Plucky Ikeys win at the Bay
FNB UCT made it two from two against False Bay this season with a deserved 20-13 WP Super League win in Constantia on Saturday.
The visitors had young prop Grant Kemp red-carded inside the first ten minutes, but they held their nerve in a titanic struggle – a game that was ultimately decided by Marcel Brache’s intercept try.
A knee injury to ‘super-sub’ prop Chris Heiberg did not help the Ikeys either, but their gutsy performance would have pleased new head coach Kevin Foote immensely.
The Ikeys beat False Bay 16-15 in their first-round encounter back in April, making them the only side to have beaten the resurgent Bay – who beat the Maties earlier this year in league action – twice this season.
UCT’s scorers:
Tries: Brache, Cohen
Cons: Cohen 2
Pens: Cohen 2
The FNB UCT team: 15 Ricky Rijs, 14 Paul Cohen, 13 Marcel Brache, 12 Adrian Kritzinger, 11 Marcello Sampson, 10 Doug Mallett, 9 Scott Watermeyer, 8 Sam Peter, 7 Nick Fenton-Wells (captain), 6 Don Armand, 5 Martin Muller, 4 Mike Ledwidge, 3 Grant Kemp, 2 Matt Page, 1 Ashley Wells.
Replacements: 16 Mark Goosen, 17 Chris Heiberg, 18 Levi Odendaal, 19 Zandy Macdonald, 20 Sharief Hendricks, 21 Tim Whitehead, 22 Pete Haw.
