{"id":72705,"date":"2025-05-18T14:28:44","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T12:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=72705"},"modified":"2025-05-18T14:28:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T12:28:44","slug":"well-rounded-hilton-college-outplays-glenwood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=72705","title":{"rendered":"Well-rounded Hilton College outplays Glenwood"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_72713\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72713\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-72713\" src=\"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/rugby-hilton-glenwood-dankwah-160525-400x243.jpg\" alt=\"Flank Emmanuel Dankway powered his way over for a second half try for Hilton. Photo: Brad Morgan.\" width=\"400\" height=\"243\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-72713\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flank Emmanuel Dankwah powered his way over for a second-half try for Hilton. Photo: Brad Morgan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The hosts, <strong>Hilton College<\/strong>, took on <strong>Glenwood High<\/strong> in the last game of the <strong>Sharks High Schools&#8217; Rugby Day<\/strong>, on <strong>Gilfillan Field<\/strong>, and they put on a show for their supporters, running away to a 53-15 victory after falling behind 5-8 in the early going.<\/p>\n<p>It was a well-constructed win from coach <strong>Brad Macleod-Henderson<\/strong>&#8216;s charges, who played the kind of game that he would have wanted to see, although he didn&#8217;t give too much away after the match, saying only that his players need to keep their feet on the ground after their big win. He was all smiles, nonetheless.<\/p>\n<p>Hilton&#8217;s victory was all about well-coordinated teamwork, a smooth understanding by the players of their roles, and sound execution of the basics.<\/p>\n<p>Glenwood, though, was the first onto the scoreboard from a counterattack. When Hilton scrumhalf <strong>Zander Vorster<\/strong>, who had done well to cover a chip over the top, had the ball knocked loose from his grasp as he went up to field it, number eight, <strong>Mkhululi Mhlongo<\/strong>, was up in support to grab the ball out of the air and dive over for five points.<\/p>\n<p>In the eighth minute, a beautiful pop-up by inside centre <strong>Tristan Uys<\/strong>, out of the back of his right hand, set left-wing <strong>Ricky Adonis<\/strong> up for a try against the grain, and Hilton&#8217;s opening points.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rugby - Hilton College vs Glenwood High School - Sharks Rugby Day - 16 May 2025\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_ddlDIPOKY4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Glenwood reclaimed the lead with a penalty from inside the Hilton 22 by <strong>Joshua Kopp<\/strong>, but it was a long time before they scored again.<\/p>\n<p>Zander Vorster, a dangerous man from close range, banged his way over after 19 minutes, and Hilton hit the front, never to be hauled in again.<\/p>\n<p>A <strong>Liyema Nela<\/strong> penalty increased the lead to 15-8.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_72714\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72714\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-72714\" src=\"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/rugby-glenwood-hilton-160525-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"Although they were well beaten, Glenwood's lineout was a source of clean ball. Photo: Brad Morgan.\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-72714\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Although they were well beaten, Glenwood&#8217;s lineout was a source of clean ball. Photo: Brad Morgan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lock <strong>Andr\u00e9 Boshoff<\/strong> showed off his skill and pace when he snatched a high kick away out of the air on Glenwood&#8217;s 10m line and charged towards the try line. He was brought down midway into the 22. Six phases of the forwards hitting it up and hooker <strong>Josh Grant<\/strong>, a prolific try scorer, was over for a five-pointer. Nela&#8217;s conversion made it 22-8 at the break.<\/p>\n<p>Early in the second half, Hilton turned back to the slow and patient poison of their driving pack. With Glenwood&#8217;s defenders well and truly sucked in, Vorster fed Nela on the blind side and he quickly zipped a pass to <strong>Guy Fender<\/strong>, who dived across the line in the right-hand corner.<\/p>\n<p>In the 52nd minute, the Hilton captain, Nela, set a searing counterattack in motion by fielding a ball inside his half and wrong-footing two chasers with a hard step off his right foot. From wide on the left, a pop pass over the top of a defender picked out the speedy Ricky Adonis. He cut inside and into the 22 before offloading to <strong>Emmanuel Dankwah<\/strong> and the powerful flank shrugged off the tackle of <strong>Tylo Madaat<\/strong> for a fabulous try.<\/p>\n<p>Nela struck the right upright with the simple conversion, but it ricocheted over the crossbar and the gap had grown to 32-8. Hilton had rhythm and momentum on their side and Glenwood had no answer to the home team&#8217;s organisation and slick execution.<\/p>\n<p>Vorster, then, snagged a turnover at a ruck, hit the gas, and was almost over for a try. Hilton, though, had a five-metre scrum right in the middle of the field and when they quickly won another penalty from the set piece, <strong>Zander Muller<\/strong> took a quick tap and was over. With another conversion made by Nela, it was 39-8.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_72706\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72706\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-72706\" src=\"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/rugby-hilton-glenwood-uys-160525-400x242.jpg\" alt=\"Hilton inside centre Tristan Uys impressed with some slick handling, and he showed an eye for a gap to break through the Glenwood defence for a second half try. Photo: Brad Morgan.\" width=\"400\" height=\"242\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-72706\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hilton inside centre Tristan Uys impressed with some slick handling, and he showed an eye for a gap to break through the Glenwood defence for a second-half try. Photo: Brad Morgan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>With eight minutes to play, Tristan Uys was in from 35 metres out after a sneaky show and go and <strong>John Grubb<\/strong>, who had taken over the kicking duties after Nela was substituted, slotted the conversion.<\/p>\n<p>Well beaten but still fighting, Glenwood conjured up a response from a lineout inside Hilton&#8217;s 22. The <em><strong>Green Machine<\/strong><\/em> hit it up through three phases before a long flat pass from scrumhalf <strong>Lian Lochner<\/strong> found Glenwood captain <strong>Lizwe Mtetwa<\/strong> coming in on an angled run, which broke two tackles and put him over the try line. Kopp made the conversion kick, making the score 46-15.<\/p>\n<p>Hilton, however, had the final say, with their good ball retention and seamless interplay between backs and forwards eventually being finished off by <strong>Kyle-Reese Clements<\/strong>, who charged away from a ruck for the final try of the game.<\/p>\n<p>Of all the teams in action on Friday, the home side produced the most compelling performance, unfortunately for Glenwood.<\/p>\n<p>The Sharks&#8217; Craven Week selectors will have some homework to do. They have plenty of options to consider.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SCORES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hilton College 53 (22)<\/strong> &#8211; Tries:\u00a0Ricky Adonis, Zander Vorster, Josh Grant, Guy Fender, Emmanuel Dankwah, Zander Muller, Tristan Uys, Kyle-Reese Clements. Conversions: Liyema Nela (4), John Grubb. Penalty: Liyema Nela; <strong>Glenwood High 15 (8)<\/strong> &#8211; Tries:\u00a0Mkhululi Mhlongo, Lizwe Mtetwa. Conversion: Joshua Kopp. Penalty: Joshua Kopp.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The hosts, Hilton College, took on Glenwood High in the last game of the Sharks High Schools&#8217; Rugby Day, on Gilfillan Field, and they put on a show for their supporters, running away to a 53-15 victory after falling behind 5-8 in the early going. It was a well-constructed win from coach Brad Macleod-Henderson&#8216;s charges, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":72713,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72705","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\/72705","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=72705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/72713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}