Humansdorp hosts Classic Clash
This Saturday Framesby will go south from Port Elizabeth to Humansdorp to play Nico Malan in an FNB Classic Clash that promises to be a close, thrilling contest.
Last year Framesby won 35-20 in Port Elizabeth.
Season so Far
Framesby is a big rugby school, mixing with the best. It has played 17 matches this season, eleven of them against schools in the FNB Top 20, but it has lost ten of them.
Nico Malan is spoken of as the best medium-sized school in South Africa., It has played 21 matches, winning 15, drawing two and losing four of them though their fixture list is not as demanding as Framesby's. Both of these schools are close to being included in the FNB Top 20.
Matches against Common Opponents
Die Brandwag: Framesby won 29-26, Nico Malan won 42-15
Grey PE: Framesby lost 41-31; Nico Malan lost 29-24
Marlow: Framesby lost 31-30; Nico Malan lost 34-19
Daniël Pienaar: Framesby won 30-11; Nico Malan won 25-18
Despatch: Framesby won 42-8; Nico Malan won 26-10
Otto du Plessis: Framesby won 46-10; Nico Malan won 53-10
Representative Players
Both schools' players are eligible to play for Eastern Province.
Craven Week
Framesby: flyhalf Ernst Stapelberg
Nico Malan: centre Luan Nieuwoudt
In addition the Nico Malan captain Selvyn Davids played for Eastern Province at Under-13, Under-16 and, last year, the Craven Week. This year he was too old for Under-18 Craven Week. In 21 Matches for Nico Malan this year he scored 388 points, made up of 21 tries, 77 conversions and 11 penalty goals.
Academy Week
Framesby: Roche van Zyl , Wihan Coetzer, Jaco du Toit
Nico Malan: Deon van der Westhuizen, Alandré van Rooyen, Heinrich Ruiters, Jean Jacques Killian
Teams;
Framesby: 15 Divo Welgemoed, 14 Ruan van Niekerk, 13 Dewald van Eck, 12 Tiaan Stander, 11 Mfundo Ndawo, 10 Ernst Stapelberg (captain), 9 Rouché Nel, 8 Jacques du Preez, 7 Anru Botha, 6 Neal Brophy, 5 Wihan Coetzer, 4 Ludwig Liebenberg, 3 Roché van Zyl, 2 Visser Smit ,1 Tiaan Marx.
Nico Malan: 15 JP Myburg, 14 Juan Maritz, 13 Selvyn Davids (captain), 12 Ruben Botha, 11 Heinrich Ruiters , 10 Luan Nieuwoudt, 9 Jean-Lee Meyer, 8 Gerhard Engelbrecht, 7 JJ Killian (vice-captain), 6 Dean van der Westhuizen, 5 Andries Jacobs, 4 Alandré van Rooyen, 3 Wayne du Plessis, 2 Johnathan Louw, 1 Deon van der Westhuizen
Replacements: 16 Stephan Gerber, 17 Dean Biggs, 18 Willem Rautenbach, 19 Percy Tshunugwa, 20 Armandt de Lange, 21 Darron Demingo, 22 Shelton Geswindt, 23 Dominque Uitenbogen
Date: Saturday, 17 August 2013
1st XV kick-off: 15.00
Venue: Hoërskool Nico Malan, Humansdorp
Expected weather conditions: Cloudy with a possibility of light rain, a moderate wind freshening, a high of 16°C, dropping to 9°.
Rugby Programme
A Field
08.30: Under-14A
09.30: Under-15A
10.30: Under-16A
11.40: Under-19C
12.50: Under-19B
14.00: Entertainment by both schools
14.50: Teams introduced
15.00: Under-19A
B Field
08.30: Under-15B
09.30: Under-19D
