Not since Grey College in 2010 has the undisputable top ranked school in SA been able to win every single match they played during the season*.
Paarl Boys’High is unbeaten so far this year and already holds a virtually unassailable lead at the top of the national rankings with just a few weeks of the 2015 season left.
Their record to date stands at played 17, won 17. These wins include their much sort after and elusive Paarl Interskole prize, a Winelands triple-crown which is no mean feat, a Western Province Premier League clean-sweep, which should be made complete in every sense of the term when Boishaai plays weaker than usual Drostdy the weekend after next in Die Burger semi-final; and a few other huge national scalps in the form of EG Jansen, Garsfontein, Monument and the biggest one of the lot: Grey College who they beat in Bloemfontein to make it that much more special.
So the Boishaai 1st XV of 2015 stands a realistic chance of completing their season with a 100% win ratio and being remembered as the best schoolboy rugby team since 2010. They really only have one last major obstacle left in their path – Oakdale!
Success often comes at a price. For Boishaai that price is five SA Schools players as well as their top rated head coach being unavailable this weekend’s Oakdale match because of SA Schools under-18 international duty.
Following a Rugby Advisory Committee decision, Boishaai requested a postponement of the Oakdale fixture from Saturday, 15 August to Saturday, 22 August, a date on which both schools were initially free.
When this appeal was denied by Oakdale, still in accordance with Advisory Committee decision-making, Boishaai asked if they could send all their teams excluding their 1st XV to Riversdale this weekend and play the 1st XV game on Tuesday, 19 August once all their SA Schools players and coach were back. Once again Oakdale turned them down.
Under those circumstances the Boishaai protocol called for the Governing Body to be consulted, in order to agree to their next course of action. However the school management took it upon themselves to commit to the Oakdale fixture on 15 August without any further consultation.
So now Boishaai minus their five plus one, has to travel to Oakdale’s home ground, which is a hard enough venue for a full-strength powerhouse rugby school to win at in any given year. Here they will have to overcome a formidable National Top 10 placed Bulls team in order to keep their dream of the perfect season alive.
A further consequence is that Boishaai will now play Drostdy in Die Burger semi-final on 22 August.
Oakdale’s decisions are not without merit.
After Premier Interschools approached Oakdale, they agreed to move their televised game against Boland Landbou from 22 August to 29 August. The reason for the rescheduled game was so that PI could avoid a clash and accommodate both this match and the Paul Roos versus Grey College game which will go ahead on 22 August as planned.
It was this rescheduling which resulted in two things.
Firstly it caused Oakdale to drop out of Die Burger competition as the final was already set for 29 August at the Danie Craven Stadium in Stellenbosch, the same date on which the Bulls will play Boland Landbou. Had things not changed, the formbook suggested that Die Burger for Large Schools would have been a Boishaai – Oakdale final, meaning their inter-schools game a couple of weeks prior to that final would have been pointless.
Secondly by moving their Boland Landbou game to 29 August, Oakdale would have been free to play Boishaai on 22 August. However they refused to accommodate Boishaai on that date because they had already made plans to use the Boishaai game on 15 August as the main attraction part of a Reunion Weekend complete with fund-raising intentions.
A blogger made a worthy comment by stating: “well, Boishaai always honours their commitments, unlike some other well-known schools who cancel matches for lesser reasons.”
One last thought revolves around the SA Schools Committee’s under-18 internationals planning, which surely after all these years of arranging the same format involving the same teams playing at the same venues, is in a position to let schools know a year in advance, when and for how long they plan to pull SA Schools players out of inter-schools rugby. This will go a long way to avoiding predicaments such as this one above. Paul Roos’ win against Grey College in 2009 will stand in the record books forever. There is no column noting the missing SA Schools players on that big occasion.
*In 2013 Affies won all their games but had to share the accolades with Paarl Gymnasium, who some ranking systems including the BHP used on this website, ranked above Affies on final list for that season.
@BuffelsCM: Hy het op n stadium daar onder die brug oor die Eersterivier by Helderberg oppad Paul Roos toe ook “geplak”..Wonder of dit nie dalk daar is wat hy en Andre T mekaar leer ken het nie!
