Kroonstad painted red, red, red

In Saturday's FNB Classic Clash in Kroonstad the Rooiskool beat the Blouskool 45-0 to continue their domination of the popular fixture. It was a record victory.

There was a huge crowd for the match at Afrikaanse Hoërskool, the Rooiskool, when they played Hoërskool Kroonstad, the Blouskool. There always is a big crowd but this year it seemed more.

The Blouskool's tight forwards offered stern resistance and in fact scrummed better but the Rooiskool's loose forwards (plus all-action hooker Stephen O’ Donovan) and backs were too much for the visitors. The Rooiskool also ruled the line-outs through their brilliant lock JP Nel.

The scorer-in-chief was the Rooiskool's flyhalf, François van Biljon, playing in his third such match. He scored a try and kicked five conversions of the seven tries his side scored. He generally dominated the match.

Rooiskool led 19-0 at half-time.

Scorers:

For Rooiskool:

Tries:  John Potgieter, JP Nel, Jaco Combrink, François van Biljon, Gerrit Otto, Charl de Coning , TP Kleynhans

Cons: François van Biljon 5

The teams:

Rooiskool: 15 John Potgieter, 14 Armand Havenga, 13 Kobus Kleyn, 12 Danie van Zyl, 11 Jaco Combrinck, 10 François van Biljon (captain), 9 Aldert van Wyngaardt, 8 Charl de Coningh, 7 Gerhard Otto, 6 Morné Bester, 5 JP Nel, 4 TP Kleynhans, 3 Bertiaan Luyt, 2 Stephan O’Donovan, 1 Philip van Zyl.

Replacements: 16 Hendré van Zyl, 17 François Poolman, 18 David Rule, 19 Henry Searle, 20 Juandré Uys, 21 Robbie Petzer, 22 Nico Potgieter.

Blouskool: 15 PD Marais, 14 Louis Odendaal, 13 Charles Westley, 12 Reinhard Kleinhans, 11 Wimpie Strydom,  10 JM Janse van Rensburg, 9 Kobus Crouse,  8 JC le Grange, 7 Tony Jardim, 6 Erik Rossouw, 5 Dawid van Oudtshoorn, 4 Corné Fick, 3 Thato Potsane, 2 Renier Moolman, 1 Willem Botes

Replacements: 16 Brandon McGrail, 17 Arno van Greunen, 18 Jaco van Oudtshoorn, 19 Jason Engelbrecht, 20 Alvin Westraadt, 21 Corné Khun, 22 Divan Swanepoel

Coaches: T du Plessis, D van der Merwe

Recent winners

1998: Blouskool

1999: Blouskool

2000: Rooiskool

2001: Rooiskool

2002: Blouskool

2003: Draw

2004: Blouskool

2005: Blouskool

2006: Rooiskool

2007: Blouskool

2008: Rooiskool

2009: Rooiskool

2010: Rooiskool

2011: Rooiskool

2012: Rooiskool