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
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
u13A Match Report vs Primrose
On saturday the sacs U13A team played primrose. It was cool day and had rained earlier in the morning. We wanted to play running game with many off loads. Primrose won the toss and decided to kickoff. We immediately started this game with a bang scoring the first try in the first five minutes. After this the tries continued to flow in and we played much of the half in primroses... Read More
u13A Match Report vs Bishops
On Saturday the 28 may we played a strong bishops side at home. It was a rainy day but cleared up 20 minutes before our match. We won the toss and decided to play against the breeze while Bishops decided to kickoff. In the first ten minutes we weren’t awake and bishops scored the first try. We spent lots of time in their twenty-two metre area and scored. Bishops replied... Read More
U13A Match Report vs Worcester
On Saturday the 21st of may the SACS U13A rugby team played a very strong Worcester rugby team. It was a cool day with lots of cloud coverage but not much wind. Our game plan was to play as a team and pressurize our opponents on defense. We lost the toss and had to kickoff playing against the breeze. We immediately pressurized them and caused an early knock on to gain possession.... Read More
u13A Match Report vs Rondebosch
On Saturday 14 May, we played a strong and determined Rondebosch side. We started off well by scoring the first try. But Rondebosch’s reply was almost immediate. From there on Rondebosch fed off our mistakes and took every gap and chance they could and scored another four tries. In the dying seconds we scored a consolation try off a good build up. We certainly did not play... Read More
u13A Match Report vs Wet Pups
On Saturday, 7 May, the SACS 13A played Wet Pups away. We were motivated for the game but there was a slow start from us. This put us under a bit of pressure. At about ten minutes to go of the first half, after Wet Pups had scored their only try of the game, we had a team talk. This motivated us and got the intensity of our game up. From then on the flood-gates opened. At half-time... Read More
u13 and u12 Training Camp
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u13 & u12 Report
The 2011 rugby season at SACS Junior is off to a very good start with the u12 and u13 boys showing their enthusiasm for the game in preseason training. The focus in these first weeks has been on conditioning, skill work and grappling and the 10s trials, to be held on the 25th and 28th of February, will mark the next phase in training as coaches begin to properly assess each boy’s... Read More