@BuffelsCM: Ons was groot tjomme……ek was juis die inspirasie vir ‘Elke boemelaar se droom’………ons het ook baie Vrydagaande by Scirocco’s in Gordonsbaai gekuier
@BOG: Die manne was gewoonlik na ‘n lang aand uit, dapper (dom / dwaas ?) genoeg om op pad terug van die aand se kuier, “Bekfluitjie” te skree. Ongelukkig kon die manne wat hard gekuier het nie vinnig genoeg weghardloop nie. Een aand was Jannie (ons noem hom maar so) tussen so ‘n groep manne. Alhoewel hy normaalweg nie stadig was nie, het hy eenvoudig self net te veel gekuier die betrokke aand. Op daardie stadium was daar nog struike oorkant Wilgenhof (op die sypaadjie voor die Admin-gebou). Jannie het besluit hy kruip liewer onder die struike weg om die gevaar te vermy. Jannie het toe ook die gevaar vermy maar het ongelukkig aan die slaap geraak. Die volgende oggend word hy wakker van ‘n gesels “in sy kamer”…..hy lê toe nog steeds onder die struike. Hy moes toe heelpad op in Victoriastraat terug koshuis toe stap. Die verleentheid was groot !!
@Andre T: Koos Kombuis, destyds bekend as André Le Toit het ook altyd in Bakoven sit en koffie drink, rook en skryf. Dalk het julle saam uitgehang ?
Ek het dit weer baie geniet om altyd in die Bakoven uit te hang
@Dok F: Ons was nog altyd ook meer verlig en individualisties, so ons het al hier in ’84 n sokker wedstryd in Kayamandi gereel waarin ek gespeel het asook n rugby wedstryd teen Cloetesville..Dis seker hoekom ons redelik tuis was in Die Akker!…
@Dok F: Ek weet nie waar jy aan jou feite kom nie , maar jy moet maar weer gaan skoor soek op ander plek..ek het nog nooit geclaim ek kan n boatrace doen nie..in fact..wat ek wel genoem het is hoe ons teen n meisiepsan van Ikeys verloor het so geluk met julle goeie suipspan…Tweedens het ek redelik gereeld in Akker gekom en sal ek sekerlik beter weet as jy wie daar uitgehang het…Ons was in elk geval baie meer volwasse as enige van die res van julle op kampus so dit is hoekom ons die Akker verkies het!..Daar was genoeg uitblinkers as individue sodat ons nie nodig gehad het om onself gereeld op die rug te klop nie , maar as jy wil weet was ons o.a die wenners van die eerste sewes gehou hier rondom 87 asook gereelde wenners en kampioene van die trapkar renne met Spanner IV en V en ook die muurbal champs. As jy dan nou so smalend verwys na my ou Koshuis kom ek agter dat jy nog maar steeds seker net so onvolwasse is as wat jy was as student en dus seker nog steeds nie in Die Akker kom nie , maar eerder in Tollies gaan uithang.
Aan die ander kant as ek mooi dink (ons was dieselfde tyd op die bos) het Helderberg in iets uitgeblink?
Die Akker was nie Helderberg se kroeg nie. Regstelling. Die Akker is bygewoon deur ouer studente wat meestal regte of kuns en kultuur geswot het. Die meeste was eerder ouer studente wat eerder rustigheid soek. Was ook plek vir meer engelse studente. Ook die meer linkse politieke studente se plek. Dit is waarom die Akker omtrent die eerste gemengde rugby wedstryd gereel het
@BoishaaiPa Jy het eendag op die blog geclaim van jou down down skills. Helderberg het in my wete nooit down downers gehad nie. Dit was Libertas eerste, tweede en derde met Simonsberg vierde en Pieke vyfde. Die Matiespanne het maar ook bestaan uit die geharde manne
@BoishaaiPa: Also…if we do a breakdown of the top opposition played, i.e. Cat 4, 4.5 and 5 schools, Affies played 12 of their 14 games (86%) against these top category schools, while Gim played 19 of their 21 games (90%) against them. Gim did not loose a game either that season and played 7 games more than Affies…You tell me who deserved the No 1 spot?
