HTS Drostdy and Oakdale Landbou square off on Trappes Park this Saturday
Hoër Landbouskool Oakdale travels to HTS Drostdy for what promises to be an exciting match in Worcester on Saturday.
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When these two teams met last year, Oakdale managed to scrape by with a 22-20 victory on the farm in Riversdale.
With the home-ground advantage this year, the HTS Drostdy boys will hope to be able to topple Oakdale for the first time since 2017, when they won 24-13.
The current Springbok Sevens star, Christie Grobbelaar, played for HTS Drostdy that year.
Last weekend Oakdale looked strong against Paul Roos until their efforts came to nothing after a red card allowed their opponents to take control of the game and win by 27-15.
If they can maintain their discipline this weekend they should be able to handle the hosts.
HTS Drostdy should never be written off though, as they proved already this season by keeping Paarl Boys’ High within range, narrowly losing 13-6 earlier this season, and by beating Diamantveld 15-13 on their own home pitch at the Absa Wildeklawer Festival in Kimberley.
Cayden Malgas, the home team’s fullback, is a live-wire and Darius Venter who moves to flanker from lock to cover for Matt Ramao has also been a standout player for the team from Worcester.
For Oakdale, Waylon Kortjie (fullback), Therlow Prins (winger) and Devon Windvogel (prop) are some of the players to keep an eye on this weekend.
Strand faces Parel Vallei without their centre, Gino Cupido, who is en route to Trinidad and Tobago where he will be competing at the Commonwealth Youth Games as part of the SA U18 Sevens squad.
The teams are:
HTS Drostdy vs Oakdale at 13:40:
HTS Drostdy: 15 Cayden Malgas, 14 Adrian Vergotine, 13 Aljay Skippers, 12 Kenneth Jansen, 11 Bernedict George, 10 Josh Fourie, 9 Graham Thompson, 8 MJ van der Westhuizen, 7 Darius Venter, 6 Ettiene Claasen, 5 Piet Erasmus, 4 Marcus Lee, 3 Tertius Wantenaar, 2 Daniel Mallet, 1 Walter Schoeman.
Oakdale: 15 Waylon Kortjie, 14 Duraan Janse van Rensburg, 13 Louis Fourie, 12 Kurt Coetzee, 11 Therlow Prins, 10 Shaydon Fradie, 9 Tian Ferreira, 8 Erick Steyn, 7 Migail Barnard, 6 Hanno Louw, 5 Roy Viljoen, 4 Hanre Jubelius, 3 Marco Steyn, 2 JC van Wyk, 1 Devon Windvogel.
Curro Langebaan vs Labori at 13:05:
Curro Langebaan: 15 Connor Adams Jones, 14 Zarco van Zyl, 13 Chad Louw, 12 Jacques de Klerk, 11 Liam Wellman, 10 Dequinne de Bruyn, 9 Kyle Albertus, 8 Joshua Paddock, 7 Jihan Basson, 6 John Luke Fredericks, 5 Leighton Damons, 4 Marco Stander, 3 Fabio Cordeira, 2 Henry Shone, 1 Sam Terblanche.
Labori: 15 Christiaan Beukes, 14 Charlton Robyn, 13 Leo de Wet, 12 Xavier de Wee, 11 Anwill Olivier, 10 MacNiel Thomas, 9 Migael Brits, 8 Danté Muller, 7 O’Shea Pekeur, 6 Christiaan Wearne, 5 Daniël Düring, 4 Heinrich Lategan, 3 Matthys Nieuwoudt, 2 Jannie Strauss, 1 Christiaan Kershoff.
Strand vs Parel Vallei at 12:10:
Strand: 15 Jodeci Davids, 14 Paul Schutte, 13 Jayden Cookson, 12 Grezano Plaatjies, 11 Heinrich April, 10 Tyron Nicholas, 9 Leighton Fisher, 8 Ayden Afrika, 7 Michael Meyer, 6 Hanro Bezuidenhout, 5 PJ van der Schyff, 4 Ludeke van Tonder, 3 Wikus Meyer, 2 Roeben Robinson, 1 Zane Fortuin.
Parel Vallei: 15 Liam Toring, 14 Nathaniel Oktober, 13 Lourens Louw, 12 Bongi Bawuti, 11 Jonathan Knipe, 10 Marlon Abrahams, 9 James Kent, 8 Nissi Mugada, 7 Anithan Claassen, 6 Dylan Cockroft, 5 Christopher Gouws, 4 Believe Mwabi, 3 Christiaan Uitnweerde, 2 Adriaan Stevens, 1 Orin Adams.
Hugenote vs Brackenfell at 12:00:
Hugenote: 15 Lian Wiid, 14 Jermaine Mohammed, 13 Keenan Johnson, 12 Keanu Saunders, 11 Joshua Lewis, 10 Wade Green, 9 Hugo Steenkamp, 8 Xavier October, 7 Marcus Wiid, 6 Dillon van Wyk, 5 Nathan Crouch, 4 Brett Arendse, 3 Morne Grobler, 2 Charlton Manuel, 1 Cameron de Kock.
Brackenfell: 15 Junior Louw, 14 Cwenga Ntsapho, 13 Caden Schafers, 12 Xavier Valentine, 11 Cayden Davids, 10 Sebastian Hahn, 9 Mickyle Smith, 8 Raiden Rodney, 7 Luhn van Wyk, 6 Nicholas van Wyk, 5 Ntsikayomzi Njongonkulu, 4 Tiaan Crous, 3 Graigan Matroos, 2 Matthew Wyngaard, 1 Johan Groenewald.
Other fixtures:
U19 – 11:45 – Bergvliet vs Fish Hoek; 12:40 – Swartland vs Hopefield.
