Paul Roos rallied to beat Affies, while there were also notable victories for Paarl Boys’, Grey College, Grey High and Jeppe.
After overturning an early deficit in Stellenbosch, an intercept try by flyhalf Travis Pheiffer gave Paul Roos a 24-11 lead at the break.
Affies struck first after the restart and reduced the deficit to just one point with less than 20 minutes remaining. But Paul Roos then dug deep, scoring three late tries to seal a dominant 45-28 win.
Pheiffer finished with a 25-point haul.
Elsewhere in the Western Cape, Paarl Boys’ needed a stoppage-time try to beat Outeniqua 26-22, while Paarl Gim bounced back from last week’s defeat to Stellenberg with a 45-12 win against Durbanville. SACS beat Brackenfell 43-12 and Stellenberg thrashed Worcester Gimnasium 78-0.
In the Eastern Cape, Grey High beat Hudson Park 33-12, Kingswood crushed Cambridge 78-0, Pearson edged St Andrew’s College 22-17 and Framesby beat Selborne 24-15.
In Gauteng, Jeppe smashed St David’s Marist 62-14, KES beat St John’s 36-12, Garsfontein hammered Noordheuwel 41-3 and Pretoria Boys’ High beat St Stithians College 31-24.
In KwaZulu-Natal, Westville Boys’ High beat Maritzburg College 26-10.
In Bloemfontein, Grey College defeated Monument 31-15.
Selected schools results (21 March)
Central region
Grey College 31 Monument 15
Welkom Gimnasium 29 Potchefstroom Gimnasium 10
Diamantveld 59 Voortrekker (Bethlehem) 20
Fichardtpark 22 Hoërskool Trio 19
Jim Fouche 24 Witteberg 19
KwaZulu-Natal
Westville Boys’ High 26 Maritzburg College 10
Western Cape
Paul Roos Gimnasium 45 Affies 28
Paarl Gimnasium 45 Hoërskool Durbanville 12
Paarl Boys’ High 26 Outeniqua 22
SACS 43 Brackenfell 12
Stellenberg 78 Worcester Gimnasium 0
HTS Drostdy 35 Wynberg Boys’ High 14
Eastern Cape
Woodridge College 15 Mary Waters 14
Union 39 Port Rex THS 11
Dale College 27 Die Brandwag (Uitenhage) 24
Grey High 33 Hudson Park 12
Nico Malan 26 Queen’s College 19
Muir College 26 Otto du Plessis 19
HTS Daniel Pienaar 24 Stirling 24
Kingswood College 78 Cambridge 0
Framesby 24 Selborne College 15
Pearson 22 St Andrew’s College 17
Graeme College 42 Marlow Landbou 28
Noordvaal
Jeppe 62 St David’s Marist 14
KES 36 St John’s College 12
Menlopark 55 St Alban’s 20
Pretoria Boys’ High 31 St Stithians 24
Garsfontein 41 Noordheuwel 3
Bastion 32 Hartbeespoort 8
Wolmaransstad 43 Zeerust 0
Midstream College 38 Randburg 28
Potchefstroom Gimnasium 10 Welkom Gimnasium 29
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