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Die Sandveld-liga het Saterdag afgeskop, met die eerste ronde bepalings wat reeds opwindende plattelandse rugby opgelewer het.

Hoërskool Hoopstad se spelbreker op buitesenter, Hennie Barnard, het vir Wessel Maree Hoërskool eindelose kopsere besorg in Odendaalsrus. Barnard het ‘n kritieke driekuns behaal, asook ‘n verdere vyf punte met die stewel bygedra, in sy span se sege van 35-20.

Die tuisspan het strawwe weerstand gebied, met hul besige klein skrumskakel, Lesego Monyaki, wat twee keer kon druk en binnesenter, Kabelo Olphant, wat ook vyf punte bygedra het, maar dit was nie genoeg om die span van Hoopstad te troef nie.

Vuyo Nzunga, Hoërskool Bothaville se dinamiese heelagter, het 20 punte in hul wegholsege van 40-3 oor Hoërskool Hennenman aangeteken. Nzunga en haker, Paul Verwey, het elk twee drieë gedruk, terwyl eersgenoemde boonop met vyf doelskoppe geslaag het.

Hoërskool Wilgerivier het hul veldtog ook met ‘n stewige vertoning afgeskop deur Hoërskool Riebeeckstad met 51-14 onder stof te loop. Marnus Swart het ‘n driekuns behaal en HG Muller het ook twee keer gedruk.

Hoërskool Bultfontein het 29 punte sonder antwoord teen HTS Welkom aangeteken, met drieë deur Eddie Buys, AC Greyling, O’Ryan Oershon en Dylan Marais.

Die liga hervat weer op die 20ste April met die tweede ronde bepalings.

Puntemakers:

Hoërskool Hoopstad 35 – Drieë: Hennie Barnard (3), FP Graeme, AP Meyer, Busi Mfebe. Doelskop: Barnard. Strafdoel: Barnard. Wessel Maree Hoërskool 20 – Drieë: Lesego Monyaki (2), Kabelo Oliphant. Doelskop: Junior Moroke. Strafdoel: Nthute Tsotsotso.

Hoërskool Wilgerivier 51 – Drieë: Marnus Swart (3), HG Muller (2), Lihan Roets, Drihan Engelbrecht, Eduardu Muller, Thato Tsotetsi. Doelskoppe: Wian Muller (3). Hoërskool Riebeeckstad 14 – Drieë: Pule Sello, Lushaba Nhalanhla. Doelskoppe: Lerato Mangonjane.

Hoërskool Bothaville 40 – Drieë: Paul Verwey (2), Vuyo Nzunga (2), Francois Rossouw, Chris Engelbrecht. Doelskoppe: Nzunga (5). Hoërskool Henneman 3 – Strafdoel: Travis van Wyk.

Hoërskool Bultfontein 29 – Drieë: Eddie Buys, AC Greyling, O’Ryan Oershon, Dylan Marais, Deon du Toit. Doelskoppe: Nathan Booyse, Gideon Joubert. HTS Welkom 0.

Ander tellings:

B-liga: St Anne’s Technical 20, Theunissen 0; Salomon 31, Winburg 26; Sandveld 17, Welkom High 12.

o. 16 – Bultfontein 17, HTS Welkom 12; Bothaville 64, Henneman 0; Wilgerivier 42, Riebeeckstad 0; Hoopstad 40, Wessel Maree 12.

o. 15 – Bultfontein 21, HTS Welkom 0; Bothaville 38, Henneman 5; Wilgerivier 39, Riebeeckstad 5; Hoopstad 17, Wessel Maree 10.

 

DF Malan laid down a challenge to Parel Vallei in Somerset West on Saturday, but the hosts successfully defended their turf, thanks to intelligent play and the exciting young talent making its way through their ranks.

With a strong wind at their backs in the first half, Parel Vallei built up an 11-point buffer which they protected through good game management after the break.

Flyhalf Shudley Rhoda pulled the strings with his intelligent kicking and his scrumhalf, Michael Kent, also made his presence felt.

It was, however, their new dangerman, Renato Tosi, who earned his first cap for Parel Vallei at the Oakdale Klein Karoo Saadproduksie Rugby Week, who stole the show.

The big no. 8 overpowered DF Malan’s defenders to score two tries as Parel Vallei recorded a well-deserved 10-point victory at home.

The visitors did their utmost to fight back in difficult conditions, but it wasn’t enough to pull back the lead the Bulldogs had accrued in the first half.

After a busy Easter, Parel Vallei has a welcome break on the forthcoming weekend before they welcome Hoërskool Tygerberg on 20 April.

Robertson put on another exciting show of rugby for their home fans as they beat an in-form Montagu.

Bernardo Diedericks, the Robbies’ star centre, played a blinder, slotting two penalties and a massive drop goal for nine crucial points.

Montagu vice-captain Ronaldo Koker‘s perfect conversion rate gave his side 21 points, after tries by Chadwin Lottering, Linden de Silva and Xolani Yanta, but the hosts had too much firepower on the day.

Stephen Kent, Roberto Koert and Groban van Wyk crossed the whitewash for Robertson, and flyhalf Jaydan van Niekerk also added seven off the kicking tee.

