{"id":9527,"date":"2021-05-17T14:38:44","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T14:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rugby.supersportschools.com\/northwood-on-fire-as-they-down-kearnsey-college-in-classic-clash\/"},"modified":"2021-05-17T14:38:44","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T14:38:44","slug":"northwood-on-fire-as-they-down-kearnsey-college-in-classic-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=9527","title":{"rendered":"Northwood on fire as they down Kearsney College in Classic Clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-9526\" style=\"margin: 0px 10px 5px 0px; float: left;\" src=\"https:\/\/rugby.supersportschools.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/NewsG_Thomas_Carmody.JPG\" alt=\"NewsG Thomas Carmody\" width=\"380\" height=\"271\" \/>Northwood hosted Kearsney for their annual Classic Clash in Durban North on a steaming hot afternoon with temperatures well above 30 degrees.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The match got off to a flying start when Northwood\u2019s star flyhalf received a poor midfield kick from Kearsney in an attempt to exit their half from the kickoff. Bahji collected the ball close to the halfway line and ran untouched to score in the right-hand corner which he converted for a 7-0 lead after one minute of play.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Two minutes later the hosts also failed to exit and Kearsney turned the breakdown with <strong>Tom Carmody<\/strong> prominent and winger Trent Coetzee scored an unconverted try, shrinking the deficit to 5-7.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The next seven minutes caused some drama with Kearsney losing firstly scrumhalf <strong>Matthew Bergset<\/strong> from a late charge, and soon after the inside centre with a suspected concussion. Kearsney then took the lead following a penalty by <strong>Lethu Gwarube<\/strong>. Conditions might have contributed, but both teams were guilty of sloppy skills and below-par defense.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Northwood scored their second try from another poor decision by the Kearsney backs on the counter, to regain the lead 12-8. In the 25th minute, the hosts stretched their lead further to 15-8 with a converted penalty.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Kearsney attacked well during the last five minutes of the half and were rewarded with a Coetzee try which Gwarube converted, to take the score to 15-all at half-time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Shortly after the break, Kearsney added another Gwarube penalty for an 18-15 lead. The visitors played the most constructive rugby in the next 15 minutes, but failed to convert the territory into points, even turning down kickable penalties.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Northwood adopted a kick and chase tactic which led to their next converted try to regain a 22-18 lead. The visitors\u2019 fullback in particular was poor in fielding the Northwood kicks, and Kearsney was under pressure at regular intervals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Kearsney had a golden opportunity for an all-important seven-pointer but poor handling prevented a sure try. Kearsney\u2019s morale took a dip, which Northwood capitalised on, to score a converted try which was also the final score of 29-18.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">[powr-comments id=&#8221;2f28def0_1621261010167&#8243;]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Northwood hosted Kearsney for their annual Classic Clash in Durban North on a steaming hot afternoon with temperatures well above 30 degrees. The match got off to a flying start when Northwood\u2019s star flyhalf received a poor midfield kick from Kearsney in an attempt to exit their half from the kickoff. Bahji collected the ball [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9526,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9527","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\/9527","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=9527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}