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Scorers:

Western Province 25 (7) – Tries: Markus Muller (2), Morne Noble, Gert Kemp. Conversion: Leighton Brinkhuis. Penalty: Francois van der Merwe. Blue Bulls 18 (15) – Tries: Nicolaas Grobler, Matthew Seymore. Conversion: Ruben Groenewald. Penalties: Groenewald (2).

Free State 20 (3) – Tries: Penalty Try, Luan van der Berg, Lamla Mgedezi. Penalty: Thristan Maree. Golden Lions 9 (6) – Penalties: Jeandre Uithaler.

Sharks 19 (7) – Tries: Zekethelo Siyaya, Zander Vorster, Jadrian Afrikaner. Conversions: Stefan Moolman, Vorster. SWD Eagles 12 (5) – Tries: Ruan Swart, Reinhardt Viljoen. Conversion: Charles Vosloo.

Griquas 10 (10) – Try: Jonathan Harding. Conversion: Luiz Isaaks. Penalty Isaaks. Valke 5 (0) – Try: Lesego Moitse.

Boland 30 (0) – Tries: Junaide Stuart (2), Lyle Pienaar, Kyle Albertus, Junade Pasensie. Conversions: Lian Lochner, Pasensie. Penalty: Lochner. Leopards 25 (15) – Tries: Jordan Rathebe (2), Abrie Esterhuizen. Conversions: Claydon Karelse (2). Penalties: Karelse (2).

Eastern Province 34 (31) – Tries: Damien Witbooi (2), Erin Nelson, Taylon Matowa. Conversions: Travis Pheiffer (4). Penalties: Pheiffer (2). Border 17 (0) – Tries: Dan Carr, Boikoho Motlohi, Ollie Schmidt. Conversion: Bungqina Nuku.

Western Province XV 38 (24) – Tries: Gavie Kok, Stiaan de Goede, Quewinn Lackay, Jordan Steenkamp, Attie van der Lingen, Junaid Coetzee. Conversions: Coetzee (2), Zheemo Isaacs (2). Pumas 7 (0) – Try: Liam Pringle. Conversion: Matthew Abbey.

Limpopo Blue Bulls 20 (5) – Tries: Luhann Janse van Rensburg, Aretumisheng Ramohale, Boitumelo Makgaba. Conversion: Anzio Swartbooi. Penalty: Swartbooi.

Zimbabwe 24 (12) – Tries: Earl Chisendeni, Rory Honey, Zane Sibanda, Tavonga Chinsa. Conversions: Honey (2). Free State XV 21 (14) – Tries: Christiaan Mathys, Jan Hendrik van der Linden, Regard Scheepers. Conversions: Van der Linden (3).

Namibia 45 (19) – Tries: Jaythen Orange (2), Burger Oelofsen, Dirk Farmer, Jurick van der Berg, Frederik Fourie, Adriaan Boonzaaier. Conversions: John-Daniel Meintjies (5). Border Country Districts 19 (0) – Tries: Luvo Mtshiso, Uyanda-Mlibo Makupala, Linethemba Mtsewu. Conversions: Azukiwe Magqaza (2).

Continuing yesterday’s southern power streak at the u18 SASHOC national tournament from the Southern Gauteng A team, the under 18 A Southern Free State girls team, coached by Gyster van Schalkwyk, secured their place on top of the pool A standings today with a win in their game against the Northern Free State team. 

The North and South teams went head-to-head at 14:40 where Southern Free State player Khanya Mtimkulu scored the opening field goal two minutes into the game.

Thereafter followed another two goals in the first chukka by the number one individual goal scorer after day two of the tournament, Taheera Augousti, with a field goal in the eighth minute and another goal scored from a penalty corner in the 13th minute of the game, putting Augousti as an individual in the lead with four goals in the three matches already played and the Southern Free State A team with a stable three-nil lead before half time.

Goal number four was scored by the team in the third chukka with a field goal from Reatile Pitso, in the 35th minute. An impressive penalty stroke scored by Nadine Claassens, in the 49th minute and the last goal was scored by Jordan Fisher, where the team secured a clean sweep against the Northerns Free State team with a six- nil victory.

In other matches Amathole A put up a competitive game against Northern Gauteng A, beating the Northern Gauteng team with only one goal difference (3-2) and stole two goals in the very last chukka against Mpumalanga A winning by 2-0 in the last game of the day.

An exciting fixture to look out for in tomorrows program will be where the Southern Free State A team takes on Boland A, a team that has beaten both Southern Gauteng and Northern Free State A, the teams will kick of at 10:25 at UFS Field two. 

Results | Day 2

KZN Coastal A 3 (Thando Makhanya(2), Tara Pakendorf); Mpumalanga A 1 (Tlangelani Ndlovu).

