Double success for Boland Landbou at inaugural Cape Schools sevens festival
Boland Landbou claimed both the u15 and u17 titles this weekend at the inaugural Cape Schools sevens festival in Wellington, getting through some of the top teams in the country on their way to the trophy.
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The Boland Landbou boys have shown glimpses of their potential over the previous couple of tournaments but found their rhythm this weekend.
The u17s finished on top of their pool after getting through Forward Foundation (38-0), Hoërskool Durbanville (36-7), Augsburg (53-0) and holding on against an inspired attack by the hosts, Hugenote, to win by 26-17.
In the quarter-finals, they saw away with Hoërskool Bellville by 31-7 before ending the boys from Hoërskool Durbanville’s tournament in the semis with 39 unanswered points.
They played against Paarl Gimnasium in the final, who had to hold on for dear life to survive a late Stellenberg onslaught in the semi-finals.
The Boland boys held a 14-7 lead at halftime, and both teams only managed to score one additional try in the final seven minutes, giving Boland Landbou the 19-14 victory over their big rivals from Paarl.
The u15s won their final against Paul Roos by the same margin, beating the Stellenbosch boys by 24-19 to become the first champions of the brand-new tournament.
The Paul Roos u17s came into the weekend as the favourites after having won the two major tournaments over the last couple of weeks, beating Grey College in both finals, first in Potchefstroom at the NWU Prestige Schools Festival, then in Paarl at the Marius Schoeman Sevens festival.
The boys from Stellenbosch are yet to go through a weekend unbeaten though, and after two weeks of non-stop action, they seemed to run out of steam this weekend losing to Stellenberg first by 7-0 before being knocked out of the Cup competition in the quarter-finals after going down against Paarl Gimnasium by 33-19.
Finally, they met Oakdale in the semi-finals for the Plate, but the boys from Riversdal proved too strong as well, beating Paul Roos by 45-5 to bring an end to their weekend.
With 40 of the top rugby schools in the Cape already competing at this first edition of the tournament, producing top-quality schoolboy sevens rugby all weekend, the future of this brand-new platform looks exciting.
All the results
u17
Pool stage
Pool A: Paarl Boys’ High 29, JSA Foundation 5; Brackenfell 10, Hoërskool Bellville 10; Hoërskool Bellville 19, JSA Foundation 12; Paarl Boys’ High 60, Brackenfell 0; Paarl Boys’ High 31, Hermanus 0; Brackenfell 17, JSA Foundation 17; Paarl Boys’ High 36, Hoërskool Bellville 21; Hermanus 24, Brackenfell 19; Hoërskool Bellville 27, Hermanus 0; Hermanus 5, JSA Foundation 0; Hoërskool Bellville 19, JSA Foundation 12.
Pool B: Paarl Gimnasium 17, Parel Vallei 0; Oakdale 19, Bredasdorp 5; Paarl Gimnasium 17, Boland Landbou II 5; Oakdale 50, Parel Vallei 0; Paarl Gimasium 21, Bredasdorp 7; Parel Vallei 10, Boland Landbou II 5; Oakdale 22, Boland Landbou II 5; Paarl Gimnasium 21, Oakdale 14; Parel Vallei 0, Bredasdorp 0; Bredasdorp 7, Boland Landbou II 5.
Pool C: Paul Roos Gimnasium 15, Curro Langebaan 12; Stellenberg 19, Porterville 12; Paul Roos Gimnasium 17, Paarl Boys High II 10; Stellenberg 24, Curro Langebaan 5; Paul Roos Gimnasium 26, Porterville 14; Stellenberg 7, Paul Roos Gimnasium 0; Stellenberg 19, Paarl Boys’ High II 7; Paarl Boys’ High 24, Curro Langebaan 7; Paarl Boys’ High II 24, Porterville 14; Curro Langebaan 10, Porterville 10.
Pool D: Boland Landbou 38, Forward Foundation 0; Hugenote 34, Augsburg 12; Forward Foundation 38, Augsburg 5; Boland Landbou 26, Hugenote 17; Boland Landbou 36, Hoërskool Durbanville 7; Hugenote 24, Forward Foundation 17; Hoërskool Durbanville 49, Augsburg 5; Hoërskool Durbanville 17, Hugenote 10; Boland Landbou 53, Augsburg 0; Hoërskool Durbanville 27, Forward Foundation 12.
