{"id":12958,"date":"2022-12-13T13:40:49","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T11:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rugby.supersportschools.com\/?p=12958"},"modified":"2022-12-13T13:40:49","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T11:40:49","slug":"grey-college-and-millfield-secure-their-semi-finals-spots-at-world-schools-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=12958","title":{"rendered":"Grey College and Millfield secure their semi-finals spots at World Schools Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Grey College<\/strong> started its World Schools Festival<\/strong> campaign off with a 22-7 victory over Trinity School<\/strong> from England.<\/p>\n

As expected Grey started off with a bang with lock Marno Stopforth<\/strong> crashing over within the first two minutes of the match. At this stage, it seemed like it would be one-way traffic as in the South African’s previous matches at the World School Festival, but some gutsy performances by Trinity’s forwards kept Grey at bay.<\/p>\n

Trinity’s flanker William Peart-Smith<\/strong> did more than his part at the breakdown and didn’t back down from the physical onslaught that was presented to his team. Trinity fought back and a try by outside centre, Oli Bailey<\/strong>, which was converted by flyhalf, Josh Bellamy<\/strong>, gave the English team a 7-5 lead.<\/p>\n

The team from Bloemfontein scored another two tries via Jean Erasmus<\/strong> (tighhead prop) and JJ Theron<\/strong> (Nr. 8) in the first half to take a comfortable 17-7 lead into the break. Both worked hard throughout the match and deserve a pat on the back.<\/p>\n

To put Grey College’s victory in perspective it was Trinity’s first defeat for 2022 and they are the current English National Cup Champions.<\/p>\n

In a titanic clash between two English powerhouses, Millfield School<\/strong> and Sedburgh School<\/strong>, the former came out on top by 15-10. There was not much to choose between the two sides.<\/p>\n

Millfield opened the scoring thanks to an intercept try by inside centre, Steffan Emanuel<\/strong>. He produced a solid performance throughout the match and could be one of the rising stars during the English schoolboy season of 2022\/23.<\/p>\n

The boot of flyhalf, Tom Howlett<\/strong>, kept Millfield ahead at the break. A try by winger Matt Hall<\/strong> was the final nail in the coffin to secure victory for Millfield.<\/p>\n

In the two sides’ clash last year Millfield came out on top 20 points to 13.<\/p>\n

Scorers:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Grey College 22 (17) –<\/strong> Tries: Marno Stopforth, Jean Erasmus, JJ Theron, Jean-Henri Smit. Conversions: Ian van der Merwe. Trinity School 7 (7) –<\/strong> Try: Oli Bailey. Conversion: Josh Bellamy.<\/p>\n

Millfield 15 (8) –<\/strong> Try: Steffan Emanuel, Matt Hall. Conversion: Tom Howlett. Penalty: Howlett. Sedburgh 10 (5) –<\/strong> Tries: Jonny Hanson, Finn Baker. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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