Unfortunate Defeat for Muir

Muir narrowly went down 22-23 to hosting Kingswood. The Muir side did extremely well to come back from a 7-17 deficit at the break.

Kingswood opened the scoring with a converted try. Muir soon replied when left wing Xolela Daniels crossed the line after a well orchestrated set piece move. Fullback Ruben de Vos converted to even the scores.

The hosts kicked a penalty and added a converted try before the break to get back into the lead.

The second half saw a more determined Muir College run onto the park. Muir ran in two superb tries, both by their wings. First was by Daniels, his second of the game. Right wing Leigh-Angus Nell cut the defensive line in half to score Muir’s third after the forwards worked hard at scrum time to secure a strong left shoulder. De Vos added the conversion and a penalty kick for Muir. Kingswood could reply with only two “penalties”.

Scorers:

For Muir:

Tries: Xolela Daniels 2, Leigh-Angus Nell

Cons: Ruben de Vos 2

Pen: Ruben de Vos

For Kingswood the inside centre and the flyhalf scored tries. The inside centre kicked two conversions and the penalty goals.

By Lyntin Gouws