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PAARL. – England u18 head coach Jonathan Pendlebury says his side are looking to go the extra mile and improve on last year’s performances when they commence their u18 International series against France in Paarl on Friday.

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England, who will also face South Africa, and the Western Province Invitational side during their time in the Mother City and Paarl will look to put right some of the errors that cost them the series last year.

This time around, however, the English side took the flight down to South Africa with a new looking team plus a number of players in the 26-man squad yet to turn 18-years-old. 

Despite that, the side is still graced with a pool of talented players selected from clubs like Saracens, Harlequins, the Sale Sharks, and Exeter Chiefs, just to name a few. 

In last year’s edition, the team in red and white made multiple errors against South Africa in their first match. Irregardless of the tricky conditions , Pendlebury’s side struggled under the high ball, and their scrums not functioning well, didn’t do them any justice. 

The visitors showed up in the second encounter against the SA team, putting in a much more composed and clean performance, and almost caused an upset, losing that match by three points. 

In the end, the side would’ve been gutted to lose both fixtures by 40 points and more, despite managing to pick up a victory against the SA U18 ‘A’ side in a nail-biting (36-34) win. 

This year, however, the series has come with a different format, one that will see England at this level play France for the first time on African soil. 

The two Northern Hemisphere nations are no stranger to the International stage having faced each other in the U18 Six Nations tournament before. Earlier this year, France edged England in the opening round by one point, to claim a (23-22) win. 

To correct that result in Cape Town, England will need to use their strong pack, and incorporate their attacking backline flair with good decision making, and taking every opportunity that presents itself.

“The team put in an incredible shift in 2022 and their development as a collective, as well as individuals, was evident – we’re aiming for more of the same this August,” said Pendlebury via England Rugby. 

“The boys we have at our disposal are a group with a lot of potential. We have selected from a wide range of clubs, schools, colleges and academies which will only add to the unique blend we are forming here.”

“Our games against France, South Africa as well as Western Province, will offer these players room to express themselves and to explore together as a unit. We can’t wait for what’s in store,” Pendlebury added.  

As for the “Les bleus,” they arrived in the Western Cape with no shortage of confidence after a stellar showing during the Six Nations campaign.

France were the only side unbeaten in the three-round campaign, defeating England, Scotland (50-7), and Italy (57-17). 

Their record from last year’s series also fairs better than that of England’s even though it may be argued that they defeated a second-string South African side twice.

Those arguments may be entertained; however, what France has managed to do in just a space of a year can never be overlooked. 

The junior side will also be looking to draw inspiration from their U20 side that recently won the World Rugby Championship title in the same City.

The series will provide an opportunity for the side to stake their claim, and to even prove that their two victories against the SA ‘A’ side last year were in no way luck. The French will also be banking on the experience of Thomas Marceline, who has faced England three times in his young career already. 

The two teams will get the series underway this Friday in Boland Landbou (Paarl) at 15:00.

The teams: 

England u18 squad:

Forwards:  Tayo Adegbemile (Saracens, St Albans), Will Conduit (Midlands West, Stourport College), Ronan Daniell (Harlequins, Hurstpierpoint College), Sam Graham (Newcastle Falcons, Durham), Junior Kpoku (Exeter Chiefs, Finborough), Jack Lightbown (Sale Sharks, The Sixth Form Bolton), Alfie Longstaff (Yorkshire Academy, Woodhouse Grove), Jamie Miller (Harlequins, Whitgift), Billy Sela (Bath Rugby, Beechen Cliff), Solomon Shand (Gloucester Rugby, Hartpury College), Olamide Sodeke (Saracens, Gravesend Grammar), Connor Treacey (Bath Rugby, Beechen Cliff), Kepueli Tuipulotu (South Central London Academy, Harrow), Charlie West (Saracens, St Albans). 

Backs: Toby Baker (Bristol Bears, St Peter’s, York), Jack Bracken (Saracens, St Albans), Ollie Davies (Sale Sharks, Kirkham Grammar), Lucas Friday (Harlequins, Trinity), Charlie Griffin (South Central London Academy, Harrow), Angus Hall (Saracens, The Judd School, Tonbridge), Dom Hanson (Sale Sharks, Stockport Grammar), Nick Lilley (Exeter Chiefs, Exeter College), Finn Newton (Saracens, Haileybury), Louie Platt (Yorkshire Academy, Mount St. Mary’s), Toby Wilson (Sale Sharks, Kings Macclesfield), Finlay Wiseman (South Central London Academy, Hampton).

