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
BOSCH DO THE DOUBLE OVER SACS
Rondebosch Boys’ High School beat the South African College High School (SACS) for the second time this season, scoring a hard-fought 10-5 win on a cold but clear morning in Newlands. SACS dominated the first half in terms of territory and possession and effectively lost the game by not capitalising fully on this dominance. SACS got ahead early as lively wing Joshua Jacobsen... Read More
SACS HUMILIATED BY BOISHAAI
The South African College High School (SACS) travelled out to Paarl on Saturday to take on the mighty Booishaai team hoping that their hosts may have one eye on Inter-schools the following week. Instead Boishaai used SACS as cannon-fodder and brutally exposed the massive gulf between the top teams in the country and the rest, running in eleven unanswered tries in humiliating their... Read More
SACS HAMMER BRACKENFELL
The South African College High School (SACS) travelled out to Brackenfell and comfortably dealt with the challenge posed by the hosts. After leading 31-6 at half-time SACS went on to win 66-13. The first five minutes of the game were evenly contested as the teams felt each other out. An early mistake by SACS gifted Brackenfell three points. It wasn’t long after that Brackenfell... Read More
CAPE SCHOOLS MATCH REPORTS
The South African College High School (SACS) 1stXV attended the seventeenth bi-annual Cape Schools Week Rugby and Cross-Country Festival at Dale College in King Williams Town. The event was the brainchild of Ray Connellan and was first held at Wynberg Boy’s High School, where Conellan was a schoolmaster, in 1980. The event moved to odd-years in 1991 when Wynberg celebrated... Read More
Cape Schools Week Results
SACS beat Dale College SACS 1st XV claimed their third victory at Cape Schools Week by beating hosts, Dale 23 – 16 on Wednesday 29 June. The victory caps off an unbeaten run at the festival, something many SACS supporters did not think possible after the team struggled to gain any winning momentum in the first term. At times the team played well, but could not finish the... Read More
WYNBERG WIN CLASSIC CLASH
Wynberg Boy’s High School won their FNB Classic Clash against the South African College High School (SACS) by 17 points to five. The match between the two oldest schools in the country was played at SACS in atrocious conditions on a wet and muddy field. Wynberg dominated the first half and showed impressive balls skills and ball retention under the very wet and slippery circumstances.... Read More
SACS EASE PAST PRIMROSE
The South African College High School (SACS) hosted Primrose Rugby Club in chilly but dry conditions. SACS made heavy weather of it to start with but eventually ran out comfortable 55-8 winners. Primrose stared the better of the two teams and applied lots of early pressure. SACS were guilty of far too many handling errors and gifted Primrose possession over and over again.... Read More
