Hawston's last-minute win

A last-minute try by wing Jason Griffiths gave Hawston a tense victory over neighbours Hermanus in an FNB Classic Clash on Saturday,

It was tense all right. Some people left early, not because they were bored but simply because they could no longer stand the tension.

Hermanus scored two tries to one and lost.

Hermanus led and Hawston attacked. With two minutes to go, Hermanus were penalised and Hawston tapped and ran. They went through phase after phase. Hermanus were watching star centre Roland Swarts in particular and that l;eft Griffiths unmarked and over he went for a try that put his side a point ahead at 17-16. Swarts converted, the final whistle went and the joyful people of Hawston rushed out onto the field.

It was a match which could have gone either way. Two tries gave Hermanus a 10-9 lead at half-time.

That became 16-12 till just before the end.

Scorers:

For Hawston:

Try: Jason Griffiths

Con: Roland Swarts

Pens: Roland Swarts 4

For Hermanus:

Tries: Leolin Zas, De Wet van Niekerk

Pens: Ewan Adams 2

The teams

Hawston: 15 Gaywon Fortuin, 14 Hughen Meiring, 13 Arno Fortuin, 12 Roland Swarts, 11 Logan Niemand, 10 Morné Adams, 9 Shaquile Cedras, 8 Daniel Bantom, 7 Keenan Lukas, 6 Carlton Celie, 5 Peter Plaatjies, 4 Jayden Wentzel, 3 Gideon Petersen, 2 Ruaan Poole, 1 Lee-Aan Adonis.

Replacements: 16 Julian Julies, 17 Jonwan Bisolati, 18 Danfred Bruintjies, 19 Lehandre Tobin, 20 Morné Geldenhuys, 21 David Prins, 22 Raymond Windvogel.

Coach: Anton Esau

Hermanus: 15 Stephano Haarhoff, 14 Leolin Zas, 13 Bevan Simmers, 12 Chad Kleinsmidt, 11 Jacques van der Merwe, 10 Ewan Adams, 9  Clinton Shaw, 8  Dian Koen, 7  De Wet van Niekerk, 6  Nicolen Carelse, 5  Alex Koberzig, 4  Jamie Gerber, 3  Schalk Roos, 2  Jurie-Jan Swart, 1  Matthew Spring.

Replacements: 16 Martin van Wyk, 17 Prieur du Plessis, 18 JJ Terblanche, 19 Peter Bonthuys, 20 Vincent van Niekerk, 21 Ian Cornelius, 22 Morris Kaplan.

Coach: Graham Bellingan