Meanwhile, HTS Drostdy flexed their muscles in Wellington, cruising to a 46-10 victory over Hugenote, despite facing similar windy conditions.

Scorers

Parel Vallei 28 (21) – Tries: Renato Tosi (2), Michael Kent, Shudley Rhoda. Conversions: Rhoda (4). DF Malan 18 (10) – Tries: Xavier von Stein, Divan du Preez, Liam Greeff. Penalty: Eben Bester.

Piketberg 33 – Tries: Jasper Smit (2), Gelemore Baron, Redowin Booise, Requin Lesch. Conversions: Lesch (3). Curro Langebaan 12 – Tries: Joshua Paddock, Christiaan Rossouw. Conversion: Dequinne de Bruyn.

Robertson 31 (11) – Tries: Stephen Kent, Roberto Koert, Groban van Wyk. Conversions: Jaydan van Niekerk (2). Penalty: Van Niekerk, Bernardo Diedericks (2). Drop goal: Diedericks. Montagu 21 (7) – Tries: Chadwin Lottering, Linden de Silva, Xolani Yanta. Conversions: Ronaldo Koker (3).

 

Other results

u19 – HTS Drostdy 46, Hugenote 10; Hoërskool Punt 22, Hoërskool Langenhoven 10; Fish Hoek 39, Faibarn College 3; Monument Park 26, Parow 23; Parel Vallei II 26, DF Malan II 7; Robertson II 25, Montagu II 5; DF Malan III 17, Parel Vallei III 3;

u16 – Parel Vallei 12, DF Malan 5; Robertson 27, Montagu 20.

u15 – Parel Vallei 24, DF Malan 10; Robertson 20, Montagu 10; Parel Vallei B 12, DF Malan B 0; Robertson B 36, Montagu B 7;

u14 – Parel Vallei 33, DF Malan 7; Montagu 22, Robertson 12; DF Malan B 29, Parel Vallei B 5.

Welkom Gimnasium het Saterdag in Bethlehem vir Hoërskool Witteberg met 34-3 gelooi.

Die Gimmies het verlede jaar in Welkom met 41-19 koning gekraai, maar rotsvaste verdeging het beteken dat Witteberg vanjaar slegs drie punte, deur losskakel, Sydwell Sethi, kon aanteken.

Renaldo Kiewiet was aan die spits van die Welkom aanslag met een van sy kenmerkende skepskoppe, en ‘n verdere 11 punte danksy ‘n drie en drie doelskoppe.

Die “Swarttruie” se dinamiese agsteman, Ethan Jones, het die veld aan die brand gespeel en twee drieë bygedra, terwyl Bokang Lenenyeho en Terence Tsholo elk ook gedruk het om die sege te beklink.

Die Landboudal-boere het in Bloemfontein met die tuisspan geploeg in hul sege van 43-12 oor Hoërskool Sentraal.

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Jannie de Waal, die Lanties se sneller op vleuel, het die Bloemfonteinse verdeging twee keer oopgekloof vir drieë, terwyl heelagter, Marius Etzebeth, 13 punte aangeteken het met ‘n drie en vier doelskoppe.

Hoërskool Brandfort se bul-agsteman, Greyven Dempsey, het nie minder nie as vier van sy span se drieë in hul oorwinning van 48-6 oor Hoërskool Heilbron gedruk.

Hoërskool Hentie Cilliers het ook beïndruk om van 7-10, teen halftyd, terug te baklei om vir Goudveld-Hoërskool met 19-15 die loef af te steek.

Puntemakers:

Welkom Gimnasium 34 – Drieë: Ethan Jones (2), Renaldo Kiewiet, Bokang Lesenyeho, Terence Tsholo. Doelskoppe: Kiewiet (3). Skepskop: Kiewiet. Hoërskool Witteberg 3 – Strafdoel: Sydwell Sethi.

Landboudal 43 (22) – Drieë: Jannie de Waal (2), Jan-Louis Nel, Regard Scheepers, Gustav Nel, Simeon de Klerk, Marius Etzebeth. Doelskoppe: Etzebeth (4). Hoërskool Sentraal 12 (5) – Drieë: Van Zyl Hetzel; Marnus Earle. Doelskop: Jayden Betty.

Hoërskool Hentie Cilliers 19 (7) – Drieë: Ashwon Mellen, Mosa Sesedi, Itumeleng Koqo. Doelskoppe: Rorisang Marumo, Joze Draaghoender. Goudveld-Hoërskool 15 (10) – Drieë: Caleb Lottering, Heinru Carstens. Doelskop: Ruben Crous. Strafdoel: JM Rensburg.

SPS Brandfort 48 (19) – Drieë: Greyven Demspey (4), Xander van Heerden (2), Amolang Maloisane, Altus Coetzee. Doelskoppe: Maloisane (4). Hoërskool Heilbron 6 (6).

Hoërskool Duineveld 38 – Drieë: Gregan Jansen (3), Adriaan Botha (2), Ethan van Zyl. Doelskoppe: Van Zyl (4). Hoërskool Kalahari 9.

Daar is tot dusver vanjaar geen keer aan Hugenote in vanjaar se NWU Prestige-reeks nie.

