{"id":54427,"date":"2024-08-06T13:37:29","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T11:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=54427"},"modified":"2024-08-06T13:37:29","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T11:37:29","slug":"westville-edges-out-st-charles-in-saints-sevens-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=54427","title":{"rendered":"Westville edges out St Charles in Saints Sevens final"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_54446\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54446\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-54446\" src=\"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/rugby-westville-saints-sevens-030824-400x211.jpg\" alt=\"Westville Boys' High went back-to-back after following up their win in the Clifton Sevens with the Saints Sevens title.\" width=\"400\" height=\"211\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-54446\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Westville Boys&#8217; High went back-to-back after following up their win in the Clifton Sevens with the Saints Sevens title.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Score one for <strong>SuperSport Schools Plus<\/strong>! In a preview, it was suggested that the hosts, <strong>St Charles College<\/strong>, would challenge <strong>Westville Boys&#8217; High<\/strong> for the title in the u19 section of the <strong>Saints Sevens<\/strong> on Saturday, and that is exactly what happened.<\/p>\n<p>In a fitting finale, which produced seven tries, Westville came from behind to record a thrilling 28-21 victory.<\/p>\n<p>Saints started the title-decider well, opening up a 14-0 lead, with <strong>Matthew Ludick<\/strong> turning on the afterburners to finish off a length of the field effort before a sharp break from <strong>Ukhanyo Ntsangani <\/strong>brought the home side another seven points.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Griffin<\/strong> levelled by half-time, striking twice within a minute, with both tries being long-range efforts. <strong>Michael Satade<\/strong> scored the second, which was his first of a brace.<\/p>\n<p>In the second half, St Charles edged in front again when <strong>Okuhle Peti<\/strong> barrelled over while handing off a couple of would-be tacklers. They had an opportunity to extend their lead, but Westville stole a Saints&#8217; lineout and were in under the uprights to make it 21-21.<\/p>\n<p>With just over a minute remaining, Satade made St Charles pay for an ill-considered kick and he dived over beneath the posts to snatch victory for his school.<\/p>\n<p><strong>u15<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The u15 competition proved to be fascinating. No team finished unbeaten.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Michaelhouse<\/strong> A lifted the title with a 14-7 victory over Westville in the final, but &#8216;House, after winning their first three games, was dominated in their last pool match, going down 0-29 to <strong>Clifton College<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The Durban school also beat <strong>Hilton<\/strong> B and St Charles B, but a 7-26 loss to <strong>Kearsney<\/strong> A kept them out of the final.<\/p>\n<p>Westville, meanwhile, lost to St Charles A in their opening game, but followed up with wins over Kearsney B, Hilton A and Michaelhouse B to earn their spot in the final.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_54447\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54447\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-54447\" src=\"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/rugby-st-charles-030824-400x248.jpg\" alt=\"St Charles began their challenge with a big win over Clifton and very nearly went all the way. Westville, though, finally took them down.\" width=\"400\" height=\"248\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-54447\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">St Charles began their challenge with a big win over Clifton and very nearly went all the way. Westville, though, finally took them down.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>U19 RESULTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Round 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>St Charles A 54-0 Clifton<br \/>\nMichaelhouse A 33-5 St Charles B<br \/>\nKearsney A 5-12 Michaelhouse B<br \/>\nKearsney B 38-0 Hilton B<\/p>\n<p><strong>Round 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Michaelhouse B 12-40 St Charles A<br \/>\nHilton 0-73 Michaelhouse A<br \/>\nClifton 7-36 Hilton A<br \/>\nSt Charles B 0-39 Westville<\/p>\n<p><strong>Round 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hilton A 24-26 Michaelhouse B<br \/>\nWestville 61-0 Hilton B<br \/>\nSt Charles A 40-7 Kearsney A<br \/>\nMichaelhouse A 27-0 Kearsney B<\/p>\n<p><strong>Round 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kearsney A 27-0 Hilton A<br \/>\nKearsney B 0-47 Westville<br \/>\nMichaelhouse B 36-12 Clifton<br \/>\nHilton B 0-42 Charles B<\/p>\n<p><strong>Round 5<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hilton A 0-29 St Charles A<br \/>\nClifton vs Kearsney A<br \/>\nWestville 10-0 Michaelhouse A<br \/>\nSt Charles 19- 14 vs Kearsney B<\/p>\n<p><strong>Final<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Westville 28-21 St Charles A<\/p>\n<p><strong>U15 RESULTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Round 1<\/p>\n<p>St Charles B 0-36 Michaelhouse A<br \/>\nWestville 12-26 St Charles A<br \/>\nClifton 21-10 Hilton B<br \/>\nHilton A 31-5 Kearsney B<\/p>\n<p><strong>Round 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hilton B 19-14 St Charles B<br \/>\nKearsney B 0-33 Westville<br \/>\nMichaelhouse A 10-7 Kearsney A<br \/>\nSt Charles A 35-0 Michaelhouse B<\/p>\n<p><strong>Round 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kearsney A 12-5 Hilton B<br \/>\nMichaelhouse B 21-19 Kearsney B<br \/>\nSt Charles B 0-29 Clifton<br \/>\nWestville 19-7 Hilton A<\/p>\n<p><strong>Round 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Clifton 7-24 Kearsney A<br \/>\nHilton A 41-0 Michaelhouse B<br \/>\nHilton B 7-26 Michaelhouse A<br \/>\nKearsney B 7-26 St Charles A<\/p>\n<p><strong>Round 5<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Clifton 26-0 Michaelhouse A (Pool A)<br \/>\nSt Charles A 14-35 Hilton A (Pool B)<br \/>\nKearsney A 42-0 St Charles B (Pool A)<br \/>\nMichaelhouse B 0-70 Westville (Pool B)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Final<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Michaelhouse A 14-7 Westville<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Score one for SuperSport Schools Plus! In a preview, it was suggested that the hosts, St Charles College, would challenge Westville Boys&#8217; High for the title in the u19 section of the Saints Sevens on Saturday, and that is exactly what happened. In a fitting finale, which produced seven tries, Westville came from behind to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":54446,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54427","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\/54427","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=54427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54427\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=54427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=54427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=54427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}