@Cappie: That article was a little pre-empted at the time and Gim still had to play a couple of games while Affies completed their season. The 10% winratio bonus is calculated weekly on every match and only had some influence on the final standings as it forms part of your total points throughout the season. If you keep up a 80% winratio you get 10% of total games played…Thus teams who play more games will be slightly advantaged because they have won more and kept their 80% winratio…if you played 20 games you will receive a 2 point bonus, if you played 15 games, you only receive 1.5 bonus etc etc. That is only one of the reasons that Gim creeped ahead of Affies. Gim played 21 games that season winning 20 and drawing only 1 while Affies only played 14 games..7 less than Gim!. Gim also played slightly more difficult opposition than Affies did. If you want I will give you the whole breakdown per game and points earned. Michaelhouse cannot earn more points than they already have, they will stay stable as is. They can move up or down depending on what the other teams around them do because it depends what your final average is.
@beet: Yes, I remembered a week or two before BoishaaiPa’s final rankings an article was placed that Affies will end up nr 1 for 2013, however with the final rankings it became evedent that a team that wins 80% of his games will obtain an additional 10% bonus points for the matches that they won.
This final twist in the tail will definately support inter alia Michaelhouse to end up much higher than every one might have thought. Other schools that will end up with an 80% or more win shall be Boishaai and Affies (12 out of 15). Paul Roos may also end up there pending their last number of games. Even if Paarl Gim wins all their remaining games they can only ends with 15 out of 19, which place them just below 80% wins.
We’ll follow the blog for the final rankings!
@BrotherBear: Inderdaad!
@CharlesZA: hehe, bietjie ver vanaf Joburg. Hoor die plek is gelukkige nog steeds on sy moer.
@BrotherBear: Gaan jy na volgende maand se mini-reunie? Dink dit is die Vrydag die 18de. Sal n par kristalle moet reel vir BOG om te proe.
@CharlesZA: Die trauma wat ek moes deurmaak as 1ste jaar omdat ons “holle” die karretjie verloor het was erger as enige iets anders wat ek al sederdien beleef het.
..Sulke dinge vergeet mens nooit!
@BrotherBear: Ja, ken al daai manne…Tiaan en sy sweep was wel bekend. Hy se hy kan dit nog steeds doen, alhoewel ek nie gaan proefkonyn speel nie…eerstens trust ek nie die man se bewerigeidjie nie en tweedens is sigarette te duur deesdae!
@BOG: Het gehoop dat dit nie daarop gaan neerkom nie maar die menere sal jou nou moet kom haal en met groot onkoste vervoer na Die Plek sodat boetedoening kan plaasvind. Die skoonmaakproses en terugkeer na jou huidige tuiste is ongelukkig vir jou eie sak.
@BoishaaiPa: Tiaan, Sideshow en Gallo was die verwelkomings “komitee” met ons aankoms in Victoriastraat en het almal vergas met hulle staaltjies en manewales. Met sy boerseun agtergrond was Tiaan ‘n regte snydokter met die sweep. Kon ‘n sigaret male sonder tal uit Gallo se mond (onder andere) wiks en het nooit ‘n ongeluk gehad nie (nie waarvan ek weet nie).
@Speartackle: Ja, Louis was in my tyd nog daar. Ook ‘n ladies man as ek reg onthou.
Well done and respect for Boishaai honouring their commitments!!
@BOG: Baie braaf om dit so te se. n Regte man sal in Victoria straat staan en dit skree.
Julle is darem beleefd om te praat van “Willows”. Bekfluitjie- dis sy naam.
Sal onthou dat jy n man is wat nie maklik vergeet. 30 jaar is darem n lang tyd, sou gedink het jy sal al die arme manne vergewe het.
@Speartackle: Nie wat ek van kan onthou nie..Fred en Koot hulle sal hom sekerlik ken.
@BoishaaiPa: Het jy vir Louis Blom van Willows geken? Nie die rugbyspeler….so lang ou ….hy was van Bredasdorp
@Bellevue: Gaan jy ook in die OMK golfdag speel?
@BrotherBear: Tiaan was dieslfde tyd as ek daar gewees ja..Ironies genoeg is hy nou een van Premier Interschools se direkteure saam met wie ek gereeld werk!..Ek het hom egter nog nie vir die karretjie episode vergewe nie!…Een van my beste maters is ou Fred Kirsten…hy was daardie tyd 3rde jaar in Willows en een van die voorbokke wat die karretjie verbrand het…hy bring ook nie daai episode in my geselskap op nie!
…Dis nog steeds n baie teer sakie!
@CharlesZA: Nee jong…Die kinners drink in daai plekkies….Helderberg se pub is Die Akker….Dis net om die draai!