Herleef al die aksie op SuperSport Schools (www.supersportschools.com).

Hoërskool Hugenote van Springs het hul onoorwonne status in 2024 behou nadat die span van Springs met 17-10 bo uitgekom het in ‘n fisieke stryd teen Heidelberg Volkskool.

Dit het ‘n taamlike gekners afgegee met altwee spanne wat verbete verdedig het. Hugies het geduldig egter die druk aanhou oplaai om uiteindelik in die eerste helfte die ys te breek met drieë deur heelagter, George Loucas, en binnesenter, Vian van Dyk.

Volkies se losskakel, Kayle Venter, het met ‘n strafdoel geslaag om die rustydagterstand na 3-10 te laat krimp.

Die laaste 35 minute het meer van dieselfde opgelewer, met die twee spanne wat mekaar nogmaals op die verdediging gelooi het. Die Hugie-voorspelers het egter meedoënloos aan die deur bly hamer en die besoekers se derde drie, deur haker, Luan Pretorius, en verdoel deur Corné Pretorius, het Volkies die uitklophou toegedien.

Volkskool het nietemin moedig probeer terugveg, met hul hardwerkende haker, Janco Pretorius, wat einde ten laaste vir sy span kon druk. Dit was ongelukkig net té laat om die kastaiings uit die vuur te krap.

Hoërskool Jeugland het in hul kragmeting met Potchefstroom Volkskool harde waarskuwingskote afgevuur, op die vooraand van die SDC Noordvaal Cup-kompetisie, deur die Potchefstromers met ‘n telling van 64-22 af te ransel.

Vleuels, Oregopots Shilubane en Jetao Jooste, het baljaar met hope spasie wat aan die buitekant vir hulle geskep is, om elkeen twee keer agter die besoekers se doellyn te gaan draai.

Hoërskool Rustenburg kon, ten spyte van ‘n rooikaart vroeg in die eerste helfte, daarin slaag om die sluise in die laaste 20 minute van hul wedstryd teen ‘n begeesterde Hoërskool Montana span oop te maak. Die Rusties het 24 punte in daardie periode aangeteken om met 44-28 te wen, met losskakel, Jayden Meyer, wat twee drieë gedruk het.

Montana kan egter heelwat moed skep uit hul vertoning, wat bestempel word as hul beste tot dusver vanjaar. Ruwald Goosen, Monties se losskakel, was sy span se voorste puntemaker met twee doelskoppe en drie strafdoele.

Hoërskool Wesvalia het vir Hoërskool Oosterlig gewys waar Dawid die wortels begrawe het met ‘n wegholsege van 57-3.

Francois Dumond, Wesvalia se oopkantflank, het in ‘n afgeronde spanvertoning uitgestaan en twee van die Klerksdorpers se agt drieë gedruk. Rickard van Heerden, wat die naweek op binnesenter diens gedoen het, was in die kol met sewe doelskoppe en ‘n strafdoel .

Puntemakers:

Hugenote (Springs) 17 (10) – Drieë: George Loucas, Vian van Dyk, Luhan Pretorius. Doelskop: Corné Pretorius. Heidelberg Volkskool 10 (3) – Drie: Janco Coetzer. Doelskop: Kayle Venter. Strafdoel: Venter.

Jeugland 64 (33) – Drieë: Oregopots Shilubane (2), Jetao Jooste (2), Siyanda Mbanwa, Shammah Nsenda, Sharon Nsenda, Jose Ngoma-Ngoma, Sinenhlanhla Ndlovu. Potchefstroom Volkskool 22 (3) – Drieë: Jaco van der Merwe, Christoff Nel, Louis Fourie. Doelskoppe: Johandre Marre (2). Strafdoel: Marree.

Rustenburg 44 (15) – Drieë: Jayden Meyer (2), Zulu Khumalo, Lorenzo Snyers, Hendré Robinson, Pedrie Human. Doelskoppe: Snyers (3). Strafdoel: Snyers. Montana 28 (11) – Drieë: Devan van der Merwe, Sam Schoeman, Marcell Gouws. Doelskoppe: Ruwald Goosen (2). Strafdoele: Goosen (3).

Wesvalia 57 (29) – Drieë: Francois Dumond (2), Ulrigh du Preez, Junior Kuhn, Kyle Botes, Jeandre Snyman, Justin Adams, Fafa Calitz. Doelskoppe: Rickard van Heerden (7). Strafdoel: Van Heerden. Oosterlig 3 (3) – Strafdoel: Jayden Bouwer.

Noordheuwel 63 – Drieë: Cheswill Jooste (2), Lindsey Jansen (2), Jade Muller, Ignatius Jantjies, Ethan Smith, Gideon Diedericks. Doelskoppe: Jeandré Uithaler (9). Hoërskool Klerksdorp 7 – Try: Diwan Labuschagne. Doelskop: Deacon Loots.

Die Anker 21 (8) – Drieë: Troy Joubert, Jonathan Jordaan, Brandon Crous. Strafdoele: Ruan Smith (2). Lichtenburg 16 (6) – Drie: Donovan Rosato. Doelskop: Albert Joubert. Strafdoele: Joubert (3).