France u18 squad:

Thomas Alary (Stade Toulousain), Quentin Algay (CA Brive Corrèze), Temanatua Boichot (Stade Rochelais), Liam Couturier (ABCD XV), Adrien Drault (CABBG), Eliott Duthil (US Colomiers), Tom Emery (US Colomiers), Gabin Garault (Stade Rochelais), Ellyjah Ibsaiene (CABBG), Edouard-Junior Jabea Njocke (RC Massy Essonne), Samuel Jean Christophe (RC Toulon), Diego Jurd (Stade Rochelais), Luka Keletaona (CA Brive Corrèze), Dany Kevin Lamataki (SU Agen), Tom Leveque (Aviron Bayonnais), Nathan Llaveria (Stade Toulousain), Thomas Marceline (Lyon OU), Romeo Martin Bonnard (Stade Toulousain), Marceau Marzullo (Stade Toulousain), Charly Mignot (Lyon OU), Jérémy Nemor (Stade Toulousain), Pierre Cren Ourtaud (Castres Olympique), Ruben-Diego Pargade (CABBG), Bastien Rasal (Aviron Bayonnais), Melvyn Rates (FC Grenoble), Noé Theraube (FC Grenoble), Ethan Tia (Stade Français), Quentin Valentino (Stade Niçois), Luka Keletaona (CA Brive Corrèze), Dany Kevin Lamataki (SU Agen.

U18 International Series fixtures:

Friday, 11 August

Venue: Boland Landbou (Paarl)

15h00: England U18 vs France U18

Tuesday, 15 August

Venue: Stellenberg High School (Durbanville)

13h00: England U18 vs WP U18 XV

15h00: SA U18 vs France U18

Saturday, 19 August

Venue: Paarl Boys High School (Paarl)

13h00: France U18 vs WP U18 XV

15h00: SA U18 vs England U18

Durban Girls College will kick off their Super 12 campaign with intentions of finishing in a better position than they did last year.

The Durban side took away the bronze medal in last year’s campaign, and after some impressive, dominant, and statement setting performances which have seen them ranked seventh during the season, confidence will not be an issue for the side.

Catch all the action live on SuperSport Schools (www.supersportschools.com).

Since their inclusion in the tournament, which was back in 2014, Girls College have made some strides which cannot be overlooked in the competition.

In 2014, they finished in seventh spot against South Africa’s top schools, just like how it will be this coming week. In 2015, Girls College dropped the bar, finishing in eighth position.

That would be the last time the school took part in the tournament as a six-year absence, two of those years being affected by COVID-19 meant the side could only return to the competition last year.

If form is anything to go by, College will be beaming with confidence considering they recently won the latest grand finals of the Spar Hockey Challenge hosted in St Mary’s DSG in Kloof.

In that tournament, the side were unbeaten playing some attractive hockey which landed them a spot in the final against St Mary’s.

In the final, Chardinay Penniston’s side dominated proceedings, scoring two goals through Ruby Kraus, and Hannah Hargroves.

That win will certainly spring the side in the right direction in terms of the mental fitness, and endurance needed going into a highly competitive super 12 competition.

The player that has been dubbed the “player to look out for” in the side is Tara Pakendorf, who made her first team debut for the side in 2021 and also made the SA Schools team after this year’s SASHOC tournament in Bloemfontein.

However, its important to note that the likes of Salma Bejia, Ruby Kraus, Nandi Mnyandu and skipper Jenna Reardon are also deadly players that pose a threat to the opposition. On top of that, they are among the list of eight players who made their debuts in 2021, meaning that the side is not short of any experienced players.

Fixtures: 

On day one, the Durban side will open their account against Garsfontein at 11:40. They will then face Bloemhof at 15:50 in round two before concluding their day with a mouthwatering fixture against Rhenish at 20:00.

On day two, the side will play Eunice at 12:30 and conclude their round robin stage with a fixture against Pearson High at 16:40 before the play-offs begin.

The team:

Durban Girls College: Cara Baker, Salma Bejia, Caprice Bengtson, Ella Carstens, Hannah Hargroves, Ruby Kraus, Emily Macquet, Nandi Mnyandu, Erin Moodleu, Tara Pakendorf, Taegan Price, Jenna Reardon, Georgina Stephenson, Natalie Taylor, Olivia Verster, Chelsey Woolf.

Joining the 2023 Fairtree Super 12-tournament as the 24th team playing since 2014 is a local school from Pretoria, Hoërskool Garsfontein’s first team hockey girls.

