Winterberg host Adeliade in FNB Classic
Warm rugby for cold Eastern Cape
Adelaide Gimnasium play Winterberg Agricultural in Fort Beaufort on Saturday, an FNB Classic Clash.
It's been cold – freezing cold – in the Eastern Cape but the snow has stayed away from Fort Beaufort. It's up on the mountains but not in the town and by Thursday the weather was warming up with lovely rugby weather forecast for Saturday and all the fun of keen rivalry (with some revelry).
It is a match which Adelaide would – again – expect to win. They won last year for the fifth year in succession and they have five of that team back – inside centre Sherwin Ambraal, eighthman Phillip van der Walt, flank Ricky de Gouveia who is the captain this year, lock Aviwe Andries and tighthead Shane Meier.
Winterberg have just two back – scrumhalf Rudy Turner and flank Gerhard Strydom who leads the side.
Previous results
1993: Adelaide won 18-6
1994: Winterberg won 22-6
1995: Winterberg won 22-6
1996: Adelaide won 20-17
1997: Winterberg won 20-15
1998: Winterberg won 13-0
1999: Adelaide won 12-0
2000: Winterberg won 30-17
2001: Adelaide won 12-11
2002: Adelaide won 25-15
2003: Adelaide won 18-10
2004: Adelaide won 23-7
2005: Adelaide won 13-6
History is on Adelaide Gimnasium's side.
This year's results:
Winterberg
Winterberg beat Carel de Wet 14- 0
Port Natal beat Winterberg 12-7
Grenswag beat Winterberg 38-0
*Hangklip beat Winterberg 20-3
*Gill College beat Winterberg 22-3
Volkskool beat Winterberg 48-0
*Winterberg beat Burgersdorp 12-10
*Winterberg beat Cradock High 8-7
Winterberg beat De Vos Malan 16-12
Union High beat Winterberg 13-11
Graeme beat Winterberg 33-0
Stirling beat Winterberg 20-11
Adelaide Gimnasium
Adelaide Gim beat Westering, 27-0
Adelaide Gim beat DF Malherbe 15-7
Adelaide Gim beat Middelburg 29-5
*Burgersdorp beat Adelaide Gim 12-7
*Cradock beat Adelaide Gim 29-5
*Gill beat Adelaide Gim 19-0
Adelaide Gim beat Despatch 23-15
Adelaide Gim beat Groote Schuur 43-3
Adelaide Gim beat Parel ValleI 10-5
Charlie Hofmeyr beat Adelaide Gim 12-5
Adelaide Gim beat Grens 24-3
Adelaide Gim beat Newton 3-0
*Adelaide Gim beat Hangklip 37-0
* Common opponents
Look at those results and you believe Winterberg have a chance – despite the weird Hangklip disparities.
May be it will as unpredictable as derbies often are.
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Teams:
Winterberg Agricultural: 15 S Bester, 14 A Smuts, 13 R May, 12 D de Klerk, 11 S Seymour, 10 HJ Nel, 9 R Turner, 8 AB Germishuys, 7 G Strydom (captain), 6 A Coetzee, 5 R van Dyk, 4 J Eaton, 3 M Britz, 2 K Ngethu, 1 C van Zyl.
Adelaide Gimnasium: 15 Walter Witbooi, 14 Andile Sineyi, 13 Philiso Nanta, 12 Sherwin Ambraal, 11 Nkululeko Currie, 10 Tiaan van Dyk, 9 Yarrick Botha, 8 Phillip van der Walt, 7 Danny de Gouveia, 6 Ricky de Gouveia (captain), 5 François van Copenhagen, 4 Aviwe Andries, 3 Shane Meier, 2 Nico Human, 1 Bernard Vermeulen.
Date: 19 August 2006
Kick-off: 15.30
Venue: A Field, Winterberg, Fort Beaufort
Expected weather conditions: Clear with a high of 25°C and a westerly wind of 21 km/h.
