Opening Day of Glenwood Rugby Festival produced some exciting rugby
The opening day of the annual Twizza Glenwood Rugby Ferstival saw some exciting match-ups. Grey College’s third team, the Peaches, came out on top in an exciting clash against Wesvalia of Klerksdorp by 34-31.
Pionier of Vryheid recorded a smashing 38-7 victory over Merensky of Tzaneen. The team from Vryheid will be without a doubt one of the favourites to lift the trophy as champions of the NWU-Pukke 16 Series.
Pionier’s flyhalf, Ruan Muller, scored 13 of his side’s points. He slipped through for one of his side’s six tries and managed to convert four of them.
Goudveld-Hoërskool of Welkom managed to ease past Piet Potgieter by 20-5, while Ben Viljoen of Groblersdal managed to down KZN Development by 34-0.
All of the matches of the festival was streamed by DigiTV.co.za and could be watched again by following the links next to the results. Never miss a Moment with DigiTV.
Results:
First Teams
| Ben Viljoen | 34 | KZN Development | 0 | https://digitv.co.za/#/video/8236/Vod |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westville Boys’ High | 31 | Montana | 10 | https://digitv.co.za/#/video/8237/Vod |
| Goudveld-Hoërskool | 20 | Piet Potgieter | 5 | https://digitv.co.za/#/video/8235/Vod |
| Tries: JC Allan, Charl Pietersen, Marco Weideman, Kevin Strydom. | ||||
| Grey College III | 34 | Wesvalia | 31 | https://digitv.co.za/#/video/8234/Vod |
| Pionier | 38 | Merensky | 7 | https://digitv.co.za/#/video/8233/Vod |
| Tries: Armand Olsen (2), Lourens Mentz, Ryno Swannepoel, Ruan Muller, Klopper Opperman. Conversions: Muller (4). | ||||
| Louis Botha | 20 | Centurion | 13 | https://digitv.co.za/#/video/8232/Vod |
| Tries: Nathan Hector, Beast Senoamadi, Olaratho Letsholo. Conversion: Jose Stewart. Penalty: Sergio Juries. | ||||
| Sutherland | 33 | Eye of Tiger | 24 | https://digitv.co.za/#/video/8230/Vod |
| Tries: Kiano Fourie, Alex Crichton, Nathan Nel, Vuyo Kekona, Ruan Venter. Conversions: Venter (4). | ||||
u16:
| Glenwood | 53 | Rob Ferreira | 21 | https://digitv.co.za/#/video/8319/Vod |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grey College II | 46 | Eye of Tiger | 0 | https://digitv.co.za/#/video/8320/Vod |
| Montana | 14 | Durban High School | 3 | https://digitv.co.za/#/video/8318/Vod |
| Merensky | 38 | Midstream College | 12 | https://digitv.co.za/#/video/8328/Vod |
| Westville Boys’ High | 40 | Goudveld | 14 | https://digitv.co.za/#/video/8330/Vod |
| Montana XV | 7 | Wesvalia | 0 | https://digitv.co.za/#/video/8331/Vod |
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