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Dit was so hittete of Helpmekaar Kollege van Johannesburg se eerste rugbyspan het ’n reuse-oorwinning op die rugbyveld tydens St. John’s College se Paastoernooi in die Goudstad behaal.

Sy teenstander Paul Roos Gimnasium, een van die voorste rugbyfabrieke in Suid-Afrika, het egter ander planne gehad en die stryd naelbyt met 25-22 gewen.

Dit het gelyk of dit neusie verby was vir die besoekers van die Eikestad toe Helpies se kaptein en flank, Mark Snyman, in die tweede helfte vir sy tweede drie oorgeduik het. Helpies het met dié drie sy voorsprong tot 22-6 gerek.

Paul Roos het egter terugbaklei en vinnig punte aangeteken met drieë deur Breyton Maritz (slot) en JJ Kotzé (haker).

Die wendrie is in die 65ste minuut behaal toe Paul Roos se linkervleuel, Remy Engelbrecht, gaan druk het. Die drie het Paul Roos vir die eerste keer in die ganse wedstryd laat voorloop.

Hoewel die Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool waagmoedig sy hele plaasvervangersbank teen Florida speelkans gegee het, sal die span sy sokkies moet optrek indien hy enigsins Maandag teen die Hoër Jongenskool Paarl ’n impak wil maak.

Affies se heelagter, Heinrich Bisschoff, het in die doodsnikke van die wedstryd in die regterhandse hoek oorgegly om aan sy span ’n oorwinning van 28-24 oor Florida te besorg.

Florida se vleuel Maxwill van Louw het met ongeveer agt minute se spel oor met ’n onderskepdrie en ’n solo-lopie van amper 80 meter aan sy span ’n voorsprong van 24-18 besorg.

Affies se agtsteman, Philip Potgieter, het met ses minute oor deurgebars om Florida se voorsprong tot 24-23 te verminder.

Florida kon Affies nog net een keer in die geskiedenis – in 1977 – klop. Potgieter en die vleuel
Ruan Wasserman kan tevrede met hul vertonings voel.

Die Hoër Jongenskool Paarl het duidelik probeer om sover moontlik sy strukture in sy weghol-oorwinning van 65-0 oor die Australiese toerspan, die Nieu-Suid-Wallis Gekombineerde-skole, te behou.

Boishaai het teen rustyd reeds ’n gemaklike voorsprong van 32-0 opgebou met sy heelagter, Abner van Reenen, wat ’n driekuns aan drieë behaal het.
Van Reenen het verlede jaar nog vir Garsfontein gehelp om die Virseker Beeldtrofee te verower.

Die Hoërskool Nelspruit se Rhinos het Eye of the Tiger met 46-0 opgedreun, terwyl Hilton College die gasheer, St. John’s College, met 28-19 verslaan het.

* Monument se Wit Bulle het ’n duidelike waarskuwing aan die ander spanne in die Tuks-reeks gestuur deur HTS Middelburg se Rooi Bulle met 40-8 op die tweede dag van die Kearsney College-Paastoernooi net buite Durban af te ransel.

Selborne College het sy onoorwonne status sover vanjaar behou deur Pretoria Boys’ High met 60-5 kaf te draf. Glenwood het EG Jansen met 24-19 geklop, terwyl Kearsney College gemaklik met Framesby (23-0) klaargespeel het.

* Waterkloof het benoude oomblikke in die tweede helfte teen Ben Vorster van Tzaneen in hul kragmeting op King Edward VII se Paastoernooi beleef. Klofies het teen rustyd ’n gerieflike voorsprong van 31-7 opgebou.

Die Vossies het egter in die eerste helfte ten minste twee gulde geleenthede om te gaan druk verbrou.

Die span se vleuel Shima Molepo, heelagter Jason Mulder en die haker en kaptein, Bernard Vermaak, het sleutelrolle in die terugvegpoging gespeel.

Vir Klofies was sy kaptein en haker, Ruben Veldsman, die agtsteman, Ewan Visser, en die regtervleuel, Sean du Plooy, uitstaande.

Eldoraigne se Groen Drake sal die derde dag van die toernooi ook onoorwonne betree nadat hulle gister vir Jeppe met 38-16 die loef afgesteek het. Eldoraigne sal môre voor sy grootste toets teen Marlow Landbou van Cradock te staan kom.

In Saterdag se hoofwedstryd het die gasheer, King Edward VII, vir Rondebosch Boys’ High met 25-17 geklop. KES het ’n voorsprong van 20-3 opgebou, maar ná sy flank Ziyanda Msipha en kaptein en agtsteman, Travis Gordon, tyd in die koelkas moes deurbring, het die span van Kaapstad geleentheid gekry om sy agterstand te verklein.