Marais Viljoen 36 (15) – Tries: Dian Scheepers (2), Rynier Welgemoed (2), Ethan Weideman (2). Doelskoppe: Recce Gerber (3). Zwartkop 21 (14) – Tries: Denilson Metcalfe, Luhardt Booyens. Doelskop: Booyens. Strafdoele: Booyens (3).

Hoërskool Pietersburg 19 (6) – Drie: Divan Brown. Doelskop: Brown. Strafdoele: Brown (4). Potchefstroom Gimnasium 18 (6) – Drieë: David Ndala, Tobias van Dyk. Doelskop: Ndala. Strafdoele: Ndala (2).

Ander spanne:

o. 16: Heidelberg Volkskool 26, Hugenote (Springs) 5; Potchefstroom Volkskool 33, Jeugland 19; Rustenburg 35, Montana 10; Wesvalia 22, Oosterlig 7; Zwartkop 52, Marais Viljoen 0; Pietersburg 38, Potchefstroom Gimnasium 3; Noordheuwel 54, Klerksdorp 3.

o. 15: Heidelberg Volkskool 14, Hugenote (Springs) 0; Potchefstroom Volkskool 27, Jeugland 14; Rustenburg 15, Montana 13; Wesvalia 14, Oosterlig 10; Zwartkop 20, Marais Viljoen 12; Pietersburg 54, Potchefstroom Gimnasium 0; Noordheuwel 36, Klerksdorp 12.

o. 14: Hugenote (Springs) 17, Heidelberg Volkskool 13; Jeugland 12, Potchefstroom Volkskool 12; Rustenburg 58, Montana 5; Wesvalia 59, Oosterlig 10; Marais Viljoen 14, Zwartkop 14; Pietersburg 43, Potchefstroom Gimnasium 6; Noordheuwel 28, Klerksdorp 5.

Two teams loaded with talent in their backlines were limited by wet and muddy conditions in Durban, when Westville Boys’ High visited Van Heerden’s Field for a showdown with high-flying Durban High School (DHS).

Both sides had impressed at the Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival, where Westville upset Monument, and where DHS surrendered only a single try in their three matches. And both had demonstrated their power up front there, which is where most of the action, out of necessity, took place on Saturday.

Two sturdy packs and two stubborn defences went at it, and they impressed with the commitment they showed to fight fire with fire. It was a hard slog for both offences on the day.

The visitors were first on the scoreboard very early in the game when a spilled kick off resulted in a DHS player being trapped offsides and Westville flyhalf Unathi Mlotshwa stepped up to knock over a penalty from about 30 metres out.

DHS had kept three clean sheets in five matches this season already, but that record would not be improved upon.

It didn’t take long for the Horseflies to reply, however. After they hit up the ball through a number of phases, Westville was pinged for a high tackle and flyhalf Aka Boqwana‘s trusty right boot levelled matters for the hosts.

The falling rain made the underfoot conditions and the ball slippery, and both teams saw promising attacks ended by spilled catches.

After 18 minutes, a curious decision to fly-hack a high-up-and-under from DHS by Westville fullback Jade-Will Koopman led to the Griffin conceding another penalty when Michael Satade, 15 metres up the field, along with many other Westville team-mates, played the ball and was blown up for being offsides.

Boqwana, who has been one of the deadliest kickers in the early part of the season, made full use of the opportunity to give the hosts the lead for the first time in the match. It lasted only four minutes.

When DHS prevented the quick release of the ball after a player had gone to ground, they found themselves facing another penalty and Mlotshwa knocked it over from a similar position to his first, maybe a touch further out, to make it 6-6.

Soon, though, DHS had the lead again, and they wouldn’t relinquish it. Boqwana landed his third penalty, which the Horseflies had won by fiercely contesting the ball at a ruck. It wasn’t a tough kick, on the 22m line and 10m to the left of the uprights.

They surged back onto the attack and laid siege to the Westville tryline, bashing away, phase after phase, but the Griffin’s hard-hitting defence repelled them time and again. DHS took it through 14 phases, but they couldn’t get over the line from close range. Westville, however, gave away a penalty.

Then, from a scrum, it took only two phases for School to cross the tryline. Flyhalf Boqwana played Hlumelo Madikane, just outside of him, into some space and he raced through a gap into the visitors’ defensive line to add five to the DHS tally.

Boqwana’s boot delivered again, and coach Peter Engeldow‘s charges were 10 points up at 16-6.

In the second half, Westville put together a series of strong drives by their forwards, which made big dents in the DHS defensive line, and it eventually brought them a penalty. Mlotshwa made no mistake from the right of the posts, inside the 22, and it was 16-9.

Then, DHS was almost undone by the conditions when Allston Cedras spilled a pass with School on the counterattack. The slippery ball popped up and landed in the hands of Westville right wing Evan Moolman, eight metres inside the Griffin’s half. He pinned his ears back and hared off down the field.

With the DHS cover defence closing in on him, Moolman cut inside but then floated a pass back outside to Michael Satade. DHS, though, had scrambled back well and they closed down the big centre. A few phases later, Westville was penalised for going into a ruck from the side and the danger was ended.

