld	17	3
2016/03/23	Die Brandwag	31	6
2016/04/11	Daniel Pienaar	48	10
2016/04/16	HTS Drostdy	26	13
2016/04/30	Welkom Gim	20	15
2016/05/02	Grey College	23	48
2016/05/14	Paul Roos	23	20
2016/05/21	Langenhoven Gim	65	3
2016/05/28	Outeniqua	22	3
2016/06/04	HJS Paarl	21	35
2016/07/23	Paarl Gim	19	41
2016/07/30	Marlow	50	12

Oakdale provided the bulk of the SWD Craven Week players with twelve players in the team from the Riversdale School. Props Dian Bleuler and Andre Posthumus, flanker WP van Heerden, scrumhalf Zinedine Booysen, flyhalf Xavier Swartbooi, centres Jaycee Nel and Nicolas van Eeden, winger Alexander Wallace and fullback Darren Adonis all made the starting fifteen of the Craven Week team. Nicolai Weber, Jaco Smith and Daniel Victor all made the reserve bench. Booysen was also picked for the SA Schools A team.

Furthermore, six players from the school also made the SWD Academy team in Marco vd Merwe, Ruan Lamprecht, JC Lourens, Stiaan Wasserman, Lian du Toit and Micyle Roelofse. The Oakdale team is thus packed with provincial players and Boland will have their hands full to keep them at bay.

The game will be broadcast live on SuperSport Select (channel210) from 12.15

You can also catch the build-up Premier Interschools Magazine Show from Wednesday17 August at 16:30 on SS8 featuring Derick Hougaard and Johan Muller.

 

Date	Channel	Start Time	End Time	Genre	Programme	Status	Venue	Location
August 17, 2016	SS8	16:30:00	16:45:00	Rugby	Mutual & Federal Premier Interschools Build-up – 2016 – Eps. 11 – Boland Landbou vs Oakdale Landbou	Premier	Boland Landbou	Paarl
August 18, 2016	SS1 / SS1A	12:00:00	12:15:00	Rugby	Mutual & Federal Premier Interschools Build-up – 2016 – Eps. 11 – Boland Landbou vs Oakdale Landbou	Repeat	Boland Landbou	Paarl
August 19, 2016	SS1 / SS1A	12:30:00	12:45:00	Rugby	Mutual & Federal Premier Interschools Build-up – 2016 – Eps. 11 – Boland Landbou vs Oakdale Landbou	Repeat	Boland Landbou	Paarl
August 20, 2016	SS8	00:00:00	00:15:00	Rugby	Mutual & Federal Premier Interschools Build-up – 2016 – Eps. 11 – Boland Landbou vs Oakdale Landbou	Repeat	Boland Landbou	Paarl

HOër LANDBOUSKOOL BOLAND PROFILE

Boland Landbou is an Afrikaans agricultural high school that was established in 1962 in Paarl.  All the boys are hosted in hostels and there are no day learners. The Boland Agricultural Union already started campaigning for an agricultural high school in the Boland area in the early 50’s and in 1953 the then Administrator, Mr JO du Plessis in principle approved the establishment of such a school. The Department of Education formerly approved the request in 1956 and the agricultural union was tasked to find a suitable farm to host the school on. Factors that they had to consider were, distance to nearest Town, availability of power, postal distribution, water availability, size of the farm to be able to do diverse farming.

The farm “Langerug” in the Agter-Paarl area was eventually identified as the most suitable for this venture and in 1957 it was bought by the Provincial Administration for R150 000 from Mr F Hauptfleisch. By 1959 the final planning was done and building started in early 1960. The union opted for the name “Hoër Landbouskool Boland” and it was dually accepted by the Superintendent-General of Education Mr DJ Liebenberg. In 1961 the first Principle was appointed in Mr C. du Toit (Vonk) van der Merwe, who was still at Augsberg Agricultural at that stage.

On 22 January 1962 the school opened its doors for the first time and with a brand new staff Mr van der Merwe laid the foundations for the excellent institution this school has become.

Boland Landbou rugby produced their first Springbok in 1984 when prop Attie Strauss was picked for the tests between South Africa and the South American Jaguars.   

They produced a further three Boks in Lock Hottie Louw (2002), Prop Deon Carstens (2002) and Flyhalf Derick Hougaard (2003). The latter becoming the darling of Loftus and the Blue Bulls with his match winning boot in the mould of their beloved Naas Botha.

Old boys Hottie Louw and Deon Carstens have returned to help their Alma Mater in matters of rugby and both have coaching roles at the school. It is indeed great to see that they are ploughing their experience back into the school and its learners.

HOëR LANDBOUSKOOL OAKDALE PROFILE

Established in 1928, Oakdale Agricultural High School is well known countrywide for its high standard of agricultural training. Classes are small to ensure that every learner receives individual attention. A mere 80 boys are enrolled annually and applications always exceed this figure.

High marks in Natural Science and Maths, as well as an interest in fauna and flora, are requirements for acceptance, and learners come from all over the Cape, as well as the Free State and Gauteng. All teaching venues have computers and data projectors and there are also two fully equipped computer education help centres with eighty computers. In addition, the school has effective maths and reading help centres.

