Big Wins at KES Easter Tournament, Day 1

The hosts KES and Westville were reasonably close in a match which KES won by eight points.

Otherwise Marlow, Wynberg, Hudson Park and Northwood all had expansive wins.

Results, Day 1

Jeppe vs Ben Vorster, 29-26

KES vs Westville, 28-20

Marlow vs Marais Viljoen, 39-20

Wynberg vs Noordheuwel, 49-7

Hudson Park vs Eldoraigne, 47-26

Northwood vs Muir, 50-7

Wrap

Day one ended on a double high note.

The best was saved for last on the first day of the Standard Bank King Edward VII School Easter Rugby Festival, with the hosts beating Westville Boys’ High 28-20 and Jeppe scraping home 29-26 over Ben Vorster in the last two games of the day.

The earlier clashes were all rather one-sided, so two exciting, close clashes at the end were welcomed by the large crowd, and they were both high quality contests.

KES were rocked by an early try by Westville, but got the next two touchdowns to lead 14-7 before Westville scored just before the break and the sides changed ends 14-12 up.

The second half was closely contested, both sides scored one try, with Westville flyhalf Kyle Forsyth slotting a drop goal and his KES counterpart, Reece Botha, kicking two penalties to make the game safe.

Both teams played attractive, running rugby. They were well matched up front, and both sets of backs squandered several chances, but in all, it was an entertaining spectacle and a good start to the festival for the Reds.

Jeppe’s captain, Muzi Manyike slotted an injury time penalty to snatch victory for Jeppe after they were 26-14 down at one stage and looked like they were going down to an impressive Ben Vorster side. Manyike was the difference between the teams in the end. He scored two second half tries and was a handful for the Ben Vorster defence throughout. The Tzaneen side dominated the forward exchanges, and looked in control for long periods, but they had no answer for Manyike’s flair.

Earlier, Hudson Park caught they eye with their all-out running style. They have exciting backs aplenty and when they began spreading the ball in the second half, the markedly bigger Eldoraigne side had no answer and they saw a 21-14 half time lead turn into a 47-16 defeat as the East Londoners outscored them by five tries to one.

In game one, Marlow beat Marais Viljoen 39-10. Their Claude Jacobs had a blinder, scoring 29 points via three tries, two penalties and four conversions and was one of the standout players on view on day one.

The Northwood vs Muir College clash was a lop-sided affair. Muir had no answer to the very big Northwood pack and hardly saw the ball. In the end, Northwood scored tries, five on them in the second half when Muir’s defence crumbled.

The Wynberg vs Noordheuwel clash produced an identical 50-7 deadline, with Wynberg getting seven tries in a great display of controlled rugby. Noordheuwel had the bigger pack, but they wilted in the mid-day sun and Wynberg ran them off their feet in the latter stages of the game. 

Saturday’s late clash between King Edward and Wynberg is going to be cracker between two of the most impressive sides on view on day one, while Jeppe’s matchup with Marlow will feature two of day one’s winners who play a similar style of rugby. It will be an intriguing contest.

Saturday’s Fixtures

09.00: Muir vs Noordheuwel

10.15: Ben Vorster vs Northwood

11.30: Marais Viljoen vs Hudson Park

12.45: Eldoraigne vs Westville

14.00: Jeppe vs Marlow

15.15: King Edward vs Wynberg

Scorers & Teams

KES vs Westville

Scorers

For King Edward VII:

Tries: Ngia Selengbe 2, Ambrin Snyders

Cons: Reece Botha 2

Pens: Botha (3)

For Westville:

Tries: Kyle Forsyth 2, Dylan Labuschagne

Con: Forsyth. 

Drop: Forsyth.

