Affies 28-17 Oakdale
After three minutes of play, Oakdale launched wave after wave of attacks until Oakdale crashed over to lead 07-00. Affies replied four minutes later, patiently building their attack from their big boys until they crashed over to level the scores 07-07 after nine minutes of play. Affies spread to the ball wide and with ten minutes to go, their fullback attacked from the back, sliced past Oakdale’s defenders to extend Affies’ lead to 14-07. A minute later, Oakdale converted a penalty, to which Affies answered with spreading the ball wide try off the back of a lineout maul to crash over under the poles. With five minutes to play, Affies led 21-10.
A quick tap by a dominant Oakdale led to them bulldozing over the Affies’ tryline to cut the Affies' lead to 21-17. Affies clawed its way back into contention and scored its fourth try, following several brutal runs against the defence of Oakdale. Affies led 28-17 with ten minutes to play. A yellow card to Affues with eight minutes to play. Affies deservedly won 28-17.
Teams:
Affies: 1 Francois de Beer, 2 Charl Els, 3 Hannes Nagel, 4 Martin van Niekerk (c), 5 Reubenne Vlok, 6 Lohan Bitzer, 7 Caleb Pretorius, 8 Janno Geyser, 9 Fourie Roberts, 10 Reuben Smith, 11 Joshua Gouws, 12 Juan Ferreira, 13 Estian Marx, 14 Dandre Brink, 15 Kyle van Staden, 16 Hendre Ehlers, 17 Morne Bisset, 18 Liam Vermeulen, 19 Alexander Muller, 20 Keegan Fourie, 21 Ethan van Zyl, 22 Rico du Plessis, 23 Reuben Venter. Coaches: Ruan Jacobs, Jaco Koch
Oakdale: 1 Kyle Burger, 2 Adrian Smith, 3 Vleis le Roux, 4 Ruan Groenewald, 5 Rico Ferreira, 6 Cane du Plessis, 7 Bernard Badenhorst, 8 Jacobus de Villiers (c), 9 Mich van Eden, 10 Caleb Williams, 11 Nathan - Lee Gordon, 12 Dylan Jordaan, 13 Myburgh Eksteen, 14 Andre vd Merwe, 15 Marc- Hein Fourie, 16 Manny Gomes, 17 Charlie Terreblanche, 18 Henco Vermeulen, 19 Liam vd Bergh, 20 Ruben vd Schyff, 21 Gregan Saaiman, 22 Luan van Tonder, 23 Luan Mortlock, 24 Richter v Heerden, 25 Callie Wannenburg. Coaches: JB Naude, Adriaan Jansen, BG Uys, Stefan Bezuidenhout.
Grey College 51-19 Helpmekaar
Grey attacked from the kickoff and scored their first try in the first minute of the match to lead 05-00. Helpmekaar absorbed the pressure and scored a great try to level the scores after fifteen minutes of play. Helpmekaar started to dominate, and their second try ten minutes later had the players and supporters jumping up and down. Helpmekaar led 12-05 with ten minutes still to play. Grey College launched a fifteen-man attack from the kickoff and decided to convert a penalty to cut Helpmekaar’s lead to 12-08 with five minutes still to play. Grey College continued its onslaught, and speed gave them the edge out wide. Grey’s second try put them into the lead 15-12. Two minutes later, Grey showed that their forwards can also crush the defence of any opponent and following a brilliant forward’s try down the middle of the field, Grey led 22-12.
Grey College scored the first try in the second half using the forwards to dominate Helpmekaar. Grey led 29-12 after ten minutes of play in the second half. Grey continued their dominance, and their sixth try extended their lead to 34-12. Grey added a converted penalty before Helpmekaar added their second try to the scoreboard. However, Grey replied with two late tries to secure a 51-19 win.
Teams:
Grey College: 1 Hennie Bredenhann, 2 Xander de Beer, 3 Chris Nieuwoudt, 4 JW Coetzee, 5 Jannes Krause, 6 Henru Erasmus, 7 Alexi Tyropolis, 8 Niel Du Randt, 9 Jonathan Drysdale. 10 Christoff Crous, 11 Wian vd Bergh, 12 O'Ryan Kleyn, 13 Eddie Mabena, 14 JG Horn, 15 Lamla Mgedezi. Coaches: Jannie Geldenhuys, Putu Pretorius.