Being the newcomers and placing sixth in the rankings goes to show that the team has put in the necessary effort, hard work and dedication to play in this year’s tournament. 

The team consists of 16 talented girls , six grade eleven players and with a total of ten Garsfontein is the team with the most matric players in the tournament. 

During this season the team had played 40 games overall. A game against Oos-Moot with a 10 to 0 lead was one of the 28 matches won alongside a win in the St. Mary’s festival against the Rhenish girls team (1-0) who is currently ranked second. 

Playing against Bloemhof who is placed 11th in the St. Mary’s Festival added on to the five draws the girls had this season with the game resulting in 1-1. 

Falling just short with one goal difference in each of their games against Collegiate (0-1) (ranked 8th) in the St. Mary’s Festival and against Eunice (0-1) (ranked 3rd) in a derby game that took place in April the girls have only lost seven games in total this season.  

Having played against most of their opponents for the tournament throughout the year the girls are excited and honored to showcase their skills and prove why they are in the tournament. 

Hoërskool Garsfontein’s team:

Danielle van Zyl, Tenite Breed, Minga Naude, Arista van Zyl, Marjone Pullen, Lize- Marie Claassens, Monique van Rooyen, Lize-Marie Rheeder, Tanisha Eyberg, Nika Hershensohn, Catelynn Nel, Sune van der Merwe, Kara du Preez, Anje McLaren, Jemma Venter, Mila Snyman. 

Garsfontein’s fixtures for the Fairtree Super 12-tournament:

Thursday, 10 August 2023:

11:40 – Garsfontein vs Durban Girls’ College
16:40 – Garsfontein vs Eunice

Friday, 11 August 2023:

07:30 – Garsfontein vs Pearson
11:40 – Garsfontein vs Rhenish
15:50 – Garsfontein vs Bloemhof

 

 

The SA u18 Sevens team won the Bronze Medal at the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinidad & Tobago with a dominant 52-0 display over Canada in the final match of their campaign on Tuesday.

After losing to Scotland narrowly by 19-17 with a last-second try on Monday, the Baby Blitzbokke would need to beat Fiji on the final day to secure a rematch with the U18 Flying Fijians in the final.

The physicality of the Fiji boys seemed to rattle us early on in the match, and by the time we found our rhythm it was too late, they managed to hold on to the lead for a 17-10 victory, leaving South Africa to compete for the bronze.

James Nero, from Durbanville, who has emerged as one of the standout players over the course of this tournament, scored against the mighty Islanders and Gino Cupido, from Strand, also got over the line in that match.

Nero scored 10 tries during the tournament, the most of any South African player, and is definitely a player with a bright future ahead of him, whichever format he chooses to pursue.

In the third-place playoff against Canada, the boys raised their game to end the tournament on a high. After beating them 38-0 on Monday, South Africa seemed to shift up a gear on Tuesday, running 52 unanswered points by the Canadians.

Northwood’s Siyanda Nkosi has also been a standout at this tournament, crossing the line four times against Trinidad & Tobago earlier in the week.

Both Nkosi and Nero scored a final brace each in the match against Canada, Samuel Badenhorst, from Paul Roos, and Siyabonga Ndlozi, Westville Boys’ High’s flyer, both also stood out for their team in that match.

Scotland shocked the top-seeded Fiji in the final of the tournament.

After trading equal blows in the first half, they went into the break at 10-all.

Fiji’s captain, Ralulu Josaia, received a second yellow card early in the second half leading to a red card.

Scotland looked to have stolen a famous victory, scoring with less than a minute left in the game to take a 20-15 lead, but Ratu Seruisavou, who has been amazing for Fiji throughout the tournament, got over the line after regulation time had elapsed to force the Scots into extra time.

With the tournament rules stating that in the event of extra time, the first team to score wins, and Scotland still being a player up because of the red card, they were able to secure a famous upset over Fiji, who looked to be the clear favourites throughout the week.

Having lost to Fiji 32-5 on Monday, the Scots should be commended for turning it around before their game against SA, and carrying the momentum through to the final to be crowned the Commonwealth Youth Games rugby sevens champions for 2023.

Scorers:

Final:

Scotland 25 (10) – Tries: Ben Morriss, Fergus Watson, Jack Craig, Ritchie Mitchell, Ross Burnie. Fiji 20 (10) – Marika Rabonu, Nasoni Tuifaloa, Ratu Seruisavou, Mariko Ravuiwasa.