Saterdag se Paastoernooi uitslae:

St John’s College: Paul Roos Gimnasium 25, Helpmekaar 22; Hoër Jongenskool Paarl 65, NSW Combined Schools 0; Hilton College 28, St John’s College 19; Affies 28, Florida 24; Parktown Boys’ High 36, St John’s College (Harare) 0; Hoërskool Nelspruit 43, Eye of Tiger 0.

Kearsney College: Monument 40, HTS Middelburg 8; HTS Drostdy 26, Dale College 25; Glenwood 24, EG Jansen 19; Kearsney College 23, Framesby 0; Selborne College 60, Pretoria Boys’ High 5; Noord-Kaap 31, Queen’s College 14.

King Edward VII: King Edward VII 25, Rondebosch Boys’ High 17; Eldoraigne 38, Jeppe High School for Boys 16; Waterkloof 38, Ben Vorster 24; Noordheuwel 35, Kingswood College 22; Hudson Park 51, Northwood 7; Wynberg Boys’ High 32, Marlow Landbou 26.

St Stithians College: Michaelhouse 18, St Stithians College 12; Grey PE 27, Maritzburg College 19; SACS 20, Durban High School 16; St Andrew’s College 43, St Benedict’s College 17; Graeme College 24, St David’s Marist 3; Westville Boys’ High 17, St Alban’s College 11.

Die Wolramme van die Hoër Landbouskool Marlow in Cradock kon nie Donderdag daarin slaag om staande te bly teen die aanslag van die Blou Tornado van die Hoërskool Waterkloof op die eerste dag van King Edward VII se jaarlikse Paas-rugbytoernooi nie.

Klofies het die wedstryd met 25-12 gewen. PJ Krugell het in dié wedstryd sy 12de drie van die seisoen vir Klofies behaal.

Eldoraigne het sy moddergeveg teen Hudson Park met 10-5 gewen.

Albei spanne het ’n drie gedruk met die skopskoen van die senter Riaan Burger wat die verskil tussen die twee spanne was.

Die Hoërskool Ben Vorster van Tzaneen het vanjaar ook ’n gedugte span en het Kingswood College in Grahamstad met
25-10 geklop.

Op St John’s College se jaarlikse Paastoernooi het die Hoër Jongenskool Paarl Donderdag terug op die wenpad gekom deur ’n uitnodigingspan van Eye of the Tiger op ’n drafstrap met 57-0 te troef.
Boishaai het kort voor die toernooi teruggekeer van ’n toer van vier wedstryde deur Nieu-Seeland.

Die span het in sy laaste toerwedstryd teen Christchurch Boys’ High met 36-38 vasgeval. Dit was die span van die Paarl se eerste nederlaag in 42 wedstryde.

Die Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool het op ’n papnat veld Hilton College met 17-6 die loef afgesteek.

Dit het nooit gelyk asof Affies die wedstryd sou verloor nie, maar in die nat toestande het die span se hantering hom in die steek gelaat.

Affies se flank Jaco Labuschagne het uitstekende spel vir sy span gelewer.

Die Maroen Masjien van Paul Roos Gimnasium het die Nelspruit Rhinos met 44-6 gekarnuffel.

Die span van die Eikestad het teen rustyd reeds ’n stewige voorsprong van 27-6 geniet.

Paul Roos se flank Philip van Dyk het twee keer die doellyn oorgesteek, terwyl die voormalige Bok-senter Brendan Venter se seun met sy pa se naam ook ’n draai agter die doellyn gemaak het.

Kearsney College se Paastoernooi vier vanjaar sy tiende bestaansjaar.
Die HTS Middelburg se Rooi Bulle het in die hoofwedstryd van die eerste dag ’n gedugte span van die Hoërskool Noord-Kaap met 21-19 geklop.

Monument van Krugersdorp, HTS Drostdy van Worcester en Selborne College van Oos-Londen was die spanne wat die meeste op die eerste dag van die toernooi beïndruk het.

Monnas het Dale College oortuigend met 33-16 verslaan.

Die span van Krugersdorp se agttal met sy losvoorspeler PJ Jacobs aan die spits het die grondslag vir die sege gelê.

Die Donkies van Drostdy het die gasheer, Kearsney, met 45-17 getroef, terwyl Selborne vir EG Jansen van Boksburg met 46-19 afgestof het.

South African College Schools (SACS) was die span wat die meeste met hul spel in die koue en die reën op die eerste dag van die St. Stithians-Paastoernooi beïndruk het.
SACS het op ’n sopnat veld vir Michaelhouse met 28-0 die loef afgesteek.

Die gasheer het sy toernooi ook met ’n sege afgeskop deur Graeme College in die doodsnikke met 19-17 te troef.

