SWD too strong for willing Zimbabwe
South Western Districts picked up their first win of the week – beating Zimbabwe 21-3 in Day Four action from the 2010 Craven Week in Welkom.
The willing Zimbabweans fought hard, but they were unable to prevent the Men from George from running in three tries – one in the first half and two in the second.
SWD led 11-0 at half-time, through the boot of Hendri Rust (including one long-range penalty) and a try by livewire scrumhalf Percy Williams who dived in at the corner after some good interplay between his team’s forwards and backs in the build-up.
The SWD back three combined well early in the second half to beat a total of five would-be tacklers, allowing winger Charlton Afrika to touch down under the poles, the move starting from a scrum. Rust, as he did in the first half, failed to convert the try.
At 16-0 up, SWD would have been hopeful of pressing on, but Williams was sin-binned in the 50th minute, after repeated ruck infringements from his team, which allowed Zimbabwe No.12 Corey van Rensburg to slot a penalty and put his side on the scoreboard at 3-16.
Plenty of pressure followed from the Zimbabweans thereafter, as they looked to make their one-man advantage count, but SWD put the game beyond doubt when they got back to 15-a-side and left-wing Doveno Bowers eventually touched down in the 64th minute to make it 21-3. Bowers finished well down the flank, after Williams had spotted some space for him down the blindside.
Inside centre Rust missed his third conversion to leave the score at 21-3 and leaving Zimbabwe winless this week – having gone down 15-23 to Griquas Country Districts on Tuesday.
SWD, meanwhile, were able to celebrate their first victory at the 2010 Craven Week, after going down 18-26 to the Pumas on Day Two.
The scorers:
For Zimbabwe:
Pen: Corey van Rensburg
For South Western Districts:
Tries: Percival Williams, Charlton Afrika, Doveno Bowers
Pens: Hendri Rust 2
The teams:
Zimbabwe: Claude Bare (Prince Edward), Murray Bryce-Rogers (Lomagundi), Takudzwa Chieza (Prince Edward), Takudzwa Chipumha (St John’s), Justin Coles (St John’s), Boris Mwambo (St John’s), James Forrester (St John’s), Sir Farai John Jijita (Prince Edward), Shane Joubert (Lomagundi), Simon Kadirire (St George’s), Ulrich Kontchou (St John’s), Matthew Lawson (St George’s), Graham Logan (St John’s), Kyle Lucas (St George’s), Micheal Macintosh (Falcon), Garath Meikle (Lomagundi), Victor Mushoriwa (Prince Edward), Ian Muza (Prince Edward), Jacobus Pieters (St George’s), Joshua Smallbones (St John’s), Kelvin Swan (St John’s), Hopewell Tembo (St George’s), Corey van Rensburg (Falcon), Ben Viljoen (Lomagundi).
South Western Districts: Jade Roelofse (York), Charlton Africa (PW Botha), LuWayne Meyer (Pacaltsdorp), Tertius Kruger (Outeniqua), Doveno Bowers (Hoërskool Oudtshoorn), Johannes Potgieter (Langenhoven Gimnasium), Percy Williams (Hoërskool Oudtshoorn), Rudre Boshoff (Outeniqua), JJ du Toit (Oakdale), Leon Bredenhand (Oakdale), Ruan Snyman (Oakdale), Ovan van Vuuren (Outeniqua), Nicol du Plessis (Oakdale), Conrad Esterhuizen (Sentraal), Blaine James (Hoërskool Oudtshoorn), Luando Maxeke (PW Botha), Ruan van Deventer (Outeniqua), Niel Hattingh (Outeniqua), Nigel Olislager (Hoërskool Oudtshoorn), Ivan Ludick (Oakdale), Sylvan Mahusa (Outeniqua), Christiaan Rust (Oakdale).
Fixtures to follow later today:
12.50pm: Border v Valke
2.10pm: Pumas v Griquas
3.30pm: Free State v KwaZulu-Natal
