Bishops host Wynberg

This week is the middle week of the three. In the last week Bishops play Rondebosch and Wynberg play SACS.

 

Wynberg is the second oldest (to SACS) school in the land. It was actually founded before SACS but then lapsed for a while, refounded after SACS. It takes its foundation date as 1841, eight years before Bishops.

 

The two have been playing each other since 1920 when Bishops won 6-3. This week's matches will be at Bishops.

 

 

Bishops has won seven of its 15 matches, Wynberg just four of 15 in a tough season. A tough season and yet for some players wt will be the brightest time of the years at school. Bishops played against 10 teams on the Top 20, Wynberg eight. They are not afraid of top opposition.

 

Neither side  is ranked on the Schools Top 20, though Bishops is close after its surprise victory over SACS last week,

 

 

Boland Landbou: Bishops lost 48-14; Wynberg lost 62-17

KES: Bishops lost 35-14; Wynberg lost 42-17

Paarl Boys' High: Bishops lost 25-0; Wynberg lost 67-25

Paarl Gim: Bishops lost 44-24; Wynberg lost 103-12

Paul Roos: Bishops lost 32-30; Wynberg lost 31-7

Rondebosch: Bishops lost 32-19; Wynberg lost 34-13 & 25-16

SACS: Bishops drew 24-all and won 15-12; Wynberg lost 37-20

Stellenberg: Bishops won 29-28; Wynberg lost 47-5

 

 

The players of both schools are eligible for Western Province Schools selection. This year – unusually – Wynberg does not have a player in either the Craven Week side or the Academy Week side. Bishops has three who went to the Academy Week –  David Courie, Ghalieb Kenny and Justin Muller.

 

 

Bishops: 15 James Ipser, 14 Rees Meyer, 13 Robert Macdonald (captain), 12 George Spencer, 11 Matt du Plessis, 10 Aydan Labuschagne, 9 William Rose, 8 Matt Norton, 7 Felix Burt, 6 JJ Muller, 5 Matt van Westenbrugge, 4 Tim Sharples, 3 David Courie, 2 Ghalieb Kenny, 1 Alex Castle

 

Wynberg: n/a

 

Date: Saturday, 19 August 2017

1st XV kick-off: 11.30

Venue: Piley Rees Field, Bishops

Expected weather conditions: Partly cloudy, no rain, a high of 23° and a low of 11°

Referee: Jaco Smit (Western Province Referees' Society)

 

 

08.00: Under-14A

09.00: 3rd XV

10.15: 2nd XV

11.30: 1st XV

 

08.00: 5th XV 

09.05: Under-16D

10.15: 4th XV  

 

08.00: Under-16C

09.05: Under-16B

10.20: Under-16A

 

08.15: Under-15B 

09.15: Under-15A  

10.15: Under-15C

 

08.15: Under-14D

09.15: Under-14B

10.15: Under-14C