Saints se vleuel Shane Lindsay het met slegs sekondes oor op die skeidsregter se stophorlosie vir die wendrie oorgeduik.

St. Alban’s College het ook in die doodsnikke ’n sege van 24-22 oor Durban High School behaal. Die span van Pretoria word deur die voormalige Zimbabwiese en Cheetah-losskakel Kennedy Tsimba gebrei.

Durban High School se twee breiers, Scott Mathie en Ronnie Uys, het self provinsiale rugby op hul dag gespeel.

In die hoofwedstryd het Grey High van Port Elizabeth vir Westville Boys’ High met 27-8 die loef afgesteek.

Al Donderdag se Paastoernooie se uitslae: 

St John’s College: Paul Roos Gimnasium 44, Hoërskool Nelspruit 6; Affies 17, Hilton College 6; Hoër Jongenskool Paarl 57, Eye of Tiger 0; St John’s College 20, Florida 13; Helpmekaar 65, St John’s College (Harare) 7; Parktown Boys’ High 26, NSW Combined School 19.

Kearsney College: HTS Middelburg 21, Noord-Kaap 19; Glenwood 21, Framesby 10; Monument 33, Dale College 16; Pretoria Boys’ High 22, Queen’s College 15; Selborne College 46, EG Jansen 19; HTS Drostdy 45, Kearsney College 17.

St Stithians: Grey PE 27, Westville Boys’ High 8; SACS 28, Michaelhouse 0; St Stithians College 19, Graeme College 17; St Alban’s College 24, Durban High School 22; St Andrew’s College 39, St David’s Marist 10; Maritzburg College 36, St Benedict’s College 6.

King Edward VII: Rondebosch Boys’ High 26, Jeppe High School for Boys’ 0; King Edward VII 42, Wynberg Boys’ High 17; Waterkloof 25, Marlow Landbou 12; Eldoraigne 10, Hudson Park 5; Ben Vorster 25, Kingswood College 10; Noordheuwel 19, Northwood 13.

Scorers: 

Graeme College 24 (12) – Tries: Donovan Brits, Julian Gardner, Eldrico Kivitts, Sipe Sandi. Conversions: Sivuyisiwe Ngqiyaza (2). Penalty: Ngqiyaza. St David’s Marist 3 (3) – Penalty: Nicholas Christie.

Westville Boys’ High 17 (7) – Tries: Gustav du Rand, Dian Smith. Conversions: Dylan Labuschagne (2). Penalty: Labuschagne. St. Alban’s College 11 (6) – Try: Shozi Mongameli. Penalties: Cornell Korff (2). 

Dale College 25 – HTS Drostdy 26

With both the King Williams Town team, Dale College, and the team from Worcester, HTS Drostdy, feeling one another out, it took 13 minutes before there was any score. Drostdy’s heavier pack of forwards began winning more of the possession. From a scrum, scrumhalf Romeo Eksteen made a break to score a five pointer.

Drostdy kept pressurising Dale, preventing them showing their normal flare and with Drostdy growing in confidence they were rewarded when fullback Cohen Jasper broke from a ruck through the middle, evetually going over without a Dale finger touching him. An easy conversion by Jasper saw Drostdy into a 12-0 lead.

This they increased to 19-0 when left wing Adriaan Maans had a 45m run down the left touchline and, with inside and outside jinxes, went over 10m from the upright. Jasper converted to give the Western Cape lads a 19-0 halftime lead.

Dale came out in the second half with greater determination. Very few scrums enabled them to get clean ball as Drostdy forwards had them retreating. Despite this, the Dalians persevered and were rewarded when the ball was moved quickly to centre Siphamandla Matsinya who sliced through the defence to score. It was converted by captain Aphelele Fassi to narrow the gap to 7-19.

The more the game was unstructured, the more it suited Dale. Their rush defence prevented Drostdy getting over the line and when they worked their way down the right hand to force a ruck in the corner, eighth man Thandile Mpangeva scored with a pick and go. Fassi could not convert but Dale were now within seven points of the Drostdy score.

With six minutes remaining, Dale’s Soyama Mini used good pace down the touchline, passing inside to centre Matsinya who drove through a tackle to score. With Fassi converting, the scores were level.

Within four minutes of the end, Dale were awarded a penalty which Fassi converted; and on the final whistle, Fassi put over a 45m drop goal for a 25-19 lead.

As the final whistle went, Christie Grobbelaar broke and evaded the defence to score. Jasper converted to snatch a 26-25 victory for Drostdy.

This ended a good comeback from Dale in the second half where they played the rugby that the crowd expected. However, it was Drostdy that made an ultimate effort in the last 30 seconds to win a cracking game.