Helpmekaar:1 Kyle Beyleveld, 2 Jeandre vd Merwe, 3 Karlo Steenkamp, 4 Dewald du Preez, 5 MC van Tonder, 6 Llewelyn Vermaak (c), 7 Xander Jackson, 8 Ruan Bester, 9 Shaye Lourens, 10 Ethan Kruger, 11 Ruben Coetzee, 12 Ethan Lourens, 13 Liam Hessel, 14 Francois Tonkin, 15 Xander van Niekerk, 16 Daniel vd Linden, 17 Logan Botha, 18 Daylan Ferreira, 19 Ruben Pieterse, 20 Eben van Buuren, 21 John van Druten, 22 Daniel Kelbrick, 23 Zuan Krige. Coaches: Tjaart van der Walt, Hannriël Coetzee.
Noordheuwel 61-10 Paarl Gim
Paarl Gim scored the first try of the match within the first three minutes since the start of the match. Five minutes later, Gim took a quick tap five meters out and bulldozed their way over the Noordheuwel tryline to lead 14-00. A red card to Noordheuwel was followed by Gimmies third try to extend their lead to 21-00 after fifteen minutes of play. The Gimmies continued to score at regular intervals and led 35-00 at the halftime break.
Paarl Gim continued their fine form in the second half, and despite two tries by Noordheuwel, Gimmies won 61-10.
Teams:
Noordheuwel: 1 Ruben Botes, 2 Miguel Elliott, 3 Stephan Botha, 4 Jared Coetzer, 5 Robert Hurn, 6 lewellyn Lourens, 7 Kean Lourens, 8 Armand van Eck, 9 Ruan Nel, 10 Devonde Hoff, 11 Tristan Helmand, 12 Kieran Reid, 13 Chrisandro Flemmer, 14 Wilcu Roos, 15 Heinrich Smith, 16 Juan de Bruyn, 17 Cayden Streicher, 18 Rick vd Berg, 19 Ethan Lombard, 20 JB Blount, 21 Prince Agu, 22 Michael Nel, 23 Jayden Waldick. Coach: Stefan Lourens.
Paarl Gim: 1 Jayden Steyl, 2 Charles Whitehead, 3 Sebastian Bekker, 4 Bernhardt Schulze, 5 Jean Dreyer, 6 Corné Niemand, 7 Dirk Hugo, 8 Hendré van Zyl, 9 Mickyle Booise, 10 Louis Koen. 11 Malan Mostert, 12 Ethan Barker (c),13 Derik Cloete, 14 Corné De Beer, 15 Thomas Saunders, 16 Reynhart Du Toit, 17 Karel Dirker, 18 JG Van den Berg, 19 David Jacobs, 20 Ruan Lindeque, 21 Hannes de Kock, 22 Alexander Kotze, 23 Stephen Delport. Coaches: Pieter Rossouw, Ockie Van Zyl.
Menlopark 46-28 Boland Landbou
Boland Landbou started like a house on fire and scored their first try, spreading the ball from a “failed” line-out maul for the big forwards to crash over. Three minutes later, Boland spread the ball wide to their backs to score their second try, extending their lead to 14-00 after ten minutes of play in the first half. Following a yellow card to Boland Landbou, Menlopark used their advantage to score the ball wide from a lineout, for their winger to cruise past Boland’s defenders, to cut Boland’s lead to 14-07 after seventeen minutes of play in the first half. Menlo scored a second try, spreading the ball once again wide, to score their second try and level the scores after twenty minutes of play in the first half. Boland Landbou used their big boys to maul over for their third try, which was converted for Menlopark to retake the lead 21-14 and still ten minutes to play in the first half. Menlopark scored their fourth try to level the scores 21-21 going into the second half.
