Bishops go Farming
There they will be on a farm with its marvellous views down to Table Mountian – a farm school, perhaps the most remarkable school, in its way, as a rugby school in SAouth Africa.
It has a small number of boys (in the region of 320) but every one of them is involved in rugnby in the rugby season and they punch way above their weight.
The first time the two schools met was in 1982 when Bishops won 9-6.
Season so Far
Boland Landbou have won five of their 14 matches, Bishops six with a draw.
Neither school shies away from tough oppoisition.
Boland Landbou are ranked ninth on the Schools Top 20; Bishops are unranked. Bishops have played against eight teams ranked on the Top 20, Boland Landbou against six.
Results against Common Opponents
Paarl Boys' High: Boland Landbou lost 38-33; Bishops lost 25-0
Paarl Gim: Boland Landbou won 24-15; Bishops lost 44-24
Rondebosch: Boland Landbou won 29-14; Bishops lost 32-19
SACS: Boland Landbou lost 22-15; Bishops drew 24-24
Stellenberg: Boland Landbou won 35-34; Bishops won 29-28
Wynberg: Boland Landbou won 62-17; Bishops won 24-20
Achievers
The players of both schools are eligible for Western Province teams.
Craven Week
Boland Landbou: Duren Hoffman
Academy Week
Bishops: Justin Muller, Ghalieb Kenny, David Courie
Boland Landbou: Herman le Roux, Albert Coetzee
Teams
Boland Landbou: 15 Luther McKay, 14 Hanro-Daniel van der Merwe, 13 Sebastiaan de Klerk, 12 Francois du Toit, 11 Erik Lambrecht, 10 Darren Hendricks, 9 Gavin Mills, 8 Armand Adendorff, 7 Franco Venter, 6 Thys Kittshoff, 5 Herman le Roux (captain), 4 Marko van Niekerk, 3 RJ van der Merwe, 2 Tiaan Drotskie, 1 Christiaan Olivier
Coach: Oloff Bergh
Bishops: 15 James Ipser, 14 Ross Goodwin, 13 Robert Macdonald (captain), 12 George Spencer, 11 Matt du Plessis, 10 Aydan Labuschagne, 9 William Rose, 8 Matt Norton, 7 Felix Burt, 6 David Nivison, 5 Rayleigh Le Fleur, 4 Tim Sharples, 3 David Courie, 2 Ghalieb Kenny, 1 Ross Doyle
Coaches: Wes Chetty, Gareth Hayden
Manager: Dean Sudding
Date: 5 August 2017
1st XV kick-off: 12.00
Venue: Boland Landbouskool
Expected weather conditions: Partly cloudy with a high of 20°and a low of 6°
Rugby Programme, 5 August 2017
Paardeberg
08.20: Under-14A
09.30: 3rd XV
10.40: 2nd XV
12.00: 1st XV
Groenberg
08.20: 4th XV
09.30: 5th XV
10.40: 6th XV
Tafelberg
08.20: Under-15B
09.30: Under-15A
10.40: Under-15C
Paarlberg
08.20: Under-16C
09.30: Under-16B
10.40: Under-16A
Kasteelberg
08.20: Under-14C
09.30: Under-14D
10.40: Under-14B
