{"id":45710,"date":"2023-05-26T17:36:39","date_gmt":"2023-05-26T17:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/welwitschias-target-boland-kavaliers-scalp"},"modified":"2023-05-26T17:46:35","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T17:46:35","slug":"welwitschias-target-boland-kavaliers-scalp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/welwitschias-target-boland-kavaliers-scalp","title":{"rendered":"Welwitschias target Boland Kavaliers\u2019 scalp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>The Windhoek Draught Welwitschias rugby national team will be hoping to collect maximum points when they take on South Africa\u2019s Boland Kavaliers in the ongoing Mzansi Challenge in the capital tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>This Round 10 match will start at 16h00 at the Hage Geingob stadium and Namibia will be looking forward to getting the best out of the encounter. They have so far played a total of seven matches, of which they have managed to win two.<\/p>\n<p>In their last match played in Windhoek on 13 May, the Welwitschias beat Kenya\u2019s Simbas 35-28. On 15 April, they beat the Zimbabwe Goshawks in Zimbabwe 31-26.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to this publication yesterday, coach Chrysander Botha said this weekend\u2019s encounter would be different as they intend to go for crucial points.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a game we want to win. We have a great mindset heading into the match and all the boys are positive. We had a training session this morning and it went well and the boys look ready,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of injury concerns, Botha said they have a few players ruled out but it won\u2019t have an impact on the team\u2019s overall performance. \u201cWe have a couple of players ruled<\/p>\n<p>out but this will definitely give a chance to other players to step in and do what they can,\u201d he said. Reflecting on the season thus far, the coach said there were a lot of ups and downs but it\u2019s important that<\/p>\n<p>the team have tested themselves in every aspect. \u201cIt has been a tough ride&#8230; at the same time, it is a huge learning curve for us. We have learned so much along the way and we will continue doing so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had two games where we lost narrowly as we were supposed to pick up points but we just couldn\u2019t capitalise on those, but moving forward we are hoping to collect points.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The narrow defeats were against the San Clemente Rhinos 24-25 on 22 April in Windhoek and 20-23 against Leopards in Walvis Bay on 6 May. Namibia are contesting the Mzansi Challenge, otherwise known as Currie Cup Division 1, against nine other teams. They are currently eighth on the log with 12 points.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\">Namibia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. The Windhoek Draught Welwitschias rugby national team will be hoping to collect maximum points when they take on South Africa\u2019s Boland Kavaliers in the ongoing Mzansi Challenge in the capital tomorrow. This Round 10 match will start at 16h00 at the Hage Geingob stadium and Namibia will be looking forward to getting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":45709,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[234,236,233],"class_list":["post-45710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-namibia","tag-namibia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Welwitschias target Boland Kavaliers\u2019 scalp - Namibia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Windhoek Draught Welwitschias rugby national team will be hoping to collect maximum points when they take on South A ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/welwitschias-target-boland-kavaliers-scalp\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Welwitschias target Boland Kavaliers\u2019 scalp\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Windhoek Draught Welwitschias rugby national team will be hoping to collect maximum points when they take on South A ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/welwitschias-target-boland-kavaliers-scalp\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Namibia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-05-26T17:36:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-05-26T17:46:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2023\/05\/sm_1685110457.474309.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"482\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/welwitschias-target-boland-kavaliers-scalp#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/welwitschias-target-boland-kavaliers-scalp\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Welwitschias target Boland Kavaliers\u2019 scalp\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-05-26T17:36:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-05-26T17:46:35+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/welwitschias-target-boland-kavaliers-scalp\"},\"wordCount\":382,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/welwitschias-target-boland-kavaliers-scalp#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2023\/05\/sm_1685110457.474309.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"africa press\",\"Africa Press-Namibia\",\"namibia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/welwitschias-target-boland-kavaliers-scalp#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/welwitschias-target-boland-kavaliers-scalp\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/welwitschias-target-boland-kavaliers-scalp\",\"name\":\"Welwitschias target Boland Kavaliers\u2019 scalp - 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