No Grey areas for Gimmies

No Grey areas for Gimmies

20 Apr 2010

Paarl Gym’s 59-6 thrashing of Rondebosch has given them plenty of confidence ahead of their clash with Grey College.

Man of the Match Jacques Botha, who had been moved from fullback to wing, scored two tries for Gimmies, as did lock Niel Claassen.

‘We played well in the opening stages, but the boys suffered from tryline fever for a while, with everyone trying to do it on their own,’ said Paarl Gim 1st XV coach Christoff Lötter. ‘We put it right in the final quarter, as the boys regained their composure and structure, and managed to put a lot of points on the board.’

Paarl Gym’s next match is against Grey College at the Wildeklawer Super Schools tournament, and Lötter believes they can do well.

‘Grey are an exceptional side, with great athletes across the park, so we’re expecting good, hard running from them. But if we are at our best we will do well, we just need to stay focused.

‘We’re putting particular emphasis on our fitness, but otherwise we’re not going to change our preparations due to the opposition. It’s important that we play as a unit, not individuals, and are at our peak.’

By Rory Keohane


13 Comments

  • 1.Gambit25: Reply to this comment
    20 Apr 2010, 11:13 am

    These games should be televised… I know they are not “Classic Clashes” according to FNB (or whoever decides what games are broadcast), but this is exactly the type of classic battles we like to see!

  • 2.A_Poc: Reply to this comment
    20 Apr 2010, 11:43 am

    This upcoming Saturday and Monday is the Wildeklawer Super School Tournament @ Affies.

    Waterkloof
    Affies
    Grey College
    Monument
    Glenwood
    Paarl Gym
    Paul Roos
    EG Jansen
    HTS Middelburg

    To name but a few of the teams playing.
    Supersport will be there on Monday to record 7 of the games. Unfortunately this will not be televised Live. But will be compiled into a highlights show.
    I will be covering all the matches and doing Live score updates via Twitter and Facebook for Rugby15.

    Going to be a massive weekend for School Rugby.

  • 3.Cheetah Champs: Reply to this comment
    20 Apr 2010, 13:15 pm

    I have not been this excited about a weekend in ages. It is going to be brilliant !!!

    09h00 Florida vs Wildeklawer Barbarians
    10h15 Framesby vs EG Jansen
    11h30 Boland Landbou vs Waterkloof
    12h45 Paarl Gymnasium vs Grey College
    14h00 Diamantveld vs HTS Middelburg
    15h15 Boys High Paarl vs Glenwood
    16h30 Outeniqua vs Monument
    17h45 Afrikaans Hoër Seunskool vs Paul Roos Gymnasium

    Viva la Grey College !!!!!! I am like a kid before Christmas !

    @A_Poc: Please let me know where i can contact you for future schools rugby results?

  • 4.A_Poc: Reply to this comment
    20 Apr 2010, 13:34 pm

    @Cheetah Champs:

    Apoc184 [at] gmail dot com

  • 5.Wynrooi: Reply to this comment
    20 Apr 2010, 14:10 pm

    Apoc, under what name will you be Twittering on these mathces. Would love to follow the Affies vs PRG game.

  • 6.A_Poc: Reply to this comment
    20 Apr 2010, 15:25 pm

    [at]RugbyFifteen.

    Please follow the link in my Username.
    You will find the Twitter and Facebook details there.

    Will try to do Live updates of all the games. But Affies, Grey, Monument and Paul Roos are the most followed matches.

  • 7.Wynrooi: Reply to this comment
    20 Apr 2010, 16:36 pm

    Thank you A-POC. I have read the blogs on Rugby365 and there seems to be a lot of excitement about this weekend’s rugby. Should be great to watch. Such a shame that Supersport is not broadcasting this live, but chose to do so with the Dale/Queens game!

  • 8.vog: Reply to this comment
    20 Apr 2010, 19:48 pm

    Would be quite funny if more people turned up at Wildeklawer than Loftus Egg in the face of Supersport!!!

  • 9.A_Poc: Reply to this comment
    20 Apr 2010, 20:32 pm

    It’s not everyday you have so many of the world/SA’s top rugby schools together at one tournament.
    Affies will be buzzing Saturday and I can see lots of people leaving Loftus @ 17h00 and coming over to Affies for the final match of the day @ 17h45 – Affies vs Paul Roos.
    I am of course licking my lips to watch Grey in action.

  • 10.bokbal: Reply to this comment
    21 Apr 2010, 08:24 am

    @A_Poc: Remember one of the other big ones at Wildeklawer will be Boishaai from Paarl.

  • 11.A_Poc: Reply to this comment
    21 Apr 2010, 10:54 am

    Thanks Bokbal.

    I will try to do Live updates of all games. No promises. All results will be posted on Twitter and Facebook.

    And I will try to make sure I cover that game just for you. :)

  • 12.bokbal: Reply to this comment
    21 Apr 2010, 11:37 am

    @A_Poc: Thanks mate! Waardeer dit!

  • 13.A_Poc: Reply to this comment
    21 Apr 2010, 16:13 pm

    It’s a pleasure.
    Anything to keep fellow rugby fans updated.

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