In the early 1920’s, the Department of Agriculture earmarked the farm “Oakdale” as a potential training farm for returning war veterans, but this never materialized. Instead it was approved in 1927 as ideal for the establishment of an agricultural school and 200 merino sheep, eight mules and four jersey cows were purchased. The school officially opened in 1928 with six boys, three from the old Transvaal and three from the Freestate. The only living space available was the old original farmhouse. In 1930 a new hostel was built that could house forty-two learners and the old farmhouse became the school building.

In 1941 the two Victorian side wings were demolished to build two much bigger wings, that is still in standing today. One was used as the hall and the other as classrooms. The latter is the Fanie du Toit Centre today.

The hostel was made bigger in 1942 and again in 1948 to be able to host the 108 learners of the time. In 1957 a second hostel for seniors was built and the school can now house around 300 boys.

Oakdale produce to date three Springbok rugby players in Flanker Pedrie Wannenburg, Centre/Flyhalf Meyer Bosman and Lock Johann Muller.

A Schools coach Lance Sendin and SA Schools A coach Sean Erasmus praised their teams for their strong performances on Tuesday in the second round of the U19 International Series at Bishops in Rondebosch, Cape Town, which earned them rewarding victories against France and England respectively.

The SA Schools team overcame a determined challenge by France for a 42-3 victory, while the SA Schools A team outscored England eight tries to two for an emphatic 53-14 victory. The victory for the SA Schools team followed on their 23-17 win against Wales last Friday.

In the opening match of the day Wales defeated Italy 41-15.

“I am very proud of the guys,” said Sendin. “We dominated up-front against a strong French pack and this created opportunities for the backs to attack. It was also pleasing to see how the backs used the ball, so we will take several positives from this game.”

Erasmus was equally pleased with his team’s performance and said: “Everyone did their bit on the field and it paid off with a quality performance. Our attack and defence was solid, which is really pleasing.”

The clash between the SA Schools team and France was bruising as both teams put their bodies on the line on attack and defence. France slotted over an early penalty, but the hosts soon found their rhythm on attack and took control of the match. This earned them back-to-back tries by winger Muller du Plessis and captain and lock Salmaan Moerat in the first 21 minutes.

France tried hard to hit back, but the defence shut them out. The SA Schools team, meanwhile, made good use of their chances, which allowed Moerat to add his second try shortly before the break as he crashed over the line following several phases to hand his team a 21-3 lead.

The home team picked up where they left off in the second half as Moerat drew the defence and passed out wide to wing Mike Mavovana, who touched down four minutes after play resumed. They were, however, dealt a blow in the 54th minute as Moerat was sin-binned for tackling a player without the ball. But this did not deter them as flyhalf Damian Willemse held off the defence to score their fifth try. The closing stages of the match were hard-fought, but Du Plessis broke through for his second try in the dying minutes to seal a 42-3 victory.

The SA Schools A team, meanwhile, were in fine form against England as they applied pressure on attack and defence from the outset. This approach paid off minutes into the match as centre Janco van Heyningen scored following a set move from a scrum, while fullback Abner van Reenen slotted over a penalty goal minutes later for a 10-0 lead.

England ran hard at the hosts, but their efforts to cross the tryline were denied by the tenacious defence. An intercept allowed winger Austin Davids to touch down for their second try, while hooker Schalk Erasmus added another from a rolling maul soon after as England were reduced to 14 men.

England hit back with a try on the stroke of halftime after stringing together phases and running hard on attack, which reduced the deficit to 22-7.

But the floodgates opened for the hosts after the break as they ran circles around England to score four tries within 20 minutes compliments of winger Tadendaishe Mujawo, Erasmus, lock Ryno Pieterse and Ayabonga Oliphant to stretch their lead to 46-7.

England responded with their second try, but this was cancelled out by the hosts’ eighth try out wide by Pieterse, which proved to be the last points of the match, and earned the SA Schools A team a 53-14 victory.

The final round of matches will be played at Paarl Boys’ High on Saturday.

Scorers:

SA Schools 42 (21) France 3 (3)

SA Schools – Tries: Damian Willemse, Mike Mavovana, Muller Du Plessis (2), Salmaan Moerat (2). Conversions: Gianni Lombard (5). Penalty Goal: Ruan De Swardt.
France – Penalty Goal: Romain Ntamack

SA Schools A 53 (22) England 14 (7)

SA Schools A – Tries: Austin Davids, Ayabonga Oliphant, Janco Van Heyningen, Ryno Pieterse (2), Schalk Erasmus (2), Tadendaishe Mujawo. Conversions: Abner Van Reenen, Austin Davids (2), Tyrone Green (2). Penalty Goal: Abner Van Reenen.

England – Tries: Gabriel Ibitoye, James Grayson. Conversions: James Grayson, Tom Parton.

