Grogper Cup decider: Westville vs KES

22 May, 2014 beet KZN, Noordvaal 4

KZN could be Grogper Cup Champions for 2014 by Saturday evening but first Westville has to not lose to KES. A draw or win for Westville on their Bowden’s home field will hand KZN an unassailable lead in the KwaZulu-Natal versus Gauteng English Medium Schools competition. It’s easier said than done though. KES has surprised a couple of teams when they least expected it, most notably Noord-Kaap in their own home town Kimberley and Maritzburg College at altitude a fortnight ago. So this is definitely a team Westville will want to approach with caution.

GROGPER CUP 2014:

# VENUE DAY DATE GEMS KZN FEST / COMPO G K
1 Neu Sat 29/03/2014 Pretoria BH 39 8 DHS Grey PE Fest 1 0
2 Neu Mon 31/03/2014 KES 20 17 DHS Grey PE Fest 1 0
3 Neu Mon 31/03/2014 Pretoria BH 17 21 Kearsney Grey PE Fest 0 1
4 Neu Mon 31/03/2014 Jeppe 14 20 Glenwood Grey PE Fest 0 1
5 KZN Sat 12/04/2014 Pretoria BH 28 42 Maritzburg College 0 1
6 Gau Sat 19/04/2014 St Stithians 10 34 Hilton St Stithians 0 1
7 Gau Mon 21/04/2014 KES 50 15 Northwood KES Festival 1 0
8 Gau Mon 21/04/2014 St John’s 26 13 St Charles St John’s 1 0
9 KZN Sat 26/04/2014 Jeppe 17 31 Northwood 0 1
10 KZN Sat 26/04/2014 Parktown 8 34 DHS 0 1
11 KZN Mon 28/04/2014 Parktown 18 36 Northwood 0 1
12 Gau Sat 10/05/2014 KES 25 25 Maritzburg College 0.5 0.5
13 Gau Sat 10/05/2014 Pretoria BH 5 35 Westville 0 1
14 KZN Sat 24/05/2014 KES Westville
15 KZN Sat 24/05/2014 St David’s St Charles Cancelled – –
16 KZN Sat 31/05/2014 St John’s Michaelhouse
17 KZN Sat 31/05/2014 St Stithians Kearsney
18 Gau Sat 02/08/2014 Pretoria BH Maritzburg College
277 331 4.5 8.5

TEAMS:

# WESTVILLE KES from Affies match
1 Jordan Els 1 J. Glass
2 Renier Pieterse 2 N. du Plessis
3 Cody Thomas 3 K. Mills
4 Sibablo Qoma 4 S. Mkhize
5 Brandon Warner 5 D. Botha
6 Nathan Meilhon 6 M. Merussi
7 Adrian Heystek 7 B. O’Donahue
8 Teigan Erasmus 8 J. Mills(c)
9 Kyan Braithwaite 9 S. Mathaba
10 Lindo Buthelezi 10 T. de Zorzi
11 Shane Ball 11 M. Mbatha
12 Wayne Smith 12 B.Naude
13 Juan Anderson 13 P. Moshikaro
14 Donovan Pieters 14 K. Maphate
15 Bradley Smith 15 R. Fuller
16 Damon Lee
17 Shaun Stoltz
18 Yuric Thamibiran
19 Ryan Clark*
20 Gareth Jackson
21 Simiso Phahla
22 James Wheeler
23 Devon Muller
* Josh Murphy

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4 Comments

  1. avatar
    #4 seabass

    @Gungets Tuft: returned to Bowdens and watched the game, great 2nd half of running rugby from both sides. The stand out players, on the ville side, were the big flanker Meilhon and the electric fullback, Smith. Some great tries from deep and KES played their part with impressive hands and creating opportunities through interplay between their loosies and outside backs. Good advert for schoolboy rugga

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    26 May, 2014 at 09:29
  2. avatar
    #3 Gungets Tuft

    @beet: And Kelvin Elder, called up from the Academy week side.

    Eeisch, I can imagine how gutted the okes feel, agree though, positive is the only way, keep form, anything can happen.

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    22 May, 2014 at 22:59
  3. avatar
    #2 beet

    @Gungets Tuft: There won’t be any KZN selectors watching them this Saturday.

    I would have thought that their standout performances against Grey College, the no.1 team in SA, which the a handful of KZN selectors did watch might have counted for something but I guess it didn’t.

    Anyway the boys must stay positive. There have been cases in the past where overlooked players were rewarded with KZN caps – Dylan Coulson and Bradley Ellse come to mind.

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    22 May, 2014 at 22:39
  4. avatar
    #1 Gungets Tuft

    Couple of Ville boys in there with points to prove to KZN selectors. Going to be a good match.

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    22 May, 2014 at 22:18