Menlopark started the second half like a house on fire and spread the ball wide to their speedsters to score their first try of the second half, taking the lead 26-21 after five minutes of play in the second half. Following a try by Boland Landbou, Menlopark scored two great tries to edge Boland Landbou 36-28 with fifteen minutes still to play. With eight minutes to play, Menlopark added a converted penalty, before sealing the match with a great maul off a lineout to extend their lead to 46-28 with three minutes still to play.
Teams:
Menlopark: 1 Justin Toerien, 2 Dian de Bruin, 3 Reando Fourie, 4 Lyndon Fourie, 5 Dawid van den Heever, 6 Duran Pieterse, 7 Miller de Jager, 8 Tiaan Boshoff (c), 9 Eben Botma, 10 Willie Pieterse, 11 Mendriano-Jody Abrahams, 12 Dylan Stumke, 13 Danie Botma, 14 Lucian Reed, 15 Juan Joubert, 16 O'Neill Visser, 17 CJ Mabaso, 18 Ruben Viljoen, 19 Dewald van Wyk, 20 Jannes Eksteen, 21 Rilee van Dalen, 22 Aidan Dicks, 23 Heinrich Claassen. Coach: Andries Ferreira.
Boland Landbou: 1 Nico de Beer, 2 Adrian le Roux, 3 Tiaan Malan, 4 Chad Meintjies, 5 RW van Deventer, 6 Juan Visagie, 7 Joshua Kruger, 8 Daniel Hanse, 9 Oloff Bergh, 10 Gehano van Bo (c), 11 Erchel Hanga, 12 Divan Meyer, 13 Cobus Immelman, 14 Kobus Jordaan, 15 Caleb Seroot, 16 Andre Louw, 17 Dee-Em de Kock, 18 Ruan Nel, 19 Du Toit Brink, 20 Edrich Rix, 21 Jacques Bester, 22 Diwan Schoeman, 23 Johannes Goosen. Coaches: Nico Breedt, Liaan Scriven.
Rustenburg 07-23 Durbanville
The first ten minutes of the match were an arm wrestle, and when Rustenburg spread the ball wide to their outside centre, who ran a brilliant line to score Rustenburg’s first try after fourteen minutes of play. Durbanville replied with a converted penalty to cut Rustenburg’s lead to 07-03. Durbanville absorbed a lot of pressure, fighting their way back on the pitch until Durbanville crushed over, taking the lead 10-07 after twenty-three minutes of play. With time running out, Durbanville upped their attack and eventually spread the ball wide to score in the corner. Durbanville led 15-07, which was the halftime score.
In a hard-fought second half, Durbanville converted a penalty to extend their lead to 18-07 with twenty minutes still to play. Two minutes later, Durbanville pounced on mistakes and a bouncing ball in Rustenburg’s red zone to score the first try of the match for Durbanville to lead 23-07, which was the final score.
Teams:
Rustenburg: 1 Xander Stickling, 2 Dandrè Graham, 3 Nathan Volschenk, 4 Thian Labuschagne, 5 Evan van Heerden, 6 MJ Otto, 7 Marais Röcher, 8 Pieta Niemandt, 9 Franco de Beer, 10 Ricardo Enos, 11 Shaylo Cox, 12 Lian Boshoff, 13 Zak Swanepoel, 14 CJ Plaatjies, 15 Aydan Willemse, 16 Ethan McDonald, 17 Jayden Knoesen, 18 Andrew Blake, 19 Ruben van Heerden, 20 Wicus Arnold, 21 Alden Baatjes, 22 Bradley Stonehouse, 23 Donovan Mosterdt. Coaches: Naas Olivier, Günder Williamson.
Durbanville: 1 Janu Sadie, 2 Hannes Vermeulen, 3 Hanno Rhode, 4 Jeandre Janse van Rensburg, 5 Eben de Jongh, 6 Jean de Vries, 7 Jono Hearn, 8 Muller van Vuuren, 9 Lorenzi Brogneri, 10 De Wet Viljoen, 11 Kyle Doyle, 12 Malherbe Louw, 13 Louwrens Rademeyer, 14 Raydon Williams, 15 Hadley Erasmus, 16 Zay-winn Januarie, 17 Wikus Visser, 18 Eugene Theron, 19 Xzander Muller, 20 Jano Stone, 21 Simeon Kriel, 22 Steph Delport, 23 Tylo Hess. Coach: Johann van Deventer.
