College vs Affies in Pmb

They are two of the greatest boys' schools in South Africa, both sports-loving. And so at 08.00 on Friday morning, some 600 Affies boys will leave Pretoria for the downhill trip to Pietermaritzburg. In all there will be 27 rugby teams and 14 hockey teams.

Bless the brave schoolmasters who arrange all of this.

It's also going to take bravery on the part of Maritzburg College to beat Affies. Affies have been having a good year while for Maritzburg College it has not been so good.

Being a Premier Interschools match it will be broadcast live.

Season so Far

Affies are ranked third on the Schools Top 20 while Maritzburg College, who at one stage lost four matches in a row, are not on the Top 20 at all.

Affies have played 12 matches, winning 10 and losing to Paarl Boys' High and Grey Bloem. Maritzburg College have played 15 matches, winning seven, drawing two and losing six.

Maritzburg College have played - and lost to - four teams on the Top 20.

Affies have played eight Top 20 teams and beaten six of them.

Results against Common Opponents

Grey Bloem: Affies lost 53-29; Maritzburg College lost 60-13

KES: Affies won 61-7; Maritzburg College drew 32-32

Westville: Affies won 62-0; Maritzburg College drew 10-10 and won 27-16

Representative Players

SA Schools

Affies: Ruan de Swardt

SA Schools A

Affies: Cabous Eloff, who played SA Schools in 1955, Schalk Erasmus and Louritz Van der Schyff (captain).

Provincial Teams

Affies' players are eligible for the Blue Bulls, Maritzburg College for KwaZulu Natal

Craven Week

Affies: Marnus Potgieter, Louretz van der Schyff, Ruan de Swart, Phillip Krause, Regardt du Plessis, Henk Pretorius, Schalk Erasmus, Cabous Eloff, Arno van Wyk

Maritzburg College: Fezo Mbatha who is on the bench on Saturday.

Academy Week

Affies: Christiaan Strydom and Sean Tshungu, who are not playing this week, Jack Hart, Jaco Labuschagne.

Maritzburg College: Ayanda Duma, Craig Glover, Phelani Zuma and Durang Atembe, none of whom is playing on Saturday, Matthew King, Andrew Reintges

That means that Affies will have 11 provincial players playing on Saturday to Maritzburg College's two.

Teams:

Maritzburg College: 15 Jaco Truter, 14 Xolisa Guma, 13 Njabulo Mjara, 12 Cameron Hope, 11 Ayanda Duma, 10 Ruben Van Blerk, 9 Lodewyk Muller, 8 Matthew Diedricks, 7 Nicholas Odendaal, 6 Andile Khanyile, 5 Myles Hancock, 4 Liam Cameron- Macintosh, 3 Andrew Reintges (captain), 2 Austin Landman, 1 Matthew King

Replacements: 16 Fezo Mbatha, 17 Thubelihle Nzimande, 18  Nththuko Mchunu, 19 Jeandré Labuschagne, 20 Ross Williamson, 21 Chris Reed, 22 Matthew Squires

Affies:  15 Charles Goedhals, 14 Carel Koch, 13 Marnus Potgieter, 12 Louritz van der Schyff, 11 Ruben Meiring, 10 Ruan de Swardt, 9 Jack Hart, 8 Jaco Labuschagne, 7 Phillip Krause, 6 Regardt du Plessis, 5 Henk Pretorius, 4 Dylan du Preez, 3 Arno van Wyk, 2 Schalk Erasmus (captain), 1 Cabous Eloff.

Date: July 23

First XV kick-off: 14.00

Venue: Goldstones at Maritzburg College

Expected weather conditions: Strangely for the time of the year rain is expected and cold, with a high of 13°C and a low of 4°C

Rugby Programme for July 23

Goldstones

08.00: 5th XV

09.10: 4th XV

10.20: Under-16 A

11.30: 3rd XV

12.40: 2nd XV

14.00: 1st XV

Nicholsons

08.00: 9th XV

09.10: 8th XV

10.20: 7th XV

11.30: 6th XV    

12.40: 10th XV

Snows

08.00: Under-16B

09.10: Under-16E

10.20: Under-16C

11.30: Under-16D

Leaches

08.00: Under-14E

09.00: Under-14A

10.00: Under-14C

11.00: Under-14B

12.00: Under-14D

13.00: Under-16F

Lamonds

08.00: Under-15E

09.00: Under-15D

10.00: Under-15C

11.00: Under-15B

12.00: Under-15A

13.00: Under-15F

Results Down the Years

1996: Affies won 12-9

1997: Affies won 21-16

1998: Affies won 36-15

1999: Affies won 29-7

2000: College won 16-10

2001: Affies won 20-5

2002: Affies won 20-19

2003: Affies won 25-24

2004: Affies won 33-3

2005: Affies won 32-7

2006: College won 19-15

2007: Affies won 31-19

2008: Affies won 52-15

2009: Affies won 10-0

2010: Affies won 32-20

2011: Affies won 19-6 and 55-7

2012: Affies won 33-7

2013: Affies won 51-20

2014: College won 37-10

2015: Affies won 50-19