Glenwood return to winning ways
Coming from a 15-40 lost against Hoërskool Monument, Glenwood High School were out to retain to winning ways.
Glenwood took on a barrage of spirited runs from Westville outside backs in the opening minutes of the game. The visitors stood strong in defence and capitalised off of Westville’s mistakes, and after a period of possession Glenwood pounded the Westville line and eventually blindside flanker Austin Brummer broke through to open their account and they took take a 7–0 lead.
Glenwood continued to take ascendency and scored again through flanker Jonathan O’Neill, 14 – 0.
Westville then scored their only points of the game through a penalty from their fullback Jared Lombard.
Glenwood then pressured the Westville line again and lock JJ van der Mescht broke through three tacklers to score under the poles extending Glenwood’s lead 21 – 3.
The last act of the half went the way of Glenwood with O’Neill scoring his second try of the game through a barging run to go under the poles. The conversion from Holtzhausen was missed, handing Glenwood a 26 – 3 lead at halftime.
The second half was a tense affair between the two teams with neither able to break through each other’s defensive lines leaving the final score 26–3 in favour of Glenwood.
Scorers:
For Westville:
Pen: Jared Lombard
For Glenwood:
Tries: Brummer, O'Neill 2, Van der Mescht
Cons: Holtzhausen 3
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