{"id":41590,"date":"2024-04-14T19:54:57","date_gmt":"2024-04-14T17:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=41590"},"modified":"2024-04-14T19:54:57","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T17:54:57","slug":"defences-rule-as-northwood-and-dhs-share-the-spoils","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=41590","title":{"rendered":"Defences rule as Northwood and DHS share the spoils"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Northwood Knights were charged up for their first home game of the season.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Northwood<\/strong> and DHS<\/strong> had put together remarkably stingy defensive records ahead of their meeting on Saturday on Reece-Edwards Field<\/strong> in Durban. Despite early tries from both sides, they kept those miserly defensive records intact, with the contest ending 7-7.<\/p>\n

DHS made the early running but, uncharacteristically, their flyhalf Aka Boqwana<\/strong> missed a sitter and the Knights<\/strong> made the Horseflies<\/strong> pay shortly after that by putting points on the board the first time they visited deep into DHS territory.<\/p>\n

From a five-metre lineout, they put together a well-structured maul and got the shove on the visitors to force their way over. Ramatuku Sikhakane<\/strong> neatly added the extras to put Northwood into an early 7-0 lead.<\/p>\n

Within three minutes, DHS had levelled, with Zenkhosi Mthiyane<\/strong> going over from a beautifully executed backline move which created a wide gap for the left-wing to run through and score to the right of the uprights. Boqwana’s conversion was on the mark, and it was 7-7.<\/p>\n

\"When
When Zenkhosi Mthiyane replied to an early Northwood try for DHS, it looked as if the team’s offences might enjoy a good day. Instead, only 14 points were scored in the game.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

From then on, though, it was a stalemate.<\/p>\n

After the contest, DHS Director of Rugby Peter Engeldow<\/strong> commented: “There was a lot more tactical kicking in the game than in the past, especially from Northwood’s side, and to be fair, tactically they were a bit better than us in the kicking game.<\/p>\n

“We didn’t kick very accurately and, when we did kick, we kicked straight to guys in position. It was a bit frustrating. ”<\/p>\n

DHS also missed out on a penalty kick at goal when they took too long to bring out a kicking tee. Instead, Northwood received a scrum. Northwood, though, also saw an easy kick miss the target near the end.<\/p>\n

Candidly, Engeldow said: “If I’m honest, they deserved to win the game. We were lucky to draw, in the end. We weren’t clinical enough. In key areas, we didn’t execute well enough.”<\/p>\n

While it was a draw, it was another step forward for coach Jacques Deen<\/strong> and the Northwood Knights. They were comfortably beaten by DHS in 2023, with School<\/strong> winning 26-7 at home and 27-5 at Northwood.<\/p>\n

Some stern tests await Northwood, but with a win against Hilton and a draw against DHS, two of the stronger teams on their schedule, they’ve made a lot of people sit up and take notice already.<\/p>\n

At the Riverside Sports Club<\/strong>, Clifton College<\/strong> welcomed Glenwood High School<\/strong>, with both entering the match off the back of hard-fought defeats, with Clifton<\/strong> having gone down by five to St Stithians<\/strong> and Glenwood<\/strong> losing by 11 to Maritzburg College<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The hosts met fire with fire and made the Green Machine<\/strong> fight hard for each and every point, but Glenwood’s control of possession was the telling factor in their 34-7 win.<\/p>\n

There is only so much defending a team can do before the dam wall breaks and the visitors managed to cross for three tries in the opening stanza.<\/p>\n

In the second half, for a long time there was little to separate the sides as Clifton gave as good as they got.<\/p>\n

\"Clifton
Clifton put up a good fight, but Glenwood enjoyed the better of the battle for possession, which helped them to a comfortable victory.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When the teams turned, it was 17-0 in Glenwood’s favour and they edged further ahead with another try, but Clifton, deservedly got themselves onto the scoreboard through a try from their burly centre Bradley Beeslaar<\/strong>, who was rewarded for his industry when he joined a maul near the visitors’ try line.<\/p>\n

Glenwood, though, will be satisfied with the control they exerted over the game and, of course, with scoring a win.<\/p>\n

Traditionally, the Green Machine has built its success off of solid set pieces and the forwards delivering quality ball to the backs – it’s a well-known and proven recipe that works – and there was plenty of that to be seen.<\/p>\n

Clifton, though, defended manfully and made it a bruising battle for the visitors.<\/p>\n

SCORES<\/strong><\/p>\n

Northwood vs DHS<\/strong><\/p>\n

u19 –<\/strong> Northwood I 7 DHS I 7; Northwood II 27 DHS II 33; Northwood III 5 DHS III 19; Northwood IV 26 DHS IV 17; Northwood V 10 DHS V 12; Northwood VI 17 DHS VI 7<\/p>\n

u16 – <\/strong>Northwood A 14 DHS A 21; Northwood B 12 DHS B 0; Northwood C 31 DHS C 7; Northwood D 20 DHS D 0<\/p>\n

u15 – <\/strong>Northwood A 10 DHS A 23; Northwood B 7 DHS B 10; Northwood C 20 DHS C 5; Northwood D 22 DHS D 14<\/p>\n

u14 – <\/strong>Northwood A 12 DHS A 36; Northwood B 0 DHS B 24; Northwood C 10 DHS C 7; Northwood D 10 DHS D 15; Northwood E 17 DHS E 10<\/p>\n

Clifton College vs Glenwood<\/strong><\/p>\n

u19 –<\/strong> Clifton I 7Glenwood I 34; Clifton II 0 Glenwood II 56; Clifton III 29 Glenwood 17<\/p>\n

u16 – <\/strong>Clifton A 3 Glenwood A 53; Clifton B 10 Glenwood 34<\/p>\n

u15 – <\/strong>Clifton A 12 Glenwood A 26; Clifton B 31 Glenwood 24<\/p>\n

u14 – <\/strong>Clifton A 0 Glenwood A 12; Clifton B 10 Glenwood 7<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Northwood and DHS had put together remarkably stingy defensive records ahead of their meeting on Saturday on Reece-Edwards Field in Durban. Despite early tries from both sides, they kept those miserly defensive records intact, with the contest ending 7-7. DHS made the early running but, uncharacteristically, their flyhalf Aka Boqwana missed a sitter and the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":41595,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41590\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}