@CharlesZA: Nee..die Koshuis is in 1946 begin vir soldate wat teruggekeer uit WWII. ..Dit het net n Republiek geword in 1960 (Voor SA een was!)..Ja, ek was daar in ’84 toe ons karretjie gesteel was..dit was n oorspronklike Goggamobiel gewees…met die deure wat agtertoe oopmaak…Dit het op ingang 1 se oorhang gestaan..Ons was in die seksie reg by die ingang toe Koot Nel, Tiaan en hulle trawante een nag kom groen verf op die karretjie gooi en hom van die ingang aftrek…Ek was eerste by die ingang uit en het Koot Nel in sy No 7 Willows trui herken…(hy was maar nog altyd n moer stadige flank!)…
…Ek en Koot is nog steeds groot pelle…hy boer nou doer anderkant Piketberg…Anycase…Nadat hulle toe die karretjie bemors het met die verf was ons as 1ste jaars getaak om dit skoon te kry en weer swart te verf…Dit was nou nie die ergste nie, want dis mos maar studentepret…wat egter daarna gebeur het was pure vandalisme en het verby die grense van studentepret gegaan…Hulle het toe ons karretjie weer gesteel terwyl dit op terra firma was met die skoonmaak proses. Dit op Willows se dak gesit en toe dit uitgebrand in hulle quad en daarmee saam n stukkie Helderberg geskiedenis vernietig…Die mentaliteit het my baie laat dink aan die manne wat mekaar so genecklace het in daai tyd!..In elk geval moes ou Gawie De La Bat ons toe kom omverskoning vra en n tjek van R1000 oorbetaal…(Die aartappels het gefluit in die eetsaal!)…Ons het toe n nuwe karretjie gekoop (dink dit was n ou Morris of iets) wat nou nog darem gebruik word.
@BrotherBear: Ek het fotos gesien daarvan. Het gehoop BHP probeer dit ontken.
@BoishaaiPa, @CharlesZA: as ek reg kan onthou het my voorsate by Willows ten minste een voertuig verplaas van sy Helderberg montering na Willows se dak. Dink was dalk nog in Tiaan Strauss se tyd ;-)
@BoishaaiPa: Sien jou daar! Ek was egter baie meer onlangs daar…2008-2010.
@Speartackle: It’s a matter of life and death.
I think the biggest issue here is that there is two much of this SA Schools rugby games going on schoolboy rugby is just that and more and more genuine schoolboy rugby is being taken over by Craven week and SA Schools.
And be honest who really cares about the two SA schools teams playing at the moment I am sure that is not what Booishaai are worried about.
It’s like Craven Week officials telling schools they cannot play there players 3 weeks before Craven Week what utter rubbish, one of these days schools will not be able to play any of there good players.
The face of schoolboy rugby is changing into something I don’t like and I would much rather watch some interschool,s match like Gym vs Booishaai or Dale vs Queens than some Craven week or SA Schools team.
Simple as this the tail is now wagging the dog.
I feel sorry for Booishaai here.
Ja, die pad na Tollies was baie lank as mens dit vergelyk met die afstand na Finleys. Die R8 vir n vuil coke het ook gehelp om dit n meer gereelde kuier plek te maak.
Ek het in Helderberg se a annexe gebly- bekend as die Grand Hotel, voordat dit gesloop is vir n supermark, nogal. Andersins soms oorgeslaap in ons commune in Dorpstraat 108, totdat die plek onder ons gatte uit verkoop was vir restourasie. Wonderlik gelee- 3 huise bokant Die Akker en omtrent 6/7 onderkant Die Grand. Agv die lang afstand na die kampus- nou nie so gereeld nie, was ons genoodsaak om proviant in te neem by Tollies.
Was jy daar toe die Volla gesteel was of is dit maar net n storie wat ons vertel was? Die koshuis in 1960 begin? Dan is dit mos bitter jonk.
@CharlesZA: Waar sit Paul Roos dan?..In die see?…Nee wat, julle ander manne was net jaloers julle kon nie onder Kampus se oog uitkom nie…Ons het ons eie ding gedoen daar onder en doen dit nog steeds!..Onthou dis n Republiek wat in 1960 afgestig het!..
@BoishaaiPa: Beste koshuis in Somerset Wes?
