Neighbours Meet in Newlands
SCHOOLS PREVIEW: Newlands and Rondebosch are adjacent Cape Town suburbs – SACS are in Newlands, Rondebosch Boys’ High, unsurprisingly, in Rondebosch.
SACS are “above the line”, Rondebosch “below the line”. They have been playing each other for over a century – starting back when SACS were “in town” before their move out to leafy Newlands in 1960 when it was 130 years old.
SACS and Rondebosch play each other home and away, as they have done for years and enjoy doing. They have large, enthusiastic crowds which would be the envy of some professional teams. It may not have the structure and intensity of the Paarl Interschools, but it will have the redeeming feature of being fun.
Season So Far
SACS have won five of their nine matches, Rondebosch seven out of 10. Each has played four teams ranked on the Top 20 but neither is so ranked.
Results against Common Opponents
Durbanville: SACS won 17-13; Rondebosch won 30-15
Kingswood: SACS won 17-10; Rondebosch won 15-10
Maritzburg College: SACS won 35-7; Rondebosch won 41-3
Paarl Gim: SACS lost 54-38; Rondebosch lost 69-28
It would seem that the prospect is a close encounter on a wet morning in Newlands
Teams
SACS: 15 Ross Letcher, 14 Matthew Hayes, 13 Robin Aspeling, 12 Fabrice Nahimana, 11 Cameron Abegglen, 10 Dean Reich, 9 Thurston Cloete, 8 Lukhanyo Gqokoma, 7 Jean Minnaar, 6 Craig Bylin (captain), 5 Justin Thomas, 4 Storm Balchin, 3 Joshua Barrett, 2 Anathi Kailpa, 1 Ethan Burger
Rondebosch: 15 Dalvon Blood, 14 Thoubaan Gabriels, 13 Jordan Collier, 12 Ross Stone, 11 Jonathan Jollivet de Oliveira, 10 Conor van Eden, 9 Jaco Barnard, 8 Johan Strauss, 7 Joshua King, 6 Justin Reynolds (captain), 5 Ra’ees Sallie, 4 Matt Gray, 3 David Ige, 2 Troy Fisher, 1 Seth Christian
Date: 2 June 2018
First XV kick-off: 12.00
Venue: Memorial A Field at SACS
Expected weather conditions: Rain with a high of 16°C and a low of 11°C – great for the drought but not so great for rugby.
Rugby Programme
Memorial A
09.30: 3rd XV
10.45: 2nd XV
12.00: 1st XV
Memorial B
08.00: 4th XV
09.10: Under-16B
10.20: Under-16A
De Villiers A
08.00: Under-15B
09.05: Under-15A
10.10: 5th XV
De Villiers B
08.00: Under-15D
09.05: Under-15C
Junior School A
09.05: Under-14B
10.10: Under-14A
Junior School B
08.00: Under-14C
09.15: Under-14D vs Westerford
