Paarl Gimnasium vs. Paarl Boys’ High – 2008
Paarl Gimnasium’s victory of 35-8 is the biggest since the interschools started in 1929.
The teams:
Paarl Gimnasium: 15 14 Jaco Pretorius, 11 Ryan Nell, 10 JH Potgieter, 9 Louis Schreuder (captain), 8 Helmut Lehmann, 7 Petrus Theart, 6 Jacquin Rodgers
Paarl Boys’ High: 15 Lincoln Heugh, 14 Johan Wilken, 9 Neville Adams, 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 , 1 Marcel van der Merwe.
Scorers:
Paarl Gimnasium 35 (19) – Tries: Jacquin Rodgers, Jaco Pretorius, Ryan Nell, JH Potgieter. Conversions: Potgieter (3). Penalties: Potgieter (3). Paarl Boys’ High 8 (3) – Try: Johan Wilken. Penalty: Neville Adams.
Hannes Nienaber covered schools' rugby in South Africa for Volksblad, Beeld, and Rapport for 11 years. He also created the biggest school rugby website in South Africa - School of Rugby - back in 2007. It eventually morphed into Supersport Schools Plus. He still occasionally milks cows.
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