Point scorers:
HTS Drostdy: Tries: Jasper, Grobbelaar, Maans, Eksteen; Conversions: Jasper (3)
Dale College: Tries: Matsinya (2), Mpangeva; Conversions: Fassi (2); Penalties: Fassi (2)

EG Jansen 19 – Glenwood 24

The fifth match saw Glenwood on attack from the kick-off. They maintained early pressure on EG Jansen but could not convert pressure into points.

Gradually the Boksburg side started spreading the ball preferring to move the ball through the hand rather than kicking. Just going into the second quarter EG Jansen were awarded a kickable penalty but they kicked for the corner. From the lineout, they mauled the ball over the line and lock Reinhardt Venter was driven over to score. EG Jansen led 5-0.

Minutes later good ball from the back of the lineout was moved out to the left, which eventually led to flyhalf Ruben Beytell diving over. He converted to take the score to 12-0.

Just before halftime Glenwood moved the ball from a ruck and lock JJ van der Mescht made a bullocking 20 metre run and, when stopped, fullback Rynardt Jonker drew defences and passed to wing Janus Hendrikz who scored Glenwood’s first points for them to trail 7-12 at the drinks break.

Glenwood changed their tactics in the second half moving the ball quickly, handling well and running at the EG Jansen defence. Passing the ball before going to ground, they scored three brilliant tries. No 8 Dylan Kruger scored the first when he was on hand to pick up a pass and dive over near the posts for a second conversion by Morne van Rensburg.

The second try came after quick interplay between backs and forward with Hendrikz going over for his second try. They continued passing quickly and flyhalf Dylan Pretorius found himself receiving the ball on the outside. He had the pace to evade the covering defence and just failed with his conversion. But Glenwood now had a comfortable 24-12 lead.

The final seven or eight minutes was spent in the Glenwood half as EG Jansen attempted to improve their points. This came close but a knock-on on the line prevented the try. They did not give up and from a penalty centre Dylan Schwartz managed to go over with a couple of Glenwood defenders on his back. This was converted by Beytell to leave Glenwood a very satisfying 24-19 win.

Point scorers:
EG Jansen: Tries: Beytell, Venter, Schwartz; Conversions: Beytell (2)
Glenwood: Tries: Hendrikz (2), Pretorius, Kruger; Conversions: Van Rensburg (2)

Kearsney College 23 – 0 Framesby

This was a match again between two sides who lost on Thursday, but it did not reach the height of the two previous matches. The home side dominated the forward exchanges whilst Framesby had to feed off scraps. Thus the ball seldom went out to the wings, making it easier for Kearsney to defend.

A penalty by James Sutherland, playing at centre in this game, put the team into a 3-0 lead. Seven minutes later it was Sutherland who went through a gap and used his pace to score in the corner. He converted well, for his side to lead 10-0.

Left wing Robbie Koenig, always looking dangerous with the ball in hand, managed to toe the ball forward with his right boot, and then again with his left, picking up the ball just short of the try line to go over for Kearsney’s second try. This was again converted by Sutherland to lead 17-0.

Just before halftime Sutherland converted his second penalty for the hosts to go into the break 20-0 up.

Framesby won more ball in the second half and, as they come from the windy city Port Elizabeth, they should be used to playing in a wind. But they continued to make mistakes in the cross-field wind.

Despite pressure from Framesby in the Kearsney half, Framesby attacked by trying to break through with their forwards close to the breakdown. Kearsney was able to defend, preventing any points by the opposition.

Sutherland kicked another penalty, taking his personal points tally for the game to 18.

Point scorers:
Kearsney: Tries: Sutherland, Koenig; Conversions: Sutherland (2); Penalties: Sutherland (3)
Framesby: 0

Selborne College 60 – 5 Pretoria Boys High

Selborne, who had dominated in their first match, were kept at bay by Pretoria for the first 10 minutes and the latter missed a relatively easy penalty to go ahead.

This galvanised Selborne and they starved PBHS of possession with their No 8 dominant in the tight loose. Selborne’s scoring was opened with a penalty by scrumhalf Mitchell Connellan. Two tries back to back followed; the first by fullback Jason Raubenheimer and converted by Connellan for a 10-0 lead.

Immediately on attack from the kick-off the ball again came wide and centre Sibabalwe Xamlashe beat defenders to score. Again Connellan was successful with the extra points for a 17-0 lead with Pretoria starved of the ball Selborne continued pressurising and impressive left wing Afika Ndinisa rounded the defence to score. Connellan converted for a 24-0 lead.

The East Londoners were not finished and it was Ndimisa again, this time with more work to do, as he sidestepped his way through two tackles to score. Connellan’s successful conversion took Selborne into a 31-0 lead at halftime.

