{"id":80207,"date":"2025-08-12T17:29:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T15:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=80207"},"modified":"2025-08-12T17:29:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T15:29:01","slug":"turner-nelson-shine-in-nine-try-sa-u18a-romp-against-georgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=80207","title":{"rendered":"Turner, Nelson shine in nine-try SA u18A romp against Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_80233\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-80233\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-80233\" src=\"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Erin-Nelson-vs-Gergia-2025-400x299.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"299\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-80233\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Erin Nelson, South Africa A outside centre, show off his pace to beat a defender in the match against Georgia on Tuesday, 12 August, at Boland Landbou. Photo: Gallo Images.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p data-start=\"128\" data-end=\"342\">The <strong>South African u18A<\/strong> side ruthlessly dismantled a fatigued <strong>Georgia<\/strong>, with a nine-try blitz propelling the home team to a 57-19 victory in their second outing of the <strong>U18 International Series<\/strong> at Boland Landbou, on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"128\" data-end=\"342\">Relive all the u18 International Series action on <strong>SuperSport Schools<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/supersportschools\"><strong>(www.supersportschools.com)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"344\" data-end=\"582\">From the opening kick-off, it was evident the South Africans intended to physically dominate a lacklustre Georgian side, who were markedly less sharp than they were in a shock 35\u201331 win over <strong>England<\/strong> last Friday at <strong>Ho\u00ebrskool Durbanville<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"584\" data-end=\"932\">The visitors struggled to cope with the tempo set by the hosts. On the heavy <strong>Boland Landbou<\/strong> surface, and under the strain of the relentless physicality of the South Africans, they wilted against a fired-up <strong>Migael Turner<\/strong> and a formidable South African pack.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"584\" data-end=\"932\">Turner, the vice-captain, was named the Man of the Match for a tireless, all-action display.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rugby - South Africa A vs Georgia - u18 International Series - 12 August 2025\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Aet4LEarCKY?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 data-start=\"1261\" data-end=\"1525\">Outside centre <strong>Erin Nelson<\/strong> must have come close to winning the Man of the Match award. The fleet-footed <strong>Graeme College<\/strong> midfielder repeatedly carved open the Georgian defence with his searing pace and hard running lines. He was rewarded with a try in the second half.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1527\" data-end=\"1824\">After taking a fearsome battering in the first half, the Georgians demonstrated resilience in the second stanza and crossed for two well-crafted forward tries.<\/p>\n<p>However, the rampant South Africans answered each of those scores and powered their way past the 50-point mark with an imperious performance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scorers:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>South Africa u18 A 57 (31) <\/strong>&#8211; Tries: Quintin Potgieter (2), Junade Pasensie (2), Tommy Muller, Migael Turner, Ncutu Kepe, Erin Nelson, Nathan Aneke. Conversions: Jeandr\u00e9 Uithaler (6).\u00a0<strong>Georgia 19 (5)\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; Tries: Gocha Pitshkhelauri, Gabriel Razmadze, Goirgi Berdzenishvili. Conversions: Levani Butskhirikidze (2).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The South African u18A side ruthlessly dismantled a fatigued Georgia, with a nine-try blitz propelling the home team to a 57-19 victory in their second outing of the U18 International Series at Boland Landbou, on Tuesday. Relive all the u18 International Series action on SuperSport Schools &#8211; (www.supersportschools.com) From the opening kick-off, it was evident [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":80233,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80207","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\/80207","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\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=80207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80207\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/80233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=80207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=80207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=80207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}