St Andrew's win FNB Classic
Match Report
St Andrew's beat Graeme College 17-11 in a tense FNB Classic Clash in Grahamstown on Saturday.
St Andrew's centre Tiger Bax opened the scoring half way through the first half with a penalty making the score 3-0. Graeme hit straight back with a penalty of their own from flyhalf Lorenzo Southey.
St Andrew's wing Bradley Ford scored the first try of the match late in the first half, with Bax converting to give St Andrew's a 10-3 lead which they would not surrender for the rest of the match. Graeme centre Bongi Vena scored their only try of the match just before half time – the score was 10-8 at the break.
Graeme dominated the second half in all departments, except on the scoreboard. A dropped ball on the half-way line from Graeme was picked up by St Andrew's lock Matthew Dobrowski who showed impressive pace to out sprint the defence and score, giving his team a commanding 17-8 lead.
Graeme applied pressure for the rest of the match, but their only reward was another penalty from Southey to make the score 17-11. St Andrew's spent the last five minutes desperately making tackle after tackle in order to avoid defeat.
St Andrew's deserved victory as they took their points scoring opportunities better than Graeme.
Scorers:
For St Andrew's:
Tries: Ford, Dobrowski
Cons: Bax 2
Pen: Bax
For Graeme:
Try: Bongi Vena
Pens: Southey 2
Teams:
St Andrew's: 15 Blair Hillhouse, 14 Rory MacIntyre, 13 Chris Ball, 12 Tiger Bax, 11 Bradley Ford, 10 Peter Vogel, 9 Pieter Vogel, 8 James Hatting (captain), 7 Matthew van Lingen, 6 Phillip Wessels, 5 Matthew Dobrowsky, 4 Grant Bridgemen, 3 Craig Smith, 2 Christopher Maxwell, 1 Graham Crocker.
Graeme: 15 Given Freemantle, 14 Bradley Birkholtz, 13 Joao da Fonseca, 12 Bongi Vena, 11 Dylan Fetting, 10 Lorenzo Southey (captain), 9 Christopher van der Meulen, 8 Bradley Berriman, 7 Carl Cloete (vice-captain), 6 Lehlo Lesoro, 5 Justin McDougal, 4 Jonathan Hatting, Dominic Comley, Loyiso Bokoyi, Welmon Botes.
Referee: Quinton Tate
Other results:
2nd XV: Graeme won 33-20
3rd XV: St Andrew's won 17-11
4th XV: St Andrew's won 10-5
Graeme 5th XV vs St Andrew's 6th XV, 27-19
St Andrew's 7th XVvs Graeme 6th XV, 40-0
St Andrew's 8th XV vs Graeme 7th XV, 24-15
Under-15 A: St Andrew's won 22-17
Under-15 B: Graeme won 15-7
Under-14 A: St Andrew's won 29-5
Under-14 B: St Andrew's won 49-0
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By Grant Ball
