THIS is the feast that lovers of school rugby have been waiting for.

The 200 Year Rugby Festival of Muir College will produce some spectacular matches at the Kariega school on Saturday and Monday.

On both days, the action will start at 09:00 and the last match will kick off at 15:00.

There are many mouth-watering clashes to look forward to, but the main match on the Ellis-field on Saturday is a special one.

Muir will be in action against Grey High in what should be a thrilling encounter.

This will be the first time since 2003 that these two sides take each other on.

As expected, Grey lost their match last Saturday against the strong Grey College outfit in Bloemfontein but gave the home side something to think about.

Grey College won an entertaining encounter 52-34 but the Gqeberha team produced a gutsy performance. Not many sides can score 34 points against Grey College in Bloemfontein.

If Grey can build on this performance, Muir will have to be at their best to win but does have home advantage.

Although Muir will be the place to be, some other interesting matches will also be played elsewhere.

One of them is also being played in Kariega with Brandwag hosting Nico Malan.

Both teams had good wins this past Saturday and will go into this match full of confidence.

Brandwag dominated the scrums and lineouts to put Punt of Mossel Bay away 38-5. Captain Keano Botha (flank) had another storming game.

Outside-centre, DJ Zietsman, was one of the stars for Nico Malan in the victory over Daniel Pienaar in Humansdorp.

Nico Malan won 70-10.

Framesby will take a well-deserved breather on Saturday, after being involved in another nail biter at home in Gqeberha.

After just getting the better of Grey the previous Saturday, Framesby had to stay cool and calm again to beat HTS Drostdy (Worcester) 27-24.

Scrumhalf, Zack Serfontein, had an excellent game for the winning side. Right wing Tristan Afrika again showed he only needs half a chance to score tries, dotting down twice this time.

Muir Festival fixtures:

Saturday

• Ellis-field:

09:00: u/16A: Muir v Grey

10:10: Otto du Plessis v Ithembilehle

11:20: Pearson v Despatch

12:30: Muir Legends v SA Legends

13:40: Queens College v Graeme College

15:00: Muir College v Grey High

• Maree-field:

09:00: u/15A: Muir v Grey

10:00: u/13A: George Randall v Stulting

11:00: u/13A: Muir v Westering

12:00: u/13A: Sunridge v Selborne

13:00: u/13A: Lorraine v Gonubie

14:00: u/12: Handhaaf v Paarl Boys

• Lategan-field:

09:00: Muir3 v Grey6

10:00: Muir u/15B v Grey u/15D

11:00: u/14A: Muir v Grey

12:00: Muir u/16B v Grey u/16D

13:00: Muir2 v Grey3

14:00: Muir u/14B v Grey u/14D

Monday

• Ellis-field:

09:00: u/12: Paarl Boys v George Randall

10:10: u/13A: Muir v Sunridge

11:20: u/13A: Selborne v Handhaaf

12:30: Muir College v Otto du Plessis

13:40: Brandwag v Dale College

15:00: Daniel Pienaar v Kirkwood

• Maree:

09:00: u/14A: Muir v Otto du Plessis

10:00: u/13A: Westering v Gonubie

11:00: u/13A: Susanna Fourie v Herbert Hurd

12:00: u/13A: Stulting v Lorraine

13:00: u/15A: Muir v Otto du Plessis.

14:00: u/16A: Muir v Otto du Plessis

Other Saturday fixtures (home teams first):

John Walton v Uitenhage High, Marlow v Daniel Pienaar, Brandwag v Nico Malan, Queens College v Graeme College, Cillie v Westering.

Last week’s results:

Grey College 52, Grey High 34; Brandwag 38, Punt 5; Nico Malan 70, Daniel Pienaar 10; Framesby 27, HTS Drostdy 24; Marlow 24, Pearson 10; Woodridge 19, Cillie 5; St Andrews 22, Dale College 19.

Moment of the week:

DJ Zietsman’s Man of the Match performance for Nico Malan.

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