Grey College faces tough challenge from Oakdale on home turf
Grey College welcomes Oakdale Landbou from Riversdale to the City of Roses for its first home match this season which will also be the team’s first real test of 2025. The game kicks off at 14:00.
This match is part of the King Price Derby Series.
Catch all the action live on SuperSport Schools (www.supersportschools.com) as well as on DStv Channel 216.
The home side has beaten Hoërskool Trio (38-10) and Welkom Gimnasium (60-17) in their two first outings of the season. This will be Oakdale Landbou’s first encounter of the season.
Grey’s superb outside centre, Ethan Adams’, partnership with Toriq Schambreel in the midfield could cause the visitors problems. Adams has scored four tries in his side’s two matches so far this season.
Flyhalf, Jan-Hendrik van der Linden, will make his first start for the First XI. Schambreel was the general against Trio, while Darius Erwee donned the Nr. 10-jersey against Welkom Gimnasium.
Eighthman, AJ Booysen, will also make his first start of the season, which sees Adem Nieuwoudt move to the side of the scrum. Xander Smit completes the loose trio. Smit is the son of former Springbok flanker, Philip Smit.
The contest of the match to look forward to is without the one between Oakdale’s loosehead prop, Kai Pratt, and Grey’s tighthead, JG Badenhorst. The former was already one of his side’s stalwarts during the 2024 season. He also performed well during the Stadio Craven Week in Krugersdorp.
Badenhorst has shown some potential in his side’s two earlier matches and the battle between these two could be one for the connoisseur.
Oakdale’s eighthman, Jacobus de Villiers, could also be a thorn in Grey’s flesh. He is the younger brother of former Junior Springbok Paul de Villiers.
The visitors’ fullback, Reinhart Viljoen, was one of South Western Districts’ standout performers during last year’s Craven Week. Viljoen easily moved between flyhalf and fullback during the tournament and tested opposition defences with his deceptive running.
The teams:
Grey College: 15 Lamla Mgedezi, 14 Benjamin van den Berg, 13 Ethan Adams, 12 Toriq Schambreel, 11 Thristan Maree, 10 Jan-Hendrik van der Linden, 9 Sherwin Buys, 8 AJ Booysen, 7 Adem Nieuwoudt, 6 Xander Smit, 5 Claude Steyn, 4 Alexi Tyropolis, 3 JG Badenhorst, 2 Tian Fourie, 1 David Hayidakis.
Oakdale Landbou: 15 Reinhart Viljoen, 14 Wayne Ganniwa, 13 Anrich Scheffer, 12 Christian Vorster, 11 Lee-Winn Pretorius, 10 CT Vosloo, 9 Jandrian Goosen, 8 Jacobus de Villiers, 7 Liam Lightley, 6 Jannes Snyman (captain), 5 Diaan Augustyn, 4 Ruan Swart, 3 Francois le Roux, 2 Adrian Smit, 1 Kai Pratt.
Kick-Off: 14:00
Previous Meetings:
| # | Year | Home Team | vs | Away Team | nt_header_5 | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 2024 | Grey College | 31 | Oakdale Landbou | 22 | Riversdal |
| 5 | 2023 | Grey College | 36 | Oakdale Landbou | 25 | Bloemfontein |
| 4 | 2022 | Oakdale Landbou | 17 | Grey College | 17 | Riversdal |
| 3 | 2019 | Grey College | 57 | Oakdale Landbou | 26 | Riversdal |
| 2 | 2016 | Grey College | 48 | Oakdale Landbou | 23 | Kimberley |
| 1 | 2013 | Grey College | 42 | Oakdale Landbou | 20 |