@Speartackle: Spies..nie een van daai name lui n klokkie nie..Hulle was beslis nie 84 of 85 1ste jaar nie…miskien daarna?…Ek het nie die 86 en daarna 1ste jaarsgroep so goed geken nie..toe was ons oumanne!..
@BoishaaiPa: Was jy saam met Bennie Botha, Tertuis (Porra) Swanepoel en Ernst Maritz?
@BoishaaiPa: Boishaaipa. Just to clarify. Wing Elester Becker has been injured for some time and flank JC van Schalkwyk is also out due to concussion. But those two injuries were never mentioned as an excuse to postpone the match.
Boishaai will this play with only 4 of their regular pack [ the front row and one flank ] and a new centre and 2 new wings.
@akw: I know..I just explained that the situation is not the same as injuries. They wont postpone Beeld semi’s for injuries will they?.
@BoishaaiPa: When the schools agree it makes sense to ensure the best possible teams play.
With Oakdale not agreeing the fixture should take place, as is happening.
I was not having a dig at Boishaai. 8)
@wimster: @Cappie: You guys are right, there was a healthy debate that year about who should be ranked no.1, so in order to honour Affies achievements, I have amended the blog.
@CharlesZA: Helderberg 84-88
@BoishaaiPa: Wel done deur dit onder n golf dag te groepeer. Weet die regering tuis nie aaltyd greetig om n man te laat gaan na sulke geleentheded. Watter koshuis is dit as ek mag vra en watter jaar groep.
@Tandem: Nou vertel jy my eers…Hoekom het ek nooit daarvan geweet nie?..
@CharlesZA: @Die Ken: Dis eintlik n golfdag gereel deur huidige koshuis lede van n eksklusiewe klub binne die koshuis en n paar van ons oud-lede is uitgenooi om deel te wees daarvan…Die mini gedeelte is dus dat dit slegs n klein uitgelese groepie ou manne is wat saam met die jong manne moet kuier!..
@BoishaaiPa: mini-reunie klink soos n klomp ou ballies wat rustig sit en wyn drink. Reunie, klink soos n klomp manne wat bruin coke suip.
@CharlesZA: Boishaai Pa was a legend in his time at Stellenbosch ! A real casanova ! Ladies were queuing miles for his attention! This is obviously very confidential Charles so please keep this between us only !
One other point : Oakdale is a big game and the Boishaai team enjoy playing there . We are friends with the Oakdale family ! They are great people ! We therefore wanted to go there as a full team (I suppose this I cannot talk for the school since I am not close to the team). Yes the replacements will represent the school with pride but the whole team could have been given the chance to play if Oakdale was willing to compromise. And only the 19 A’s could have moved to another day so the Oakdale reunions could have continued. I personally am disappointed that traditional friends did not want to help out . More importantly the coach Sean must be terribly disappointed that he could not be there with his team . But nothing will change this now so the show will go on . Enjoy what is rightly only a game played by children .
@BoishaaiPa: My koshuis reunie is eers oor n maand so neem aan jy was seker in een van die jonger koshuise gewees.
Verstaan regtig nie waaroor die bohaai gaan nie.
Sal die dag haat wat Boishaai datums skuif om wenrekord te beskerm.
Basta daarmee. Jy speel met dit wat jy het op die dag en vat wat na jou kant toe kom.
In die groter prentjie is die uitslag hoogstens interessant en nie n kwessie van lewe en dood nie.
Geniet die naweek, maak pelle, dwing respek af, bewys respek en maak brandhout bymekaar vir die oudag.
Good luck!
@Oakdale supporter: Nog nooit gedink dis Oakdale se skuld nie. Dis net n onnodige situasie wat elke jaar kop uitsteek. SARU kan gerus die toernooi uitskuif met n maand sodat die spelers hulle seisoen by hulle skole kan klaarmaak.
Ek sal ongelukkig nie op Riversdal kan wees nie…ek het so mini-reunie met my ou koshuismaats van Stellenbosch aan die naweek!
Anyone ever considered the possibility that this may be in Boishaai’s favour?….who is to say that Oakdale wouldn’t have won against a full strenght HJS team, but might lose against the ‘weakened’ team?
Rugby is a team sport, funny things can happen…..sometimes your best player can be your biggest liability…..or a red card against a SA schools player can dramatically alter outcomes…..we will never know, but above mentioned scenario is not above the realms of probability.