Western Province A 1 (Mia Poole); KZN Inland A 0.

Amathole A 3 (Kaylin Hendriks, Braunwyn Martin, Michelle Barnes); Northern Gauteng 2 (Mmamorena Manthata, Danielle McCann)

Eastern Province A 1 (Tiara Finnis); Southern Gauteng A 0.

Southern Free State A 6 (Taheera Augousti (2), Khanya Mtimkulu, Reatile Pitso, Nadine Claassens, Jordan Fisher); Northern Free State 0.

Boland A 1 (Arisha van Niekerk); Southern Gauteng A 0.

KZN Coastal A 1 (Elizabeth Anderson); Western Province A 0.

Amathole A 2 (Kate van Heerden, Michelle Barnes); Mpumalanga A 0.

Fixtures | Day 3

09:00 – Southern Gauteng A vs Southern Gauteng B
10:25 – Southern Free State A vs Boland A
11:50 – Eastern Province A vs Northern Free State
13:15 – KZN Coastal A vs KZN Inland A
14:40 – Western Province A vs KZN Inland A
16:05 – Northern Gauteng A vs Mpumalanga
17:30 – Southern Gauteng B vs Boland A

Free State had to sweat to earn their 29-20 victory after an excellent start by Border on day one of the Grant Khomo Week at Boland Lanbou and Western Province showed how dangerous they are this year by beating a promising Boland team comprehensively, 41-19.

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The other teams would do well to take note of how Border managed to pin the Bloemfontein-based side in their own half during the first 20 minutes.

The Free State team is one of the biggest threats at this year’s event, and they showed why, maintaining composure and sticking to their systems, managing to fight back from a 13-0 deficit to end up winning 29-20.

The Border boys simply had more urgency from the first kickoff and were rewarded with two early tries by the Selbornian lock, Daniel Carr and their vice-captain and centre from Queens College, Sibabalwe Magwebu.

AJ Meyer (lock) launched the Free State’s counteroffensive just before halftime when he scored a try to take them into the break trailing by 13-7

The De Wee brothers from Fichardtpark, Brendon (scrumhalf) and Breyton (flyhalf) were prominent for the Free State, but it was the big centre from Grey College, Ethan Adams, who looked most dangerous with ball in hand.

Border did well to contain Adams during the first half, but the industrious centre showed why there is so much excitement around him, finding a way to get in on the action and causing endless problems for the Border defence.

Adams scored a brilliant try five minutes into the second half to give Free State the lead for the first time in the game.

His fullback, Tristan Maree, also seemed to find his rhythm in the second half and did well to manage the game from the back.

Having recovered from the shock of the first half, and with Border beginning to lose some of their intensity, Free State took control of the game, and two more tries by Brendon de Wee and the big eighth man, AJ Booysen, saw them pull away from their opponents for the first time in the game.

Border had the last say though, when Magwebu rounded off an exceptional team try in the final moments to bring Border back to a more respectable 9-point deficit, which is a better reflection of their efforts on the day.

Free State played against the Sharks in the main match of the 2022 edition of the famous u16 tournament, winning 39-18, but after a last-second 31-27 Sharks loss to the Bulls earlier in the day, it seems unlikely that this year will be a repeat of that final.

In the final match of the day, after the opening ceremony, Western Province took on the neighbouring Boland, beating them 41-12.

The majority of the Western Province team consists of players from schools in the Boland region, so it is always interesting when these two teams face each other as the players are all sure to be well acquainted, having competed against each other for their various schools throughout the age grades.

They were scheduled to play in a warmup match, before the Grant Khomo week, but that was cancelled on account of the heavy weather that the Western Cape has experienced in the lead-up to the event.

Six of the starting 15 in the WP squad had the added advantage of playing on their home field as the event was moved to Boland Landbou from Paul Roos in Stellenbosch because of the damage done by the aforementioned weather.

Western Province outmuscled Boland in the first half and looked set to run away with the game.

They were clinical in their execution, scoring 29 unanswered points in the first 30 minutes.

Their dominance was exemplified by the big loose forward from Paarl Gimnasium, Quintin Potgieter‘s try. He gathered the ball near his own 22m line, broke through the defenders in front of him and left the Boland defence in his dust as he sprinted 70 meters to score.

The second half started in much the same way when the Paarl Boy’s High loosehead prop, Jordan Jooste, powered over the line to give WP a 36-0 lead.

Boland found their feet in the second half and used their kicking game to chase the big WP forward pack around.

After a good 20 minutes of dominance in WP’s half, Boland finally broke through, showing just how dangerous they can be on the front foot.