Quarter-finals
Bowl – Forward Foundation 26, Hermanus 0; Hugenote 39, Brackenfell 5; Porterville 17, Bredasddorp 7; Paarl Boys’ High II 29, Parel Vallei 0.
Cup – Hoërskool Durbanville 24, Paarl Boys’ High 7; Boland Landbou 31, Hoërskool Bellville 7; Paarl Gimnasium 33, Paul Roos Gimnasium 19; Stellenberg 12, Oakdale 10.
Semi-finals
Bowl – Forward Foundation 17, Hugenote 15; Paarl Boys High 29, Porterville 14.
Plate – Paarl Boys High 27, Hoërskool Bellville 7; Oakdale 45, Paul Roos 5.
Cup – Boland Landbou 39, Hoërskool Durbanville 0; Paarl Gimnasium 19, Stellenberg 14.
Finals
Bowl – Paarl Boys’ High II 22, Forward Foundation 14.
Plate – Paarl Boys’ High 26, Oakdale 17.
Cup – Boland Landbou 19, Paarl Gimnasium 14.
u15
Pool stage
Pool A: Paarl Gimnasium II 26, Brackenfell 5; Paarl Boys High 35, Boland Landbou II 5; Paarl Gimnasium II 17, Hermanus 7; Boland Landbou II 24, Hermanus 7; Paarl Boys’ High 17, Hermanus 10; Paarl Gimnasium II 24, Boland Landbou 0; Paarl Boys’ High 60, Brackenfell 0; Boland Landbou II 34, Brackenfell 15; Paarl Boys’ High 27, Paarl Gimnasium II 5; Hermanus 26, Brackenfell 0.
Pool B: Oakdale 33, Bredasdorp 0; Hoërskool Bellville 19, Parel Vallei 0; Paarl Gimnasium 40, Bredasdorp 7; Oakdale 35, Hoërskool Bellville 0; Paarl Gimnasium 60, Parel Vallei 0; Paarl Gimnasium 12, Oakdale 5; Hoërskool Bellville 22, Bredasdorp 12; Bredasdorp 12, Parel Vallei 7; Paarl Gimnasium 58, Hoërskool Bellville 7; Oakdale 36, Parel Vallei 5.
Pool C: Stellenberg 22, Porterville 5; Paul Roos Gimnasium 43, Porterville 7; Paul Roos Gimnasium 22, Paarl Boys’ High II 12; Paul Roos Gimnasium 28, Stellenberg 7; Paarl Boys High II 15, Porterville 14; Forward Foundation 5, Porterville 5; Forward Foundation 17, Paarl Boys’ High II 7; Forward Foundation 27, Paul Roos Gimnasium 0; Stellenberg 21, Paarl Boys’ High II 0.
Pool D: Hugenote 17, Robertson 10; Boland Landbou 49, Augsburg 5; Hoërskool Durbanville 29, Robertson 12; Forward Foundation 12, Stellenberg 7; Hoërskool Durbanville 29, Augsburg 0; Boland Landbou 17, Hugenote 10; Boland Landbou 17, Hoërskool Durbanville 7; Robertson 19, Augsburg 14; Hugenote 33, Augsburg 5; Boland Landbou 31, Robertson 5; Hugenote 14, Hoërskool Durbanville 7.
Quarter-finals
Bowl – Boland Landbou II 19, Robertson 14; Hoërskool Durbanville 19, Hermanus 14; Paarl Boys’ High 12, Hoërskool Bellville 0; Stellenberg 38, Bredasdorp 5.
Cup – Paarl Boys’ High 22, Hugenote 21; Boland Landbou 29, Paarl Gimnasium II 5; Paul Roos Gimnasium 26, Paarl Gimnasium 12; Forward Foundation 17, Oakdale 7.
Semi-finals
Bowl – Hoërskool Durbanville 43, Boland Landbou II 5; Stellenberg 14, Paarl Boys’ High II 10.
Plate – Paarl Gimnasium II 22, Hugenote 7; Paarl Gimnasium 14, Oakdale 5.
Cup – Boland Landbou 14, Paarl Boys’ High 12; Paul Roos Gimnasium 19, Forward Foundation 12.
Finals
Bowl – Hoërskool Durbanville 27, Stellenberg 0.
Plate – Paarl Gimnasium 24, Paarl Gimnasium II 15.
Cup – Boland Landbou 24, Paul Roos Gimnaisum 19.
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