Glenwood go to Pietermaritzburg
Glenwood’s 1st XV travelled to Voortrekker High School in Pietermaritzburg this past weekend to play against Pinetown in a combined fixture between Glenwood, Voortrekker, Pinetown, Linpark and Alexandra High School.
It was a beautiful, hot day in Pietermaritzburg as the boys arrived early to start the host of games at 8 a.m. The Glenwood boys played well in all the games showing some silky handling and good defence.
The first team kicked off only at 5 p.m. and the lights had to come on for the last part of the game. Pinetown is a team that never stops playing and forced Glenwood to make some unforced errors. A couple of missed passes and poor decisions caused a slow start. The boys in Green soon sorted out the issues and a bunch of well worked tries followed that were scored through great running rugby.
The week’s preparation showed and the areas the team wanted to improve on showed and that is what was important.
The team now looks ahead to this weekend when they travel to Balgowan for their next match against Michaelhouse.
Results
1st XV: Glenwood beat Pinetown 1st XV 82-0
2nd XV: Glenwood beat Voortrekker 1st XV 45-5
5th XV: Glenwood lost to Alexandra 1st XV 8-7
6th XV: Glenwood beat Pietermaritzburg Development 45-0
By Sean Erasmus
Photographs by Hannelie Erasmus