Flyhalf, Junade Pasensie from Hoërskool Hermanus showed great awareness to spot space on the far side and sent a long skip pass to the waiting prop from Charlie Hofmeyr, Joshua Swarts, who flicked it on expertly to his flanker from Worcester Gimnasium, Jayde-Will de Klerk who slid over in the corner like a winger.

With their tales up, Boland almost scored again immediately from the kickoff when Jeraldo Davids, the lively backline player from Langeberg almost returned the ball the length of the field, unfortunately just stepping out and being called back after he had already beaten everyone.

Western Province did well to regain control with their flyhalf, Leighton Brinkhuis, from Parel Vallei, relieving the pressure on his team and it wasn’t long before Joshua Neill (eighth man) from Rondebosch cancelled out Boland’s score with a try of his own.

Despite a well-deserved consolation try in the last play of the game for Boland by the fullback from Bredasdorp, Junaide Stuart, WP proved themselves to be one of the favourites at this year’s event with arguably the strongest performance of the day.

The action continues tomorrow when all the teams play in their second match.

Western Province will face the Blue Bulls in the final game of the day and the Lions take on the Free State in the penultimate game.

Scorers:

Western Province 41 (29) – Tries: Jayden Joubert, Albert Lourens, Jadon Ocks, Jayden Brits, Jordan Jooste, Quintin Potgieter, Joshua Neill. Conversions: Leighton Brinkhuis (3). Boland 12 (0) – Tries: Jayde-Will de Klerk, Junaide Stuart. Conversion: Giano da Kosta.

Free State 29 (7) – Tries: AJ Meyer, Ethan Adams, Brendon de Wee, AJ Booysen. Conversions: Tristan Maree (3). Penalty: Maree. Border 20 (13) – Tries: Sibabalwe Magwebu (2), Daniel Carr. Conversion: Bunquina Nuku. Penalty: Nuku.

Leopards 15 (10) – Tries: Tyran Masango, Waide Davey, KG Legodi. Limpopo Blue Bulls 12 (7) – Tries: Kgashane Malesa, Johannes Bezuidenhout. Conversion: Anzio Swartbooi.

SWD 36 (12) – Tries: Jemiqo Gallant, Johannes Snyman, Sinesihle Mdlankomo, Kai Pratt, Lohan Gerber, Lee-Winn Pretorius. Conversions: Warren Labuschagne (3). Griffons 12 (12) – Tries: AJ Myburgh, Gehan Hendricks. Conversion: JM  Rensburg.

Fixtures | Day 2

A field: 08:30 – Boland vs Leopards; 09:50 – Border vs Eastern Province; 11:10 – Western Province XV vs Pumas; 12:30 – SWD vs Sharks; 13:50 – Lions vs Free State; 15:30 –  Western Province vs Blue Bulls.

B field: 08:30 – Free State XV vs Zimbabwe; 09:50 – Border CD vs Namibia; 11:10 – Griffons vs Limpopo Blue Bulls; 12:30 – Falcons vs Griquas.

The Blue Bulls pulled off an epic victory in the dying moments of their game against the Sharks on the first day of the Grant Khomo Week at Boland Landbou.

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Just like their u18 counterparts did over the weekend at the Noordvaal Bondedag, the u16 Bulls proved too strong for the Sharks as they emerged victorious 31-27 after it seemed like the Sharks had stolen it with a late penalty conversion.

The Sharks started strong, and two early tries by their exciting fullback from Westville Boys’ High, Zekethelo Siyaya and another by his centre from Hilton College, Khazimla Makali, saw the team from KZN take a 19-0 lead early on.

The boys from Pretoria managed to regroup though, and they began building their counter-offensive with a try by Albert Smit (flanker) and a late penalty conversion by their general in the midfield, their flyhalf, Ruben Groenewald took the Bulls into the break with a nine-point deficit.

The second half proved equally tense, with both teams pouncing on any mistakes by the opposition.

Groenewald maintained a perfect kicking record in extremely tough conditions, which has proven to be a problem for many of the kickers so far with strong gusts blowing across the field.  He converted all four of his team’s tries and a penalty.

The big flyhalf from Affies contributed 11 points off the tee for the Bulls.

Stefan Macdonald, the number eight loose forward who has also been selected out of the Affies camp charged down a clearance kick by the Sharks on their own line and managed to dive on the ball for a try to bring the scores equal at 24-all with less than 10 minutes left in the match.

With nothing to separate the two teams and almost no time left on the clock, it seemed like the Sharks might have an opportunity to steal the victory when Stefan Moolman, who had come on as a replacement in the backline, converted a penalty to give them the advantage.

It’s not over until the whistle blows though, and the Bulls were on the attack again from the kickoff, never giving up.

Zirk Meyer, their lively little scrumhalf who seemed to be involved with every attacking play by the Bulls, was rewarded for his work throughout the match when he scored the winning try, in the final moments, to secure a strong statement victory for his side.

