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Affies Surprise on Day 1

There were just two matches on Friday, Freedom Day. Both matches produced clear winners.

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Grey College of Bloemfontein beat Drostdy 47-5 in the opening match and then Affies, after three successive defeats, beat Boland Landbou 38-14 and the Paarl side are ranked 10th on the FNB Top 20. whereas Affies were not in the Top 20.

At half the score was a competitive 19-14 but Affies scored on in the second half while keeping Landbou scoreless.

Landbou actually scored first when win Bertus Baard scored and Gavin Mills converted. by two tries gave Affies a 12-7 lead which they built on.

Landbou started well enough in the second half but then Affies took over. The final count tells the story – six tries to two.

The try count in the first match was even bigger – seven to one in favour of Grey who led 21-5 at half-time.

Scorers

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For Grey College:

Tries: Jan-Hendrik Wessels 2, Werner Gouws 2, Lesley Botha, De Wet Marais, Zander du Plessis. 

Cons: Zander du Plessis 6 

For Drostdy:

Try: Cohen Jasper

For Affies

Tries: Dieter Crafford, Dewald Donald, Janco Uys, George Oosthuizen, Stephin Alberts, Jason Scheepers. 

Cons: Regardt Roets 4

For Boland Landbou:

Tries: Bertus Baard, Sebastian de Klerk 

Cons: Gavin Mills 2

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Fixtures

Saturday, 28 April 2018

07.30: Paarl Boys' High vs Waterkloof 

08.50: Outeniqua vs Dr EG Jansen 

10.10: Stellenberg vs Glenwood 

11.15: Welkom Gimnasium vs Hugenote 

13.45: Menlopark vs Paul Roos 

16.40: Monument vs Paarl Gim 

17.55: Noord-Kaap vs Oakdale 

19.10: Diamantveld vs Helpmekaar  

Monday, 30 April 2018

08.00: Stellenberg vs Noord-Kaap 

09.10: Dr EG Jansen vs Oakdale 

10.20: Diamantveld vs Hugenote 

11.30: Paarl Gim vs Welkom Gimnasium 

12.40: Outeniqua vs Glenwood  

13.50: Paul Roos vs Waterkloof 

15.00: Monument vs Grey College 

16.10: Paarl Boys' High vs Affies 

18.20: Helpmekaar vs Boland Landbou 

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