SACS WIN WELL AGAINST BISHOPS
The South African College High School (SACS) secured their first premier league win of the season when they beat local rivals Diocesan College (Bishops) 21-8. The game was played in front of a large crowd on an overcast morning in Newlands. The game was not a memorable one in terms of the quality of ruby produced. Both teams were desperate for a win and the nerves showed early on.... Read More
SACS COME WITHIN A WHISKER OF BOISHAAI
The South African College High School (SACS) produced a quality performance against their highly-ranked visitors from Paarl Boishaai. SACS led 7-5 at half-time before losing 19-10. The game was played in Newland on a beautiful winter’s morning. SACS started well and quickly imposed their pattern on Boishaai, which led to a penalty for the hosts. SACS had the better of the opening... Read More
SACS take on BOISHAAI
SACS 1st XVwill take on the high ranking Paarl Boys on Saturday on the Memorial A field at 12pm. This much anticipated fixture is definitely a big fixture for the SACS players and they will put all their pre-season preparation to the test on Saturday. SACS will field 19 teams against Boishaai on Saturday, so this will be a good fixture to attend. We hope to see many Old Boys turning... Read More
1st XV Team vs Boland – Kickoff at 11:20 at Boland
15 TANDO RUDAH 14 JASON LABUSCHAGNE 13 RICHARD RODGERS 12 LEIGHTON VAN WYK 11 KEAGAN WHEELER 10 CHRISTOPHER SMITH 9 CAMERON CALDER [C] 8 DEAN BASSON 7 LUKE VAN DER SMIT 6 MILES HOOGWERF 5 ADAM DE CARVALHO [VC] 4 BRENTYN DELPORT 3 YANDISA MAQENUKANA 2 STRUAN MURRAY 1 ANDREW EDWARDS ... Read More
SACS dampen St John’s spirits
SACS (19) 31 St John’s (0) 0 A spirited St John’s side kept SACS honest for much of the second feature match of the day, restricting their ever more impressive opponents to just five tries. Nevertheless the local side did take an early lead when captain and scrumhalf Cameron Calder broke to dot down under the crossbar. His feat was shortly emulated by stand-out flank Luke van... Read More
SACS march all over Saints
SACS (19) 33 St Stithians (3) 3 This always looked likely to be the match of the day, various reports pointing to a SACS resurgence and heralding the strength of a St Stithians unit which had recently cowed Pretoria Boys High into submission. The first proved largely true; the latter, miserably inaccurate. The Young Ikeys hit the ground running, live-wire flanker Luke van der Smit’s... Read More
SACS Tame Stellenberg
A bit like the weather on the day The South African College High School (SACS) produced a hot-and- cold performance in seeing off an impressive Stellenberg High School side. Stellenberg appear the team to beat in the Northern Suburbs of Cape Town this year and they came to the foot of the mountain on a mission which saw them take an 11-9 half-time lead, before an indifferent second... Read More
SACS SNEAK PAST JEPPE IN A THRILLER
The oldest school in South Africa, SACS, travelled north with five teams to play the oldest boy’s school in Johannesburg, Jeppe Boy’s High in the second instalment of the Jake White/Percy Montgomery Shield. The 1stXV game was a thriller with SACS eventually holding on for a 23-22 win. SACS started like a house on fire and looked to be too strong for a young Jeppe side. SACS... Read More
1st XV Tour Report to Grey PE
SACS 1ST XV TOUR TO GREY HIGH (PE) – 23-26 MARCH 2012 The SACS 1stXV returned from the Grey High School Festival in Port Elizabeth with one win from two games. The lessons learnt in the 32-12 defeat by the hosts in the first game were valuable ones and will stand the team in good stead going forward. Many of the areas of concern were rectified before and during the second game,... Read More
1st XV Match Report against Grey High School
SACS produced a disappointing display in wet and muddy conditions in Port Elizabeth yesterday. SACS had more possesion but failed to use the wind in the first half, instead, choosing to play rugby in their own half. SACS paid the price, dropping passes which allowed Grey to use their speedy outside backs to kick through and score. Chris Smith kicked superbly to keep SACS in touch... Read More