The Pumas and the Griquas set the tone early on in the first match of the day.

There was nothing to separate the two sides at the end of the first half, and they went into the break, all square, 10-all.

The Pumas started the second half well, showing their intent when their flyhalf, Matthew Abbey, scored a try early in the second half that would prove to be foreboding for the rest of the game.

Abbey stood out for the Pumas, especially in the second half. He directed his backline excellently and kept the Griquas pinned back with his massive kicks.

The flyhalf from Middelburg was industrious on the attack and lead his team by example.

For the Griquas, Clinton Britz, the centre from Diamantveld showed a lot of promise. The lightfooted speedster seemed to beat at least one defender every time he got hold of the ball, but the Pumas did well to contain the lively playmaker.

In the match between the Lions and the Falcons, it was the Clinton Agu show. The hooker from Marais Viljoen was in a league of his own and managed to score a hat-trick for the Lions.

Though his team struggled to get past the Falcons in open play, Agu seemed unstoppable anywhere near the line.

Dihan Crause (winger) managed to score an impressive individual try, collecting the ball straight from their own kickoff and slicing through the Lions’ defence.

The Lions were simply too powerful and began their campaign on a positive note with a 39-7 victory.

Scorers:

Pumas 38 (10) – Tries: D’Angelo Roberts, Siyanda Dennison, Matthew Abbey, Hencoe Janse van Rensburg, Divan de Kock, Jacques Greyling. Conversions: Abbey (4). Griquas 10 (10) – Tries: Pieter Smit, Clinton Britz.

Lions 39 (10) – Tries: Clinton Agu (3), Eugene de Lange, Deveno Bernado, Jade Rollinson, Jeandre Uithaler. Conversions: Uithaler (2). Falcons 7 (0) – Try: Dihan Crause. Conversion: Doan Nel.

Blue Bulls 31 (10) – Tries: Albert Smit, Leskin Samuels, Zirk Meyer, Stefan McDonald. Conversions: Ruben Groenewald (4). Penalty: Groenewald. Sharks 27 (19) – Tries: Zekethelo Siyaya (2), Khazimla Makali, Josh Grant, Unknown. Conversions: Zander Vorster (2). Penalty: Stefan Moolman.

Eastern Province 26 (12) – Tries: Ross Atkinson, Matthew Harvey, Petrus Kleinhans, Gelden van Niekerk. Conversions: Travis Pheiffer (3). Border CD 14 (7) – Tries: Amoyile Thole, Azukiwe Magqaza. Conversion: Thole (2).

Namibia 12 (5) – Tries: Hanre Cocklin, Dirk Farmer. Conversion: William Beukes. Zimbabwe 10 (10) – Tries: Chima Nwadike, Hunter Falkenberg

Western Province XV 50 (26) – Tries: Tristan Joubert (2), Markus Muler (2), Leo Weber, Attie van der Lingen, Steph van der Merwe, Migael Turner. Coversions: Muller (5). Free State XV 3 (3) – Penalty: Jan Hendrik van der Linden.

Hilton College showed just how much depth they have on the first day of the Independent Schools Rugby Festival at St Andrew’s in Bloemfontein when they comfortably beat St. Stithians College by 43-5 with a team consisting only of players who will still be eligible to play first-team for them next season.

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In the absence of some of their star players, like flyhalf and captain, Chris Horak, who was in action for the Sharks Craven Week team against the Bulls at the Noordvaal Bondedag, some of their stayers stepped up and showed that the future is looking bright for Hilton College rugby.

In particular, Horak’s replacement at flyhalf, Xola Makongolo and Hilton College’s 16-year-old eighth man, Emmanuel Dankwah, put on a dominant display for the team from KZN.

Hilton controlled the game from the start and showcased some exciting running rugby to set the mood for the Curry Cup final taking place at the Free State Stadium just up the road.

All the players had the opportunity to go watch the Cheetahs take on the Pumas for the title after the first day’s action.

In the penultimate matchup of day one, the hosts, St Andrew’s, showed their intent but ultimately came up just short against St David’s Marist.

In what was a thriller of a match, the hosts may feel that they left a couple of points on the field, deciding not to attempt to convert kickable penalties on two occasions.

The visitors from Johannesburg took their chances, and their lively scrumhalf, Diego Ferreira‘s penalty conversion was enough to secure the 24-21 win for St David’s Marist.

Kearsney are looking like the team to beat at the festival this year. They played against an invitational team from St Albans, also consisting of stayers.

They were ruthless in the first half and their big loose forward, Simanye Mlakalaka, looked unstoppable, scoring two tries for his team.

The boys from Pretoria did extremely well to regroup at half time though, and despite being down 40-5 at the break, they matched their opponents in the second half.