Third place:

South Africa 52 (26) – Tries: James Nero (2), Siyanda Nkosi (2), Luann Olivier, Siyabonga Ndlozi, Samuel Badenhorst, Bernardo Diedericks. Conversions: Nkosi (6). Canada 0.

Group stage:

Fiji 17 (5) – Tries: Marika Rabonu, Ponipate Kurewaka, Mariko Ravuiwasa. Conversion: Anasa Korotini. South Africa 10 (5) – Tries: Gino Cupido, James Nero.

The team:

Siyanda Nkosi (Northwood), Stephanus Linde (Voortrekker), Jeffwin Wesso (Outeniqua), Luann Olivier (Garsfontein), James Nero (Hoërskool Durbanville), Thandolwami Ntshangase (Durban High School), Gino Cupido (Strand), Siybonga Ndlozi (Westville), Lavela Pongolo (Grey High), Bernardo Diedericks (Robertson), Samuel Badenhorst (Paul Roos), Luan Giliomee (Charlie Hofmeyr), Marno Stopforth (Grey College).

Since the oldest player in the Springbok squad for the World Cup in France matriculated back in 2003 until the youngest player matriculated in 2020 a total of 427 players represented the South African Schools side.

Of which only 11 of them are part of the squad of 33 who will attempt to defend the Springboks’ title. The oldest Springbok in the squad, Deon Fourie (Hoërskool Pietersburg), matriculated back in 2003.

He represented the Limpopo Blue Bulls at the Craven Week that year. The youngest Canan Moodie (Boland Landbou) matriculated in 2020 and didn’t get a chance to take part in the Craven Week as no tournament was held in 2020 due to the Coronavirus-pandemic.

This means Moodie was in his first year of life when Fourie played at the Craven Week in 2003.

Yes, the statistic is skewed a bit due to the fact that some of the 427 players did go on to represent the Springboks or even other nations during their careers. But it is still interesting and worth noting that being picked for the SA Schools’ side certainly doesn’t warrant success later on in a player’s rugby career.

Further what is interesting is that 13 players in the squad never even made it to the Craven Week.

Only two schools, Paul Roos Gimnasium and Hoërskool Tygerberg, have more than one representative the the Bok-squad. Willie le Roux, Steven Kitshoff and Damian Willsemse all played that schoolboy rugby for Paul Roos, while Eben Etzebeth and Marvin Orie formed a lock-pairing in the first team of Hoërskool Tygerberg.

South Africa’s 65th Springbok-captain, Bongi Mbonambi, is the only player in the squad that gets his schooling career allocated to two schools in St Alban’s College and Voortrekker in Bethlehem. Mbonambi represented the Griffons at the Grant Khomo Week and also played a couple of matches for Voortrekker’s First XV before making the move to Pretoria.

Mbonambi represented the Blue Bulls at the Craven Week in East London in 2009 and also made the SA Schools’ side of that year.

In our statistics a player is allocated to a school via the following criteria. He matriculated from that school or represented said schools’ First XV during his schooling career.

Springbok World Cup Squad and their schools: 

BACKS 

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FORWARDS 

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Eunice is no newcomer to the tough and competitive hockey scene. 

The team made their first impression this season by winning the St. Mary’s Hockey Festival earlier this year and beating the number one ranked team and defending champions of the Super 12 Trophy, Oranje Meisieskool in the semi-final of the festival (1-0).

Eunice is also one of the two teams in the tournament that has two under 18A SA players Lilly-Anne Theron and the renowned Taheera Augousti also playing for the South African u21-team and the 2023 Proteas serving as the vice-captain alongside Solange Jacobs the team’s captain.  

Al together the team has played 46 games in total thus far consisting of 38 wins, three draws and five losses for the season one of them being against the opponent just above them on the rankings in second place the Rhenish Girls’ High team (0-2).  

Their 47th match took place Tuesday, 8 August 2023 at Oranje’s Astro against the Oranje which resulted in a draw (1-1) and lead to Eunice winning in penalty shootouts (3-2). 

In previous Super 12 Tournaments Eunice and Oranje have met twice in the final match once in 2015 and again last year in 2022 and in both years Eunice had just fallen short of the gold. 

With the battle between these two neighbouring schools in Bloemfontein and Eunice having the upper hand this year, winning two out of three games played against Oranje, it leads to wonder whether the Eunice girls will be able to put a stop to the reigning champions Oranjes stride.  

