Preview: Affies vs Klofies

This weekend two of South Africa's top rugby schools will be playing each other after a break of some years.

They are both Pretoria schools and yet have not played since 2006, after which Affies withdrew from competitions while Waterkloof went on playing in competitions.

Last year Affies ended second on the FNB Top 20, Waterkloof sixth. They are certainly great rugby schools. The have been playing all over South Africa but not each other. Now they are playing again.

The matches, which are not part of a competition, will be played at Hoërskool Waterkloof.

Fixtures:

A Field
07.30: Vierdespan
08.25: O/14A
09.20: Derdespan
10.15: O/15A
11.10: Tweedespan
12.10: O/16A
13.30: Eerstespan

B Field
07.30: O/15B
08.25: O/16C
09.20: O/16B
10.15: O/14B
11.10: Vyfdespan

C Field
07.30: O/14C
09.20: O/15C
10.15: O/16D
11.10: 12.10

There will be a vast crowd at the game and there will be interest nationwide.

The teams:

Hoërskool Waterkloof: 15 Sean Phillips (vice-captain), 14 Johann Gouws, 13 Raynardt Honiball, 12 Lourens Boddington, 11 Francois de Kock, 10 Kobus Marais, 9 Justin Phillips, 8 Nardus Erasmus , 7 Marnus Steyn (captain), 6 Shaun Pike, 5 Henco Saayman, 4 Ian Barnard, 3 Johan van Wyk, 2 Jovan Erasmus, 1 Xander van Wyk.
Plaasvervangers: 16 Reinach Venter, 17 Nico Steenkamp, 18 Dimitri Ttappous, 19 David Joyce, 20 Stephan Smith, 21 John-Henry Collen, 22 Werner Rossouw, 23 Sheldon Turner.

Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool: 15 Marcus Kleinbooi, 14 Thys van Wyk, 13 Phillip Orfer, 12 Nico Lee (vice-captain), 11 Andries van der Merwe, 10 Ryno Eksteen, 9 Ivan van Zyl, 8 Calvonn Allisson, 7 Steven Meiring, 6 Heinrich Viljoen, 5 Janse van Rensburg (captain), 4 RG Snyman, 3 Xander Swart, 2 Francois Steyn, 1 Pierre Schoeman.

Coaches: Sakkie van der Walt, Heinrich van Jaarsveldt, Peregrine Joynt

Referee: Gerrie de Bruin

Results down the years:

The two teams first met in 1987 and since then they have played 36 times. Affies have won 29 times, Klofies seven times.

1987: Affies won 20-9
1988: Affies won 20-6
1989: Affies won 9-6
1990: Affies won 18-9
1991: Affies won 12-6
1992: Affies won 7-3 and Waterkloof won 17-7
1993: Affies won 75-6
1994: Affies won 32-24 and 21-7
1995: Affies won 35-5
1996: Affies won 3-0 and 25-8
1997: Affies won 24-14 and 22-12
1998: Affies won 47-8, 44-15 and 43-23
1999: Affies won 29-0 and 41-10, and Waterkloof won 1-20,
2000: Affies won 27-10
2001: Affies won 26-8 and 37-13
2002: Affies won 9-8, 37-28 and 19-16
2003: Waterkloof won 11-6 and 33-16
2004: Affies won 26-19
2005: Affies won 29-22 and Waterkloof won 20-12
2006: Affies won 45-20 and 21-18, and Waterkloof won 28-24 and 17-7

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