Rondebosch has whitewashed their three Cape Town Southern Suburbs oppponets in 2024. For the first time since Wynberg achieved the difficult feat in 2014, the Southern Suburbs has a Grandslam winner. Bosch’s record reads played six, won six! A great season for the team captained so well by lock Tom Barnard and coached by Joel Carew with outstanding Clinton van Rensburg as the Director of Rugby.
| SOUTHERN SUBURBS 2024 | BISH | BOSCH | SACS | BERG | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat.20Apr | Rondebosch | 55-22 | SACS | – | 6 | 0 | – |
| Sat.27Apr | Bishops | 08-35 | Wynberg | 0 | – | – | 6 |
| Sat.04May | Wynberg | 27-49 | Rondebosch | – | 6 | – | 0 |
| Sat.04May | SACS | 29-07 | Bishops | 0 | – | 6 | – |
| Sat.01Jun | Bishops | 16-31 | Rondebosch | 0 | 6 | – | – |
| Sat.01Jun | Wynberg | 29-30 | SACS | – | – | 4 | 2 |
| Sat.03Aug | SACS | 05-43 | Rondebosch | – | 6 | 0 | – |
| Sat.03Aug | Wynberg | 38-16 | Bishops | 0 | – | – | 6 |
| Sat.10Aug | Rondebosch | 19-07 | Wynberg | – | 5 | – | 1 |
| Sat.10Aug | Bishops | 12-10 | SACS | 4 | – | 2 | – |
| Sat.17Aug | Rondebosch | 22-05 | Bishops | 0 | 6 | – | – |
| Sat.17Aug | SACS | 07-09 | Wynberg | – | – | 2 | 4 |
| POINTS | 4 | 35 | 14 | 19 | |||
| WINS | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Position | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||
| BISH | BOSCH | SACS | BERG | ||||
Scoring
MOST VICTORIES WINS THE SS4 CHAMPIONSHIP
4pts for a win, 3pts for a draw
Margin of victory points:
Greater than 14 = 2pts to the winning team
Between 8 & 14 = 1pt to the winning team, 1pt to the losing team
Less than 8 = 2pts to the losing team
| SOUTHERN SUBURBS 2014 | BISH | BOSCH | SACS | BERG | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat.12Apr | Rondebosch | 21-59 | Wynberg | – | 0 | – | 6 |
| Sat.10May | SACS | 05-80 | Bishops | 6 | – | 0 | – |
| Sat.17May | SACS | 13-12 | Rondebosch | – | 2 | 4 | – |
| Sat.31May | Bishops | 19-20 | Wynberg | 2 | – | – | 4 |
| Sat.21Jun | Wynberg | 10-00 | SACS | – | – | 1 | 5 |
| Sat.21Jun | Rondebosch | 14-52 | Bishops | 6 | 0 | – | – |
| Sat.02Aug | Wynberg | 15-00 | Rondebosch | – | 0 | – | 6 |
| Sat.09Aug | Bishops | 26-12 | SACS | 5 | – | 1 | – |
| Sat.16Aug | Rondebosch | 28-22 | SACS | – | 4 | 2 | – |
| Sat.16Aug | Wynberg | 34-17 | Bishops | 0 | – | – | 6 |
| Sat.30Aug | SACS | 05-34 | Wynberg | – | – | 0 | 6 |
| Sat.30Aug | Bishops | 22-21 | Rondebosch | 4 | 2 | – | – |
| POINTS | 23 | 8 | 8 | 33 | |||
| WINS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Position | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |||
| BISH | BOSCH | SACS | BERG | ||||
Congrats to Bosch, well deserved. Hopefully a few of these youngsters will be heading off up the hill to study and play rugby at UCT.
@Kantman (Comment #1)
That slip against Milnerton still haunts me! ;) But yes, this was a brilliant year for Bosch, really strong. To win the Grand Slam is very difficult and rare, so this team can be really proud of themselves.
A pity we couldn’t pick up a scalp or two against the Winelands schools, but we had some close ones at least. Some very good players in this team that I’ll be following and hopefully they’ll break through in the WP set up in the next few years.
I think more players from this years team will be heard of for a long time. One slip against Milnerton should not be their legacy.