Eunice High School 1st team:

Anebel Venter, Bianca Rees-Gibbs, Cale Potgieter, Chris-Lea Potgieter, Dulce Lopez Del Rey, Georgia Kambanis, Gretha Zietsman, Isabella Myburg, Khanya Mtimkulu, Lilly-Anne Theron (GK), Maedbh Le Roux, Megan Pleser, Solange Jacobs (Captain),  Taheera Augousti (Vice-Captain), Trusten Barnard, Zandri Wiid.

Nika Coertzen (Coach), Karabo Phutsisi (Assistant Coach), Ellen Meyer (Manager)

Eunice’s fixtures for the Fairtree Super 12-tournament:

Thursday, 10 August 2023:

10:50 – Eunice vs Pearson
16:40 – Eunice vs Garsfontein

Friday, 11 August 2023:

08:20 – Eunice vs Bloemhof
12:30 – Eunice vs Durban Girls’ College
18:20 – Eunice vs Rhenish

This week, Collegiate girls will travel from Gqeberha to Bloemfontein to participate in the Fairtree Super 12 Tournament, hosted by Oranje Meisieskool in Bloemfontein from the 9th to 12th of August. 

Catch all the action on live on SuperSport Schools (www.supersportschools.com).

Collegiate ranked 8th in the country when selected for this tournament will be facing giant odds as they are fixtured to go against the likes of Paarl Gimnasium, St Mary’s Waverley and reigning champions, Oranje Meisieskool. 

Last year, Collegiate unfortunately ended in the lower half (ranked 9th) at the end of the tournament. However, this year could prove more successful with Collegiate Girls having six players selected for the Eastern Province team for the SASHOC 2023 Tournament (U/18 A: Elizabeth Porter, Kyla Nienaber, Tiara Finnis, Gabriella Tait, Alulutho Adams. U/18 B: Jenna Peltenburg.  U/18 non-travelling reserve – Hannah Griffin)

Collegiate last met up against Oranje Meisieskool for their annual derby, losing 4-1. However, Collegiate took on Eunice on the same weekend and overcame Eunice 2-0 which bodes well for captain, Elizabeth Porter and the Collegiate Girls going into the Super 12 Tournament. 

Fixtures:

10 August 2023

09:10 – Collegiate vs St Mary’s Waverley
13:20 – Collegiate vs Menlopark
17:30 – Collegiate vs Oranje Meisieskool

11 August 2023

10:00 – Collegiate vs Paarl Gimnasium
15:00 – Collegiate vs Herschel

Die Hoër Meisieskool Paarl het vir die tweede agtereenvolgende jaar met die louere as kampioene tydens die interskole teen Paarl Gimnasium weggestap.

Die wedstryd het geëindig met Hoër Meisieskool wat met ‘n eindtelling van 30-26 spog.

Die twee spanne van Paarl het ‘n tweede (Paarl Gimnasium) en ‘n derde (Hoër Meisieskool Paarl) plek by die onlangse Suid-Afrikaanse Kampioenskappe behaal en beide spanne was honger vir ‘n oorwinning.

Van die begin van die wedstryd was dit duidelik dat dit nie ‘n maklike stryd vir een van die spanne gaan wees.

Sake het baie gelykop verloop in die eerste kwart van die wedstryd met beide spanne wat ses doele aangeteken het.

Die tweede kwart was die spanne kop-aan-kop met Hoër Meisieskool wat met sleg een doel voorgeloop het, maar teen die derde kwart het hulle die geleentheid aangegryp wat tot ‘n voorsprong van 22-20 gelei het.

Die spanning was tasbaar, aangesien albei spanne ongelooflike vaardigheid, strategie en spanwerk in hul strewe na oorwinning getoon het.

Hoër Meisieskool het in geen stadium die voet van die versneller gelig nie en dit was egter in hierdie deurslaggewende oomblik dat hulle hul staal getoon het en die geleentheid aangegryp het en seëvierend uit die stryd getree as kampioene van die jaarlikse interskole.

Kyla Dames, wie se uitsonderlike vertoning ‘n hoogtepunt van die netbalseisoen was, is as speler van die wedstryd aangewys en Mari Kemp, ’n staatmaker in die span se aanvallende span en doelsirkel, het ’n instrumentele rol in die oorwinning gespeel.

The SA u18 Sevens team representing the country at the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinidad and Tobago got off to a flying start on Sunday, when they scored 63 unanswered points against Jamaica, before seeing away with the host nation 59-0 in the final match of the first day, with Northwood’s speedster, Siyanda Nkosi, getting over the line four times in that match.

We could then see away with Canada relatively comfortably on the second day thanks to a hattrick by James Nero, Hoërskool Durbanville’s pride this season.