The second day of the festival takes place on Monday, when St Andrew’s faces CBC Boksburg in what promises to be an exciting matchup, and Kearsney take on Cornwall Hill in the final match of the day.

St Andrew’s will look to find the inspiration they need to live up to the promise shown on the first day, and Cornwall Hill have a big challenge waiting for them when they face Kearsney.

The scorers:

Hilton College 43 (17) – Tries: Emmanuel Dankwah (2), Michael Capes, Rowan Cox, Xola Makongolo, Luke Warren, Ollie Proudfoot. Conversions: Capes (3), Tristan Uys. St Stithians College 5 (5) – Try: Ryan Zvinavashe.

St David’s Marist 24 (17) – Tries: William Alleman, Jack Brady, Elliot Skei. Conversions: Diego Ferreira (3). Penalty Ferreira. St Andrews 21 (14) – Tries: Koena Ntsamai, Matthew Simon, Marco de Sousa. Conversions: Connor Nel (3).

CBC Boksburg 38 (12) – Tries: Chad Tullet (2), Jacques Lewis, Kyle Galliot, Mcebisi Ndimande. Conversions: Cayden Milne (4). Free State Development XV 5 (5).

Kearsney College 47 (40) – Tries: Simanye Mlakalaka (2), Seth Brown, Jarred van Staaden, Buko Hkwatika, Lindo Mpungose, Callum Steer. Conversions: Daniel Eagar (6). St Alban’s College XV 12 (5) – TBC

St Charles College 21 (14) – Tries: Marlon Mbewe, Lazola Makuala, Raphael Abijade. Conversions: Ukhanyo Ntsangani (2), Okhule Peti. Cornwall Hill College 5 (0) – Try: CJ Kapilikisha.

Clifton 29 (12) – Tries: Nathan Shotland (2), Simphiwe Ngcobo, Bryce Beeslaar, Joshau Kennedy. Conversions: Kennedy (4) Union 8 (8) – Try: Jayden Odendaal. Penalty: Hlaki Skepe.

The rest of the fixtures:

Monday:

Hickling A: 08:00 – Hilton vs St Alban’s College XV; 09:10 – St Andrews vs CBC Boksburg; 10:20 – St Charles vs Union High; 13:30 – FS Development XV vs St David’s Marist; 14:40 – Clifton vs St Stithians; 15:50 – Cornwall Hill vs Kearsney.

Wednesday:

Hickling A: 08:00 – St Charles vs St Stithians; 09:10 – St Andrews vs Kearsney.

Hickling B: 08:00 – Hilton vs St David’s Marist; 09:10 – Union High vs Free State Development XV.

Victoria Park: 08:00 – Clifton vs CBC Boksburg; 09:10 – St Alban’s College XV vs Cornwall Hill.

Scorers: 

Western Province 41 (29) – Tries: Jayden Joubert, Albert Lourens, Jadon Ocks, Jayden Brits, Jordan Jooste, Quintin Potgieter, Joshua Neill. Conversions: Leighton Brinkhuis (3). Boland 12 (0) – Tries: Jaydwill de Klerk, Junaide Stuart. Conversion: Giano da Kosta.

Free State 29 (7) – Tries: AJ Meyer, Ethan Adams, Brendon de Wee, AJ Booysen. Conversions: Tristan Maree (3). Penalty: Maree. Border 20 (13) – Tries: Sibabalwe Magwebu (2), Daniel Carr. Conversion: Bunquina Nuku. Penalty: Nuku.

Leopards 15 (10) – Tries: Tyran Masango, Waide Davey, KG Legodi. Limpopo Blue Bulls 12 (7) – Tries: Kgashane Malesa, Johannes Bezuidenhout. Conversion: Anzio Swartbooi.

SWD 36 (12) – Tries: Jemiqo Gallant, Johannes Snyman, Sinesihle Mdlankomo, Kai Pratt, Lohan Gerber, Lee-Winn Pretorius. Conversions: Warren Labuschagne (3). Griffons 12 (12) – Tries: AJ Myburgh, Gehan Hendricks. Conversion: JM  Rensburg.

Pumas 38 (10) – Tries: D’Angelo Roberts, Siyanda Dennison, Matthew Abbey, Hencoe Janse van Rensburg, Divan de Kock, Jacques Greyling. Conversions: Abbey (4). Griquas 10 (10) – Tries: Pieter Smit, Clinton Britz.

Golden Lions 39 (10) – Tries: Clinton Agu (3), Eugene de Lange, Deveno Bernado, Jade Rollinson, Jeandre Uithaler. Conversions: Uithaler (2). Valke 7 (0) – Try: Dihan Crause. Conversion: Doan Nel.

