South Africa’s top schools secured important results in one of the last weekends of the school rugby season. Wynberg and Paarl Boys’ High managed to beat Boland Landbou and Durbanville away, while Paarl Gim beat Rondebosch at home in their second-last fixture. They have a tough challenge travelling to rivals Paarl Boys’ in their final match next week.
Paul Roos were pushed to the brink by SACS, but edged out an important 38-34 away victory. Stellenberg edged Outeniqua 26-21 in what was their third-last match of the season. It puts them on a four-game winning streak in the final run-in with matches against Durbanville and Milnerton left.
Affies beat Maritzburg College in KwaZulu-Natal. In the Noordvaal Cup, Rustenburg earned a surprise 37-34 home win over Helpmekaar, and Menlopark edged Noorheuwel 45-42. KES also secured a surprise away win over Pretoria Boys High in the regular Noordvaal tournament.
Selected results Western Cape SACS 27 Ysgol Glantaf 26 Boland Landbou 26 Wynberg 42 Paarl Gim 52 Rondebosch 24 Durbanville 7 Paarl Boys’ High 56 SACS 34 Paul Roos 38 Milnerton 19 Tygerberg 15 Brackenfell 54 Monument Park 5 Melkbosstrand 12 Parel Vallei 52 Bellville 26 Hermanus 13 Bosmansdam 15 Strand 29 Stellenberg 26 Outeniqua 21 Charlie Hofmeyr 45 Hugenote 28 Drostdy 31 Oakdale 24 DF Akademie 31 Punt 27 Bosmansdam 15 Strand 29 KwaZulu-Natal Durban High School 21 Jeppe 21 Maritzburg College 12 Affies 40 Glenwood 23 Northwood 82 Eastern Cape Port Rex 21 Marlow 49 Cambridge 0 Queen’s 63 Ooskus Gim 19 Dale 55 Selborne 26 Hudson Park 28 Graeme 61 Pearson 24 Muir 24 Brandwag (EP) 36 Nico Malan 95 DF Malherbe 12 Framesby 28 Grey High School 35 Kingswood 70 Stirling 7 Daniel Pienaar 45 Andrew Rabie 43 Free State – Griquas Diamantveld 73 Goudveld 0 Fitchardtpark 31 Witteberg 34 Beth Voortrekker 22 Jim Fouché 31 Trio 39 Sentraal 26 Grey College 95 Harrow 0 Upington 35 Kalahari (Kuruman) 21 Landboudal 26 Duineveld 17 Noordvaal Cup EG Jansen 24 Waterkloof 34 Middelburg 35 Monument 68 Rustenburg 37 Helpmekaar 34 Menlopark 45 Noordheuwel 42 Zwartko 49 Nelspruit 33 HTS Middelburg 19 Oos-Moot 32 Transvalia 40 Montana 14 Klerksdorp 19 Kempton Park 44 Pietersburg 47 Lichtenburg 29 Marais Viljoen 51 Ligbron 15 Secunda 11 Heidelberg VS 33 Piet Retief 41 Eldoraigne 7 Noordvaal Pretoria Boys High 17 KES 29 Northcliff 30 Parktown 33
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