It took 10 minutes for Selborne to open their scoring in the second half. Replacement scrumhalf Thomas Bursey darted over from a ruck close to the line. This was well converted by David Coetzer who had just come on to the field – for a 38-0 lead.

PBHS managed to work their way up field and when awarded a penalty 10m out they ran it and, from a succeeding ruck, the ball came out and flank Slade Guy stretched to dot down.

Selborne replied immediately getting back on attack and, with 14 players after a yellow card, they won the ball, moved it left, and some deft passes ended with Bursey going over for his second try and a 39-5 lead.

Coetzer was soon to make a difference and when a pass was dropped with PBHS 30m out, Coetzer was quick to pick up the ball and sprint 60 metres to score under the sticks and convert for a 46-5 lead. Selborne added two further tries in the last five minutes by hooker Mark Venter and wiry Miles Morton, converted by Coetzer for a 58-5 win.

Selborne illustrated with this good win that they will be difficult to beat in the forthcoming season.

Point Scorers:
Selborne: Tries: Raubenheimer, Xamlashe, Ndinisa (2), Bursey (2), Coetzer, Venter, Norton; Conversions: Connellan (3), Coetzer (3); Penalty: Connellan
Pretoria Boys High: Tries: Try: Guy

Hoerskool Noord-Kaap 31 – Queen’s College 14

Having narrowly lost their games on Thursday, both Noord-Kaap and Queen’s came out keen for a win in the first game on day two of the festival.

The two sets of big forwards were evenly matched but as the half progressed, so Noord-Kaap began winning a greater share of the ball. The three-quarters swung the ball from touchline to touchline, and the pressure told as Noord-Kaap scored five times in the first half. Queen’s only got close to the Noord-Kaap tryline once, but the Noord-Kaap defence was resolute.

Captain and flank Edrich Brand opened the scoring toward the end of the first quarter, converted by Cameron Hufke. The backs then came into their own, running the Queen’s defence awry. Left wing Maurice Amerika made a good break from midfield and he rounded the Queen’s defence to score for an easy conversion by Hufke.

Centre Yaseer Daniels was next to add a fiver pointer as he received a long pass and he beat the defence to score in the corner for a 19-0 lead.

The final two tries went to fullback Hufke after good pressure and again the Queen’s defence let him through on the left. He was unable to convert his own try. Finally, to complete the first half scoring spree, right wing Andries Jacobs went over in the left corner. This time Hufke added the extra points and Noord-Kaap had a handsome 31-0 lead at the break.

Some stern talking by the Queen’s coaches saw them start winning ball and spending more time in the Noord-Kaap half.

This resulted in Queen’s forwards pressurising on the Noord-Kaap line. A ruck close to the line saw lock and captain Aaron Brody coming up with the ball. Keith Kroutz made no mistake with the wide conversion giving Queen’s their first points. It had taken them 11 minutes in the second half to trail 7-31.

The Eastern Cape boys continued to play the better rugby in the second half. A kick through when on attack saw Noord-Kaap pressurised into dotting down after carrying the ball back into the in-goal area. From the succeeding 5m scrum, the ball was swung and flyhalf Kroutz gifted through a gap to score under the uprights and converted to narrow the gap to 14-31.

With 10 minutes left on the clock, it was probably not enough time to get a win, but they continued to have the lion’s share of possession and territory.

The game ended with Noord-Kaap winning 31-14 but Queen’s showed great determination to come back and win the second half scoring two tries to nil.

Point Scorers:
Hoerskool Noord-Kaap: Tries: Hufke, Jacobs, Daniels, Amerika, Brand; Conversions: Hufke (3)
Queen’s College: Tries: Kroutz, Brody; Conversions: Kroutz (2)

Florida gave Affies fright on the second day of the Standard Bank St John’s College Easter Festival in Johannesburg. Affies secured their 28-24 victory with less than two minutes left on the clock. 

Their fullback, Heinrich Bisschoff, slided over in the righthand corner to secure the victory only four minutes after their No. 8, Philip Potgieter, chrashed over. 

Florida’s winger Maxwill van Louw scored from an intercept from within in his 22 to give his side a 24-18 lead with just a few minutes lef in the match. Affies had to dig deep to win the match in the end. 

Nelspruit didn’t experience too much trouble in beating Eye of the Tiger 46-0 in their second match of the Easter Festival. Their scrumhalf, Riehandre van der Merwe, scored a brace of tries. 

Parktown Boys’ High also bagged a convincing victory of 36-0 over St John’s College of Harare.

Scorers: 

Hilton College 28 (21) – Tries: Graham Curtis (2), Fadzai Mushonga, Gareth Schreuder. Conversions: Schreuder (4). St John’s College 19 (7) – Try: Julian Zille (2), Musachi Nkanza. Conversion: Kieran Houlston (2). 