Blue Bulls 31 (10) – Tries: Albert Smit, Leskin Samuels, Zirk Meyer, Stefan McDonald. Conversions: Ruben Groenewald (4). Penalty: Groenewald. Sharks 27 (19) – Tries: Zekethelo Siyaya (2), Khazimla Makali, Josh Grant, Unknown. Conversions: Zander Vorster (2). Penalty: Stefan Moolman.

Eastern Province 26 (12) – Tries: Ross Atkinson, Matthew Harvey, Petrus Kleinhans, Gelden van Niekerk. Conversions: Travis Pheiffer (3). Border Country Districts 14 (7) – Tries: Amoyile Thole, Azukiwe Magqaza. Conversion: Thole (2).

Namibia 12 (5) – Tries: Hanre Cocklin, Dirk Farmer. Conversion: William Beukes. Zimbabwe 10 (10) – Tries: Chima Nwadike, Hunter Falkenberg.

Western Province XV 50 (26) – Tries: Tristan Joubert (2), Markus Muler (2), Leo Weber, Attie van der Lingen, Steph van der Merwe, Migael Turner. Coversions: Muller (5). Free State XV 3 (3) – Penalty: Jan Hendrik van der Linden.

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Kearsney College had to dig deep to hold on to a 15-7 lead against Cornwall Hill College on the second day of the Independent Schools Rugby Festival at St Andrew’s in Bloemfontein.

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Despite being a low-scoring game, the final match of the day provided plenty of excitement as the Cornwall Hill College boys kept asking questions of Kearsney, but the side from KZN was resolute on defence and managed to hold on to their lead.

Kearsney took an early 12-0 lead thanks to a try and conversion by their dynamic fullback, Daniel Eagar, and a try by the winger, Rogan Strydom but their opponents from Centurion never dropped their heads, and after their eighth man, Jon-Luc Snyman, got them on the board it looked like they found new energy and they kept within reach of Kearsney to the very end.

The hosts, St Andrew’s, realized some of the potential that they showed glimpses of on the first day.

After just coming up short 24-21 against St David’s Marist on day one, the home team put on an impressive performance to beat CBC Boksburg 46-5.

Their fullback and captain, Connor Nell, played a dream game, leading by example and scoring a hat-trick in front of the home crowd.

Clifton also had to hold on to survive an inspired second-half onslaught by St Stithians.

Despite looking strong and scoring three tries after the break, St Stithians had allowed Clifton to do too much damage in the first half and couldn’t make up the difference.

After this 29-19 victory and Saturday’s 29-8 win against Union High, they can leave the festival with a 100% winning record if they manage to beat CBC Boksburg in their final match.

Hilton also continued on their impressive run of form with their team of stayers blowing through St Alban’s College’s Invitational XV 64-3 after beating St Stithians 43-5 on the first day.

They face St David’s Marist on the final day and the team from Johannesburg will need to be at their best to avoid becoming Hilton’s third victim this week.

St. Andrew’s play against Kearsney in the main match of the final day and the home team will see this as a golden opportunity to show their intent by taking down a big name at their home festival.

The Kearsney boys have a day off to recover from the physical toll their last battle must have had, knowing they can also make it three from three if they beat the hosts on Wednesday.

Scorers:

Kearsney  College 15 (12) – Tries: Rogan Strydom, Daniel Eagar. Conversion: Eagar. Penalty: Eagar. Cornwall Hill 7 (7) – Try: Jon-Luc Snyman. Conversion: Tshepo Malete

Clifton 29 (24) – Tries: Matt Hammond, Adam Selikow, Joshua Kennedy, Ebeneezer Mangue, Owen Field. Conversions: Kennedy (2). St. Stithians College 19 (0) – Tries: Bongani Mudzana, Chris Anderson, Francois Botes. Conversions: Chris Anderson (2).

St David’s Marist 61 (40) – Tries: Daniel Fellingam (3), Elliot Skei, Connor McWilliams, Nick de Zwart, Kuzivakwashe Majuru, William Alleman, William Hayton. Conversions: Luca Cabion (5), Diego Ferreira (3). Free State Development 0.

St Charles College 57 (33) – Tries: Raphael Ajibade (3), Matthew Urquhart (2), Keagan Lombard, KG Mashiloane, Dean Chiwese,  Matthew Ludick. Conversions: Ukhanyo Ntsangani (6). Union High 0.

St Andrew’s 46 (22) – Tries: Connor Nel (3), Eduan van den Heever, Leon Athanasiou, Naudé Botha, Kamogelo Leshupi, Retshe Mokoena. Conversions: Nel (2), Botha. CBC Boksburg 5 (5) – Try: Cayden Milne.

