Waterkloof wins epic battle
Klofies beat Garsies 36-34 in a very tight match on Saturday that could have gone anyway after Waterkloof had experienced three losses in a row recently.
The match was played in front of a crowd of about 5000 spectators. Garsfontein had some old scores to settle. Their first team had never yet managed to win a match against Waterkloof.
Waterkloof’s forwards, coached by Burger Lindeque, are formidable pack and they managed to win the game with brilliant defence and break-down turnovers. Waterkloof’s loosehead prop and tighthead prop Xander and Johan van Wyk were brilliant in the scrums. The two flankers Sean and David Joyce tackled ferociously and played fearlessly.
Garsfontein drew first blood when big lock Hyron Andrews scored their first try. Klofies flyhalf Tinus de Beer replied with a penalty kick. Waterkloof took the lead with a few minutes left on the clock in the first half when centre Peet de Klerk scored a try and Tinus kicked over the conversion.
Garsfontein kept their cool and in the dying minutes of the first half Franco Naude capitalised on Klofies' bad handling of the ball and scored a try.
The second half started with Garsfonteins hooker Blokkies de Jongh scoring a try. Wing Dewald Lindeque of Waterkloof answered and also scored a try. Both teams made a lot of handling errors in the second half. But, made up for it in the last 15 minutes of the match. Garsfontein started playing the match at a fast pace and Marquit September scored a try. Garsfontein lost a player in the backline with a yellow card and this disrupted Garsfontein's game.
Nothing seemed to disturb Waterkloof and they slowly but surely took control of the game with Wilbri Gunter and Tinus de Beer scoring tries. Garsfontein did not give up and Hyron Andrews scored another try. In the dying minutes Waterkloof put a lot of pressure on Garsfontein and with one minute remaining prop Johan van Wyk scored a try to grab the victory out of Garsfontein's hands. Tinus de Beer remained calm under pressure and kicked the winning points.
