Zweliyandila just win FNB Classic
Match Report
Zweliyandila beat Ntsonkotha 9-5 on Dou Grounds in Chalumna, south of East London, on Saturday in an FNB Classic Clash.
To start with, fans were expecting to watch a spectacle of running rugby with reference to the previous matches, Zweliyandila against Ntsonkotha at Dou Grounds in Chalumna.
Ntsonkotha was dead sure to spoil Zweliyandila's party. They pinned Zweliyandila down to their own territory from the word go as a result their blindside flank was isolated hence conceding a turn-over ball.
Ntsonkotha mauled towards Zweliyandila sucking in the numbers, hence catching the Zweliyandila backline flat footed. As a result Zweliyandila conceded a try in the left-hand corner of the field. The try-scorer was the outside centre.They missed their conversion but were five points up.
Zweliyandila started dictating the terms from the kick off but did not convert those scoring opportunities into points because of the handling errors by the back three. They were spilling every ball passed to them or kicked to them.
From Zweliyandila's consistent attack they got a penalty on the Ntsonkotha 22, and flyhalf Monde kicked it over. At the dying of the first half Monde drop-kicked the ball over, thereby giving Zweliyandila the lead for the first time in the match. The half-time score ended as 6-5.
During the second half Zweliyandila threw every missile they had at the visitors' faces. Zweliyandila pinned Ntsonkotha in their 22-metre area. One of their players obstructed, and Monde did not hesitate to convert that sitter with his eyes closed. The score was then 9-5 to Zweliyandila's favour. They hung onto that score line until the final whistle.
Ntsonkotha are to be congratulated for crossing Zweliyandila's try-line as Zweliyandila did not across theirs.
By Mtobeli Kweliti
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