Bishops aims to surprise favoured Wynberg
Bishops hosts their southern suburbs’ counterparts, Wynberg Boys’ High, on the Piley Rees Field at 12:30 on Saturday.
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When the sides met in May, at Wynberg, the hosts ran out comfortable 34-5 winners.
Bishops, though, have been improving under their new head coach, Sam Mofokeng. In just his second official league game, against Milnerton two Saturdays ago, Bishops produced a stirring comeback. After being down 21-31 at the half-time break, they clawed their way to a 42-36 victory.
Hooker Daniel van den Heever, the Bishops’ captain, scored a hat-trick to steer his side to the win. He is a leader of note, and his resilience is one of the reasons why his side is so dangerous in the latter stages of games.
Sure, Wynberg is the favourite. Two Saturdays ago, they delivered a strong second half performance to beat Parel Vallei 59-13. They’re well rested.
They are, however, without their SA u18 scrumhalf, Morné Noble, who’ll be on duty against England u18 at Paarl Gimnasium. Blessed with the talented Achmat Behardien at flyhalf and Kunene Gadu at 13, they’ll, nonetheless, be confident about their attacking prowess.
The visitors also pose a dangerous threat up front for the hosts, where Wynberg captain, lock Jaythen Orange, is a serious contester in the lineouts and serves as an extra loose forward at the breakdown.
Prop, Luqobo Makwedini, is a 120kg load in the set scrums and can plough right through an opposition’s defence from five metres out.
Bishops will have their work cut out for them, but Wynberg will be wise enough to know that it isn’t going to be a walk in the park. They’ll have to grit their teeth for every point that they may score.
Teams
Diocesan College vs Wynberg Boys’ High on the Piley Rees Field at 12:30 on Saturday.
Diocesan College: 15 Rynard Gordon, 14 Singa Mayoyo, 13 Ben Koenig, 12 Boytjie Fyfer, 11 Noah Edmunds, 11 Eljaron Geduld, 9 Max Marr, 8 Jack Venter, 7 Yazeed Salaam, 6 Ethan Venter, 5 Fouke Wagener, 4 Rieko Kidha, 3 Chris du Toit, 2 Daniel van den Heever (captain), 1 Will Reid.
Wynberg: 15 Laeeq Davids, 14 Chad Campbell, 13 Kunene Gadu, 12 Daniel Oud, 11 Albert Lourens, 10 Achmat Behardien, 9 Hugo Loggenberg, 8 Alvin Machinja, 7 Tjeripo Karuhumba, 6 Jamie Stride, 5 James Orwin, 4 Jaythen Orange (captain), 3 Luqobo Makwedini, 2 Noah Gila, 1 Luke Miller.
