{"id":67891,"date":"2025-03-21T18:38:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T16:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=67891"},"modified":"2025-03-21T18:38:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T16:38:00","slug":"northwood-edges-out-maritzburg-college-in-a-thriller-on-papes-astro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=67891","title":{"rendered":"Northwood edges out Maritzburg College in a thriller on Pape’s Astro"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Northwood 1st XI celebrates a rare victory over Maritzburg College on Pape’s Astro. Photo: Northwood School on Facebook<\/strong><\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Northwood<\/strong> were 4-3 victors over Maritzburg College<\/strong> in a thrilling encounter on the Pape’s Astro in Pietermaritzburg on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Coach Justin Collins’<\/strong>\u00a0charges bounced back in style following their 4-5 loss to Michaelhouse<\/strong><\/a> on Wednesday. However, they were also guilty of committing the same mistakes they made in the midweek tie.<\/p>\n

Friday’s win was only the second time that the Knights<\/strong><\/em> had beaten College on Pape\u2019s<\/strong>. The first time was in 2023, and Collins was also the coach in that encounter.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am concerned about the way we are starting games. We fell behind against Michaelhouse and we did the same against Maritzburg College. But the boys showed character. I am proud of the way they handled themselves,” Collins said afterwards.<\/p>\n

The Red, Black, and White<\/strong><\/em> drew first blood after a flowing move down the left flank, which brought them the opener early in the first chukka. Five minutes into the second quarter, they successfully converted a penalty corner to go two goals clear.<\/p>\n

What had looked like a comfortable lead quickly evaporated when Luke Allen<\/strong> and Aidan Potgieter<\/strong> executed a quick one-two punch to level matters before halftime.<\/p>\n

Allen struck first, just two minutes before the interval, when he fired in a shot at goal after a tidy build-up from the back. Potgieter then converted a penalty corner on the stroke of halftime.<\/p>\n

Northwood’s persistent attacks on College’s goal put the home side under pressure and the visitors were rewarded when they forced a penalty stroke. Ryan Herselman<\/strong> stepped up to the spot and converted the chance into a goal to put the visitors in front for the first time in the contest.<\/p>\n

College chased an equaliser. Instead of scoring, they were caught out when the Knights turned over possession and launched a swift counterattack. Kyle White <\/strong>finished it off as the third chukka ended, and Northwood led 4-3.<\/p>\n

Maritzburg College kept fighting to the end and it was a back-and-forth affair in the last chukka. With 10 minutes to play, coach Mark Sanders’<\/strong> charges were rewarded for their valiant effort with a third goal. However, they couldn’t find another, and the visitors from Durban took the win.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Northwood were 4-3 victors over Maritzburg College in a thrilling encounter on the Pape’s Astro in Pietermaritzburg on Friday afternoon. Coach Justin Collins’\u00a0charges bounced back in style following their 4-5 loss to Michaelhouse on Wednesday. However, they were also guilty of committing the same mistakes they made in the midweek tie. Friday’s win was only […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":67894,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67891","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\/67891","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\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=67891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/67894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=67891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=67891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=67891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}