{"id":8697,"date":"2019-04-18T14:51:15","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T14:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rugby.supersportschools.com\/donkies-on-top-in-rumble-of-the-tekkies\/"},"modified":"2019-04-18T14:51:15","modified_gmt":"2019-04-18T14:51:15","slug":"donkies-on-top-in-rumble-of-the-tekkies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=8697","title":{"rendered":"Donkies on top in rumble of the Tekkies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-8696\" style=\"margin: 0px 10px 5px 0px; float: left;\" src=\"https:\/\/rugby.supersportschools.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/NewsGHTSDrostdy.jpg\" alt=\"NewsGHTSDrostdy\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/>An evenly matched first half saw HTS Drostdy from Worcester scoring just before half-time for a 19-14 lead. The two sides had each scored twice before the try that gave Drostdy the lead.<\/p>\n<p>Fullback Keane Galant had shown a clean pair of heels in scoring two tries, both converted by Carlton Pietersen. HTS Middelburg\u2019s first try went to hooker Rivaldo de Kock following a rolling maul. The second went to centre Christiaan Vlok with an intercept in the Drostdy 22m area. Both were converted by flyhalf Alec Vermaak.<\/p>\n<p>Drostdy took the lead when flank Wynand du Plessis burst through the defence to dive over for an unconverted try and a 19-14 lead.<\/p>\n<p>The second half saw no further points as the two competitive sides made every attempt to score but good defence prevented them doing so, leaving the final score 19-14 to HTS Drostdy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scorers:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>HTS Drostdy 19 () &#8211;<\/strong> Tries: Keane Galant (2), Du Plessis. Conversions: Carlton Pietersen (2). <strong>HTS Middelburg 14 () &#8211;<\/strong> Tries: Christiaan Vlok, Rivaldo de Kock. Conversions: Alec Vermaak (2).<\/p>\n<p>[powr-comments id=&#8221;6b34b878_1555598899823&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An evenly matched first half saw HTS Drostdy from Worcester scoring just before half-time for a 19-14 lead. The two sides had each scored twice before the try that gave Drostdy the lead. Fullback Keane Galant had shown a clean pair of heels in scoring two tries, both converted by Carlton Pietersen. HTS Middelburg\u2019s first [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8696,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8697","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\/8697","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8697\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}