Landboudal's Rugby in 2014

Landboudal's Rugby in 2014

Landboudal is a portmanteau name for Hoër Landbouskool Jacobsdal, a school in the Southern Free State.  It reviews its season.

The school started as a trade school in 1918, became a high school with an agricultural section and then in 1962 the agricultural section became a school in its own right – Hoër Landbouskool Jacobsdal.

It is a small school of some 180 boys but, as with Marlow, Oakdale and Boland Landbou, it punches well above it weight and is unafraid to play against any other school.

Landboudal had a very good year playing 16 matches, winning 12, losing three and drawing one. The year culminated in  Landboudal's becoming the first team to successfully defend their crown as Kovsie Central Region (Cheetahs, Griffons and Griquas) Irawa champions and were also crowned as the Griquas Big Schools champions for 2014.

The talents of our players were recognised by the provincial and national selectors as the following players were selected to represent Griquas at the National Weeks:

Craven Week: Teubes Brits, FC Swart

Academy Week: Simbulele Mnweba

Grant Khomo Week: Willem Scholtz, Conradt Blaauw, Herman Schreuder

Under-16 Valke Week: Ferreira Strauss, Francois Marais, CA Menezes, Heinrich van Zyl, JL Pretorius

Under-19 Puk Week: Guiliaume Oberholster, Erick Reinecke, Katlego Mabaleng, André Cornelissen

SA Schools Trials: Lock Teubes Brits was one of 55 players chosen to participate in the final SA Schools trials after a very successful Craven Week.

Landboudal's 2014 Results

24 February: Landboudal beat Sentraal 26-19

1 March: Louis Botha beat Landboudal, 32-8

8 March: Landboudal beat Witteberg 15-10 on Fichardtpark Sports day

15 March: Diamantveld beat Landboudal 27-6 on Diamantveld Sports Day

1 April: Landboudal beat Langenhoven Gimnasium 38-17 in George

3 April: Landboudal vs Paul Roos 2nd XV, draw 7-7

5 April: Landboudal beat Jan Viljoen 60-14 in George

12 April: Landboudal beat Duineveld, 33-12

24 April: Landboudal beat Welkom Gimnasium 19-12

17 May: Landboudal beat Kalahari 47-5

24 May: Landboudal beat Kathu 57-7

31 May: Diamantveld beat Landboudal 27-22

26 July: Landboudal beat Upington 45-14

2 August: Landboudal beat Sand du Plessis 27-12

23 August: Landboudal beat Zastron 48-27 at Louis Botha in the Irawa semifinal

30 August: Landboudal beat Wilgerivier 23-15 at Shimlapark in the Irawa Final

By Etienne van den Brink