Hilton College 64 (40) – Tries: Khanya Jekwa (2), Ollie Proudfoot (2), Rukudzo Madinga (2), Oli Gaboreau, Tristan Uys, Requilme Adonis, Unknown. Conversions: Michael Capes (6), Luke Warren. St Alban’s College XV 3.

 

Wednesday’s fixtures:

Hickling A: 08:00 – St Charles vs St Stithians; 09:10 – St Andrews vs Kearsney.

Hickling B: 08:00 – Hilton vs St David’s Marist; 09:10 – Union High vs Free State Development XV.

Victoria Park: 08:00 – Clifton vs CBC Boksburg; 09:10 – St Alban’s College XV vs Cornwall Hill.

 

The Western Province u18 A side scored five goals in the first two chukkers against their second-string side which saw them register an emphatic 7-1 win on day of the u18 SASHOC National event in Bloemfontein on Monday.

Coming into the tournament as one of the sides to watch, the team totally dominated their Provincial counterparts, clearly showing the difference between an A and second-best team.

The side, coached by the experienced Bryce West opened the scoring as early as the second minute, when Ethan Lee found himself in a good position, and scored a well-worked field goal to kick things off for his side.

The goals would follow in quick succession after the opener.

A total of four goals followed soon after, coupled with a hat-trick from captain, Michael Cowen, who scored some outrageous goals, which will definitely contend for goals of the tournament.

The skipper scored two field goals and one penalty corner, adding to his tally the contribution he had yesterday when the side defeated Northern Gauteng (3-2).

Other players who got on the score sheet include Dean Carrick, Nathan Msakiwe, while James Grieve slotted in a penalty corner with seven minutes to play.

Try as they may, the Western Province B side just couldn’t get assert themselves into the game and managed a solitary goal through Ray Bonnet.

7-1 the final score.

In other matches on the day, Southern Gauteng A continued on their good form by beating hosts Southern Free State (5-1). Ben van der Merwe scored twice as Amathole came back to salvage a draw against the Northern Gauteng side.

In the final match of the day, KZN Inland A, coached by Damian Kimfley hung on for a close (4-3) against their provincial brothers, the KZN Inland B side.

Day three’s action kicks off early at 09:00 and you can catch all the action on https://supersportschools.com/

Results | Day 2

Boland 1 (0) (Ruben Sendzul); KZN Inland B 0.

KZN Coastal A 1 (0) (Josh Northend); KZN Coastal B 0.

KZN Inland A 3 (1) (Dale Herbert, Wian Liebenberg, Akha Mda); Eastern Province 2 (0) (Josh Jacobs, Ben Ristow).

Southern Gauteng A 5 (2) (Jaydon Brooker (2), Matt Eichweber, Tom Chalmers, Liam Billett); Southern Free State A 1 (0) (Roan Janse van Rensburg).

Western Province A 7 (5) (Michael Cowen (3), Ethan Lee,Dean Carrick, Nathan Msakiwe, James Grieve); Western Province B 1 (0): (Ray Bonnet).

Amathole A 3 (1): (Ben van der Merwe (2), Lucan Hykes); Northern Gauteng A 3 (2) (Wilan Tollig, Louw du Preez, Kade Poonasamy).

KZN Coastal A 2 (2) (Kyle Thomas, Matthew de Oliveira); Boland A 0.

KZN Inland A 4 (2) (Nicholas Chantler (3), Wian Liebenberg); KZN Inland B 3 (1) (Asande Khumalo (2), West Mitchell-Innes);

Day 3 fixtures:

09:00 – Southern Gauteng A vs Northern Gauteng A
10:25 – Western Province A vs Southern Free State A
11:50 – Aamathole A vs Western Province B
13:15 – Boland vs KZN Coastals B
14:40 – KZN Coastals A vs KZN Inland A
16:05 – Eastern Province A vs KZN Inland B
17:30 – Northern Gauteng A vs Southern Free State A
18:55 – Western Province A vs Amathole A

 

Hoërskool Garsfontein proved to be a force to be reckoned with at the annual Merensky Cricket Week by beating Cambridge College by a whopping 353 runs.

Garsies won the toss and elected to bat first. They were off to a flying start as their opening batsman scored freely on what might have seemed like a difficult wicket, scoring at nearly a run a ball. After the first wicket fell and another was retired hurt, Etienne du Toit and Gustav Beer came together.

Du Toit and Beer let loose on the Cambridge bowlers scoring a 109 (70b) and 93 (49b) respectively. Luan Ferreira also contributed with a blistering 75 of only 39 deliveries to set Cambridge a mammoth target of 469.

Cambridge were bowled out for 116, with Logan Weetman bagging a five wicket haul (5/38). Nayleo Sanna (2/13) and Stefan van Staden (2/15) were also among the wickets leading Garsies to an impressive victory in their first encounter of the week.

