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 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 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
1ST XV FINAL REPORT
The first half of the season was a massive disappointment. After a comprehensive pre-season we had high hopes but for various reasons results have failed to materialize. We purposefully did not attend any pre-season festivals to give us time to best prepare for the league fixtures. While this may have left us slightly short of game time early on, when we should have been hitting... Read More
SACS FINISH SEASON ON A HIGH
The South African College High School (SACS) finished their season on a massive high with a hard fought 29-26 win over arch-rivals Wynberg Boy’s High. Playing at Wynberg on a glorious winter’s morning, SACS as they had done the week before against Bishops, came from behind to win a thrilling encounter. Wynberg played with the breeze at their backs in the first half but as they... Read More
SACS IN THRILLING WIN OVER BISHOPS
Playing at home on lovely winters morning the South African College High School (SACS) staged a dramatic second half comeback to beat rivals Dioesan College (Bishops) by 20 points to thirteen. SACS trailed 13-nil at the interval. Bishops were the better team in the first half as SACS struggled to hold on the ball and got on the wrong side of the visiting English referee. Bishops... Read More