Perhaps more impressive than our try-scoring abilities is the phenomenal defence they have shown to keep their first three opponents scoreless.

Our first hiccup came against Scotland last night.

With nothing to separate the two teams at 12-all at the break, our young flyers managed to pull ahead after another try by Nero, but the Flying Scots had one more trick up their sleeve, and a try in extra time by Watson Fergus, duly converted by Matthew Urwin, allowed them to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.

This means South Africa will need to beat Fiji in the final match of the group stage at 16:28 today to qualify for the final, where they would have to face the mighty islanders again.

If we lose against Fiji, Scotland needs only to win their match against Trinidad & Tobago to qualify for the final. Should South Africa win their final game there is still a chance that they may not qualify for the final, but that would require Scotland making up a points difference of more than 123.

We wish the South African U18 Sevens team all the best for the pivotal encounter this evening.

The scorers so far:

Scotland 19 (12) – Tries: Fergus Watson, Jack Hocking, Ritchie Mitchell. Conversions: Hocking, Urwin. South Africa 17 (12) – Tries: James Nero (2), Samuel Badenhorst. Conversion: Luan Giliomee.

South Africa 38 (14) – Tries: James Nero (3), Gino Cupido, Fano Linde, Marno Stopforth. Conversions: Luan Giliomee (3), Siyanda Nkosi. Canada 0. 

South Africa 59 (24) – Tries: Siyanda Nkosi (4), Thandolwami Ntshangase (2), Gino Cupido, Siyabonga Ndlozi, Bernardo Diedericks. Conversions: Giliomee (2), Ntshangase (2), Nkosi, Ndlozi, Diedericks. Trinidad & Tobago 0.

South Africa 63 (35) – Tries: Gino Cupido (2), Luan Giliomee (2), James Nero (2), Siyabongo Ndlozi (2), Lavela Pongolo. Conversions: Giliomee (5), Siyanda Nkosi (3), Pongolo. Jamaica 0.

The team is:

Siyanda Nkosi (Northwood), Stephanus Linde (Voortrekker), Jeffwin Wesso (Outeniqua), Luann Olivier (Garsfontein), James Nero (Hoërskool Durbanville), Thandolwami Ntshangase (Durban High School), Gino Cupido (Strand), Siybonga Ndlozi (Westville), Lavela Pongolo (Grey High), Bernardo Diedericks (Robertson), Samuel Badenhorst (Paul Roos), Luan Giliomee (Charlie Hofmeyr), Marno Stopforth (Grey College).

Remaining fixtures, Tuesday, 08 August:

15:00 – Trinidad & Tobago vs Scotland; 15:44 – Canada vs Jamaica; 16:28 – Fiji vs South Africa; 19:00 – 5th vs 6th; 20:00 – Bronze Medal Playoff; 21:00 – Final

On Wednesday, MJ Sports will host the inaugural ‘Here for Her” soccer games in Newton Sports Ground. 

Mfanakuthi Myeni of the MJ Sports organization is calling on the local fans to come through and enjoy a great day of entertaining football.

MJ Sports helps alleviate social ills such as the use of illegal substances through sport. Myeni said, they strive to promote young athletes in football and other sporting code areas. 

Inspired by the ongoing ‘Here for Her’ Campaign by SuperSport TV, the aim of the competition is to bring the “Here for Here Vibe” that’s being seen on the television to the dusty fields of Inanda and the surrounding areas. 

To make women’s football in our society feel part of the ‘Here for Here’ campaign that’s trending in SA, Mfanakuthi Myeni said. 

“This also coincided with the fact that lady’s soccer has not had much attention locally, so we took it upon ourselves to remind the community of Inanda and the surrounding areas that women’s football is still active, and we want to see it supported in every possible way, Mfanakuthi Myeni said. 

MJ Sports continues to grow from its inception in 2020, and with the ‘Here for Her’ soccer games tournament, Myeni says he hopes they can be able to assist young players to go from strength to strength in their quest to professional football. 

“We have a vision to someday be the leading source of sporting talent and the best event organizers in Durban and KZN province and that we can give spotlight to the young talent here to other bigger football institutions in the country.”

Fixtures

Group A

City Stars Ladies	vs	Inanda Divas
Mortality Ladies	vs	City Stars Ladies
Inanda Divas	vs	Morality Ladies

Group B 

Lacoste SA Ladies	vs	Real Dolphins Ladies
Junior Classic Ladies	vs	Lacoste SA Ladies
Real Dolphins Ladies	vs	Junior Classic Ladies