Bishops has an extended stay over in Grahamstown this year. The Cape Town based school normally travels to the City of Saints every other year to compete in inter-schools against St Andrew’s College. This time around Bishops has agreed be part of the annual Graeme College Rugby Day as well and will be up against Port Elizabeth powerhouse, Grey High School in the main game of that event.
Fixtures:
26-March 2015: Bishops vs St Andrew’s on the Lower Field at St Andrew’s College
28-March 2015: Bishops vs Grey High School on the Graeme College main field
Squads:
| BISHOPS | ST ANDREW’S | GREY HIGH | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | William Day | 1 | Aidan Stoll | 1 | Tiaan Coetzee |
| 2 | Gregory Willcocks | 2 | Harry Turner | 2 | Aphiwe Febana |
| 3 | J-P Smith | 3 | Sazi Sandi | 3 | Dylan Barendse |
| 4 | Connor Osborne | 4 | Christopher Sherratt | 4 | Joe Rooyakkers |
| 5 | Nic Frankenveld | 5 | Daniel Tiffin | 5 | Kamva Dilima |
| 6 | Joel Paarwater | 6 | Baron Boateng-Aidoo | 6 | Liam Blake-Taylor |
| 7 | Jarryd Lurie | 7 | Seb Mulders | 7 | Michael de Marco (captain) |
| 8 | Francois Stassen | 8 | Malcolm Pringle | 8 | Kwezi Mafu |
| 9 | Brandon Salomo | 9 | Luke Alexandre | 9 | Stanley Davenport |
| 10 | James Macdonald | 10 | Anthony Dakin | 10 | Curwin Bosch (v captain) |
| 11 | Andre Manuel | 11 | Xolile Mdlokovana | 11 | Nathan Brown |
| 12 | Cornel Smit | 12 | Angus Cook | 12 | Sihle Njezula |
| 13 | Seb Hanekom | 13 | Thomas Lane | 13 | Josiah Boafu |
| 14 | Lubelo Scott | 14 | Grant Dixie | 14 | Mohamed Connelly |
| 15 | Tristan Leyds | 15 | Ross Ferguson | 15 | Keanu Vers |
| R | Luciano Da Graca | 16 | 16 | Sive Mazosiwe | |
| R | Keanan Alexander | 17 | 17 | Anton Mostert | |
| R | Liam Blackstock | 18 | 18 | Connor Boyd | |
| R | Nicholas Frankenfeld | 19 | 19 | Jason Haggard | |
| R | Siya Qamgwana | 20 | 20 | Matthew Lawson | |
| R | Ross Church | 21 | 21 | Anavuyo Moyikwa | |
| R | Sebastian Prentice | 22 | 22 | Lubabalo Dobela | |
| 23 | Fred Sematimba |
@BuffelsCM: Done! Piley Rees on 18 April confirmed
@Balikibaba: I wouldn’t be too quick to write off Bishops v Gym. I accept a good u16 team does not necessarily translate into a good 1st team, but a mate’s son was in the u16A a few years ago and I remember him posting a lot of very good scores on fb – e.g. they hammered Pta Boys and beat HJS by seven.
@BuffelsCM: Eish…..think Gym will punnish Bishops this year.
@Playa: The first Saturday (18th) after the April break Paarl Gim will be visiting Bishops. Perhaps it will be a good day to visit ?
@Playa: Definitely a gifted player, but very skraal
@Balikibaba: He will probably be selected, but in my opinion he had a forgettable CW, especially in the scrums and tended to be selectively involved in the loose and open play from my perspective
@Playa: He is exceptional, but unfortunately he is still abit small. More talent than Dillyn but Dillyn had grown by the time he was in Gr12 whereas Tristan is still very skraal.
3 players to watch in Bishops backline:
Leyds
Smit the centre
Manuel the wing. He scored 3 tries vs St Andrews yesterday and apparently 2 of them were electric. It was him who broke and scored in the last second of the game I believe.
In the forwards I believe players to watch are:
Prop JP Smith
Prop William Day
Number 8 Brandon Salamo
@Balikibaba: @BuffelsCM: WOW! He must be a freak of nature then. I think I’ll make time to catch some Platinum Blues fixtures this year.
@Ploegskaar: I see you don’t have JP Smith, the Craven Week Prop from last year in there anywhere. Why would he not make it this year?
Who is the Wynberg 6? To me, he was the standout loose-forward on the day – I know Stellenberg are not up there with the Paarl Schools, but he was very destructive and looked the part
@beet:
16.Larken – SACS
17.Smit – Boland
18.van Rijn – Paarl Gim
19.van Tonder – PRG
20.Carstens – Boland
21.Pickard – Monument Park
22.Schoor – Paarl Gim
@Die Ken: Ek sal graag hoor watter ander spelers van Paul Roos. Dean van Tonder is ‘n aanspraakmaker maar wie nog?
Sorry, other way around. Found on Twitter;
A try in the final minute gave the Bishops 1st XV a 35-33 victory over St Andrews in Grahamstown today after they trailed 14-26 at halftime.
I heard St Andrews beat Bishops yesterday, is that true?
@Ploegskaar: Nee Ploegie, wat het jy gister gedrink. Jy weet mos PRG gaan meer as 1 speler oplewer.
@Grasshopper: Yup, he is Jerome’s son.
@Ploegskaar: Usual WP story. No depth hence the absence of a bench
@CharlesZA:
1.Joubert – Bellville
2.Farmer – Tygerberg
3.Groenewald – HJS
4.Moerat – HJS
5.de Villiers – HJS
6.Visser – Paarl Gim
7.Davidz – Rondebosch
8.Ncusane – HJS
9.Williams – Boland
10.Smit – Bishops
11.Muller – Bellville
12.Potgieter – Boland
13.Leonard – Paul Roos
14.Cassiem-February – HJS
15.Lombard – HJS
@Ploegskaar: Now that is just showing off!
Put some schools next to the players so we can keep an eye on the Ploegie XV.
Hope Bishops play Cornel at 10 sometime over the course of the season. In my opinion he should be the WP CW 10 outside Jondre Williams, with JT Potgieter at first centre and Nico Leonard at second centre. With a back three of Ryan Muller and Cassiem-February on the wings and Ryaan Lombard at 15, that should make for a potent backline.
Put them behind a pack of Joubert, Farmer and Groenewald, with de Villers and Moerat at lock, Visser and Davidz on the flank and the Boishaai 8, and they should do well at CW.
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Grasshopper-Joel is Jerome’s son.
http://m.bidorbuy.co.za/item/140509762/1992_Curry_Cup_Rugby_Card_Jerome_Paarwater.html
Must be his son, 2nd name is Joel. I still have this card I collected way back;
Joel Paarwater any relation to Jerome Paarwater, son maybe?
@Playa: He is his younger brother and more talented in many poeples’ opinion.
Bishops beat St Andrews 35-33 with a last second try.
@Playa: His younger brother as far as I know
It’s interesting that Lubelo Scott has been moved to the wing. He was in the WP U/16 side last year as centre. I guess the “youngsters” have to play where they are told to.
Seb Prentice played at no 8 in the U/16 trials last year (and was part of the Elite squad as well). During the season he was moved to centre by the coaches of the Bishops’ U/16 side. I don’t think he particularly liked the move at the time but it seems that he has stayed in the backline (being no 22)
I trust that Cornel Smit will stay injury-free this season
Beet: Any other team sheets yet. Selborne/Dale/QC
Tristan Leyds….any relation to Dillan Leyds?