The Chronicle 2022

RUGBY Back Row: Mitchell Davies-Webb, Tristan Ardé, Campbell Ridl, Wandile Mlaba, Duncan Davies-Web, Donovan van Staden Third Row: Leo Muziva, Thomas Carmody, Fortune Mpofu, Luke Hoekstra Second Row: Rober Lawrence, Kevin Smith, James Cleland, Murray Baker, Thabo Njapha, Andisa Young Front Row (seated): Mr Rory Connellan, Thomas de Lange, Mr JP Olivier, Andrew Davis, Mr Grant Ball, Ayabonga Zakwe, Mr James Fleming

PROVINCIAL REPRESENTATION Sharks U19 XV: Andrew Davis, Fortune Mpofu

returning to normal and the boys continued their hard work in preparing for the season which paid dividends. Much credit must go to the senior core of first XV players lead by Andrew Davis who were real role models both on and off the field and played such an important role in re-establishing Michaelhouse as a competitive rugby school in the province. Our first fixtures involved Helpmekaar touring from Johannesburg and it was fantastic for our age group A teams and top three open teams to play a new and strong opposition school. The games were more trial chukka formats without scores being kept, but they were tightly contested and proved invaluable ahead of the full school fixture against Glenwood in a steamy Durban the following weekend. We had not played Glenwood away since 2016 when we were taught a rugby lesson. This time round our teams did us proud playing some great rugby and coming away with eleven wins, six losses and a draw. The U15C side recorded the biggest win of the day with a resounding 51-0 victory and the second XV the tightest with a 19-14 cliff hanger where our boys successfully defended their try line for the last ten minutes of the game. The first XV unfortunately lost 10-17 but certainly put up a good showing. The school then broke up for the Easter Holidays and the U15A, U16A, second and first XVs all participated in festivals which

Sharks Craven Week XV: Thomas De Lange, Wandile Mlaba Sharks U17 Academy XV: Joshua Aissing, Murray Baker, Campbell Ridl, Donovan Van Staden Sharks U16 XV: Tomas Baguley, Luke Davidson, Carlyle Hawkins, Aphiwe Shelembe SPECIAL AWARDS Brett Davidson Award for the Most Improved Player: Duncan Davies-Webb Floyd Paterson Stripes Trophy: Mitchell Davies-Webb Jonathan Shedlock Memorial Trophy: Andrew Davis Pat Lambie Player’s Player Trophy: Ayabonga Zakwe Pat Cilliers Most Valuable Player: Thomas De Lange Kevin King U16 Most Valuable Player: Aphiwe Shelembe Ruan Combrinck U15 Most Valuable Player: William Ridl Ross Cronje U14 Most Valuable Player: Oliver Guy he 2022 rugby season was our first full one in three years and proved to be a very enjoyable and successful one. There was an air of excitement with school sports T

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