Affies 28 (13) – Tries: Zach Briel (2), Philip Potgieter, Heinrich Bisschoff, Ruan Wasserman. Penalty: Charles Goedhals. Florida 24 (10) – Tries: Timothy Allies, Bosman Brink, Maxwill van Louw. Conversions: HG de Kock (2), Tino Swanepoel. Penalty: Swanepoel.

Nelspruit 46 (29) – Tries: Riehandre van der Merwe (2), Henco van der Merwe, Paul Rheeder, Wium Barnard, Tiaan Kotzee. Conversions: Stephan van der Bank (3). Eye of the Tiger 0.

Parktown Boys’ High 36 (5) – Tries: Ronald Tselane, Wonga Matubatuba, Eshili Mbilini, Cole Rock, Peter Kasonga, Siyabonga Galetuke. Conversions: Matyas Hopp (3). St John’s College (Harare) 0. 

Scorers: 

Paarl Boys’ High 57 (26) – Tries: Divan Enslin (2), JG de Bruin (2), Cullen van der Merwe, Stuart Tait, Francke Horn, Wilhelm Barnard, Adrian Alberts. Conversions: Boeta Chamberlain (3), Sean Mouton (3). Eye of the Tiger 0. 

Helpmekaar 65 (36) – Tries: Frederick van Deventer (3), Brandon Keevy (2), Francois Scholtz (2), Claude Kruger, Eugene Maritz, Mark Snyman, Tommy van Tonder. Conversions: Tristan Oosthuizen (5). St. John’s College (Harare) 7 (7) – Try: Makanakaishe Timba. Conversion: Dillon Brain. 

Parktown Boys’ High 26 (19) – Tries: Darnell, Osuagwu, Peter Kasonga, Christopher Seymour, Simoa Dioniso. Conversions: Matyas Hopp (3). NSW Combined Schools 19 (7) – Tries: Ryan Duffy, Hayden Pomare, Joey Watton. Conversions: Dallas Paterson, Billy Carberry. 

Daar was na 50 minute se spel niks te kies tussen die o.15-spanne van die Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool van Pretoria en Dr. EG Jansen van Boksburg tydens die hoofwedstryd van die laaste dag van die jaarlikse Francois Swart-rugbyweek wat deur Affies in die Jakarandastad aangebied word nie. Die telbord het na die eindfluitjie op 12-elk gestaan. 

Albei spanne sluit vanjaar se Francois Swart-rugbyweek onoorwonne af. Affies het tydens die eerste twee dae vir Zwartkop (55-7) en Nelspruit (83-0) kaf gedraf. Jansies het sy eerste twee wedstryde teen onderskeidelik Maritzburg College (50-21) en Jeppe High School for Boys’ (45-5) ook redelik gemaklik as oorwinnaars van die veld gestap. 

Helpmekaar-kollege en King Edward VII is die enigste twee spanne wat daarin kon slaag om die week met drie seges af te sluit. 

Helpies het Kearsney College met 22-10 op die laaste dag getroef, terwyl KES vir Waterkloof met 14-12 geklop het om sy onoorwonne status te behou. Klofies was ook nog voor die wedstryd onoorwonne, maar het wel op die tweede dag met 7-elk gelykop teen Maritzburg College gespeel. 

Vandag se uitslae: 

Affies 12, EG Jansen 12; Zwartkop 15, Kemptonpark 15; Jeppe High School for Boys’ 20, Nelspruit 12; Eldoraigne 17, Maritzburg College 14; Helpmekaar 22, Kearsney College 10; King Edward VII 14, Waterkloof 12.

Uitslae van Dag 2: 

Affies 83, Nelspruit 0; EG Jansen 45, Jeppe High School for Boys’ 5; Helpmekaar 10, Zwartkop 5; Kearsney College 15, Eldoraigne 14; Maritzburg College 7, Waterkloof 7; King Edward VII 24, Kemptonpark 5.

Uitslae van Dag 1:

Helpmekaar 24, Kemptonpark 12; EG Jansen 50, Maritzburg College 21; Affies 55, Zwartkop 7; Waterkloof 15, Kearsney College 14; Eldoraigne 23, Jeppe High School for Boys’ 14; King Edward VII 20, Nelspruit 7.

GLENWOOD 21 – 10 HOERSKOOL FRAMESBY

The wind brought rain which affected ball handling, making it sufficiently greasy for passes to be dropped. Towards the end of the game the rain became heavier, so much of the play was amongst the forwards. Framesby did not give up and spent most of the last 10 minutes in the Glenwood half.

There were some big tackles by both sides as play moved from end to end. Glenwood arguably held the ascendancy, but Framesby won enough loose ball to make their own forays towards the Glenwood line.

