Bishops go Farming

There they will be on a farm with its marvellous views down to Table Mountian - a farm school, perhaps the most remarkable school, in its way, as a rugby school in SAouth Africa.

It has a small number of boys (in the region of 320) but every one of them is involved in rugnby in the rugby season and they punch way above their weight.

The first time the two schools met was in 1982 when Bishops won 9-6.

Season so Far

Boland Landbou have won five of their 14 matches, Bishops six with a draw.

Neither school shies away from tough oppoisition. 

Boland Landbou are ranked ninth on the  Schools Top 20; Bishops are unranked. Bishops have played against eight teams ranked on the Top 20, Boland Landbou against six.

Results against Common Opponents

Paarl Boys' High: Boland Landbou lost 38-33; Bishops lost 25-0

Paarl Gim: Boland Landbou won 24-15; Bishops lost  44-24

Rondebosch: Boland Landbou won 29-14; Bishops lost 32-19

SACS: Boland Landbou lost 22-15; Bishops drew 24-24

Stellenberg: Boland Landbou won 35-34; Bishops won 29-28 

Wynberg: Boland Landbou won 62-17; Bishops won 24-20

Achievers

The players of both schools are eligible for Western Province teams.

Craven Week

Boland Landbou: Duren Hoffman 

Academy Week

Bishops: Justin Muller, Ghalieb Kenny, David Courie

Boland Landbou: Herman le Roux, Albert Coetzee

Teams

Boland Landbou: 15 Luther McKay, 14 Hanro-Daniel van der Merwe, 13 Sebastiaan de Klerk, 12 Francois du Toit, 11 Erik Lambrecht, 10 Darren Hendricks, 9 Gavin Mills, 8 Armand Adendorff, 7 Franco Venter, 6 Thys Kittshoff, 5 Herman le Roux (captain), 4 Marko van Niekerk, 3 RJ van der Merwe, 2 Tiaan Drotskie, 1 Christiaan Olivier

Coach: Oloff Bergh

Bishops: 15 James Ipser, 14 Ross Goodwin, 13 Robert Macdonald (captain), 12 George Spencer, 11 Matt du Plessis, 10 Aydan Labuschagne, 9 William Rose, 8 Matt Norton, 7 Felix Burt, 6 David Nivison, 5 Rayleigh Le Fleur, 4 Tim Sharples, 3 David Courie, 2 Ghalieb Kenny, 1 Ross Doyle

Coaches: Wes Chetty, Gareth Hayden 

Manager: Dean Sudding 

Date: 5 August 2017

1st XV kick-off: 12.00

Venue: Boland Landbouskool 

Expected weather conditions: Partly cloudy with a high of 20°and a low of 6°

Rugby Programme, 5 August 2017

Paardeberg

08.20: Under-14A

09.30: 3rd XV

10.40: 2nd XV

12.00: 1st XV

Groenberg

08.20: 4th XV

09.30: 5th XV

10.40: 6th XV

 

Tafelberg

08.20: Under-15B

09.30: Under-15A

10.40: Under-15C

Paarlberg

08.20: Under-16C

09.30: Under-16B

10.40: Under-16A

Kasteelberg

08.20: Under-14C

09.30: Under-14D

10.40: Under-14B