Bulle beat Kwaggas - just

It was a wonderful match – adventurous, courageous and filled with skill and enthusiasm. There was nothing separating the two sides at half-time and little separating them at the end, just one try out of 11.

There were three excellent tries – two by Darren Fortuin of Outeniqua and, the best if all, one by Clyde Lewis, the Oakdale fullback/.

After a line-out, Lewis was passed the ball just inside the middle of the half-way line with a large group of players of both sides in front of him. He stepped, swerved, changed pace and beat five opponents on a 51-metre run to score the try that made the score 39-30.

A time line gives an idea of how the match went. In the scores the first (left side of the hyphen) is Oakdale's score, the home side.

2 minutes: Penalty by Darren Fortuin, 0-3

4 minutes: Penalty by Jan Daniël Strydom, 3-3

6 minutes: Try by Trevino Gordon, converted by Strydom, 10-3

10 minutes: Try by Fortuin, converted by Fortuin, 10-10

13 minutes: Try by Hannes Gous, 15-10

17 minutes: Try by Aylan Scabort 15-15

26 minutes: Try by Pieter Maritz, 20-15

34 minutes: Try by Pieter Ferreira, 20-20

Half-time

39 minutes: Penalty by Fortuin, 20-23

41 minutes: Try by Gous, converted by Strydom, 27-23

48 minutes: Try by Ridge Gaffley, converted by Fortuin, 27-30

51 minutes: Try by Henco Beukes, converted by Strydom, 34-30

54 minutes: Try by Clyde Lewis, 39-30

56 minutes: Try by Fortuin, 39-35

62 minutes: Penalty by Strydom, 42-35

In those last eight minutes Outeniqua attacked. The closest they came was when eighthman Bennet Nortjé charged down a Lewis kick. Lewis grounded the ball but conceded a five-metre scrum.

The defence held. The home side had one an exciting victory.

Scorers

For Oakdale

Tries: Trevino Gordon, Hannes Gous 2, Pieter Maritz, Henco Beukes, Clyde Lewis

Cons: Jan Daniël Strydom 3

Pens: Jan Daniël Strydom 2

For Outeniqua:

Tries: Darren Fortuin 2, Aylen Scabort, Pieter Ferreira, Ridge Gaffley

Cons: Darren Fortuin 2

Pens: Darren Fortuin 2

Teams

Oakdale: 15 Clyde Lewis, 14 Trevino Gordon, 13 Janco Klinck, 12 Etienne Steyn, 11 Joaquim Taute, 10 Jan Daniël Strydom, 9 Derick Jooste, 8 Le Roux Pepler, 7 Henco Beukes, 6 Jaco Bruwer, 5 Hannes Gous (captain), 4 Pierré-Raymond Uys, 3 Pieter Maritz, 2 Keano Hendricks, 1 Magnus Muller

Replacements: 16 Karel Kleynhans, 17 Neil Francis, 18 Josh Lawson, 19 Hendrik Victor, 20 Zach Stander, 21 Simon le Roux, 22 Franco Blignaut, 23 Creflo Witbooi 24 Vernon Paulo

Outeniqua: 15 Matthew Thorne, 14 Herchelle Otto, 13 Darren Fortuin, 12 Aylen Scabort (captain), 11 Ridge Gaffley, 10 Zinedine Robinson, 9 Abre Minnie, 8 Bennet Nortjé, 7 Leon Volschenk, 6 Braam van Huysteen, 5 Pieter Ferreira, 4 André Pretorius, 3 Brian Williams, 2 Eldon Lotz, 1 Jaco Gerber 

Replacements: 16 Chad Coetzee, 17 Jonathan Joseph, 18 Corné Struwig, 19 Ruan Barnard, 20 Sergio Stalmeester, 21 Gerhard Ackerman, 22 Auburn Bezuidenhout, 23 Armand Kritzinger

Referee: Jason Jafta (South Western Districts Referees' Society)

Assistant referees: Francois Davids (South Western Districts Referees' Society), Shaun Stoffels (South Western Districts Referees' Society)

Some Recent Results

2005: Outeniqua won 11-6

2006: Outeniqua won 40-10

2007: Outeniqua won 15-6

2008: Outeniqua won 20-18

2009: Outeniqua won 54-3

2010: Oakdale won 9-8

2011: Oakdale won 23-13

2012: Outeniqua won 32-7

2013: Outeniqua won 13-7

2014: Oakdale won 23-22

2015: Oakdale won 24-17

2016: Oakdale won 22-3

2017: Outeniqua won 19-15

2018: Oakdale won 41-35