Monnas Meet Boishaai in Porterville

The main match at the two-day rugby festival in Porterville on the Western Cape's Weskus is between Paarl Boys' High and Hoërskool Monument of Krugersdorp - Boishaai vs Monnas, two of South Africa's top rugby schools.

In 2019 Boishaai ended third on the Top 20, Monnas eighth. They are world class rugby schools.

The Porterville Bulfees takes place on Friday and Saturday - 13 and 14 March 2020., and this match will be the main match on Saturday, the climax of the festival.

For Boishaai, with only one regular back from 2019 - prop Seb Lombard - will be playing their first match of the season. Seven of their team are in Grade 9.

Monnas have a more experienced team with 12 back from their powerful side of 2019.

The first teams of the twp schools have met six times before, and each time Boishaai have won.

Previous Results

1981: Boishaai won 18-12

1989: Boishaai won 22-4

2009: Boishaai won 23-5;

2012: Boishaai won 32-28

2015: Boishaai won 25-20

2019: Boishaai won 34-31

Teams

Paarl Boys' High: 15 Jarred Rees, 14 Ethan Isaacs, 13 Hakeem Kunene, 12 Sebastiaan Boshoff, 11 Keagan Smith, 10 Compion von Ludwig, 9 Keean Barnard, 8 Cameron Hanekom, 7 Luca Ribbens, 6 Herman Visser, 5 Romano Fourie, 4 Coetzee le Roux, 3 Sebastian Lombard, 2 Ruan van Blommenstein, 1 Abraham Reyneke

Hoërskool Monument: 15 Luan van der Walt, 14 Herschelle Goodman, 13 Waldo van den Berg, 12 Marco Botha (captain), 11 Reuben Barnard, 10 Armand van Noordwyk, 9 Franco Hallatt, 8 Ethan Snyman, 7 Hennie du Randt, 6 Rynard Mouton, 5 Dries du Preez, 4 Zander Hoeksma, 3 Heiko Pohlmann, 2 Brandon Beukes, 1 Jan Hendrik Bessenger,

The match, which kicks off at 18.00 on Saturday, will be broadcast live on the School Sports Live (SSL) YouTube channel.

Fixtures for Porterville's Bulfees

Friday, 13 March 2020

Middle Field - next to tennis courts

14.00: Under-7A PPS vs Porterville

14.30: Under-8A PPS vs Dirkie Uys

15.15: Under-7A Porterville vs Dirkie Uys

15.45: Under-8A PPS vs Porterville

16.30: Under-7A Dirkie Uys vs PPS

17.00: Under-8A Porterville vs Dirkie Uys

Middle Field - next to swimmingpool

Under-9A

14.00: Porterville vs PPS

14.25: Piketberg vs Hopefield

14.50: Vredenburg vs Dirkie Uys

15.15: Porterville vs Hopefield

15.40: Vredenburg vs Paarl Primêr

16.05: Dirkie Uys vs Piketberg

16.30: Porterville vs Vredenburg

16.55: PPS vs Piketberg

17.20: Dirkie Uys vs Hopefield

A Field

Under-13A + Three others

14.00: Hopefield vs Groote Schuur

14.45: Dirkie Uys vs Noord-Eind

15.30: Piketberg vs Hugo Rust

16.15: Wesbank vs PPS

17.00: Vredenburg vs Hendrik Louw

17.45: Porterville vs Calvinia

18.30: Bredasdorp vs Wesbank

19.15: Under-14A Paarl Boys' High vs Monnas

20.00: Under-15A Paarl Boys' High vs Monnas

20.45: Club Porterville vs Rawsonville

B Field

Under-13A

14.00: PPS vs Vredenburg

14.45: Calvinia vs Hendrik Louw

15.30: Porterville vs Bredasdorp

16.15: Hopefield vs Noord-Eind

17.00: Groote Schuur vs Piketberg

17.45: Dirkie Uys vs Hugo Rust

Saturday, 14 March 2020

A Field

07.30: Under-13A Hugo Rust vs Wesbank

08.10: Under-15A Hopefield vs Oudtshoorn

09.10: Under-16A Porterville vs Robertson

10.10: Under-16A Hopefield vs Oudtshoorn

11.10: Under-19A Paulus Joubert vs Paarl Boys' High D

12.10: Under-19A Curro Langebaan vs Paarl Boys' High C

13.20: Under-16A Paarl Boys' High vs Monument

14.30: Under-19B Paarl Boys' High vs Monument

15.40: Under-19A Hopefield vs Overberg

16.50: Under-19A Porterville vs Robertson

18.00: Under-19A Paarl Boys' High vs Monument

B Field

07.30: Under-13A Calvinia vs Groote Schuur

08.10: Under-13A Porterville vs Noord-Eind

08.50: Under-14B Paarl Boys' High vs Monument

09.40: Under-15B Paarl Boys' High vs Monument

10.30: Under-16B Paarl Boys' High vs Monument

11.30: Under-15B Hopefield vs Oudtshoorn

12.20: Under-19B Porterville vs Paulus Joubert

13.20: Under-19B Hopefield vs Paarl Boys' High E

14.20: Under-15A Curro Langebaan vs Overberg

15.10: Under-15A Porterville vs Robertson