DHS’s sure tackling brought them further points, the last points of the match, in fact, when a superb tackle around the ankles by scrumhalf Marcwin Nero stopped a Westville attack and forced the ball carrier to hold onto the ball inside the visitors’ 22. FLanker Bradley le Grange was first over the ball to do the damage.

Boqwana then made Westville pay and made it a two-score game by slotting his fourth penalty.

In the challenging conditions, there were no further points and DHS, unbeaten on Van Heerden’s in 2023, began 2024 with another “W” on their home ground.

Points’ scorers

DHS 19 (16) – Try: Hlumelo Madikane. Conversion: Aka Boqwana. Penalties: Aka Boqwana (4). Westville 9 (6) – Penalties: Unathi Mlotshwa (3).

Scores

u19

DHS II 13 Westville II 13, DHS III 18 Westville III 8, DHS IV 17 Westville IV 17, DHS V 18 Westville V 10, DHS VI 27 Westville VI 14

u16

DHS A 20 Westville A 10, DHS B 10 Westville B 0, DHS C 15 Westville B 12, DHS D 5 Westville D 26

u15

DHS A 10 Westville A 5, DHS B 29 Westville B 12, DHS C 12 Westville C 20, DHS D 20 Westville D 0

u14

DHS A 21 Westville A 0, DHS B 27 Westville B 7, DHS C 10 Westville C 22, DHS D 7 Westville D 33, DHS E 24 Westville E 22

Eunice and Durban Girls College will meet in the final of the St Mary’s Hockey Festival after overcoming their opponents in two thrilling semi-final matches. The match between the defending champions and last year’s number seven team will be a rematch of Saturday’s match that saw DGC triumph over Eunice 4 – 0.

Eunice will hope that they have banished that encounter out of their memories and will walk into the tie with a different mindset, while DGC will hope to reprise the nightmare.

Eunice booked their spot in the final after overcoming Paarl Gim in an edge-of-the-seat semi-final tie that could easily have served as the final. The two teams looked a little nervy in the first few minutes. The frenetic running and passing gave way to a composed contest after Bianca Rees-Gibbs scored the opener for Eunice five minutes into the match.

Both teams showed why they had made it this far with a display of organised gameplay and great structure as they felt each other out, trying to find weaknesses in the other. In their previous matches, each time Ian Naude’s charges made trips into the opposition half, they put teams under pressure with good passes, but against Eunice, they failed to connect in the final third.

Eunice’s star player, Rees-Gibbs almost made it 2 – 0 for her side when she went on a high press and stole the ball from a Paarl Gim defender close to the edge of the D. Her shot at goal beat the goalkeeper and defender but hit the post before trickling out.

Paarl Gim ramped up their attack in the last 11 minutes of the match, throwing bodies into the Eunice half. Their relentless attacking paid off when they scored the equalizer with a minute to go. As the crowd settled down and Paarl Gim threw players behind the ball in defense, Nika Coertzen’s unit launched one last attack. Favouring their right-hand side attack, Eunice fed the ball to Rees-Gibbs, who furthered her campaign for the Player of the Tournament honours with a second goal for her team with 20 seconds remaining in the match.

Durban Girls College made it to the final thanks to some sensational goalkeeping efforts from Ella Carstens. The DGC keeper, who developed her skills in backyard battles against her older brother, Jake Carstens who played for Hilton College two years ago stood tall in DGC’s semi-final tie against St Stithians.

The Johannesburg team took control of the contest early on, dominating possession and attacking the DGC goal, making numerous circle entries, with intent. In the moments the DGC defense lacked, Saints ran into a wall erected by Carstens.

Lance Louw’s charges came into the tie having done their research and marked DGC captain Emily Macquet out of the tie. With Macquet immobilized, DGC struggled to put Saints under pressure. In the moments that they entered the Saints’ final third, they were met with a strong defense.

Chardonay Penniston’s team almost found themselves 1 – 0 down with seven minutes left on the clock, but again, Carstens was equal to the task. That effort from Tori Tanner-Ellis was followed by a period of relentless attacking from Saints, but DGC was equal to the task, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw.

Unlike most other matches that went straight to penalty shootouts after finishing in a draw, the semi-final tie between Saints and DGC went into extra-time, with the glory goal stipulation. DGC started the five-minute period strongly, keeping Saints on the back foot, but found the Saints defense impregnable. Not even the ejection of a Saints player with just under two minutes to go weakened their defense.

The match went to penalty shootouts where DGC won by 4 – 3, courtesy of a penalty that had to be retaken after a back stick from the St Stithians goalkeeper on the final shootout.

Paarl Gimnasium, South African College High School (SACS) and Wynberg Boys High all racked up impressive wins on the opening weekend of the inter-schools’ season in the Western Cape on Friday night.

Gim and Wynberg scored five goals each against Outeniqua and Curro Durbanville respectively. SACS, meanwhile, topped that, netting six goals against Fairmont High School, away from home.

Entering their clash against Outeniqua, Gim, led by coach Jacques Grobler, was high in confidence after winning the Belgotex Sport Easter Hockey Tournament the week before by defeating Worcester Gimnasium 2-1 in the final. It was their third title on the trot in the event.

