Second round of southern suburbs derbies kick off on Saturday
The southern suburb teams begin their second run against each other to draw a close to the season on Saturday.
Diocesan College hosts Wynberg Boys’ High for a rematch after the Bishops boys beat Wynberg by 14-10 earlier in the year for the first time since 2019.
Meanwhile, SACS travel to Rondebosch Boys’ High to attempt to avenge their 22-7 loss earlier in the season.
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There will be a 15-second moment of silence observed for the Wynberg Boys’ High pupil, Ryder Kossatz, who is still listed as missing after being washed off the rocks at Llandudno beach on Wednesday, the first team will also be wearing black armbands in honour of their schoolmate.
Wynberg’s centre, Amier Adams, scored their only try in their last encounter with Bishops. He and his teammates will be looking to get one back over their rivals on the Piley Rees on Saturday.
Diocesan College, on the other hand, are attempting to repeat the triple crown, after already beating their three big competitors in the area. They got past Wynberg on the first time of asking and also saw away with Rondebosch Boys High (13-8) and SACS (31-25) earlier in the season.
Their Craven Week fullback, Gilermo Mentoe, has been instrumental to their success, and is definitely one to watch this weekend, as he has already shown his ability to get through the smallest of gaps in the defence.
Lucca Mynhardt, their speedster on the wing, is another exciting player to keep an eye on as are the two other players who represented Bishops at the Craven Week along with Mentoe this year, Aidan Norris (eighth man) and Shaywan Blanckenberg (flyhalf).
Hashim Pead, who was also part of the unbeaten Western Province team at the Youth Week in George, misses this fixture as he has been selected as part of the SA Schools team to face France on Tuesday.
Wynberg’s captain, Xola Nyali (eighth man), is also part of the SA Schools team and will not be on the field this weekend.
Rondebosch Boys’ High were able to beat SACS in their own backyard earlier in the season, but SACS have looked fired up of late and will be keen to return the favour on Saturday.
The visitors are still without their injured captain, the big prop, Ali Osman-Bosch, and they lost against an in-form Boland Landbou in their last match, but they have had a week to regroup and recover, and looked strong in their game against Hoërskool Durbanville where they managed to hold Durbies to a 22-all draw on their home field.
The Rondebosch forwards determined the game in their last meeting, and the likes of Justin Amos (prop) and Carl Geddie (lock), who scored in that game, will need to be at their best again this weekend to set the pace of the game and keep the visitors at bay.
The teams are:
Diocesan College vs Wynberg Boys’ High at 12:30:
Diocesan College: 15 Gilermo Mentoe, 14 Ayanda Bonoyi, 13 Olo Sopotela, 12 Nic Allison, 11 Lucca Mynhardt, 10 Shaywan Blanckenberg, 9 Jashief Joseph, 8 Aidan Norris, 7 Alex Smith, 6 Tapiwa Nkumanda, 5 CJ Gordon, 4 Zach Willemse, 3 Nashe Chahwahwa, 2 Merlin Fransman, 1 Richard Horton.
Wynberg Boys’ High: 15 Matthew Ould, 14 Matteo Pascoe, 13 Brandon Ashburner, 12 Amier Adams, 11 Xolela Hoyi, 10 Yaqeen Ahmed, 9 Sange Mbuto, 8 Aden da Costa, 7 Euwyn Liberty, 6 Jarrod Jackson, 5 Michail Kasfikis, 4 Montgomery Loggenberg, 3 Luqobo Makwedini, 2 Nicholas van Schalkwyk, 1 Aidan Reid.
Rondebosch Boys’ High vs SACS at 12:15:
Rondebosch Boys’ High: 15 Nichollas Molyneux, 14 Juma Amissi, 13 Juandre Welthagen, 12 Matthew Malherbe, 11 Ethan Gordon, 10 Dylan Miller, 9 Cameron Whitson, 8 Ryan du Rand, 7 Sunday Mailoni-Burns, 6 Altha Wesi, 5 Tom Barnard, 4 Carl Geddie, 3 Cole Macdonald, 2 Thomas van Wyk, 1 Justin Amos.
SACS: 15 Aya Machuli, 14 Nick Reynolds, 13 Daniel Dayaram, 12 Raashied Conrad, 11 Ilitha Ntinini, 10 Rayaan Solomons, 9 Seth Bradford, 8 Niche Koopman, 7 Ben van Coller, 6 Richard Skeeles, 5 Khwezi Ndlovu, 4 Zach Kennedy, 3 Ikhona Maxegwana, 2 Alex Pybus, 1 Tumelo Noah.
