Dale, who are celebrating their 150th birthday, head across from King William's Town to play St Andrew's on Saturday. Dale first made a similar journey in 1927.

Dale have been having a good year, their team at present 11th on the FNB Top 20. They had five players in the Border Craven Week side - flyhalf Achumile Mashalaba, centre Siphumelele Msutwana, wing Milani Mqhayi, hooker Maliviwe Simanga and lock Jason-Paul Bucholtz. In addition Dean van Schalkwyk went to the Academy Week.

St Andrew's had none in this year's Eastern Province Country Districts side.

Suddenly last weekend St Andrew's beaten this =year in their Kingswood derby, came good and beat Marlow 32-18 in Cradock, nogal.

St Andrew's team to play Dale: 15 Chris Ford, 14 Athenkosi Manqoyi, 13 William Cahill, 12 Ian Herold (vice-captain), 11 Peter Lever, 10 Ntsiki Mlamleli, 9 Jason Baggott, 8 Stuart Stopforth, 7 Anthony Everard, 6 Jason Kankowski, 5 Jake Green, 4 Sintu Manjezi, 3 David Murray, 2 Garrick Bowker, 1 Robin Murray (captain)

Results Down the Years

The two schools have met 65 times since 1923. Dale have won 35 times, St Andrew's 27 times and three have been drawn. Dale have scored 657 points to 564.

There were times when there were no matches, as from 1924-26, during World War II and then again, sadly, from 1977 to 1984 and from 1992 to 1997.

1923: St Andrew's won 9-0
1927: St Andrew's won 5-0
1928: St Andrew's won 20-17
1929: St Andrew's won 15-6
1931: St Andrew's won 8-0
1932: Dale won 7-3  
1933: Dale won 6-3  
1934: Dale won 9-6  
1935: St Andrew's won 5-0
1936: St Andrew's won 3-0
1937: Dale won 9-0 
1938: Draw 0-0
1939: St Andrew's won 8-4
1940: Dale won 10-9  
1941: Dale won 12-6 
1942: Dale won 6-0  
1946: Dale won 9-3 
1947: St Andrew's won 12-3
1948: Dale won 14-0 
1949: Draw 3-3
1950: Dale won 16-5 
1951: St Andrew's won 9-0
1952: St Andrew's won 8-0
1953: St Andrew's won 17-0
1954: St Andrew's won 11-0
1955: Dale won 5-0  
1956: Dale won 16-6 
1957: St Andrew's won 8-3
1958: Dale won 11-3
1959: St Andrew's won 11-9
1960: St Andrew's won 12-0
1961: Dale won 6-3  
1962: Dale won 11-0 
1963: Dale won 8-6 
1966: St Andrew's won 6-5 
1967: Dale won 23-3  
1968: Dale won 9-3 
1969: Dale won 3-0  
1970: Dale won 14-8 
1971: Dale won 5-0 
1972: Dale won 21-12 
1973: Dale won 8-6 
1974: St Andrew's won 16-13
1975: Dale won 19-15 
1976: Dale won 29-7      
1986: Dale won 15-7
1987: Draw 6-6
1988: Dale won 46-3 
1989: Dale won 7-6
1990: Dale won 21-13
1991: Dale won 9-6      
1998: St Andrew's won 23-7
1999: Dale won 5-3 
2000: St Andrew's won 15-9
2001: St Andrew's won 34-0
2002: St Andrew's won 6-5 
2003: Dale won 12-5
2004: Dale won 39-7
2005: St Andrew's won 19-12
2006: Dale won 33-20 
2007: St Andrew's won 22-6
2008: St Andrew's won 24-17
2009: St Andrew's won 18-17
2010: St Andrew's won 31-0