Middelburg 38-41 Witteberg
Middelburg used their dominant maul to score the first try of the match and led 05-00 after just five minutes of the first half. Seven minutes later, they scored their second try as they started to dominate. Middelburg led 12-00 after twelve minutes of play in the second half. Witteberg struck off the kickoff with a brilliant maul to score their first try, and cut Middelburg’s lead to 12-05. Thereafter, Middelburg and Witteberg traded tries, and with ten minutes still to play in the second half, Middelburg led 17-10. With five minutes to play, the ball was spread wide from a lineout, and Witteberg cut the defence of Middelburg’s midfield to score their third try to level the scores at 17-17. A cheeky chip by Middelburg was pounced on to retake the lead for Middelburg to go into the halftime break at 24-17.
Both teams scored at regular intervals; however, during the final fifteen minutes Witteberg scored two tries and converted a penalty to lead 41-31 with seven minutes to play. Middelburg upped the pace of their attack and scored a well-worked try to cut Witteberg’s lead to three points. Witteberg deservedly won 41-38.
Teams:
Middelburg: 1 Melchior van Niekerk, 2 Ryan Blake, 3 Dewald du Toit, 4 Lihan de Vaal, 5 Khensani Buthelezi, 6 Sifiso Hlungwane, 7 Johan Raulstone, 8 Menzi Siyaya, 9 Jordan Jones, 10 Kgontse Masilela, 11 Kgotso Peta, 12 Janré Oosthuizen, 13 Blake Faber, 14 Lihle Nkadimeng, 15 Jano Wilson, 16 Theodore Vermaak, 17 CJ Serfontein, 18 Ziyanda Xaba, 19 Siya Mokgoatjana, 20 Gerbrand Davel, 21 Enio Manhica, 22 Aiden van Heerden, 23 Jayden Abbey. Coach: Buks Botha.
Witteberg: 1 Cobus Labuschagne, 2 Buks Davel, 3 Martin Leith, 4 Christiaan van Niekerk, 5 Jano van Niekerk, 6 Rashan Claassen, 7 Jacques Jordaan, 8 Bryan Potgieter, 9 Adrian Kirchner, 10 Chriswin Delport, 11 Oteng Khabane, 12 JC van Rhyn, 13 Alvinio Mintoor, 14 Evan Nieuwoudt, 15 Qlin Booyse, 16 Ruan Pieterse, 17 Mila Oerson, 18 Cobus Van Pletzen, 19 Bees Cilliers, 20 Janco Botha, 21 Dumesani Johnson, 22 Giann Prins. Coach: Robert Bosch.
Welkom Gim 54-43 Nico Malan
Nico Malan opened the scoring from the back of a lineout maul to lead 07-00 after three minutes of play in the first half. Welkom Gim replied five minutes later, scoring their first try off the back of a dominant scrum, to level the scores 07-07. Thereafter, Nico Malan scored two tries in quick succession to lead 21-07, whereafter Welkom Gim scored two tries to level the scores 21-21 with ten minutes of play in the first half. The match at this stage has lost any structure it may have had, with both teams running at every opportunity, while the defence was not at its best. Nico Malan scored two late tries to lead 33-21 at the halftime break.
Welkom Gim opened the scoring with a try after six minutes of play in the second half. Nico Malan answered almost immediately; however, Welkom Gim scored four unanswered tries during the final twenty minutes. Nico Malan had the final say and scored a try to cut Welkom Gim’s lead to 54-43.
Teams:
Welkom Gim: 1 Munro Heiberg, 2 Jayden Docherty, 3 Tumelo Hlakoane, 4 Hlombe Mamani, 5 Jan-Franco du Plessis, 6 Emile Mahlelebe, 7 Reagen Krige (c), 8 Bul Rademeyer, 9 Ruchen Daniels, 10 Jadewin Solomons, 11 Vusi Ndayi, 12 Leano Williams, 13 Gimo Naftal, 14 Tumelo Masukela, 15 Ave Schalk, 16 Marno Buys, 17 Brian Haywood, 18 Dylan Coetzer, 19 Cole Brown, 20 Matthew Venter, 21 Lyle Afrikaner, 22 Caleb Botha, 23 Jayden Louw. Coach: Roean Bezuidenhout.