They came off their blocks fast against Outeniqua, with Willem Matthee getting them on the board.

Gim’s skipper, LD Nel, who was recognised as one of the standout players at the Belgotex Tournament, where he topped the goal scorers’ charts, continued his prolific goalscoring form, slotting a hattrick, before Neil de Wet’s solitary goal sealed a 5-1 win for the Paarl side.

Coach Grobler’s charges will take their talents further afield over the course of the next two weekends, first facing Affies in Pretoria, before travelling to Bloemfontein to take on Grey College the week after that.

SACS were expected to beat Fairmont High School and they duly delivered, knocking in six goals to add another convincing win to an ever-expanding list of impressive one-sided victories.

Right-wing Matthew Jones scored a brace while Nick Paxton, Matthew Lassen, Aiden Hughes, and the dangerous Litha Kraai also got their names onto the scoresheet.

Coach Sam Holmes will now prepare his side for their next assignment, which is Parel Vallei next weekend at home.

Wynberg, under coach Ben Wiley, got their Western Cape season off to a confidence-boosting 5-1 win over Curro Durbanville.

They dominated ball possession and the match. Dayle Gertson was instrumental in Wynberg’s win, scoring four times, before Ethan Lee made it five in total for the southern suburbs’ side.

In other matches, Worcester Gimnasium also claimed a win, handing Swartland a 0-2 loss, with Lourens de Kock and Christiaan Joubert scoring.

Stellenberg High came close to pulling off an upset when they held Rondebosch Boys’ High to a 2-2 draw.

Playing at home, Stellenberg drew strength from the enthusiastic backing of their home crowd. Their goals were netted by Ben Marais and Dean Potgieter, while Martin Barnard and Jamie Hundermark hit the mark for Rondebosch.

DF Malan and Parel Vallei shared a 1-1 draw, with Sibulele Makeleni striking for Parel Vallei and Adriaan Steytler scoring for DF.

Brackenfell narrowly missed out on a win against the Wynberg Invitational team, going down 2-3, while HTS Drostdy did just enough to defeat Hugenote 1-0.

RESULTS 

Parel Vallei 1-1 DF Malan
Rondebosch Boys’ High 2-2 Stellenberg High School
Wynberg Boys’ High 5-1 Curro Durbanville
Paarl Gimnasium 5-1 Outeniqua
HTS Drostdy 1-0 Hugenote
SACS 6-0 Fairmont High School
Wynberg Invitational 3-2 Brackenfell
Worcester Gimnasium 2-0 Swartland

‘n “Storm”-agtige vertoning in die eerste helfte deur Hoërskool Dr EG Jansen was genoeg om nóg ‘n puik sege vir die span van Boksburg in die NWU Sport-reeks te verseker.

Herleef al die aksie op SuperSport Schools. Skakel na die wedstryde.

Hoewel die Jansies die afgelope ruk ‘n aantal taai kragmetings moes oorkom, het hulle steeds oor genoeg energie en skietgoed beskik om Hoër Tegniese Skool Middelburg se Rooibulle met 49-28 te verslaan.

Die Boksburgers het reeds 37 punte in die eerste helfte aangeteken, wat meer as genoeg van ‘n buffer gebied het om die wa die deur die drif te trek.

Buitesenter, Jeandre Jacobs, was oudergewoonte weer in ‘n vernietigende bui op die aanval, en het twee keer die doellyn oorgesteek.

Die Jansies se grootste uitblinker op die dag was egter agtsteman, Storm Labuschagne, wat ook ‘n tweekuns behaal het. Labuschangne het albei kere wat hy die doellyn oorgesteek het sy groot vaart tentoongestel, en, vir die eerste, à la Pierre Spies deurgenael vanuit sy eie halfgebied vir ‘n skouspelagtige drie.

Die Rooibulle het aansienlik beter gevaar na rustyd om 21 punte teenoor die Jansies se 12 aan te teken in die laaste 35 minute. Binnesenter, Johnny dos Santos, was ongetwyfeld die tuisspan se uitstaande speler en is na twee skitterende lopies ook met ‘n dubbele kuiertjie agter die doellyn beloon.

In die Moot was daar niks wat Hoërskool Oos-Moot en Hoërskool Middelburg kon skei nie. Die twee spanne moes met die blaas van die eindfluitjie tevrede wees met ‘n gelykopuitslag van 33-33.

Oosies se binnesenter, Dewran Aford, was die tuisspan se uitblinker, met sy kragtige lopies in die middeveld wat sy span deurentyd oor die voordeellyn kon kry. Aford is ook met een van sy span se vyf drieë beloon.

Matthew Abbey, die besoekers se generaal op losskakel, was oudergewoonte uitstekend en dit was hoofsaaklik sy skopskoen wat die span van Middelburg in die wedloop gehou het. Hy het met drie doelskoppe, vier strafdoele en ‘n drie persoonlik 23 punte bygedra.

‘n Driekuns deur Hoërskool Waterkloof se Riwan van Aswegen was genoeg om ‘n begeesterde Hoërskool Transvalia met vyf punte te troef. Van Aswegen het die helfte van die Klofies se punte aangeteken in hul tuisoorwinning van 30-25 oor die span van Vanderbijlpark. Linkervleuel, Dennis Obbi, het ook ‘n puik gevaar om twee keer te gaan druk.