The Durban side went into the lead after 10 minutes when left wing Morne van Rensburg managed to burst through for a five pointer. He converted his own try.

Framesby flyhalf Riaan van Rensburg replied with a penalty but neither side could get away. With the halftime whistle imminent, centre Grayson Ditlow went over after an attack down the left hand touchline. It was converted by Van Rensburg for the Port Elizabeth boys to lead 10-7 at the break.

In the second half Glenwood grew in confidence and their flyhalf Dylan Pretorius snaked through again, with a conversion by Van Rensburg, for a 14-10 lead.

Framesby came close to scoring but the Glenwood defensive patterns were sound and, when Glenwood got back into the Framesby half, a bullocking run by JJ van der Mescht created some space and two passes later, Van Rensburg saw the tryline, to score his second try. His conversion put Glenwood 21-10 in front.

Glenwood held on and with numerous changes occurring, some due to injury, the local team managed a 21-10 win.

MONUMENT 33 – 16 DALE COLLEGE

Monument, with a very large pack of forwards, dominated the early stages of the fourth game. Dale had to feed on scraps but, as the first half grew longer, so they started getting more ball. Missed opportunities by Monnas frustrated the players and helped Dale to keep in touch.

Dale opened the scoring with a well struck penalty by fullback and captain Aphelele Fassi. Monument struck back immediately, as their forwards moved up field and, from a ruck close to the tryline, flank Tristan Dullisear dived over. The try was converted by Jonathan Viljoen for a 7-3 lead.

Monument continued to have the lion’s share of possession, winning lineouts with comparative ease and dominating the tight phases. From a scrum, a well-rehearsed move saw the ball spinning wide and No 8 PJ Jacobs took an inside pass to go over. Viljoen added the extra points and a 14-3 lead midway through the half. A mistake ensued by Dale when an attack was picked up by centre Luke Rossouw and he went over under the posts. With the conversion by Viljoen, things looked ominous for Dale, now 3-21 behind.

A second Fassi penalty from a long way out lifted the Dale spirits. They began to get more possession and, with a move where the ball was kept in hand, flank Buhle Qaba went over on half time. The conversion into the wind went wide but Dale had narrowed the gap to 11-21 at the break.

In the second half, with 21 minutes remaining, a Dale player was red carded for a punch, but Dale did not give up. This was followed by a Monument player being sent off with a yellow card, meaning both sides had 14 players. Dale came back with a try by hooker Mikhaya Sonqishe.

From a lineout Monnas flank PJ Jacobs taking the ball at the back, went over for an unconverted try for a 26-16 lead.

Dale with one man less held on while Monument made crucial mistakes. In referees’ time Monument’s Larko Lindes drove over, giving Monument a 33-16 win.

HTS Drostdy, playing for the first time at the Standard Bank Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival, certainly produced some good festival rugby with hard running backs and strong forwards to win the first game 45-17. Early mistakes by both sides were eliminated and a good game yielded ten tries, seven by Drostdy.

Playing in warm breezy conditions, it took a little time for Drostdy to settle down and a timely try by Kearsney fullback James Sutherland gave the hosts an early 5-0 lead.

Much of the play was in the centre of the field with early-season mistakes by both sides preventing either team from dominating. Defence patterns were sound and although Kearsney were making some good turnover, mistakes at vital times prevented possible points.

An attempted kick through while on attack was prevented and instead Drostdy centre Christie Grobbelaar toed the ball a number of times and beat the defence to dot down for a five pointer, converted by fullback Cohen Jasper, putting the visitors 7-5 in the lead.

The game came alive in the last three minutes of the first half when Drostdy scored three times to take a commanding lead in what had been an even match at that stage.

The first of this trio went to second time scorer Grobbelaar when a relieving kick was charged down. The second, when fullback Jasper joined the line, forced a break and some passes found centre Keanu Mong, who dotted down under the posts.

From the kick-off the Drostdy forwards won the ball and scrumhalf captain Romeo Eksteen broke through a tackle to score. It was converted by Jasper to leave Drostdy 26-5 ahead.

The second half saw some brilliant rugby, initially by Kearsney who narrowed the gap to 17-26 by scoring two tries. The first was by Robbie Koenig with a determined run to score in the corner and the second by eighth man Dylan Richardson, who found his way over next to the upright. This was converted by Sutherland.

As in the first half, Drostdy got stronger towards the end and scored three tries in the last six minutes. Mong scored his second by rounding the defence. A brilliant conversion from the touchline by Jasper put them 33-17 in front.

Scrumhalf Eksteen and flank CJ van Rensburg scored the final two tries to leave the visitors convincing winners in an exciting opening festival game.

