Kearsney Festival Results, Day 2

It was the second day of the Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival on a heavy ground at Botha's Hill.

Match 1: Boland Landbou vs Nico Malan, 38-16

Kicking off the second day of the Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival in overcast weather, Boland Landbou, beaten by Grey College on Day 1, won their first game of the festival, with a sound victory over Nico Malan.

After a half time score of 8-7 in Nico Malan’s favour, individual brilliance from captain Selvyn Davids gave them a 13-10 lead with 20 minutes to go.

In a skilful fast flowing game under heavy conditions, Boland Landbou kept the pressure on, which eventually paid off through flyhalf Daniel Visagie who dotted down under the poles, giving Boland Landbou a 17-13 lead.

Nico Malan bounced back with a penalty from Darren Domingo, to take the score to 17-16 with 10 minutes to go.

After a Nico Malan player was red carded, Boland Landbou’s dominant forwards took advantage of the extra man and scored a try to lead 24-16.

They extended their lead through captain and scrumhalf Henno Meyer and turned a competitive fixture into a resounding 38-16 victory.

Scorers:

For Nico Malan:

Tries Maritz, Davids

Pens: Davids, Domingo

For Boland Landbou:

Tries: Wepener, Visagie, Sutherland, Meyer, Roux

Con: Loubser

Pen: Loubser

Match 2:  Outeniqua vs Westville, 33-7

Westville rebounded from a resounding defeat against Paarl Gim on the first day of the festival with a spirited display against Outeniqua.  

Star of the show was Outeniqua’s much talked about SA Schools and South West Districts centre Warrick Gelant, whose all rounded game points to peripheral vision beyond his years.

Westville showed guts throughout, but the clinical destruction from the boys from George proved too much for the locals.  The writing was on the wall with a half-time score of 26-0.

With the result never in doubt, Westville did well to keep the final score down to 33-7.

Scorers:

For Outeniqua:  

Tries: Eksteen 2, Gelant 2, Human

Cons: Eksteen 2, Gelant 2

For Westville:

Try: Paverd

Con: Snyman

Man of the match: Warrick Gelant (Outeniqua)

March 3: Paarl Gimnasium vs Kearsney College, 33-6

Playing in front of a near capacity crowd, Kearsney opened the scoring through the boot of Tristan Tedder to take a lead of 6-0.

Paarl finally broke through the Kearney defence to score a try through SA Schools 2.03m lock JD Schickerling.  Some clinical play saw Paarl centre Ryan Oosthuizen score under the poles, to take a 12-6 lead at the break.

Paarl then extended their advantage in the second half though second centre JD du Toit and scored against the run of play through substitute Wayno Visagie.

With 20 minutes to play, Leaviel Gouws scored a converted try, before flyhalf Wyatt Murphy put through a well weighted kick, to see Jacques Vermeulen crash over.

The final score of 33-6 saw the boys from Paarl win their second game of the festival.  Their final game will be against Glenwood on Monday.

Paarl Gymnasium laid down a marker for the rest of the country with a clinical display against one of KZN’s strongest teams and will certainly be candidates for a top five ranking.

Scorers:

For Kearsney:

Pens: Tedder 2

For Paarl Gymnasium:

Tries: Schickerling, Visagie, Oosthuizen, Gouws, Vermeulen

Cons: Murphy 4

Man of the match: Rikus Bothma (Paarl Gymnasium)

Match 4: Glenwood vs Selborne, 41-5

This was a head to head between two well-known rugby schools with Durban’s Green Machine dominating the first half with tries from Morne Joubert and two tries from left winger Sphumandla Ngcobo.

After losing their first match of the festival to Paul Roos, at the break in this game Glenwood lead 24-0.  

A kick from right winger Corne Vermaak saw Glenwood extend their lead to 27-0.  

With a great break up the right side of the field, Glenwood 8th man Jaco Coetzee scored in the corner to take the lead to 34-0.

Selborne College never gave up and with constant pressure substitute Keegan Gray was able to force his way over the white wash to put the boys from East London on the board.

But the writing was on the wall and Glenwood sealed the match with a try from Vermaak to win 41-5.

Scorers:

For Glenwood:

Tries: Joubert, Ngcobo 3, Coetzee, Vermaak

Cons: Vermaak 2

Pen: Vermaak

For Selborne College:

Try: Gray

Match 5: EG Jansen vs Paul Roos, 29-12

Paul Roos opened the scoring in the third minute through Tristan Cramer, to lead 5-0.

Morné Swart crashed over the line to then open EG Jansen’s account, leaving the score at 5-5.  EG Jansen extended their lead through three converted tries from Charl Barkhuizen and two from outside centre Sampie Hearn to take the score to 29-5.

Paul Roos full back Chris Smit ensured the Stellenbosch  team stayed within touching distance as he scored under the poles, to make the score 29-12 with 15 minutes to go.

Paul Roos was unable to close the gap, and EG Jansen held on for a well-deserved victory, giving them their first win at the festival.

Scorers:

For EG Jansen:  

Tries: Swart, Barkhuizen, Hearn 2

Cons: Engelbrecht 2

Pen: Engelbrecht

For Paul Roos:

Tries: Cramer, Smit

Con: Smit

Man of the match: Sampie Hern (EG Jansen)

Match 6: Grey College vs Framesby, 36-9

Grey College dominated from the outset in a very physical game.  Wet conditions led to handling errors from both sides.

Framesby did well and fought back hard but were unable to contain the Grey powerhouse.

Scorers:

For Grey College:  

Tries: Ferreira 2, Rautenbach, Louw, Bezuidenhout

Cons: Rtautenbach 4

Pen: Rautenbach

For Framesby:

Pens: Stapelberg 3