Last-gasp St Johns edge Parktown

St Johns clinched a thrilling 24-22 victory over rivals Parktown with the last kick of the match in their Classic Clash in Johannesburg on Saturday.

The morning's results built up to what was always going to be a close game but St Johns enjoyed the ascendency throughout most of the day with Parktown only managing to wing two games.

The first XV game started off with much anticipation and some good support from the crowd. St Johns got off to an early lead through a penalty try being awarded and taking advantage of Parktowns' ill-discipline on the line.

St Johns slotted the conversion pushing it out to a 7-0 lead and a few minutes later added a penalty goal, making it 10-0.

St Johns' early dominance continued as they scored shortly thereafter pushing them out to 17-0 up. However, Parktown would have the final say before the break when Michael Madosha scred their first try, leaving the score 17-5 at half-time.

Parktown hit back in fine style in the second half and scored three more tries to take the lead going into the final stages.

Madosha scored a hat-trick and Siyanda Mlambo scored the other try whilst Karaden Mollentze only managed to slot one of the conversions, leaving them 22-17 up with seconds left on the clock.

Parktown were on the attack again when St Johns stole the ball and set up a number of phases, leading to a very dramatic finale which saw them score a try in the far right corner leaving the score at 22-22 with a conversion to come.

St Johns flyhalf Nicholas Zille kicked a pearler of a conversion breaking all the Parktonians' hearts leaving the final score 24-22. This is the one that got away from Parktown considering they missed 15 points with the boot.

The scorers:

For St Johns: TBC

For Parktown:

Tries: Michael Madosha 3, Siyanda Mlambo

Con: Karaden Mollentze

Teams:

St John's: 15 Duncan Stead, 14 Dorio Venter, 13 Conor Moses, 12 Oliver Gnodde, 11 Tijan Oberholzer, 10 Nicholas Zille, 9 DylanTesta (captain), 8 Micheal  Siebert, 7 Walter Malan, 6 Simon Greef, 5 Lorenzo Masselli, 4 Frans Retief, 3 Alistair Marquis, 2 Linathi Mgaga, 1 Muhammad Omar  

Coaches: G Kretzmann,  D Botha

Parktown: 15 Darron Solomon, 14 Jonathan Stafford, 13 Siya Mlambo, 12 Innocent Ngwenya, 11 Madosha Tambwe, 10 Wayne Davenhill, 9 Karaden-Hunt Mollentze, 8 Daniel Thompson, 7 Joshua Bosch, 6 Ethan Frasca, 5 Yannick Ngoy, 4 Brandon Henning, 3 Siyasanga  Mthathi, 2 Kenny van Graan, 1 Liam Clay

Coach: Andrew van Zyl

Other results:

U14A St Johns 10-0 Parktown

U14B Parktown 17-15 St Johns

U14C St Johns 27-7 Parktown

U15A St Johns 14-10 Parktown

U15B St Johns 27-7 Parktown

U15C St Johns 55-0 Parktown

U16A St Johns 33-7 Parktown

U16B St Johns 19-7 Parktown

U16C St Johns 45-10 Parktown

1ST St Johns 24-22 Parktown

2ND St Johns 15-7 Parktown

3RD St Johns 19-7 Parktown

4TH St Johns 24-19 Parktown

5TH Parktown 45-7 St Johns