Hilton stretch to big win
On a sunny but blustery day up at Hilton, Hilton College took on their oldest rivals Maritzburg College and won 38-22.
The home side raced off to a fantastic start when a strong Hilton drive led to Andy Lee's crashing over from close range. Cameron Wright missed the easy conversion, 5-0 to Hilton.
This was quickly followed by some quick thinking by Nqobi Maseko who spotted a gap and raced 40 metres to score in the corner. 10-0 to Hilton after just 10 minutes.
College showed they were made of sterner stuff and great break by their outside centre led to a try under the poles for College, 10-7.
Hilton again went on the attack and some great work by Jayson Gouws saw him stepping through the College defence and scoring under the poles 17-7.
Some strong scrummaging and pick-and-goes by the College forwards led to their scoring their second try, 17-14 to Hilton. After repeated Hilton attacks a gap opened up on the blindside and Cameron Wright dived in to score. He also kicked a fantastic conversion to make the half-time score 24-14 to Hilton.
The second half began with Cameron Wright kicking a penalty 27-14 before a long period of College domination led to their scoring a clever try from a line-out and kicking a penalty 27-22 to Hilton.
Both sides' line-outs struggled in the conditions and Hilton were missing too many tackles and it as only some great kicking by Justin Sacks and Cameron Wright that had kept them in front. Cameron Wright then kicked a long range penalty to settle the Hilton nerves before a clever kick by Sacks led to Alaistar Rayner's scoring in the corner.
The final whistle followed shortly afterwards and Hilton had won 38-22. While there were too many errors to call it a classic it was certainly a gripping game.
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