SELBORNE COLLEGE 46 – 19 DR EG JANSEN

Selborne showed that they will be one of the top sides at the festival this year when they played enterprising rugby, and were fast to capitalise on mistakes. EG Jansen will be disappointed by their errors which gifted some points to Selborne. It was a good game with Selborne flair giving them a 46-19 win.

The game was just five minutes old when Selborne lock Stephan Nieuwenhuizen burst through the defence to score an unconverted try for an early 5-0 lead. Selborne were much more cohesive in their pattern of attack. EG Jansen were very disjointed on the other hand and, when their forwards did win the ball, the backline could not get over the advantage line.

This enabled the East London side to dominate and score a further three tries before half time. Scrumhalf Mitchell Connellan sniped over; and flyhalf David Coetzer went over after a handling mistake by EG Jansen. Both were converted by captain Coetzer.

Coetzer was again involved as he made an inside pass from a half gap to No 8. Adam Mountfort for the fourth try under the posts. This was converted, to give Selborne a 24-0 half-time lead.

Within the first minute of the second half Selborne, playing with 14 players after a yellow card late in the first half, had recycled the ball from a ruck to left wing. Afrika Ndinisa scored in the corner to increase the lead to 29-0.

With a number of changes, EG Jansen began looking more cohesive and used their forwards to pick and drive, ending in a try for lock Dominique McArthur, converted by Dylan Schwartz.

Scrumhalf Connellan scored his second, Coetzer converted a penalty and Sibahle Khulani went over under the crossbar. Coetzer added the two points for a 39-7 lead. Regular flyhalf Ruben Beytell came on in the second half and showed that he had been missed when he had a determined run to dot down after a 25m run.

EG Jansen’s third try went to fullback Franco van Eeden after some good interplay between the backs.

Selborne struck back immediately and the impressive flyhalf showed his skills by again scoring in the corner and converting from the touchline for their impressive 46-19 win.

QUEEN’S COLLEGE 15 – 22 PRETORIA BOYS HIGH

The third match of the festival, a tightly contested game between Queen’s College and Pretoria Boys High, was without the plethora of tries seen in the first two matches. Queen’s, back at the festival for the first time since 2009, held on despite giving away penalties that kept newcomers PBHS in the game; until the final minute where the boys from Pretoria got over for a win.

Queen’s had the majority of possession in the first half, although most of the play took place between the two 22m areas.

Queen’s opened the scoring with a penalty by flyhalf Keith Kroutz. Both teams were quick to recycle ball, but the defences on both sides held. On one of the rare occasions that either side got close to the try-line, it was the Queen’s forwards who drove over and they were awarded a touch-down. This gave them an 8-0 lead.

Pretoria’s flyhalf Tayne Rivas converted a 40m penalty and then, on the stroke of halftime, a second easier penalty, to take them into halftime 6-8 behind.

Early in the second half a pass that didn’t go to hand enabled Queen’s centre Ilano Smith to kick ahead. A kind bounce and a sprint for the line enabled Queen’s to score their second try, with a good conversion in blustery conditions by Kroutz.

Rivas was also successful with his third penalty to narrow the gap to 9-15. PBHS then had a five-minute period of attack in the 22m area. They were awarded a number of penalties but Queen’s did not back down. Eventually Pretoria added another three points when Geordie Collaros was successful.

PBHS had the opportunity of a long penalty to win the game with a minute to go, but the ball struck the upright. Their captain and eighth man Chris du Toit then broke through and used his long strides to get close to the poles, giving his team a dramatic 22-15 win after Collaros’ conversion

Scorers: 

Monument: Tries: Rossouw, Jacobs (2), Dulliseam, Lindes; Conversions: Viljoen (4)
Dale: Tries: Qaba, Sonquishe; Penalties: Fassi (2)

Glenwood: Tries: M van Rensburg (2), Pretorius; Conversions: Van Rensburg (3)
Framesby: Tries: Ditlow; Conversion: R van Rensburg; Penalty: Van Rensburg

Kearsney: Tries: James Sutherland, Rob Koenig, Dyland Richardson; Conversions: Sutherland
HTS Drostdy: Tries: Christie Grobbelaar (2), Keanu Mong (2), Romeo Eksteen, CJ van Rensburg, Cohen Jasper; Conversions: Cohen Jasper (5)

Selborne College: Tries: Kuhlane, Ndinisa, Coetzer (2), Connellan, Mountfort, Nieuwenhuizen; Conversions: Coetzee (3); Penalty: Coetzee (1)
Dr EG Jansen: Tries: Van Eeden, McArthur, Bytell; Conversions: Schwartz

Queen’s: Tries: Forwards, Smith; Conversion: Kroutz; Penalty: Kroutz
PBHS: Try: Du Toit; Conversion: Collaros; Penalties: Rivas (3), Collaros (2)