Teams

KES: 15 Tokollo Molotsi, 14 Cade Robertson, 13 Ambrin Snyders, 12 Neil Hoffman, 11 Ngia Selengbe, 10 Reece Botha, 9 Nicholas Harris, 8 Lindokuhle Ncusane, 7 Elisha Kwitonda, 6 Bandile Lekhuleni, 5 Connor van Buuren, 4 Benjamin McMillan, 3 Kaid O’Neil, 2 Kayleb O'Donoghue, 1 Jason Cloete, 16 Neo Pheko, 17 Wayne van Niekerk, 18 Joshua Nkomo, 19 Franco du Plessis, 20 Dylan Fiebeger, 21 Aiden Deyzel, 22 Keane Morse, 23 Eulon Redcliffe 

Westville: 1 Andrew Lotz, 2 Teague Loelly, 3 Dean Schroeder, 4 Ockie Barnard, 5 Deon Slabbert, 6 Josh Aigner, 7 Philani Luthuli, 8 Joshua Forsyth, 9 Stanley Giani, 10 Kyle Forsyth, 11 Nqubeko Mkwanazi, 12 Tristan de Kock, 13 Dylan Labuschagne (captain), 14 Grove Akker, 15 Jono Reineke, 16 Asakhe Fakude, 17 Siyanda Sithole, 18 Kgopotso Matlena, 19 Gareth Gillatt, 20 Shaun van der Walt, 21 Kyle Naude, 22 Joshua Porter, 23 Luntu Kili 

Marais Viljoen vs Marlow

Scorers

For Marlow:

Tries: Claude Jacobs 2, Deandré van der Merwe, Danie Scheepers, Francois Jordaan

Cons: Jacobs 4

Pens: Jacobs 2

For Marais Viljoen:

Tries: Dhane Dippenaar, JJ Kruger.

Teams

Marais Viljoen: 15 Enrico Els, 14 Marco Coetzee, 13 Luke Jonker, 12 Ronan Bernard, 11 Derik van Zyl, 10 Alewyn Vorster, 9 Diether Janse van Rensburg,  8 Blayze Smith, 7 JJ Kruger, 6 Dhane Dippenaar, 5 Ehan Behr, 4 Stiaan Smit, 3 Roberto Torres, 2 Brandon-Lee Claassen, 1 Sibusiso Shuze, 16 Dhirvan Nandlall, 17 Joshua Hendriks, 18 Lucas van der Schyff, 19 Dylan Coetzee, 20 Anru Pienaar, 21 Austen Nepgen, 22 Ruhan Friedrichs, 23 Marno Herbst  

Marlow: 15 Claude Jacobs, 14 Troy Delport, 13 Lennox Holster, 12 Juanré Snyman, 11 Tiaan Pretorius, 10 Keenan Lewis, 9 Jaco Nell, 8 Driekus Venter, 7 Francois Jordaan, 6 Leon Cordier, 5 Deandré van der Merwe, 4 SJ Pretorius, 3 Wiehann Pretorius, 2 Joop Pasques, 1 Johan Botha, 16 Hlumelo Gumatana, 17 Tiaan van der Walt, 18 Danie Scheepers, 19 AJ Lamprecht, 20 Gideon Pretorius, 21 Daniël Ash, 22 Johan Terblanche, 23 Asemahle Jack 

Wynberg vs Noordheuwel

Scorers:

For Wynberg:

Tries: De Livio van Wyk, Jason Alexander, Chase Hermanus, Kyle Lamb, Inga Halu, Luthando Woji, Matthew Damonze. 

Cons: Van Wyk 7 

For Noordheuwel

Try: AJ Venter. 

Con: Renier Stander.

Teams

Noordheuwel: 1 Aj Venter, 2 Jason Buckingham, 3 Armand Klopper, 4 Jaco van der Westhuizen, 5 Shandre Coetzer, 6 Blaine Jacobs, 7 Ruan Engelbrecht, 8 Rudi Brink, 9 Justin Lambert, 10 Divan van Tonder, 11 Dean Bentley, 12 Wian van Heerden, 13 Renier Stander, 14 Camron Janse van Vuuren, 15 Jaque Oosthuizen, 16 Ruan Vosloo, 17 Sean Rabe, 18 Bradley Engelbrecht, 19 Kean Kotze, 20 Arno Meyer, 21 Stefan de Bruyn, 22 Devan du Plessis, 23 Stevano Cupido 

Wynberg: 1 Luthando Woji, 2 Jason Alexander, 3 Nicholas Witte, 4 Liam Lotz, 5 Mika Schubert (captain), 6 Saeed Fakier, 7 James Pearse, 8 Inga Halu, 9 Dylan Munro, 10 Kyle Lamb, 11 Patrick Chivanga, 12 Chase Hermanus, 13 Siya Nombakusa, 14 Rethabile Louw, 15 De Livio van Wyk, 16 Jarrod Whitson, 17 Nathan Moore, 18 Reece Brice, 19 Marzuq Allen, 20 Rorke Dean-Smith, 21 Matthew Damonze, 22 Devon Pretorious, 23 Wandile Notshe

Hudson Park vs Eldoraigne

Scorers

Hudson Park:

Tries: Damian Morrow 2, Lwazi Gqamane, Marcelo Flemmer, Bulelani Ngaki, Khanya Somyo, Inganathi Bokolo. 

