Donkies have some Italian and Boland Landbou flavour for Afgri Oesfees
The main match of the annual Boland Landbou Afgri Oesfees will once again be a tightly contested encounter as the hosts will take on the Donkies of HTS Drostdy.
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The hosts’ Albie Bester will be a player to watch out for during the season and the inside centre will without a doubt ask a couple of questions to HTS Drostdy’s midfield during the encounter.
The Donkies from Worcester boasts a big pack of forwards with a backline that has pace to spare. Matt Romoa on the side of the scrum is the player that the hosts will have to keep at bay if they would want to get the upper hand in the front.
The Donkies is coached by former Italian international Tobie Botes. He represented Italy in 22 tests, Botes was born in Worcester but is also a old boy of Boland Landbou.
In the main curtain raiser expect the fireworks to fly as Hoërskool Stellenberg faces Worcester Gimnasium.
The Jade Brigade has played a couple of chukkas last week against Robertson in which no goal kicks or scores were taken. Stellenberg has moved into Western Province Premier A-section for 2023 and therefore will have probably their toughest season to date.
Worcester Gimnasium is never an easy fixture and they have some exciting backs in flyhalf, Aiden Abrahams, and inside centre, Curick Kastoor.
Stellenberg’s tighthead prop, Herman Lubbe, had a solid first season in 2022 with the first team and would be one of his side stalwarts for the coming season. Estian Steyn (inside centre) will make his debut for the Jade Brigade as he moved from Hoërskool Garsfontein at the end of last year due to his family moving down to the Cape.
There is also other first teams in action during the day, but their matches are played in 15 minutes per half encounters.
The teams:
Boland Landbou vs HTS Drostdy at 13:30:
Boland Landbou: 15 Dewald de Villiers, 14 Wehan Lume, 13 Enslin Claassen, 12 Albie Bester, 11 Jay-Tee George, 10 Retagen van Rooi, 9 Turlon Adams, 8 AJ van der Merwe, 7 Alru Gous, 6 Hans Verster, 5 Ruan Viviers, 4 Pietie Erasmus, 3 Pieter de Jager, 2 Cilliers Viljoen, 1 Christoff Etzebeth.
HTS Drostdy: 15 Graham Thompson, 14 Aljay Skippers, 13 Arthur Mdliwa, 12 Kenneth Jansen, 11 Elrich Verhoog, 10 Stefan van der Merwe, 9 Corné van Schalkwyk, 8 MJ van der Westhuizen, 7 Matt Romao, 6 Ettienne Claassen, 5 Darius Venter, 4 Marcus Lee, 3 O’Raynn Jack, 2 Hein Louw, 1 Wiehan Adams.
Hoërskool Stellenberg vs Worcester Gimnasium at 12:05:
Stellenberg: 15 Stefan Roux, 14 Liam Smith, 13 Estian Steyn, 12 Ruben Thompson, 11 Dehan Neethling, 10 Tyron Labuscgahne, 9 Clyde Frieslaar, 8 Marco Ferreira, 7 Luke Buckle, 6 Damon Pereira (captain), 5 Sebastian Johnson, 4 Zian Erasmus, 3 Herman Lubbe, 2 Almero Keizer, 1 Ryk Groenewald.
Worcester Gimnasium: 15 Lohenzel Jansen, 14 Hope Dliso, 13 Alton Hendricks, 12 Carick Kustoor, 11 Alungile Mothibe, 10 Aiden Abrahams, 9 Jethro Tentenie, 8 Ryan Jacobs, 7 Nicholas Groenewald, 6 Banathi Nzinyana, 5 Waylan Pienaar, 4 Chris O’Neill, 3 Jeffwhin Michaels, 2 Matthew Wilton, 1 Noah Pietersen.
Other Fixtures from the Afgri Oesfees:
A-field
13:30 – Boland Landbou vs HTS Drostdy
12:05 – Worcester Gimnasium vs Stellenberg
10:20 – Paulus Joubert vs Brackenfell
09:40 – Hugenote (Wellington) vs Hoërskool Durbanville (15 minutes per half)
09:00 – Curro Langebaan vs Milnerton (15 minutes per half)
B-field
12:20 – u16 – Boland Landbou vs HTS Drostdy
11:40 – u19 – Hermanus vs Durbanville (15 minutes per half)
11:00 – u19 – Curro Langebaan vs Augsburg Gimnasium (15 minutes per half)
10:20 – u19 – Boland Landbou II vs Stellenberg II (15 minutes per half)
09:40 – u19 – HTS Bellville vs Francschoek
09:00 – u19 – Boland Landbou II vs HTS Drostdy II
