Grey vs Daniël Pienaar
It looks a tough assignment, because Grey are again having a good year. Yet just last year Daniël Pienaar beat Grey 24-20. That was Daniël Pienaar's only win in 13 matches on the day.
Season So Far
Grey have won nine of their 12 matches, drawing with Marlow and losing just its last two. Daniël Pienaar have played 13 matches, winning six and losing six and drawing one.
Grey's best victories are this over DHS (50-17) and Paul Roos (22-20). Its first defeat of the season was 41-36 against St Andrew's of Grahamstown.
Daniël Pienaar's heaviest defeat was against neighbours Die Brandwag who beat them 55-10.
Grey are ranked 16th on the Schools Top 20. They have played four other teams with Top 20 rankings. Daniël Pienaar are not ranked and have played one team that is ranked on the Top 20.
Results against Common Opponents.
The only opponents they have in common are Dale's College who beat both of them. Grey lost 28-27 and Daniël Pienaar lost 33-12.
Achievers 2017
The players of both schools are eligible to play for Eastern Province schools teams.
SA Schools
Sihle Njezula of Grey played for SA Schools in 2016 but turns 19 on 23 June this year and so is no longer eligible to go to Craven Week.
Craven Week
Grey: Ayabonga Matroos, Waqar Solaan, Bevan Prinsloo, Laken Grey, Ruan Jonker, John-Douglas Allison, Dumisa Ngcivana, Uan Tait, 23 Kholiwe Konza
Daniël Pienaar: Dylan le Roux, Sachin Toring
Academy Week
Grey: Travis de Bruin Runaldo Pedro, James Scott
Daniël Pienaar: Curtley Deysel
Teams
Grey: 15 Sihle Njezula, 14 Kholiwe Konza, 13 Aya Matroos, 12 Waqar Solaan, 11 Uan Tait, 10 LJ Du Preez, 9 Runaldo Pedro, 8 Bevan Prinsloo (captain), 7 Dean van Dyk, 6 Travis De Bruin, 5 Laken Gray, 4 Philip Weyer-Henderson, 3 Warwick Griffin, Corné Slabbert, 1 James Scott
Replacements: 16 John-Douglas Allison, 17 Daniel Wolf, 18 Gerik Rautenbach, 19 Dumisa Ngcivana, 20 Praveen Bosch, 21 Jordon Blewett, 22 Joshua Oosthuysen, 23 Enrique Franks, 24 Ryan Adams
Daniël Pienaar: 15 Dylan le Roux, 14 Cameron van Heerden, 13 Curtley Deysel, 12 Dirkie Greeff, 11 Denver Jacobs, 10 Morney Labuschagne, 9 Sachin Toring, 8 Ryan Oliphant, 7 Darius Basson, 6 Marinus Barnard, 5 Shane White, 4 Henlo Stroebel, 3 Divan Kock, 2 Sithembiso Befile, 1 Jaryd Barnard.
Date: Saturday, 24 June 2017
1st XV kick-off: 15.30
The match will be streamed live.
Expected weather conditions: Sunny with a high of 17°C and a low of 8°C
