SACS 1stXV Season
The SACS 1st rugby team finished their season on a high by beating Wynberg in a tough fixture played in beautiful weather on the Hawthornden Field on Saturday. It brought the curtain down on the most successful season for any SACS 1st rugby team since the 1973/74 era.
Highlights of the season:
An unbeaten tour to JHB beating Michaelhouse, DHS and St Andrews. Both DHS and St Andrews had memorable seasons in 2017 and provided stern opposition with both games going down to the wire.
Beating Boland Landbou, who in 2017 were victorious over the likes of Paarl Gim and Gauteng giants Monnas.
Beating Paarl Gim for the 1st time in 21 years.
An unbeaten Cape Schools Week beating Selborne (who earlier in the season had defeated Grey College from Bloemfontein) and Grey High from PE (who had seen off the likes of Paul Roos in May).
A double over old foes Wynberg with a dominant performance on Supersport in the Classic Clash in June.
A season high ranking of No3 in the country in early August according to Rugby365 / SA Rugby Magazine.
When one considers the youthfulness of the team (up to ten Grade 11 boys started in any given fixture), the tough opposition, only 6 of the 21 games were played at home, SACS doesn’t play a squad system and the lack of a reliable goal kicker, the boys can be justifiably proud of their efforts & results in 2017.
2017 results:
P 20 W 14 D 2 L 4 (75% success)
Points for: 622 Points against: 340 (average score 31-17)
Tries scored: 94 (4.7 per game) Tries conceded: 46 (2.3 per game)
*** The Newlands fixture is excluded from the season stats ***
|
DAY |
MONTH |
OPPOSITION |
RESULT |
|
28 |
March |
BOLAND LANDBOU (NEWLANDS RUGBY DAY) |
W 5 – 0 |
|
1 |
April |
LIGBRON ACADEMY (TONY STOOPS FESTIVAL) |
W 60 – 14 |
|
13 |
April |
MICHAELHOUSE (SAINTS EASTER FESTIVAL) |
W 28 – 0 |
|
15 |
April |
DHS (SAINTS EASTER FESTIVAL |
W 20 – 16 |
|
17 |
April |
ST ANDREWS (SAINTS EASTER FESTIVAL) |
W 24 – 15 |
|
22 |
April |
BOLAND LANDBOU (H) |
W 22 – 18 |
|
29 |
April |
BELLVILLE HIGH (WYNBERG FESTIVAL) |
W 49 – 12 |
|
6 |
May |
BISHOPS (A) |
D 24 – 24 |
|
13 |
May |
PAUL ROOS (H) |
L 24 – 29 |
|
20 |
May |
BRACKENFELL (A) |
W 26 – 12 |
|
27 |
May |
PAARL GIMNASIUM (H) |
W 22 – 19 |
|
3 |
June |
DURBANVILLE (A) |
W 100 – 0 |
|
10 |
June |
RONDEBOSCH (A) |
D 14 – 14 |
|
24 |
June |
WYNBERG (H) |
W 37 – 20 |
|
1 |
July |
SELBORNE COLLEGE (CAPE SCHOOLS WEEK) |
W 17 – 13 |
|
3 |
July |
GREY PE (CAPE SCHOOLS WEEK) |
W 20 – 18 |
|
29 |
July |
PAARL BOISHAAI (A) |
L 17 – 37 |
|
5 |
August |
STRAND HIGH (A) |
W 55 – 8 |
|
12 |
August |
BISHOPS (H) |
L 12 – 15 |
|
19 |
August |
RONDEBOSCH (H) |
L 22 – 36 |
|
26 |
August |
WYNBERG (A) |
W 24 – 20 |
Try scorers:
10 – Aaron Zeederberg
8 – Ethan Burger, Anathi Kalipa
7 – Michael Abrahams
6 – Ben Mazzullo, Sujai Ikemefuna, Jordy Hop
5 – Jean Minnaar, Craig Bylin, Oliver Schuurmans, Chad vd Loo, Storm Balchin, Lucky Dlepu
4 – David Hayes
3 – Zolani Masembathe
2 – Kabelo Mokoena, Ethan England
1 – Nishen Naidoo
1 – Lukhanyo Gqokoma
Games started:
21 – Zeederberg, Hayes, Abrahams, Burger, Bylin
20 – vd Loo, Minnaar, Barrett
17 – Schuurmans, Hop
16 – Mazzullo
15 – Dlepu
14 – Ikemefuna
13 – Kalipa
12 – Balchin
9 – O Connor
8 – England
5 – Zimmerman, Mokoena, Masembathe, Robinson
3 – Hay, Mac Donald
1 – Gqokoma, Cloete, Naidoo
