George goes to Paarl

Two great South African Rugby schools meet in Paarl on Saturday when Paarl Boys' High host thirteen teams from Hoërskool Outeniqua of George.

In 2018 both schools featured strongly in the Top 20.

Both schools will play with energy and commitment.

Season So Far

The season is just beginning but already both sides have had testing matches. Boys' High walloped Drostdy 64-3, beat powerful Monument 35-31 and drew with resurgent Helpmekaar 20-20.

Outeniqua walloped Brackenfell 65-0 and lost narrowly to two powerful Pretoria opponents -= 28-24 to Garsfontein and 27-20 to Affies.

This match could be close-run.

Rugby Programme - 6 April 2019

A-Veld

09.00: Under-16A

10.10: 3rd XV

11.30: 2nd XV

13.00: 1st XV

B-Veld

09.00: 4th XV

10.10: 5th XV: Paarl Boys' High vs Kuilsrivier RFC

C-Veld

09.00: Under-16C

10.10: Under-16B

11.20: Under-15A

D-Veld

09.00: Under-14C

10.00: Under-14A

11.00: Under-14B

E-Veld

09.00: Under-15B

10.00: Under-15C

11.00: Under-16D: Paarl Boys' High vs Kuilsrivier RFC

1st Teams

Scrumhalf Abré Minnie was in the South Western Districts team at the 2018 Craven Week.

Paarl Boys' High: 15 Riis du Plessis, 14 Rickus Jonck, 13 Quan Horn, 12 Tyler Bocks (captain), 11 Javier Farmer, 10 Kian Meadon, 9 Wian van der Sandt, 8 Gideon van Wyk, 7. Niel Venter, 6 Cameron Hanekom, 5 Jade Hendricks, 4 Evan Roode, 3 Sebastian Lombard, 2 Allister Williams, 1 Rhynhardt Rijnsburger

Coaches: Peter Engledow & David Sadie

Outeniqua: 15 Curtley Smith, 14 Casten Michaels, 13 Gerhard Ackerman, 12 Tinsley Stuurman, 11 Dillan Pieterse, 10 Matthew Thorne, 9 Abré Minnie, 8 Bennett Nortjé (captain), 7 Jandré le Roux, 6 Francois Breytenbach, 5 Dean Malherbe, 4 Corné Struwig, 3 Henry Tromp, 2 Leon Volschenk, 1 Zander Bezuidenhout

Replacements: 16 Johan Jordans, 17 Lawrence Victor, 18 Schalk Vermeulen, 19 Jay-Jay Snyman, 20 Philip Fouché, 21 Chadley Josias, 22 Ayden Booysen, 23 Keanu Lindoor

Coaches: Abré Minnie & Jacques Wolfaardt

Date: Saturday, 6 April 2019

Venue: Paarl Boys' High ground, Brug Street

1st XV kick-off: 13.00

Expected weather conditions: Sunshine with a high of 29°C and a low of 13°C - a lovely day for rugby.

Referee: Jonathan Kaplan