Five schools end Frans Malherbe u15 Festival unbeaten
On Wednesday, the fourth and final day of the 2026 Frans Malherbe u15 Festival, the hosts, Paarl Boys’ High, their arch-rivals Paarl Gimnasium, and their fellow Western Cape outfits Oakdale Landbou, Paul Roos Gimnasium, and Wynberg Boys’ High completed their schedules with unbeaten records.
Boishaai ended their campaign with a solid 36-12 over Kroonstad’s Hoërskool Trio.
Hoërskool Middelburg made it a close contest against Paul Roos on Saturday, and they again produced a ferocious effort against Paarl Gim. They went down, losing 10-19, but once again they impressed with their hard-nosed approach.
Xandru van Rensburg made it five tries in three games to help Gimmies take the win.
Paul Roos kept their record clean with a 29-5 victory over a Hoërskool Rustenburg outfit which had kept Gimmies on their toes when the festival began on Friday night.
Grey High earned a big win, blanking the Paarl locals, Boland Landbou, 38-0. Regular contributors Zachary Matthys and Joubert Bosch were again on the scoresheet, while Inam Williams bagged a brace of tries.
SACS outside centre Tylor Isaacs scored his second hat-trick in three games at the festival and converted all three tries in the Newlands school’s 21-0 victory over Worcester Gimnasium.
Isaacs has been tearing it up, crossing for 10 tries in his last five matches. He’s also tallied 26 points with the boot for a total of 76 at 15.2 points per game.
After a tough loss in their second match to Grey High, Stellenberg High roared back with a 57-0 drubbing of Hoërskool Robertson. Flyhalf Daniel de Bruyn led the way with 20 points, which came via two tries and five conversions.
In one of the tightest matches of the day, Hoërskool Waterkloof won an arm-wrestle against Hoërskool Diamantveld by a narrow 7-0 margin.
Results | Day 4
HTS Drostdy 59, Nico Malan High 7; Hoërskool Wesvalia 19, Hoërskool Charlie Hofmeyr 10; Hoërskool Strand 7, Hoërskool Swartland 3; SACS 21, Worcester Gimnasium 0; HTS Daniel Pienaar 24, Hoërskool Punt 7; Grey High 38, Boland Landbou 0; Hoërskool Waterkloof 7, Hoërskool Diamantveld 0; Stellenberg High 57, Hoërskool Robertson 0; Paul Roos Gimnasium 29, Hoërskool Rustenburg 5; Paarl Boys’ High 36, Hoërskool Trio 12; Oakdale Landbou 55, Hoërskool Menlopark 0; Wynberg Boys’ High 35, Hoërskool Durbanville 21; Paarl Gimnasium 19, Hoërskool Middelburg 10.
