Bosch looking to bag a Southern Suburb Slam
Rondebosch Boys’ High will most probably complete a southern suburbs white-wash as they face their old-foe Diocesan College in their final outing of the 2024 season.
Bosch hasn’t lost a match thus far against their southern suburbs opponents during the season. They won their first encounter against their neighbours, Bishops, by 31-16 in their annual Bisch-Bosch clash.
Bishops did not have the best season by their standards but have been producing solid performances during the last couple of weeks. They have beaten SACS by 12-10 and also led Wynberg Boys’ High by 9-7 at half-time before losing the encounter by 16-38.
Bosch will therefore not be overly confident for Saturday’s clash at home. They will also be without their flanker Josh Neill for this encounter as he is representing South Africa at the u18 International Series in Paarl. Neill was one of the star performers during the annual Stadio Craven Week in Krugersdorp as Western Province cemented their place as the best.
Their centre Alutha Wesi is also still on duty for the national team as a flanker. The midfield pairing of Ewan Lawrie and Randall-John Davids has however been solid the last couple of weeks.
Their fullback who represented the SA u18A side, Dylan Miller, is however back to face Bishops. Bishops’ left wing, Lucca Mynhardt, is the dangerman and would like to finish his season off with another solid performance.
SACS will be eying a victory over Wynberg Boys’ High as the latter missing their SA u18 flyhalf, Yaqeen Ahmed, for their final clash of the season. They have beaten a full-strength Wynberg away from home by 30-29 earlier in the season.
Wynberg Boys’ High’s captain, Aden da Costa, will have to produce a big performance to help his side secure victory. Da Costa, Xabiso Mkiva (hooker) and Luqobo Makwedini (prop) are back after service for the SA u18A side.
The dangerman for SACS is their fullback, Jack Benade, who had an outstanding season so far troubling defences with his eluding runs from the back.
The teams:
Rondebosch Boys’ High vs Diocesan College at Tinkie Heyns field from 12:20:
Rondebosch Boys’ High: 15 Dylan Miller, 14 David Kadima, 13 Randall-John Davids, 12 Ewan Lawrie, 11 Shakeel Abrahams, 10 David Simon, 9 James Kirsten, 8 Collin-Paul Kemp, 7 Connor Arbuthnot, 6 Matthys du Plooy, 5 Danil-Nicolas Oosthuizen, 4 Carl Geddie, 3 Damian Spence, 2 Justin Amos (captain), 1 Luke Pretorius.
Dioecesan College: 15 Wa-keem Fortuin, 14 Alex Newton, 13 Iviwe Dadamasi, 12 Anmar Laatoe, 11 Lucca Mynhardt, 10 Jordan Petersen, 9 Kashief Joseph, 8 Aza Gabada, 7 Alex Smith, 6 James le Feuvre, 5 Nic Reid, 4 Fouke Wagenmer, 3 Yusuf Ahmed, 2 Daniel van den Heever, 1 Gareth McKinon.
SACS vs Wynberg Boys’ High at Memorial A from 12:45:
SACS: 15 Jack Benade, 14 Quewinn Lackay, 13 Nic Reynolds, 12 Mikey Skeeles, 11 Endi Sidnile, 10 Rayaan Solomons, 9 Seth Barnard (captain), 8 Daniel Grant, 7 Tashriq Bailey, 6 Zac Wilson, 5 Pierre van Selm, 4 Callum Hirst, 3 Ikhona Maxegwana, 2 Sango Zangqa, 1 Ethan Combrinck.
Wynberg Boys’ High: 15 Morné Noble, 14 Albert Lourens, 13 Ezra Antonio, 12 Brandon Ashburner, 11 Levi Brown, 10 Luke Gertze, 9 Tyrone Gombe, 8 Aden da Costa (captain), 7 Jaden Meier, 6 Jamie Stride, 5 Tyler Jackson, 4 Jaythen Orange, 3 Luqobo Makwedini, 2 Xabiso Mkiva, 1 Benjamin Matthews.