Ses drieë tussen Hoërskool Nelspruit se twee vleuels, Jordan Pretorius en Tinyiko Silubane, asook haker, Regardt Vermaak, wat elk twee keer gedruk het, het ‘n wegholsege van 53-10 oor Hoërskool Eldoraigne verseker.

Puntemakers:

EG Jansen 49 (37) – Drieë: Jeandre Jacobs (2), Storm Labuschagne (2), Keanu van Logerenberg, Duwan Potgieter, Zade-Leigh Rippenaar, Matthew Bergman. Doelskoppe: Bergman (2). Strafdoel: Bergman. HTS Middelburg 28 (7) – Drieë: Johnny dos Santos (2), Tertuis Bezuidenhout, Toy Engelbrecht. Doelskoppe: Jaque Stassen (4).

Oos-Moot 33 (20) – Drieë: Jandré de Beer, Clayton de Bruyn, Wade Williams, Deon Badenhorst, Dewran Aford. Doelskoppe: Ruwan Allen (4). Hoërskool Middelburg 33 (19) – Drieë: Roux Grobler, Sihle Mkhatswa, Matthew Abbey. Doelskoppe: Abbey (3). Strafdoele: Abbey (4).

Waterkloof 30 (10) – Drieë: Riwan van Aswegen (3), Dennis Obi (2), Migael Prinsloo. Doelskop: Ronan Bastiaanse. Strafdoel: Bastiaanse. Transvalia 25 (6) – Drie: Tsepo Molakeng. Doelskop: Dylan Steynman. Strafdoele: Steynman (6).

Hoërskool Nelspruit 53 – Drieë: Jordan Pretorius (2), Tinyiko Silubane (2), Regardt Vermaak (2), Nathan Duncan, Ewean van Zyl, Banele Ngwenya. Doelskoppe: Liam Pringle (3). Hoërskool Eldoraigne 10.

Ander spanne:

o.16: EG Jansen 12, HTS Middelburg 10; Waterkloof 13, Transvalia 10; Nelspruit 24, Eldoraigne 0; Middelburg 23, Oos-Moot 22.

o.15: EG Jansen 62, HTS Middelburg 7; Transvalia 13, Waterkloof 10; Nelspruit 38, Eldoraigne 0; Middelbrug 24, Oos-Moot 17.

o.14: EG Jansen 19, HTS Middelburg 0; Nelspruit 31, Eldoraigne 0; Oos-Moot 15, Middelbrug 7.

Fichardtpark came out on top after a dramatic battle against their Bloemfontein rivals, Jim Fouché, on Saturday.

The match had all the elements to be a classic, but in an added twist, the weather in the Free State had the last say as the game was cut short because of lightning.

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Last year, Fichardtpark beat JF 39-33, when the sides met for the first time, but the Green Machine got one back over the Fichie Lions in the Free State League final, ending their southern Bloemfontein rival’s unbeaten season by a 31-25 margin.

On Saturday, Marno Smith scored the opening try for Fichies after a great charge forward by his loosehead prop, Zaine van Zyl. Van Zyl looks like a much-improved player since he began playing for the first team in 2023, and he will have a big role to play throughout the rest of the season as one of the seniors in this year’s squad.

Big outside centre, Duan Viviers, then turned on the afterburners to chase down an intelligent kick forward by Fichardtpark’s captain, Devanté Claasen, to give his side a commanding 12-3 lead after the first quarter of an hour.

Despite the scoreline, JF enjoyed plenty of possession and their backline kept the hosts busy throughout the first half.

Flyhalf Alldrick Johnson opened their account with a penalty goal and his side kept asking questions of the home team until Ian Nel was the beneficiary when the Green Machine mauled their way over the try line for their first five-pointer.

The neighbours kept exchanging blows until, just before the half-time whistle, MJ Hattingh barrelled over to give Fichardtpark a seven-point lead at the break.

Van Zyl was rewarded for his hard work when he scored the first try after the restart to put his side 14 points clear of the visitors.

With only 14 minutes left to play, Breyten de Wee clawed one back for JF against his old school. Before they could attempt the conversion, however, the players were asked to leave the field because of an approaching lightning storm and the game was brought to a premature close with Fichardtpark leading 24-15.

After going into half-time 19-15 ahead in Kroonstad, Voortrekker, from Bethlehem, doubled their score in the second 35 minutes while keeping the hosts, Hoërskool Trio, scoreless.

Trio had some success through their forwards in the early going, with both props, Dandré Bloem and Juandré Vorster crossing the line and their flyhalf Byron Biennas making further inroads on the scoreboard from the tee.

The Trekkers, however, upped the ante in the second period of play and outmuscled Trio.

Their big Craven Week tighthead, Cecil Parsons, scored a brace as they asserted their dominance over the Kroonstad outfit.

Despite unexpectedly slipping up against a fired-up Diamantveld in their opening match of the series, the team from Bethlehem is definitely one of the sides to watch out for this season.

Last year, they were crowned the overall champions of the Wesgrow Series, but they’ll have their sights set on the u19 A division this year, which Fichardtpark claimed in 2023 with their unbeaten run.

