Boishaai open their season against the Donkies at Brug Street
Paarl Boys’ High hosts HTS Drostdy at the annual HJS Rugby Day in Paarl today.
Both these schools have strong rugby traditions. Booshaai has produced the likes of Thomas du Toit, Gurthrö Steenkamp, Corné Krige and Mannetjies Roux, while Drostdy has also been building an impressive list of rugby alumni with old boys Hanru and Wiaan Liebenberg and Wilco Louw among those going on to have successful professional careers.
Boishaai were among the top rugby schools in the country again last year, losing only to Grey College and Rondebosch, and holding Garsfontein to a draw.
HTS Drostdy lost their opening match this season against Boland Landbou 24-10 and will need to up their game to compete with the Paarl boys this weekend.
Boishaai also have teams competing at the Heronbridge Invitational tournament over the weekend and will use this opportunity to get all their players some much-needed game time in preparation for the rest of the season
With a 20:00 kickoff under the lights on a Friday evening before the long weekend the Paarl supporters will be out in masse to see their team’s first fixture of the season and the HJS boys will be looking to entertain the crowd.
The teams:
Paarl Boys’ High: 15 Jean Claude Mars, 14 Scott Nel, 13 Jameel de Jongh, 12 Daniel van der Merwe, 11 Bryan Burger, 10 Ruan van Willing, 9 Juan Lootz, 8 Chris Jordaan, 7 Divan Fuller, 6 Ruben Dames, 5 Van Heerden Pretorius, 4 Neil Hansen, 3 Alfie Holm, 2 HB Odendaal, 1 Christie Visser.
HTS Drostdy: 15 Graham Thompson, 14 Aljay Skippers, 13 Arthur Mdliva, 12 Kenneth Earle Jansen, 11 Dewron Aford, 10 Stefan van der Merwe, 9 Corné van Schalkwyk, 8 MJ van der Westhuizen, 7 Matt Cloete Romao, 6 Ettienne Beuten Claasen, 5 Darius Venter, 4 Marcus Lee, 3 Tertius Wantenaar, 2 Hein Louw, 1 Wiehan Adams.