Cons: Avuyile Mabece 5, Flemmer. 

For Eldoraigne:

Tries: Henry Kruger, Marvin Pietersen, Barend Bezuidenhout, Hilton Olivier. 

Cons: Jason Prinsloo 2.

Teams

Eldoraigne: 1 Quinton du Preez, 2 Eddie Brits, 3 Barend Bezuidenhout, 4 Ruan Botha, 5 Ruben Potgieter, 6 Charl Basson, 7 Dian Reynecke, 8 Divan Immelman, 9 Hilton Olivier, 10 Jason Prinsloo, 11 Lo-An Marx, 12 Henry Kruger, 13 Shayne Bolton, 14 Adriaan Botha, 15 Marvin Pietersen, 16 Matthew De Bruyn, 17 Burger Maritz, 18 Robin Roelofsz, 19 Duan de Villiers, 20 Zion de Villiers, 21 Ricardo Smit, 22 Andre Oelofse, 23 Dominique Dalhouzie, 24 Phillip Theunissen 

Hudson Park: 15 Avuyile Mabece, 14 Aphiwe Mbaru, 13 Damian Morrow, 12 Inganathi Bokolo, 11 Bulelani Ngaki, 10 Marcelo Flemmer, 9 Marc Hein, 8 Spendulwe Voorslag, 7 Lwazi Gqamane, 6 Tomson Akioyame, 5 Kyle Rogers, 4 Uzile Tele, 3 Matthew Wulff, 2 Sanda Tshetu, 1 Khanya Somyo, 16 Thembani Nteyi, 17 Zuko Palaza, 18 Ethan Jacobs, 19 Matthew Wolmerans, 20 Siyanda Tyakume, 21 Hlumelo Gqegqe, 22 Akhona Mnyaka

Northwood vs Muir

Scorers

For Northwood:

Tries: Keane Fourie 3, Ranger Mfakadolo 2, Jeff Majola, Aston Sparks.

Cons: Cameron Miller 6 

Pen: Miller. 

For Muir:

Try: Chuma Kalawe

Con: Duncan McFarlane

Teams

Muir: 1 Lwando Blaauw, 2 Wongalethu Hobo, 3 Khazimla Langa, 4 Lutho Hote, 5 Athenkosi Jack, 6 Linathi Mqulwana, 7 Robert McEwan, 8 Jade Hermanus, 9 Mawethu Jonga, 10 Delano Terblanche, 11 Mzimadoda Nontshiyane, 12 Mlondolozi Goba, 13 Duncan McFarlane, 14 Sinovuyo Sobekwa, 15 Clayton van Heerden, 16 Amzolele Dunywa, 17 Ruane Nel, 18 Likhona Jafta, 19 Chad Carolus, 20 Ayavuya Humata, 21 Chuma Kalawe, 22 Matthew Mahood, 23 Adam Bagnall

Northwood: 1 Aston Sparks, 2 Bayanda Cele (captain), 3 Danie Van Huizen, 4 Ciaran Bigwood, 5 Pepyn Honing, 6 Sivu Mpendu, 7 Sasko Ndlovu, 8 Ranger Mfakadolo, 9 Cameron Miller, 10 JP Du Preez, 11 Mac Mudara, 12 Joep Henseljin, 13 Nipho Ndlela, 14 Jeff Majola, 15 Ntokozo Makhaza, 16 Tatenda Rwenyu, 17 Daan Hoogwerf, 18 Mtho Mondlane, 19 Cameron Smith, 20 Luke Cornelius, 21 Keane Fourie, 22 Joel Chigonga, 23 Blake Wells

By Theo Garrun