For those that thinks this is preposterous…..may I present a good case in point ……Argentina has never beaten South Africa in 19 previous tests with their best players….they send a second string side (with 11 changes from what they consider their best side)….the weakened Argies scores a historical victory.
Many factors influence the outcome of a game…Anyway, it is not as if it’s a unique situation, many teams had lost due to such factors….Grey bloem/ Paul Roos 2009 most famous example…..the world will not end….it is not a matter of life and death, it is just a game.
@BoishaaiPa: Dis nie Oakdale se skuld dat julle spelers moes afstaan vir SA skole nie. Die datum was vas en reunies is vir die datum gereel. Soos jy sal verstaan, kyk organiseerders na die jaarprogram en reel reunies om saam met goeie tuis games te val.
Oakdale se 3 beste spelers was beseer teen Paul Roos en ek glo steeds hulle het ‘n goeie kans gehad om PR te wen indien dit nie die geval was, maar dis geskiedenis.
Julle het die diepte en sal steeds Saterdag die gunstelinge wees.
Ek sê weer dat ek dink die motivering van tuis speel teen no 1 is meer werd vir Oakdale as wie van julle spelers kan speel en wie nie. Gaan jy Saterdag daar wees? Ek sal graag wil kennis maak
@akw: And they moved the semi’s of the Beeld to accommodate the schools and the players….why would they do that if it was no different to injuries?
@akw: Have you lost your coach as well due to injury?..and 5 of your best players at the same time. It is not exactly the same as injuries, Injuries tend to target random players..not always the best 5!..But we have moved on and Boishaai will play with what they have to fulfill that commitment.
Sooo, why are we having this debate?
When schools lose players to injury it cannot be used as an excuse, why should this situation be different?
@Easten Caper: It is only a game of rugby………….or is it a matter of life and death?
@tandemfitarborsurculus: I cannot imagine that a coach like Sean Erasmus (SA Schools Coach) would like to let his team play in his absence neither can I believe that he would like to take the chance to compromise his unbeaten record or even his nr 1 position. From a kind of “professional” point of view, this is a very funny situation?
@Kattes-Strofes: Good Luck to the players of Boishaai. Young player will always take on the challenge, however it does not sound to be a very clever or strategic decision.
Verlede week se nuusbrief van die skool bevestig dat daar 3 jaar-groepe hul reunies saam met die game gereel het. Ouens kom van ver en boek akommodasie ens en wil dan graag ‘n rugby wedstryd bywoon.
To further complicate matters, Boishaai, will be travelling to Riversdale without their coach, who were called up for higher duties.
It was and still is a good debate but the game is on and the boys will arise to the occation.
See you there.
@Kattes-Strofes: Firstly, it is a remarkable record, recorded by Boishaai so far. I hope they go unbeaten as they deserve it. They were definitely very spectacular in 2015.
@wimster: Secondly I can add that Affies also played Glenwood without their 6 SA schools players that specific year, two of whom were involved in the Bulls match against the Cheetahs on Saturday. Ivan van Zyl and RG Snyman.
This is actually not true. In 2013 Affies went unbeaten the entire season by winning all of their matches.
Although many ranked Paarl Gym as the no.1 school that year, many also ranked Affies as the no.1 school.
Their results were as follows:
bt. Diamantveld 32-7
bt. Queens College 27-13
bt. Grey High 31-3
bt. Dale College 51-0
bt. HTS John Vorster 88-9
bt. KES 46-6
bt. Jeppe Boys’ High 36-18
bt. Hoërskool Framesby 41-21
bt. Paul Roos Gymnasium 17-10
bt. Grey College 37-31
bt. Hoërskool Waterkloof 19-18
bt. Maritzburg College 51-20
bt. Glenwood High School 53-23
bt. Pretoria Boys’ High 50-12
Heard that the remaining 1st. team members of Boishaai were also consulted. Although some concerns were raised, the players decided to play,in order to keep Boishaai’s reputation in tact, that they always fullfill their commitments.
It is still a daunting task,so soon after the hype of Interschools. Although the 2nd. team players are more than usefull, and[ with no disrespect towards other schools] would probably make most other 1st teams, to lose the heart of Boishaai’s formidable tight five[both locks] and the x- factor of Khanya Nkusane [no.8], Manual Rass[ centre] and Taariq February[ wing], is almost impossible to replace.
However, I am confident that the chosen team will give their best,and that is all our supporters can ask for.