Glenwood clashes with Rustenburg while DHS misses out
Glenwood High School marks their return from the school holidays with a clash against Hoërskool Rustenburg and an early kick-off, scheduled for 11:10 on Dixon’s Field on Saturday.
Glenwood have lost their last three matches, going down to 19-32 to St Charles, 24-31 to Northwood, and 22-25 to Kearsney College.
It has been a tough year for the Green Machine, and the visitors will be eager to capitalise on their host’s struggles.
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Just before the mid-year holidays, Rustenburg lost 33-45 to Hoërskool Waterkloof, who have, admittedly, enjoyed a fine season, but Rusties also put together a 22-19 win over Hoërskool Nelspruit.
Playing at home is always a positive for Glenwood, who will be led by Sharks’ Stadio Craven Week hooker, Martin van Wyngaardt junior. He was the school’s sole representative in the Sharks’ u18 team, which is a stark difference from years gone by. Glenwood, though, are a never-say-die bunch, always feisty, always playing to the final whistle, and Van Wyngaardt and his props, Ronald Peterson and Uzukhanye Xaba, will be up for the battle against a big Rustenburg pack.
Hoërskool Rustenburg had six players represent the Leopards at the Craven Week, where the provincial side went down against Boland and the Valke but ended with a win over the Limpopo Blue Bulls.
Locks Pedrie Human and Erich Potgieter will have plenty of work to do throughout the match against Glenwood and should provide impetus at the breakdowns.
Unfortunately for Rusties, fullback Lorenzo Snyers and scrumhalf Adriano George, who both ran out for the Leopards at the Craven Week, will miss the game.
Glenwood will be eager to shake off the holiday rust quickly on Saturday. They face another two challenging outings after the Rustenburg clash, taking on Northwood and Maritzburg College, both for the second time this season. In their first meetings, Northwood, as mentioned above, won 31-24, while College scored an 18-7 victory in the rain on Dixon’s.
Meanwhile, Durban High School (DHS), who had Mahle Sithole and Aka Boqwana selected for the SA Schools side, and Zingce Simka included in the SA Schools A team, have had their scheduled clash with Parktown Boys’ High called off. It won’t be rescheduled.
FIXTURES
u14A: 8:00 – Glenwood vs Rustenburg (Dixon’s Field)
u15A: 9:00 – Glenwood vs Rustenburg (Dixon’s Field)
u16A: 10:00 – Glenwood vs Rustenburg (Dixon’s Field)
u19A: 11:10 – Glenwood vs Rustenburg (Dixon’s Field)
Teams
Glenwood: 15 Sthabiso Dube, 14 Lesedi Kumalo, 13 Sispho Dwayi, 12 Lizwe Mtetwa, 11 Sihle Mazibuko, 10 Juan Viljoen, 9 Ronan Rankin, 8 Jordan Hargreaves, 7 Tyler Conyngham, 6 Mkululi Mhlongo, 5 Tylo Madaat, 4 Michael Ize-Iyamu, 3 Uzukhanye Xaba 2, Martin van Wyngaardt, 1 Robin Peterson.
Hoërskool Rustenburg: 15 Wade Daivey, 14 Christaan van der Berg, 13 Jon – Rè Jeftas, 12 Hendrè Robinson, 11 Wesley van Loggenberg, 10 Awie Alberts, 9 Jaden Meyer, 8 Coenraad Coetzer, 7 Dirk Huisamen, 6 Wickus Jacobs 5 Pedrie Human, 4 Edrich Potgieter, 3 Okert Grobler, 2 Xavier Steenkamp, 1 Divan Welgemoed.