The Western Cape is going nowhere slowly this weekend following the exciting Western Province Rugby Day hosted at the Danie Craven Week stadium on Wednesday.
The big "surprise" was Boland Landbou's draw against the highly rated Wynberg, however, maybe not a big surprise taking into account their 40-31 win over Durbanville yesterday and losing to Outeniqua 34-49. Boland Landbou's brilliance was followed quickly by some primary school mistakes. But is still early in 2025.
Results WP Schools Day
Bellville 00-45 Bishops
Boland Landbou 10-10 Wynberg
Hermanus vs Noord Kaap
Milnerton 20-15 Durbanville
Paarl Boishaai 15-00 SACS
Paul Roos 20-00 Stellenberg
Rondebosch 15-15 Paarl Gim
Scotsdene 10-15 Gordon HighWestern Cape
Paul Roos showed against Stellenberg (20-00) that they are super fit and brilliantly talented and poor Drostdy HTS should be given a proper taste of what the best in South Africa means. Drostdy lost to Paarl Boishaai (19-55) and beat Upington (65-07).
Rondebosch vs Oakdale should be interesting, especially after Rondebosch's 15-15 draw against Paarl Gim. If Oakdale's macro pack can do their thing and last past the halftime break Rondebosh is in for a long day despite their brilliant loosies and backline, however, if Rondebosch reply like Grey College did in the second half, Oakdale could be feeling that the hopes of a brilliant 2025 season might just evolve in an early nightmare.
Western Cape fixtures for the weekend ending 23 March 2025
Bishops vs Tsumeb Gim
Charlie Hofmeyr vs DF Malan
Drostdy HTS vs Paul Roos
Bellville HTS vs Noord Kaap
Rondebosch vs Oakdale
Worcester Gim vs Clifton
Wynberg vs St Charles