Klofies vs Affies in Pretoria

Two of South Africa's top rugby schools, Hoërskool Waterkloof and Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool, Klofies and Affies, clash in Pretoria on Saturday. Another epic contest is expected.

Last year there were some 15 000 spectators when Affies won in the last minute and there will be a great turnout at Klofies this year. Last year Waterkloof dominated the first half and scored two tries, leading 12-7 at half-time and it was then that Waterkloof made their biggest statement, they outscored Affies by three tries but Waterkloof lost in the dying minutes of the match against Affies.

It is early in the 2014 season. Neither side has played much.

Waterkloof beat Harrismith easily but lost 24-10 to Paarl Gim and 35-21 to the strong Sentraal side of Bloemfontein. Affies have had just one schools match, beating Helpmekaar 36-24

Waterkloof’s captain Dewald Lindeque and vice-captain JP Snyman agree that: “Klofies has a score to settle after their disappointing loss last year. We look forward to play against Affies they are a strong team and it’s an honour to play against them.”

Results Down the Years

Klofies were founded in 1979 and so younger than Affies who were founded in 1920 and have had the better of matches between the two since 1987. After the sad, five-year stand-off that came after the four-match year of 2006,  the sportsmanship between the two schools has been remarkable.

1987: Affies won 20-9

1988: Affies won 20-6

1989: Affies won 9-6

1990: Affies won 18-9

1991: Affies won 12-6

1992: Affies won 7-3 and Klofies won 17-7

1993: Affies won 75-6

1994: Affies won 32-24 & 21-7

1995: Affies won 35-5

1996: Affies won 3-0 & 25-8

1997: Affies won 24-14 & 22-12

1998: Affies won 47-8, 44-15 & 43-23

1999: Affies won 29-0, Klofies won 21-20 and Affies won 41-10

2000: Affies won 27-10

2001: Affies won 26-8 & 37-13

2002: Affies won 9-8, 37-28 & 19-16

2003: Klofies won11-6 & 33-6

2004: Affies won 26-19

2005: Affies won 29-22 and Klofies 12-20

2006: Klofies won 45-20, Affies won 28-24, Klofies won 21-18 and Affies won 17-7

2012: Klofies won 23-16

2013: Affies won 19-18

Teams;

Waterkloof: 15 Tristan Nel, 14  Dewald Fourie, 13  Stedman Gans, 12 Janneman Malan, 11 Dewald Lindeque (captain), 10 Tinus de Beer, 9 Jeanré  Pieterse, 8 JP Snyman, 7 Stian Smit, 6 Juandré Michau, 5 Lezar Botha, 4 Tiaan Erasmus, 3 JD Burger, 2 Roan Venter, 1 Basil Polydorou

Replacements:  16 Jeandré Jones, 17 Chergin Fillies, 18 Neels Schoeman, 19 Francois Karg, 20 Corné Schoeman, 21 Berco Venter, 22 Wilbri Gunter, 23 Jean Henning

Affies:  15 Eduan Keyter, 14 Pieter Coetser, 13 Tian Schmullian,  12 Eddie Fouché, 11 Janco Booysen, 10 Dale Hendriks, 9  Carlo de Nysschen,  8 Rohan Roelofse, 7 Vic Meyer, 6 Gavin Foster, 5 Juan Basson, 4 Ruben van Heerden, 3 Reynhard Goosen, 2  Remon Viviers, 1 DP du Plessis

Replacements: 16 Viaan Mong, 17 Jano Espag, 18 Louis de Jong, 19 Eduan Lubbe, 20 Jan van der Merwe,  21 Ryno Lourens, 22 Henco Jordaan, 23  StraussKoekemoer

Date: Saturday, 12 April 2014

1st XV kick-off: 13.30

Venue: Hoërskool Waterkloof, Boeing Street, Pretoria

Expected weather conditions: Partly cloudy with a high of 23°C, dropping to 13°C.

Programme of the Day

A-veld

08.00: 5th XV

09.05: 4th XV

10.10: 3rd XV

11.15: 2nd XV

12.20: Under-16A

13.30: 1st XV

B-veld

08.00: Under-16B

09.05: Under-15B

10.10: Under-14C

11.15: Under-15A

12.20: Under-15C

C-veld

08.00: Under-14B

09.05: Under-14A

10.10: Under-16D

11.15: Under-16C