Affies in another tough one
They have already played five teams on the FNB Top 20 and given a good account of themselves in all of them. They lost to the three teams in the top three positions – in the last minute to Grey and also to Paarl Boys' High and Paarl Gim by few points and quite a bit of controversy. They also lost to Paul Roos. In all they have played five of their nine matches against Top 20 sides.
KES are unbeaten in their nine matches but their opposition have been much less demanding., The only Top 20 team they have played is Waterkloof whom they beat 28-25.
The match this week is at Affies. Their losses to Grey, Paarl Boys' High and Paarl Gim were all away from home. Home ground may make a difference, not that altitude were unduly affect KES who will be going down to Pretoria.
In the nine matches each has played this season, none has been against common opponents. But that KES is ranked above Affies at the moment suggests that this could be a close contest.
In all there are 22 rugby matches between the two schools on Saturday. That means nearly 700 boys in action!
Affies have the same backline as the one which played so well against Grey. There are two changes in the back. Jordan Swemmer comes up off the bench into lock and Wihan Bezuidenhout moves across the front row to loosehead with Michael de Waal in at tighthead. It is a team that has already proved its worth.
The same is less sure about KES.
Teams
Affies: 15 Charles Goedhals, 14 Ruan Wasserman, 13 Heinrich Bischoff, 12 Zach Briel, 11 Ruben Meiring, 10 Regardt Roets, 9 Johan Mulder, 8 Philip Potgieter, 7 Jaco Labuschagne, 6 Divhan du Preez, 5 Carl Els, 4 Jordan Swemmer, 3 Michael de Waal, 2 Johan van Zyl, 1 Wihan Bezuidenhout
Replacements: 16 Janco Uys, 17 Coetzee Michau, 18 Sarel Joubert, 19 Robin Brooks, 20 Marius Potgieter, 21 Steyn van der Spuy, 22 Ruan van Tonder, 23 Jeandré du Piesanie
KES:
Date: Saturday, 13 May 2017
1st XV kick-off: 13.30
Venue: Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool, Pretoria
Expected weather: Showers with a high of 14°C and a low of 5°C
Rugby Programme for 13 May 2017
A Veld
08.00: Under-14A
09.00: Under-15A
10.00: Under-16A
11.10: 3rd XV
12.20: 2nd XV
13.30: 1st XV
B Veld
08.00: Under-14E
09.00: Under-14C
10.00: Under-14B
11.00: Under-14D
12.00: Under-14F
C Veld
08.00: Under-15E
09.00: Under-15C
10.00: Under-15D
11.00: Under-15B
Pretoria RFC A
08.00: Under-16B
09.00: 4th XV
10.00: 6th XV
11.00: 7th XV
Pretoria RFC B
08.00: 5th XV
09.00: Under-16C
10.00: Under-16D
11.00: Under-16E
Previous Results
The first match between Affies and KES was played in 1963.
1997: Affies won 20-13
1998: Affies won 40-23
2002: Affies won 42-15
2012: Affies won 15-13
2013: Affies won 46-6
2014: Affies won 38-10
2015: Affies won 92-0
2016: Affies won 61-7