Issued by SA Rugby Communications

SA Schools coach Lance Sendin has made six changes to his side for the second round of matches in the U19 International Series at Bishops in Cape Town on Tuesday, while his SA Schools A counterpart Sean Erasmus made wholesale changes to his team, with only four players retaining their places in the starting line-up. The SA Schools team will face France at 16h00 on Tuesday, while the SA Schools A team takes on England at 14h30. In the other clash Wales and Italy will go head-to-head at 13h00. Sendin made six changes to the starting team that defeated Wales 23-17 at City Park Stadium on Friday, with the three changes in the backline seeing Manuel Rass getting a run at outside centre, Muller du Plessis starting on the left wing and Richman Gora running out at scrumhalf. They replace Wandisile Simelane, Sihle Njezula and Rewan Kruger respectively. The changes to the forwards will see hooker Daniel Jooste replacing Pieter Botha in the front row, while Ben-Jason Dixon will join forces with captain Salmaan Moerat in the engine room in place of PJ Steenkamp, and No 8 Khwezi Mafu takes over from Khanya Ncusane. “It was important to maintain some form of continuity in selection after building good momentum in the opening match against Wales, but at the same time we wanted to give some deserving players a chance to start,” said Sendin. “France will test us as they showed against England last week, and they will be high on confidence after winning their opening game, so we have to be focused throughout the match. It is also vital that we use our point-scoring chances effectively.” Erasmus, meanwhile, named a new-look team for their clash against England, with only four players –fullbackAbner van Reenen, wing Austin Davids, captain and centre Louritz van der Schyff and flank Athi Magwala – retainingtheir places in the run-on team. The SA Schools A side came up short against Italy on Friday, going down 23-20. Two changes were injury enforced, as lock Jaco van Tonder and No 8 Jessie Johnson have been ruled out of action for two weeks after suffering suspected concussions on Friday. Paarl Boys High flank Francke Horn and Monument lock Ruan Vermaak have been called into the squad. Horn has been named in the starting line-up, while Vermaak will warm the bench, while flyhalf Tyrone Green and scrumhalf Zinedine Booysen will form an exciting new halfback combination. Affies prop Cabous Eloff and hooker Schalk Erasmus will partner with KES tighthead prop Keagan Glade in a new front row. Erasmus’ team also features a new lock pairing of Juan van der Mescht and Ryno Pieterse. Commenting on the changes to his team Erasmus said: “We wanted to give all the players a chance to start in the first two matches, but we also have to select the team that is best suited to what we plan to do against the opposition, and we believe this team is the best to take on England,” said Erasmus. “We have named a bigger pack to counter the threat posed by the England forwards, and to give us more stability in the set pieces. We also have to be switched on defensively as we are expecting England to run hard at us.” The final round of matches will be hosted at Paarl Boys’ High on Saturday. SA Schools team to face France:   Position Name School 15 Gianni Lombard Paarl Boys High 14 Mike Mavovana Rondebosch Boys 13 Manuel Rass Paarl Boys High 12 Rikus Pretorius Grey College, Bloem 11 Muller du Plessis Paarl Gym 10 Damian Willemse Paul Roos High 9 Richman Gora Welkom Gymnasium 8 Khwezi Mafu Grey High, PE 7 Muller Uys Paarl Gym 6 Charl Serdyn Paarl Boys High 5 Ben-Jason Dixon Paul Roos 4 Salmaan Moerat (captain) Paarl Boys High 3 Sazi Sandi St Andrews College 2 Daniel Jooste Paarl Boys High 1 Nathan McBeth Monument Replacements     16 PJ Botha Monument 17 Reece Bezuidenhout Paarl Boys High 18 Johan Neethling Paarl Boys High 19 PJ Steenkamp Garsfontein 20 JC Pretorius HTS Middelburg 21 Rewan Kruger Grey College, Bloem 22 Ruan de Swardt Affies 23 Wandisile Simelane Jeppe 24 Khanya Ncusane Paarl Boys High 25 Emilio Adonis Garsfontein 26 Sihle Njezula Grey High, PE SA Schools A team to face England:   Position Name School 15 Abner van Reenen Garsfontein 14 Austin Davids Garsfontein 13 Janco van Heyningen Grey College, Bloem 12 Louritz Van der Schyff (captain) Affies 11 Tadendaishe Mujawo St Benedict’s 10 Tyrone Green Jeppe 9 Zinedine Booysen Oakdale 8 Dian Schoonees Grey College, Bloem 7 Francke Horn Paarl Boys High 6 Athi Magwala Boland Landbou 5 Juan van der Mescht Glenwood 4 Ryno Pieterse Garsfontein 3 Keagan Glade KES 2 Schalk Erasmus Affies 1 Cabous Eloff Affies Replacements:     16 Dylan Richardson Kearsney College 17 Gugu Nelani Northwood 18 Mornay Smith Eldoraigne 19 Christopher Havenga Monument 20 Mark Snyman Helpmekaar 21 Ruan Vermaak Monument 22 Sanele Nohamba DHS 23 Lubabalo Dobela Grey High, PE 24 Sicelo Tole Muir College 25 Cameron Hufke Noord-Kaap 26 Ayabonga Oliphant Grey High, PE Issued by SA Rugby Communications