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Wynberg starts the season with a bang, Oakdale cuts down Rondebosch

By Willem Louw , in Rugby | Featured Rugby | News , at 2024-03-20 Tags: , , , , , , ,

PHOTO: Peter Catzavelos (Courtesy of Wynberg Boys’ High)

The new schoolboy rugby season was welcomed in style in the Western Cape as teams gathered at Wynberg Boys’ High for five action-packed days from Friday.

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The four big rivals from the southern suburbs all kicked off their seasons at the event, with Wynberg and SACS registering wins. Bishops Diocesan College tacked two wins onto their record, and Rondebosch Boys’ High came up just short against Oakdale Landbou.

On Saturday, Wynberg flexed their muscles against the visiting side from Windhoek High School, blasting the visitors 84-3.

The 9/10 combo of Yaqeen Ahmed and Tyronn Gomb devastated the Namibians’ defensive lines. Both crossed the whitewash three times, and Brandon Asburner scored a brace of tries, as the hosts romped to a decisive win, scoring 14 tries in all.

It was a tough ask for Windhoek High, who had little turnaround time after playing in the final match against Bishops on Friday. Bishops controlled the tempo of that game with a well-drilled attack as they rolled to 43-8 victory in their opener.

Alejandro Morkel got one back against the locals, finishing off with some clever support play after an interception.

Bishops also took on St Charles College from Pietermaritzburg on Sunday. Saints had beaten Milnerton 25-19 in a thrilling encounter under lights on Friday evening.

The Bishops’ 1st XV has been preparing to defend their school’s honour at their 175th Year Festival next weekend, and they stormed out of the blocks on Sunday.

Two intercept-tries gave the Capetonians a commanding lead early on.  Kashief Joseph scored twice and captain, James le Feuvre, added another for a 21-0 head-start, but St Charles kept their heads up, kept fighting, and clawed their way back into the contest just before half time.

Halfback, Matthew Fick, who made the Sharks’ Craven Week team last year, was immense for Saints, along with his flyhalf, Ukhanyo Ntsangani, but a perfect conversion record by Lucca Mynhardt gave Bishops the edge.

The home side was forced to defend in the second half but showed character to keep St Charles at bay, which bodes well as they aim to add another strong season to the school’s proud rugby history in its 175th anniversary year.

Windhoek High finally got a taste of success on Monday, when they beat Bellville THS in a gruelling 7-0 slugfest.

Just like in the game against Bishops, it was the winger, Morkel, who scored the only try for the Namibians, which his fullback, William Beukes converted. That proved enough to secure a victory before they took the long drive back to Windhoek.

SACS put themselves under pressure against Hoërskool Durbanville by missing all six of their attempts at goal and conceding a penalty try, but, ultimately, they outmuscled the Durbies, scoring five tries to win by three points.

Oakdale Landbou were the only visitors to have success against one of the southern suburbs’ powerhouses, beating Rondebosch 17-13.

After a closely contested first half, the farmers from Riversdal trailed by three points and David Simon doubled Bosch’s lead with a penalty shortly after the break.

Oakdale stuck to their structures, however, and Reinhardt Viljoen and Kai Pratt crossed the whitewash to add to Lohan Gerber‘s first half try to seal a big victory for the visitors ahead of their Klein Karoo Saadproduksie Rugby Week next weekend.

Scorers

Wynberg Boys’ High 84 – Tries: Yaqeen Ahmed (3), Tyron Gombe (3), Brandon Ashburner (2) Xabiso Mkiva, Luqobo Makwedini, Aden da Costa, Torren February, Morné Noble, Theripo Karuhumba. Conversions: Ahmed (6), Ashburner. Windhoek High 3 – Penalty: William Beukes.

Diocesan College 43 (24) – Tries: Gareth Mckinon, Alex Smith, Iviwe Dadmasi, Alex Newton, Wa-keem Fortuin, Jordan Petersen, Fouke Wagener. Conversions: Lucca Mynhardt (2), Ammar Laatoe (2). Windhoek High 8 (3) – Try: Alejandro Morkel. Penalty: William Beukes.

Bishops Diocesan College 28 (21) – Tries: Kashief Joseph (2), James le Feuvre, Cole Robyntjies. Conversions: Lucca Mynhardt (4). St Charles College 24 (14) – Tries: Matthew Fick, Chris Allardyce, Ukhanyo Ntsangani, Matthew Ludick, Rashied Isaacs. Conversions: Ntsangani (2).

Oakdale Landbou 17 (7) – Tries: Lohan Gerber, Reinhardt Viljoen, Kai Pratt. Conversions: Kurt Coetzee. Rondebosch Boys’ High 13 (10) – Tries: Randall John Davids, Dylan Miller. Penalty: David Simon.

