CC: Tralies surprise JF
Hoërskool Sentraal probably went into their FNB Classic Clash with Hoërskool Jim Fouché as underdogs. They came out of it with a comfortable 33-13 victory.
It was a wonderful Saturday in Bloemfontein – warm and sunny, and there was a carnival atmosphere for the 3,000 or so spectators who were privileged to see an attractive match of running rugby.
Tralies, as Sentraal are called, dominated the forward exchanges and their defence was powerful. The newspaper report said that Tralies had played JF off the field.
By half-time the home side had built up a healthy 18-3 lead.
The outstanding players for the home side were flank Stefan Kruger who was all over the field and impressed with his strong ball-carrying, lively hooker Ryno Gerber, and flank Rulof Keyser with his hard work at the breakdowns.
Scrumhalf Juandré van den Berg was the outstanding back, flyhalf DP de Lange, wing Brendon Kahts and fullback Tom Deetlefs were the outstanding backs. Deetlefs goaled a penalty from 55m out and kicked a drop-goal.
Sentraal won the other A matches – Under-16A (32-27), Under-15A (8-5) and Under-14A (12-10).
The scorers:
For Sentraal:
Tries: Stefan Kruger, Jaques Lombaard, Juandré van der Berg, Kevin Erasmus
Cons: Graham Maguire 2
Pens: Maguire, Tom Deetlefs
DG: Deetlefs
For Jim Fouché:
Tries: Nathan Rothman, PC Labuschagne
Pen: Franco Spies
The teams:
Jim Fouché: 15 Michael Vlooh, 14 Wian Musgrave, 13 Carel-Jan Coetzee, 12 Nathan Rothman, 11 Frankie Ferreira, 10 Franco Spies, 9 Ruben Heymans (vice-captain), 8 PC Labuschagne, 7 Jacques Roodt, 6 JG Linde (captain), 5 Etienne Bosman, 4 Johan de Wet, 3 André Laubscher, 2 Chris Noordman, 1 Eduan Weppener.
Replacements: 16 Reinico Groenewald, 17 Günter Brühns, 18 Tjibbe Spoelstra, 19 Albert Duvenage, 20 WP Pretorius, 21 Christopher Kalp, 22 Chris van der Merwe.
Coaches: Raymond Hiscock, Fanie Schoeman
Sentraal: 15 Tom Deetlefs, 14 Bart Raath, 13 Graham Maguire, 12 Danie van Tonder (vice-captain), 11 Brendon Kahts, 10 DP de Lange, 9 Juandré van der Berg, 8 Dirk van Niekerk (captain), 7 Stefan Kruger, 6 Rulof Keyser, 5 Renier Kymdell, 4 Jaques Lombaard, 3 Ben Moodie, 2 Ryno Gerber, 1 Kevin Erasmus.
Replacements: 16 Lafras Bekker, 17 Hanko Steyn, 18 Eric Frieslaar, 19 Jan-Albert Kotze, 20 Brandon Bruwer, 21 DJ Hefer, 22 Wiaan Koekemoer, 23 Stephan van Heerden.
Coach: Deon van Wyk
Referee: Sakkie Meyer (Free State Referees’ Society)
