Captain's Profile: Ntsika Ndungane

St Andrew's have won four of the last five meetings between the two team, however, Graeme College did win the last time these two teams met.

While Ndungane is well aware of St Andrew's strengths, he feels his team will be better off focussing on their own game ahead of the clash in Grahamstown.

"We are expecting a brand of running rugby [from St Andrew's], but we won't be focussing too much on how they might be playing in our preparations for the game, " said Ndungane.

"We've always had a mentality where we take every game as a big game…we are just seeing it as another day at the office."

Ndungane, who is in Grade 12 and plays centre, said that although they are young team, they will be at full strength for Saturday's encounter.

"We are quite a young group with only three players that played first team rugby last year. With that being said we got 8 players from the Under-16 age group [U17s this year].

"We are not missing any first-choice players due to injuries, so this is our strongest team."

Ndungane said being named captain was one of the proudest moments in his life.

"When the coach called me in and asked if I was willing to accept the captaincy role, I immediately got goosebumps and I obviously accepted it.

"I was tremendously honoured to be named captain of the Graeme College first team," he added.

After racking up 19 caps for his school, Ndungane has developed a nice philosophy to the game – as a captain and player.

"I think the most important factor is to obviously lead by example, through my actions. I also believe that you've got to be the best player you can be.

"As a player, my top strength is my workrate and I think I can link that to one of my strengths as a captain. Another one would be communication," Ndungane added.

Ndungane said he is hoping to further his studies after school and to continue playing rugby as well.