Nico Malan: 1 Reghardt Conradie, 2 Janu Janse van Rensburg, 3 Drikus Kruger, 4 Ruben van Dijk, 5 Noah Krige, 6 Callie de Lange, 7 Erich van Zyl, 8 Luciano Botha, 9 Lleyton Minnie, 10 Masood Knowlden, 11 Tequine Koopman, 12 Kian van Schalkwyk, 13 Regon Speelman, 14 Kobus Strydom, 15 Reagon Stone, 16 Qobo Hulana, 17 Ruan Nel, 18 Liviwe Nelani, 19 Joliwanga Fihlani, 20 Sima Ozah, 21 Adrian Rademeyer, 22 Jehu Geswindt, 23 Roebin Kleinsmith. Coaches: Jaco Nepgen, Tiaan Dorfling.
Middelburg HTS 18-27 Trio
The first fifteen minutes of the first half were an arm wrestle with both teams having chances on the attack and their defences being tested. With ten minutes to play in the first half, Middelburg converted a penalty to take the lead 03-00. Trio started to dominate and, following wave after wave of attacks, Trio took a quick tap from a penalty and bulldozed their way over the try line of Middelburg. Middelburg converted a penalty with time up on the clock to trail 06-07 going into the second half.
Trio opened the scoring in the second half with a converted penalty, to which Middelburg HTS replied with a try from a trick play off a five-meter lineout. Middelburg led 11-10 after five minutes of play in the second half. Middelburg HTS scored their second try as Middelburg is slowly taking control of the match. Middelburg led 18-10 with eighteen minutes still to play. However, Trio attacked off the kickoff and scored a try in the corner to cut Middelburg’s lead to 18-15. Two minutes later, Trio struck out wide on the other side of the field to take the lead 22-18 with ten minutes still to play. Trio adds another try within two minutes of play to extend their lead 27-18. Middelburg HTS scored a consolation try to cut Trio's lead to 27-25, which was the final score.
Teams:
Middelburg HTS: 1 Argu Kruger, 2 Waldro Lourens, 3 Uzile MAthelela, 4 Tiaan Bezuidenhout, 5 Ruben Kruger, 6 Reghard Blake, 7 Andrea de Wet, 8 Nathan Jansen van Vuuren, 9 Dante Lubbe, 10 Ruhan Jansen van Vuuren, 11 Owen Mngomezule, 12 Ruwan Graaff, 13 Wynand Cronje, 14 Jacques Greyling, 15 Cornelius Erasmus, 16 Zikhona Mathibela, 17 Ruben Jooste, 18 Edward Elmes, 19 Max Venter, 20 Eleazer Stuurman, 21 Ruan Pienaar, 22 Fourie Joubert, 23 Marinus Enslin. Coaches: Jano Venter, Vicky Menagaz, Deon van Straaten, Jaco Struwig, Brandon Krause, Braam van der Merwe.
Trio: 1 Tawanda Mthethwa, 2 Myburg Jacobs, 3 Janhru Jansen V Rensburg, 4 Adriaan Nel, 5 Reghart Joubert, 6 Colin Smith, 7 Iwan Du Plessis, 8 Hercules Petrus Aucamp, 9 WJ Van Niekerk, 10 Tyron Adams, 11 Brimsley Bastiaan, 12 Robbert Van Der Vyfer, 13 Dmarco Basson, 14 Jaylin Jones, 15 Jaydin Binas, 16 JP Du Toit, 17 Paul Rashke, 18 Caleb Butler, 19 Antonie Klemp, 20 Dylan Du Preez, 21 Monray Mostert, 22 Teagan Jantjies, 23 Lukhanyo Dauwa. Coaches: Quinton Geldenhuis, Malcolm-Kerr Till, Sas Le Roux.