SACS 25 – Tries: Pierre van Selm, Callum Hirst, Siphe Mbungendlu, Imtiaz Abrahams, Matt Carrick. Hoërskool Durbanville 22 – Tries: Penalty Try, Kyle Albertus, Valrhinio Olckers. Conversion: Claydon Carlse. Penalty: Tobie Roelofse.

Windhoek High School 7 (7) – Try: Alejandro Morkel. Conversion: William Beukes. Bellville THS 0.

All the results:

u19 –  Jan van Riebeeck 11, Bergvliet 6; Kaytomas Academy 28, Langa RFC 0; Porterville 17, Hoërskool Durbanville II 10; Dream Hunters 24, Wynberg Boys’ High II 22; Wynberg Boys’ High III 17, Bergvliet 10; SACS III 17, Kaytomas Academy 12; Hoërskool Durbanville III 31, Langa RFC 5; SACS II 21, Jan van Riebeeck 0; Oakdale Landbou III 25, Porterville II 0; Oakdale II 17, Rondebosch Boys’ High 12; Wynberg Boys’ High II 17, St Charles College II 0.

u16 – Hoërskool Durbanville A 26, Bellville THS A 14; Wynberg Boys’ High A 53, St Charles College A 15; Oakdale Landbou A 18, Rondebosch Boys’ High A 17; Hoërskool Durbanville A 29, SACS A 19; Wynberg Boys’ High B 50, Porterville A 19; SACS B 67, Kaytomas Academy A 0; Hoërskool Durbanville B 12, Oakdale Landbou B 5.

u15 – Hoërskool Durbanville A 66, Windhoek High A 0; Wynberg Boys’ High A 36, St Charles College A 0; Wynberg Boys’ High A 56, Windhoek High 7; SACS A 27, Hoërskool Durbanville A 17; Rondebosch Boys’ High A 17, Oakdale Landbou A 7; Windhoek High A 14, Hamiltons A 14; SACS B 42, Jan van Riebeeck A 0; Wynberg Boys’ High B 5, Jan van Riebeeck A 3; Langa RFC A 29, Porterville B 12; Hoërskool Durbanville B 12, Oakdale Landbou B 5; Rondebosch Boys’ High B 10, Porterville A 7; Wynberg Boys’ High C 7, Langa RFC A 0; Hamiltons A 15, Hoërskool Durbanville B 14; Jan van Riebeeck A 19, Bellville THS A 15.

u14 – Wynberg Boys’ High 59, Windhoek High 0; SACS B 52, Jan van Riebeeck A 5; Wynberg Boys’ High B 28, Reds Academy 26; Wynberg Boys’ High C 25, SACS C 0; Hoërskool Durbanville A 62, Hamiltons A 14; Jan van Riebeeck A 32, Kaytomas Academy 0; Oakdale Landbou A 20, Wynberg Boys’ High A 12; Rondebosch Boys’ High A 72, Windhoek High A 0; Hoërskool Durbanville B 48, Reds Academy A 7; Oakdale Landbou B 5, Wynberg Boys’ High B 0; Rondebosch Boys’ High B 14, Jan van Riebeeck A 0; Oakdale Landbou C 17, Wynberg Boys’ High C 12; Wynberg Boys’ High C 17, Kaytomas Academy A 0; SACS A 41, Langa RFC 0; SACS B 42, Kaytomas Academy A 14; Hoërskool Durbanville A 55, Windhoek High A 0; Hoërskool Durbanville B 12, Bellville THS A 7; Wynberg Boys’ High A 25, Hamiltons A 0; Bellville THS A 15, Jan van Riebeeck A 0; Hoërskool Durbanville B 12, Jan van Riebeeck A 3.

u13 – SSDP A 29, Hamiltons A 29; SSDP B 12, Marvin Park A 19; Bastion A 26, Wynberg Boys’ Junior A 19; Bastion B 24, Marvin Park A 5; Bastion 22, SSDP B 5; Reds Academy A 17, SSDP B 10; Hamiltons A 60, Marvin Park A 12; Bastion A 48, Porterville A 0; Wynberg Boys’ Junior A 17, SSDP A 14; Bastion B 12, Wynberg Boys’ Junior B 0; Langa RFC A 34, Wynberg Boys’ Junior B 17; Bastion B 21, Langa RFC A 7; Langa RFC A 31, SSDP B 10; SSDP A 62, Marvin Park A 10; Hamiltons A 41, Wynberg Boys’ Junior A 7; Wynberg Boys’ Junior B 41, Reds Academy A 14.

Willem Louw
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