Defending champions Kempton Park and EG Jansen will contest this year’s Macro Schools Beeld Trofee final on Saturday and bring down the curtain on one of the most memorable Noordvaal seasons.
Kempies accounted for a huge surprise when they beat the much fancied Klofies side 22-21 in the semi-final. Just a week earlier Klofies had stunned everyone with a rather one-sided 51-5 victory against the HTS Middelburg. Earlier in the season HTS had claimed the NuPower-Tuks trophy and are definitely no push-overs. The 2013 Kempies 1st XV is definitely not as good as the 2012 team that won the Beeld. Even though this year’s Kempies team have strung together some decent results this season, their appearance in the final is an overachievement of note and deserves to be applauded.
EG Jansen, ranked no.5 nationally has without any doubt been one of the best teams in South Africa this year and based on their performances they deserve to win a trophy. Interestingly I ran a story on this blog long before the season kicked off suggesting that Jansies had put in an application to go down to the Big Schools Beeld, which they are perfectly entitled to do based on the number of students they have. However fortunately they did not. It would have been a travesty of justice if their 1st XV containing numerous star players wasn’t allowed to showcase their talent on the biggest Noordvaal stage of them all.
To get to the final EG Jansen had to beat another of the 2013 Noordvaal heavyweights – the White Rhinos of Nelspruit. Nellies have been consistently good this year and it’s little wonder they are ranked at 7 in South Africa (BHP Rankings) coming into this week. EG Jansen however inflicted the heaviest defeat of 2013 on the Pumas region powerhouse with a 53-35 win. The 53-points is testimony to the firepower on attack that EG possesses.
Looking back Jansies and Kempies have clashed twice this season already. On 18 May EG win 45-29 and on 20 July they beat the determined Kempton Park outfit 26-17.
The Valke schoolboy rugby supporters have more to celebrate than a guaranteed Beeld Trofee coming their way. In the Big Schools division Transvalia are also through to the final.
@Woltrui: Baie goeie artikel, baie dankie!
Ek dink nie die Oos Rand het al so iets op skole vlak beleef nie.
Hulle vewag 4000 – 6000 mense by EG more. Party sal maar op die paweljoen se dak moet sit !
Stem saam Jakes, Kempies moet nooit onderskat word nie. Almal hier rond weet hulle gebruik toere, en tot ‘n mate Nu-Power, om hulle span vir die seisoen gereed te kry. Uitslae vroeg is nie baie belangrik nie.
Nu-Power het hulle steeds 3de gekom.
Liga Finaal was baie taai.
Beeld trofee is hulle fokus.
Hier kom ‘n groot wedstryd !!
@ Woltrui- 0/15 speel Monument teen Eldoraigne en 0/16 speel Monument teen HTS Middelburg. Jansen 0/15 so bykans verras deur met 2 punte te verloor teen Monnas laas naweek.
Baie goeie artikel rakende die geskiedenis, statistiek en agtergrond van die Beeld trofee by http://www.affiesrugby.co.za/blog.html
Definitief die skole rugby kompetisie met die meeste geskiedenis en tradisie. Word reeds sedert 1920 gespeel.
Jakes watter skole speel in die ouderdomsgroepe? Ek weet die 0/14’s is HTS Middelburg teen Menlopark.
@JPS_10- Jy is reg, mense besef nie eintlik Kempies se goeie rugby geskiedenis, vernaam in die jare 1980 to ongeveer 1995 was hul sekere permanent onder die top 10 skole in SA ( Rugby en atletiek). natuurlik het hul paar jaar dip gevang met hul nuwe bure, Jeugland,wat die kollig begin steel het en EG Jansen wat opmars begin maak het. Maar laaste paar jaar is Kempies weer op dreef en goed oppad boontoe. Die kompetisie tussen Kempies en EG Jansen al jare aan die gang, Goeie gesonde kompetisie. More sal natuurlik die “Cherrie op die koek wees”. Kan nie wag nie!!
Dit sal Kemptonpark se 5e keer wees wat hulle aan die finaal deelneem met 2 gewen (2012 & 1989) en 2 verloor (2008 & 1993). EG Jansen speel in hulle 2e finaal met 1 verloor in 2004.
Dit sal die 1e keer wees dat 2 skole van die Valke in die finaal speel en die 2e keer dat 2 skole van een provinsie in die finaal speel. Die vorige keer was in 1998 met Affies teen Waterkloof.
Dit mag dalk lyk of EG Jansen die gunstelinge is maar Kemptonpark is in ‘n opwaartse kurwe!
Baie dankie vir die berig Beet. Dankie wakker akker vir jou inset ook. Moet saamstem. Hierdie is vir EG om te verloor. Net kop hou en niks verander van wat hule nog die hele jaar doen nie. Speel net positief en bly kalm. Die volgende paar dae en aande gaan senutergend wees
Sterkte aan EG Jansen.Julle definitief my favourite span daar in Gautengeleng.By Kearsney gesien julle speel goeie rugby en geweet julle sou presteer.Dus julle beker om te verloor.
Thanks for the update Beet- Good luck to the players, the schools and the coaches..Beeld trofee finals always a huge occasion. I am sure Jansen’s grounds will be packed on Saturday. It will be the last school game for most of the boys so will give it their all. Good luck to EG Jansen to possibly clinch their ever first Beeld trophy. And then off course the other falcons school, Transvalia, to claim their first Beeld trofee title in the BIG schools region.