Hilton College is looking forward to the 2023-season
Hilton College had an almost perfect season in 2022, so it will be difficult as well as unfair to expect the class of 2023 to emulate them.
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The First XV of 2023 will however leave their own legacy behind as the team will attend the Graeme College 150th celebrations as well as per usual the St John’s College Easter Festival.
Hilton will face Die Brandwag from Uitenhage and Framesby from Gqberha during Graeme College‘s festival in Makhanda on the 23rd and 25th of March.
During the Easter Weekend they will face Noordheuwel of Krugersdorp, Jeppe High School for Boys and Graeme College at St Johns. The match against Noordheuwel might be the toughest assignment of the lot as the team from Krugersdorp reached the playoffs of the Noordvaal Trophy last year.
Last year Hilton’s only defeat was at the Easter Festival against the mighty Paarl Boys’ High (5-14).
Hilton College’s first match at their beloved Gilfillan-field would only be in May when they take on Durban High School.
The First XV is coached by Brad McLeod-Henderson and Cameron Fraser. McLeod-Henderson is an experienced coach who has coached the Sharks’ Currie Cup team earlier in his career. He has joined Hilton College back in 2012 as their Director of Rugby.
McLeod-Henderson also represented the Worcester Warriors and the Sharks during his playing career.
The squad retains three players in Bunono Jabavu (loosehead prop), Matthew Stewart (flanker) and Chris Horak (flyhalf).
Stewart is the head boy of the school and his uncle Errol Stewart played cricket for the Proteas as well as rugby for the Sharks as a utility backline player. Errol also made the SA Schools’ rugby side back in 1987 as a pupil of Westville Boys’ High.
Horak’s dad Michael Horak represented Grey College as a fullback during their unbeaten season of 1995. Horak sr. also boast an international cap as he played a test match for England against Argentina back in 2002.
Michael also represented Leicester Tigers, Saracens, Benneton Treviso, London Irish and Bristol during his proffesional career.
Jabavu is a prop that has the ability to make his mark on attack. He loves to run with the ball in hand and will without a doubt keep a few defences guessing during the season.
Hilton’s big matches are the two against their arch-rivals Michaelhouse which will take place on 29 April and 17 July this year.
Hilton College’s fixtures for the 2023 season:
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