Pretoria Boys go to College
Fresh from a defeat to King Edward VII School in Johannesburg last week, the man from Pretoria will dread this long trip to the coast.
However, the Pretoria side will go into this encounter with more ease especially with Maritzburg College's average season thus far.
The hosts suffered a 25-40 defeat at the hands of Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool and haven't recorded a win since their 50-15 victory over Westville Boys High back in June.
In the sides previous meeting, Maritzburg walked away with a 36-24 win on April 22 in Pretoria.
Thus far, College have won eight of their 17 matches, Pretoria Boys high have also won eight of their 15 matches.
Going into this match College does have the upper hand, not only due to home ground advantage but also their regular exposure to Top 20 opposition.
The hosts have played seven teams ranked in the Top 20, Pretoria Boys played three.
Results against Common Opponents
KES: College lost 20-39, PBH lost 24-38
Achievers
College players are eligible for KwaZulu-Natal teams, Pretoria Boys High for Blue Bulls.
Craven Week:
College: Fezokuhle Mbatha, Nthuthko Mchunu, Njabulo Mjara
PBHS: Kgala Mothomogolo, Kahanda Jada, Mpho Kubeka
Academy Week:
College: Phelelani Zuma, Sephekahle Dube
PBHS: Kagiso Woodbridge, Amin Amofola
Teams:
Maritzburg College: 15 J Truter (Captain), 14 N Radebe, 13 E Heuer, 12 Y Tetyana, 11 M Squires, 10 K Collyer, 9 P Simamane, 8 D Walden, 7 N Mchunu, 6 A Khanyile, 5 D Jones, 4 J Van der Linde, 3 S Dube, 2 F Mbatha, 1 E Hodgson.
Pretoria Boys High: 15 Tumelo Sachane, 14 Mpho Kubekha, 13 Murrat Waldeck, 12 Carl Jacobsz, 11 Geordie Collaros, 10 Tayne Rivas, 9 Brandon Lamon, 8 Chris du Toit (captain), 7 Kagiso Woodbridge, 6 Wesly Busacker, 5 Salde Guy, 4 Dylan van Rooyen, 3 Daniel Goldacre, 2 Llewellyn Classes, 1 Callen Matzopoulos.
Replacement: 16 Richard da Costa, 17 Laurenso Robinson, 18 Amin Awofolu, 19 Dillan Venn, 20 Rhys Bekker, 21 Dylan Thompson, 22 Kyle Brown, 23 Ruwan du Plessis.
Coach: HJ Rust
Assistant coach: Deon de Kock
Date: Saturday, August 5
1st XV kick-off: 14.15 (12.15 GMT)
Venue: Mainfield at Maritzburg College
Expected weather conditions: Mostly sunny with a high of 28°C and a low of 9°C.