Hoërskool Dinamika also bagged their first victory of the week beating Hoërskool Secunda.

They too won the toss and elected to bat first. Opening batsman, Jadin Schlebush, laid the platform for the batters to come, with a gutsy half-century (52,63b). With the platform firmly set Dean van Onslen (53,28b), Nathan Son (54,44b) and Duandre Niewenhuys (50,30b) pilled on the runs and ensured that Dinamika reach a very competitive total of 345.

Dinamika’s bowlers restricted Secunda to 173/8 in their allotted overs. Kyle Middleton was at the forefront and claimed impressive bowling figures of 4/45. He was backed up by Tyron Whatley (2/22) and Dean van Onselen (2/44) to secure a comfortable victory of 173 runs.

Jaydon Parrot was the shining light for Secunda top scoring with the bat (47,69b) as well as claiming a five-for (5/72).

Summarised Scorecard:

Garsfontein 469/8 (Etteine du Toit 109, Gustav Beer 93, Luan Ferreira 75; Hanro Krumm 2/34, Thato Motsoeneng 2/60, Akani Mnisi 2/80); Cambridge 116/10 (Quilan Visagie 53; Logan Weetman 5/38, Nayleo Sanna 2/13, Stefan van Staden 2/15). Garsfontein won by 353 runs.

Dinamika 345/10 (Nathan Son 54, Dean van Onselen 53, Jadin Schlebusch 52, Duandre Niewenhuys 50; Jayden Parrot 5/72, Marco du Toit 2/39); Secunda 173/8 (Jayden Parrot 47, Marco du Toit 33; Kyle Middleton 4/45, Tyron Whatley 2/22, Dean van Onselen 2/44. Dinamika won by 173 runs.

Other results Day One:

Garsfontein 2^nd XI 143/10 (Tiaan du Plessis 49; Zandre Hattigh 3/23, Michael Nel 2/33) Hoërskool Pietersburg 147/4 (Michael Nel 35, Driaan Hartslief 29; Ethan du Plessis 2/46). Pietersburg won by 6 wickets.

Eldoraigne 227/9 (Tshepang Laka 96, Nicholas Roets 31 Rhyno Redelinghuys 30; Alfred Nel 2/42, Luka Heinlein 2/48); Merensky 149/9 (Maan Mistry 34 Rinaldo Bornman 28). Eldoraigne won by 78 runs.

SRE Academy 152/10 (Zayd Moosa 33, Lucas van der Merwe 27; Riley Vockerodt 2/3, Jacques van Niekerk 2/19, Francois Botha 2/28) Waterkloof 2^nd XI 154/2 (Eben van Heerden 102*, Jaydon Blom 37*; Coetzee du Preez 1/35). Waterkloof 2^nd XI won by 8 wickets.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jaydon Brooker starred for Southern Gauteng as they started their campaign off during the the first day of the SASHOC u18 Boys tournament in Bloemfontein with two victories.

Southern Gauteng defeated Amathole by 3-0 in a convincing victory with Brooker, Boipelp Koloti and Diahn Alberts-Flynn all finding the back of the net. Brooker scored a hat-trick of goals in his side’s second victory of 5-0 over Western Province’s second stringers.

Western Province seems like the other side to beat as they defeated Northern Gauteng by 3-2 in a closely contested match. Northern Gauteng’s striker Wilan Tollig opened the scoring in the third minute of the match.

Boland also recorded a solid 5-1 victory over Eastern Province with Rueben Sendzul scoring a brace of goals.

Results | Day 1

Western Province B 2 (Ray Bonnet 10′, Keegan Rodgers 26′); Southern Free State A 1 (Esmin Ontong 6′).

Southern Gauteng A 3 (Jaydon Brooker 14′, Boipelo Koloti 23′, Diahn Alberts-Flynn 33′); Amathole 0.

Western Province A 3 (Michael Cowen 30′; Nathan Msakiwe 37′; Michael Royden-Turner 60′); Northern Gauteng A 2 (Wilan Tollig 3′; Thato Mamogale 56′).

Boland A 5 (Rueben Sendzul 19′, 42′; Aon Hendricks 3′; Zeke Hougaard 17′; Jake Downie 48′); Eastern Province A 1 (Ben Ristow 30′).

KZN Coastals A 2 (Lethabo Bogacwi 22′; Lerou Ditlhakanyane 53′); KZN Inland B 0.

KZN Inland A 2 (Kearebetswe Khoele 12′, Phiwaynkosi Dlamini 57′); KZN Coastals B 0.  

Southern Gauteng A 5 (Jaydon Brooker 11′, 34′, 55′; Devin Wax 14′; Liam Billett 20′); Western Province B 0.