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Worcester Gim vs Swartland and Montagu vs Robbies kicks off Boland season

By Willem Louw , in Rugby | Featured Rugby | News , at 2024-04-05 Tags: , , ,

Down by 19 points in the first half, Worcester Gimnasium launched an all-out offensive, which had Framesby grasping at shadows, at times.
Down by 19 points in the first half, Worcester Gimnasium launched an all-out offensive, which had Framesby grasping at shadows, at times. | Photo: Brad Morgan

After a highly successful Easter tour, Worcester Gimnasium is back home to face their local rivals Swartland on Saturday.

At the Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival, the boys from Worcester grabbed the spotlight, with their exciting running rugby bringing them nail-biting victories over Hoërskool Rustenburg and Marlow Landbou. They edged out both by a single point, before losing 34-36 to Framesby on a last-second kick in their final outing.

They play an entertaining brand of brave rugby and will seek to build on the momentum they built up in KZN when they take on Swartland in Malmesbury.

Swartland scored 48 unanswered points against their opponent’s neighbours, Worcester Secondary, at the pre-season HTS Drostdy Sports Day, but they will face a far tougher challenge this weekend.

Props, Wilfred Slingers and Armaan Adendorff, have been outstanding for the Gimmies so far this season, and they will aim to assert their dominance on Saturday.

For Swartland, much of their success has come through their wingers, Deven Bocks and Tyrese Barlow, so the visitors will have to be wary of the speedsters on the outside.

Meanwhile, Hoërskool Montagu travels to face Hoërskool Robertson in a fixture that has the potential to deliver fireworks.

Both teams won two of their three matches recently at the Oakdale Klein Karoo Saadproduksie Rugby Week in Riversdal.

The Robbies have already shown their intent to make their home field a fortress this year, and they held off Vredendal 15-12 in the headline match at their Robbie-Fest.

Winger Ruwan Stevens scored the winning try in that contest, after earlier five-pointers from Bernardo Diedericks and Jaydan van Niekerk.

Montagu was also in action at the Robbie-Fest, where they ran riot in a 52-12 victory over the Jakes Gerwel Technical School.

Flanker Chadwin Lottering dotted down twice and his flyhalf, Renaldo Koker, contributed 17 points with a try and six conversions.

TEAMS

Swartland vs Worcester Gimnasium at 12:30

Swartland: 15 Nicholai Miggel, 14 Deven Bocks, 13 Daniël Walters, 12 Gerard Jacobs, 11 Tyrese Barlow, 10 Carlo van der Merwe, 9 Kailen Kotzé, 8 JH Kleynhans, 7 Rheinhardt Adonis, 6 Arthur Bester-van Lill, 5 Martin Neethling, 4 Alexzander Wucherofenning, 3 Ruan Zandberg, 2 Kallie Boutsikaris, 1 Melchior Botha.

Worcester Gimnasium: 15 Lorenzo Harmse, 14 Vuyolwethu Bavuma, 13 Breyton Cupido, 12 Lukewin van Heerden, 11 Elrenzo Swarts, 10 Aiden Abrahams, 9 Luke Cupido, 8 Ryan Jacobs, 7 Waylan Pienaar, 6 Valentino Nomadluka, 5 Joshua Coetzee, 4 Chris O’Neil, 3 Wilfred Slingers, 2 Armand Croeser, 1 Armaan Adendorff.

Hoërskool Robertson vs Hoërskool Montagu at 12:20

Hoërskool Robertson: 15 Roberto Koert, 14 Winsor de Koker, 13 Bernardo Diedericks, 12 Jaydan van Niekerk, 11 Ruwan Stevens, 10 Tyron Matthys, 9 Kyle Cedras, 8 Ethan Fourie, 7 Groban van Wyk, 6 Ivor Thompson, 5 André Gelderblom, 4 Mychal Swart, 3 Petrus Coetzee, 2 Yannick du Plessis, 1 Stephen Kent.

Hoërskool Montagu: 15 Joshua Scheepers, 14 Adrian Opperman, 13 Morne-John Roos, 12 Linden de Silva, 11 Peter-Wayne Soldaat, 10 Ronaldo Koker, 9 Udo Windvogel, 8 Xolani Yanta, 7 Chad Lottering, 6 Nazeer Ahmed, 5 Jacobus van Zyl, 4 Curwin Matthys, 3 Gorchen Fluks, 2 Geraldo Andries, 1 Tian Crous.

Other fixtures: 12:15 – Hoërskool Punt vs Hoërskool Langenhoven; 13:20 – Piketberg vs Curro Langebaan.

Willem Louw
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