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Rondebosch Move on SACS

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Thursday 17 Aug 2017
The South African College High School (SACS) host Rondebosch Boys’ High School on the Memorial A-Field at SACS, while Diocesan College (Bishops) host Wynberg Boys’ High School.
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SACS versus Rondebosch is always a huge encounter but on Saturday it holds extra significance. the two schools were predicted to be the Southern Suburb heavyweights at the start of the season. SACS had their main playmakers Lucky Dlepu, David Hayes and Jordy Hop back from 2016 plus talented forwards coming through their ranks. Rondebosch had the majority of their very successful 2016 team back.
 
SACS have had a very good season in that they have two Boland scalps, namely Paarl Gim for the first time in twenty-one years and Boland Landbou. they have also seen off Grey High, Selborne College and the best performing team in the Eastern Cape, St Andrew's College, as well as one of Kwa-Zulu Natal's finest in DHS. Somewhat ironically the blotches on their copybook lie closest to home in that they have drawn with (24-all) and lost to Bishops (15-12 last week), while also drawing to Rondebosch last term. Saturday is therefore a vital match for them in the context of their season.
 
The same applies to Rondebosch who have flattered to deceive, recording no wins against Boland opposition while also losing to Queens College and drawing with Dale College at the Cape Schools Week Festival they hosted in July. they beat Jeppe back in April and last weekend completed a double over Wynberg but the major highlights of their season would be their 14-all draw to, at the time high-riding, SACS and their 32-19 demolition of archrivals Bishops on their Piley Rees Field. Rondebosch needs this win on Saturday badly in the context of their season.
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Somewhat ironically both teams are captained by their scrumhalves. SACS by Western Province Craven Week captain Lucky Dlepu and Rondebosch by Robbie Davis. Davis is a gifted footballer with an educated boot. He had the better of their personal duel when the teams met back in June and will be hoping to get one over his rival once again on Saturday. After a disappointing Craven Week Dlepu is once again hitting form and he will be looking to repeat his performance of a year ago, when he almost singlehandedly beat Rondebosch with numerous devastating counter-attacking runs. 
 
It’s all set up for a monumental encounter which fittingly is going to be refereed by the hugely experienced Mr Jonathan Kaplan.
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Teams:

SACS: 15 Michael Abrahams, 14 Kabelo Mokoena, 13 Ben Mazzullo, 12 Chad van der Loo, 11 Aaron Zeederberg, 10 David Hayes, 9 Lucky Dlepu, 8 Oliver Schuurmans, 7 Declan O'Connor, 6 Craig Bylin, 5 Jean Minnaar, 4 Ethan Burger, 3 Josh Hay, 2 Ethan England, 1 Josh Barrett.

Replacements – from: Kalipa, Balchin, Macdoald, Ikemefuna, Zimmerman, Letcher, Nahimana.

Rondebosch: 15 Ross Roode, 14 Jordan Child, 13 Donald Falconer, 12 Zaka Sallie, 11 Ethan Seymour, 10 Ross Stone, 9 Robbie Davis, 8 Cal Smid, 7 Jason MacLeod Smith, 6 Suhaib Ajmoodien, 5 Braden Tredoux, 4 Matt Gray, 3 Shaakir Salie, 2 Matt Ginsberg, 1 Seth Christian.

Date: Saturday, 19 August 2017

Kickoff: 11.45 

Live streaming: https://youtu.be/7-vtMygtv8A

Venue: Memorial A-Field, SACS

Weather:  18 degrees with a light easterly wind

Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (Western Province Referees' Society)

Rugby Programme, 19 August 2017
 
Memorial A
11.45: 1st XV
10.30: 2nd XV
09.15: 3rd XV
08.00: 4th XV
 
De Villiers
10.10: 5th XV
09.05: Under-14A
08.00: Under-14B
 
Junior School A
09.00: 6th XV
 
Memorial B 
10.20: Under-16A
09.10: Under-16B
08.00: Under-16C
 
Spencer-Smith
10.10: Under-15A
09.05: Under-15B
08.00: Under-15C 
 
De Villiers B
08.00: Under-14E
09.05: Under-14D  
10.10: Under-14C
 
By Graeme Wepener

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