u13A End of Year Report
The U13A 2011 rugby season was one with many ups and downs. The season started early with some pre-season training. This focused on firstly fitness and secondly on skills. This pre-season training prepared us well for an exciting rugby festival at Rondebosch. We were quite nervous as we would be playing teams we’d never played before. There were high expectations of us at the... Read More
u13B Match Report vs Bishops Prep
We faced up to our traditional rivals at Bishops on Saturday, looking to improve after a few bad defeats. The first half went well with SACS dominating the forward exchanges. Our scrumming was particularly good. Ten minutes before half time Matthew Begg barged through to score and Seb Milner converted. Bishops found some momentum in the second half and their dangerous backline was... Read More
u13C match Report vs Bishops Prep
This Saturday we played our last game for SACS Junior against Bishops away. We went into the first half a bit shaky and let Bishops score 3 quick tries giving them a 17-0 lead and then we came back to finish the half 17-12. In the second half we came back firing and managed to score 4 great tries thanks to some great play. The game ended 36-22 to SACS! This was a great way to finish... Read More
u13B Match Report vs Paarl Boys
On Saturday we played Paarl Boys at home, looking to rectify our recent poor performances. The forward exchanges were pretty even but they hurt us with a few long range tries. Although it was a nice sunny day, we found the conditions quite tricky having to play barefoot. At 22-0 down at half time we were in trouble and needed to show a bit more guts. We had a good period after the... Read More
u13C Match Report vs Paarl Boys
This Saturday we played Paarl boys at home. It was cold and wet so we knew our handling had to be spot on. In the first half we played great rugby and with that scored to tries in the corner. The first half ended 10-0. We went confidently into the second half and managed another try because of great rucking by the forwards allowing clean ball to the backline. Well done to everyone... Read More
u13B Match Report vs Rondebosch
We suffered our second consecutive loss of the season, this time against Rondebosch. We were first on the board from a blindside break by Nic Clemo with Cem Kutlu converting. They got a long range one back after a kick and chase. We scored again when Cajyn Jacobs barged over to make it 12-5 but again they broke out and scored. They had missed both conversions under the poles so... Read More
u13A Match Report vs Rondebosch
On Saturday the 30th of July we played a strong Rondebosh team at home. It was a warm day with very little wind. Rondebosh won the toss and decided to play against the breeze, we decided to kickoff. Our kick was good and so was our chase putting them under pressure. For the first five to ten minutes of this match we managed to keep bosh in their own 22 meter area. But we made a... Read More
u13A Match Report vs DPHS
On Saturday the 23 July we played a strong DPHS side at home. It was cool weather with strong winds blowing. DPHS won the toss and decided to kick off, we decided to play with the wind. Our game plan was to use kicking to keep in their half and keep possession. We started off slowly knocking the ball on of the kickoff resulting in a DPHS scrum on the 10 metre line. After DPHS having... Read More
u13B Match Report vs DPHS
It was a tough day for us against the touring DPHS team. They came out firing and we simply had no answer. They scored four times before we could get our act together and it was soon 26-0. We had our best period of the game on either side of half time and got on the scoreboard through tries by James King and Nic Clemo. Seb Milner converted one and we were showing signs of a fight... Read More
u13B Match Report vs Wynberg
Our last game of the term was against our old rivals Wynberg. Conditions were rainy and very muddy, and our game plan was to keep it mostly in the forwards. Right from the outset we physically dominated our opponents. Tries came from Connor Bam, Tim Dawson, and Nic Clemo (2). Storm Jacobs was kicking well and was on target with 3 conversions. We let one in and at half time it was... Read More
