Maritzburg College tame Witbulle, while Candies see Red

In match of the day, Maritzburg College ran havoc at Affies by securing an impressive 50-31 victory. The Witbulle were stunned by a roaring Maritzburg team who brought the heat on a chilly day in Pretoria and beat the hosts for the first time since 2014.

Affies lead the charge scoring within two minutes of the match and looked poised to put on another cracking offensive performance when they scored a second try shortly after.

Wingers Eagan Roux and Stephan Brits helped themselves to two tries each during the course of the match for the Witbulle.

However, Maritzburg’s Luc Du Toit had a fantastic day with the boot, and had the Midas touch, turning everything into gold. He made the best of every opportunity by converting a whopping 10 kicks (5 penalties and 5 conversions) and scoring a try, leaving with a personal tally of 30 points.

It was a clash of two schoolboy titans, and supporters were treated to a spectacular match of rugby. Try of the day went to South African Schools Luyanda Kunene, who gathered a neatly placed grubber kick which the speedster made sure didn’t go to waste.

Maritzburg have shown their class during the season, but this sums up how well it has gone, winning away on exchanges are always a highlight for any schoolboy.

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On the other side of the train track Pretoria Boys’ High School faced a rampant King Edward VII. The Red Army brought a strong side across in what was an action-packed match which resulted in 32-23 win, seeing the side win for a second time this season.

The visitors packed a punch scoring two early tries in the first half, where they quickly applied pressure on the hosts, flanker Thandolwethu Biyela broke through the defensives of the hosts and found the first points of the day.

Vusi Moyo was back to his ways and impressed with his kicking for KES, but Boys High number ten Tebogo Nchabaleng was not to be out matched as he showed his running and handling skills.

The match-up between the two hookers, proved to be an exciting sub-plot to an exciting match of rugby. With ten minutes to play South African Schools hooker Siphosethu Mnebelele received a yellow card for a late tackle on his counter-part Shaun Schurmann, who was more than capable of putting up a tough challenge for the burly number two from KES.

In Johannesburg, Jeppe High School for Boys cruised to a 31-point victory over Parktown Boys’ High School, and carried on their form from where they left off in June.

The day started off with a tribute and salute to Parktown’s Andrew Van Zyl (Deputy Headmaster), as he stepped down from his position as the first XV coach which has spanned over the past 15 years.

The rugby got underway to a flying start with Jeppe throwing the kitchen sink at the hosts and coming hard early on in the match, which made it difficult for any sort of comeback, with the score reading 35-7 at halftime.

Jeppe were brutal on their offensive play as they accumulated eight tries amongst themselves and ran merry amongst themselves with both centres Exauce Kevani and Khuthadzo Rasivhaga scoring two tries each.

It would have been tough for the departing Van Zyl, to watch his side go down like this, but the players showed some fightback scoring a try in the final minutes to reduce the deficit through winger Reval Meth.

It was another jammed packed weekend, full of surprises. Next week will bring new challenges for all the schools as the season draws closer to an end. Expect more entertaining matches that will take place in the coming weeks.

Scorers:

Affies: 31 (14) – Tries: Eagan Roux (2), Stephan Brits (2), Migael de Lange.

Conversions: Ruben Pienaar (3).

Maritzburg College: 50 (23) – Tries – Luyanda Kunene, Jake Jansen, Langelihle Makhathini, Elbie Mouton, Luc Du Toit. 

Penalites: Luc Du Toit (5) Conversions: Luc Du Toit (5).

Pretoria Boys High School: 23 (11) – Tries: Ntsako Ndlovu, Christoper Smith, Itu Baloyi.

Penalites: Tebogo Nchabaleng (2) Conversions: Tebogo Nchabaleng (1).

King Edward VII: 32 (21) – Tries: Thandolwethu Biyela, Siphosethu Mnebelele, Tristan Maugeri, Timi Oluwole.

Penalites: Vusi Moyo (1) Conversions: Vusi Moyo (4).

Jeppe High School for Boys: 50 (35) – Tries: Khuthadzo Rasivhaga (2), Exauce Kevani (2), Bryce Samuel, Mosiki Ndlaba, Sean Mills, McMillen Mongwana.

Conversions: Thulani Tshabalala (2).

Parktown Boys’ High School: 19 (7) – Tries: Bukhosi Moyo, Chris Junio Maile, Reval Meth.

Conversions: Sebastian Sekoto (2)