The Trekkers made a statement at the NMI Toyota North-South Tournament this year when they beat Helpmekaar 20-19.

With exciting talents like hooker Arnold Ras, no. 8 Dawie Fourie, and their flying fullback Kaneng Komane among the many players in their lineup capable of punishing the opposition, the Bethlehem boys are sure to deliver excitement on the park.

Scorers

Fichardtpark 24 (17) – Tries: MJ Hattingh, Zaine van Zyl, Marno Smith, Duan Viviers. Conversions: Devanté Claasen (2). Jim Fouché 15 (10) – Tries: Ian Nel, Breyten de Wee. Conversion: Alldrick Johnson. Penalty: Johnson.

Voortrekker 38 (19) – Tries: Cecil Parsons (2), Tristan Meyer, Karabelo Chaka, Frederik Fourie, Dawie Fourie. Conversions: Christiaan van der Sandt (4). Hoërskool Trio 15 (15) – Tries: Dandré Bloem, Juandré Vorster. Conversion: Byron Biennas. Penalty: Biennas

Other results

u19 – Fichardtpark II 32, Jim Fouché II 26; Jim Fouché III 33, Fichardtpark III 13; Voortrekker II 28, Trio II 19; Voortrekker III 24, Trio 3.

u16 – Fichardtpark 17, Jim Fouché 10; Voortrekker 43, Trio 7; Voortrekker B 29, Trio B 7.

u15 – Jim Fouché 15, Fichardtpark 10; Jim Fouché B 31, Fichardtpark B 0; Trio 45, Voortrekker 0; Trio 24, Voortrekker 7.

u14 – Fichardtpark 24, Jim Fouché 14; Fichardtpark B 43, Jim Fouché B 0; Voortrekker 48, Trio 7; Voortrekker B 29, Trio 0.

‘n Driekuns deur Paarl Gimnasium se opwindende jong buitesenter, Markus Muller, het ‘n oortuigende sege van 47-13 oor hul aartsvyande van die Agter-Paarl, Hoër Landbouskool Boland, Saterdag op die J.A. Kriel-veld beklink.

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Muller het binne die eerste 10 minute die tuisspan aan die stuur van sake gesit, toe hy ‘n drietal Boland-verdedigers gefnuik het om die eerste punte aan te teken.

Sy tweede drie het kort voor halftyd gevolg om aan die Gimmies ‘n rustydvoorsprong van 19-8 te bied, en na die omdraaislag het hy sy driekuns voltooi.

Die besoekers se blitsige heelagter, Lyle lewis, het hul rekening oopgemaak en hul ster-losskakel, Retagen van Rooi, het ‘n strafdoel oorgeklits om hulle binne trefafstand te hou, maar dit was die tuisspan wat die pas van meet af aangegee en gehandhaaf het.

Die Paarl se reuse pak voorspelers het die boere oorrompel, met stutte, Ely Williams en JJ du Preez, wat elk met ‘n drieë beloon is.

Heelagter, Freek de Kock, het ook ‘n skitterende vertoning gelewer, deur ses van sy span se drieë te verdoel en self ook agter die doellyn te gaan kuier vir ‘n bydrae van 17 punte.

Boland het in die laaste minuut daarin geslaag om punte by hul totaal te voeg toe Juan Swart, met behulp van sy sentermaat, Danté Christians, oorgebeur het vir ‘n troosdrie, maar teen daardie tyd was die koeël lankal reeds deur die kerk.

Die Gimmies lyk soos dié span om te klop hierdie seisoen. Hulle vertoon vroeg reeds soos ‘n goed geoliede masjien, en die uitslag teen ‘n bekwame Boland Landbou behoort as ‘n waarskuwing te dien vir die res van hul teenstanders vanjaar.

Met opwindende spelbrekers soos Muller, wat verlede jaar reeds by die Grant Khomo-week naam gemaak het, en die ervare Kobus Blanckenberg, wat in 2023 al vir die eerstespan uitgeblink het, aan die spits van die Paarl-aanslag, asook ‘n pak voorspelers wat met enige ander skolespan in die land kan saamgesels, lyk die Gimmies vanjaar soos ‘n bul-span.

Puntemakers:

Paarl Gimnasium 47 (19) – Drieë: Markus Muller (3), Freek de Kock, Jan Koegelenberg, Ely Williams, JJ du Preez. Doelskoppe: Freek de Kock (6). Hoër Landbouskool Boland 13 (8) – Drieë: Lyle Lewis, Juan Swart. Strafdoel: Retagen van Rooi.

Ander uitslae:

o. 19 – Paarl Gimnasium II 12, Boland Landbou II 10; Paarl Gimnasium III 27, Boland Landbou III 19.

o. 16 – Paarl Gimnasium 22, Boland Landbou 8; Paarl Gimnasium B 52, Boland Landbou 0.

o. 15 – Boland Landbou 14, Paarl Gimnasium 9; Paarl Gimnasium B 11, Boland Landbou B 9.

o. 14 – Paarl Gimnasium 18, Boland Landbou 10; Paarl Gimnasium B 22, Boland Landbou B 14.