Academy Week Results 2013 – Day 3

By Hannes Nienaber , in Rugby | News , at 2013-07-04 Tags: Academy Week, Schools Rugby Results

The SWD Eagles on Thursday concluded a successful Coca-Cola Under-18 Academy Week as they thumped Eastern Province 32-7 in the grand finale of the tournament at Glenwood High in Durban.

The George-based team were in top form throughout the competition as they secured thrilling victories against the Golden Lions and Western Province in their opening matches.

The 22-19 victory against tournament favourites DHL Western Province undoubtedly bolstered their confidence going into the final match following the Cape side’s emphatic 93-0 victory against the Red Valke on the opening day.

The Eagles entertained the crowd by running in a total of five tries to only one scored by their opponents.

A penalty by John Jackson opened the scoring in the seventh minute, which triggered the team’s first half dominance as they cruised to a 22-0 lead at the break.

Wynand de Necker and Hendri Storm crossed the chalk first, with Domenic Smit adding another to the tally shortly after the break. But the score was inflated significantly by two tries in two minutes in the third quarter, which handed the side a 32-0 lead.

Eastern Province, however, scored a late consolation try for their only points of the match.

The Griffons also finished the tournament on a high as they defeated KwaZulu-Natal Country Districts 34-20 to round off their unbeaten run.

In other matches, Western Province registered a 24-5 victory against the Pumas, hosts KwaZulu-Natal beat the Blue Bulls 32-28, Free State outplayed the Golden Lions 35-8 and Border outclassed the Blue Valke 76-10.

Scorers:

Red Valke 29 (26) – Tries: Tries: Chris van Zyl, Christopher Schimper, Martin van Wyk, Zinhle Nhlapo. Conversions: Schimper (3). Penalty: Schimper. Namibia 25 (10) – Tries: Alastair Bock (2), Kurt Stellmacher, Jesse Harmse, Cameron McNab.

Leopards 20 (17) – Tries: Tyren Waterboer, Mandla Ndlungwana, Eugene Hare. Conversion: Hare. Penalty: Hare. Limpopo Blue Bulls 17 (17) – Tries: Wessels Kuhn, Thabang Mashaba, Rinus Bezuidenhout. Conversion: Diederik Oberholzer.

Free State 35 (25) – Tries: Alex Jonker, Dwayne Wessels, Jarmaine Achilles, Louis Nel. Conversions: Andre Swarts (3). Penalties: Swarts (3). Golden Lions 8 (3) – Try: Justin Bhana. Penalty: Ruan Conradie.

SA LSEN 48 (26) – Tries: Storm Kunde (2), Aamir Visser (2), Thabo Tau, Nathier April, Keanan Parnell, Adolf Gelderblom. Conversions: Rameez Nell (4). Border Country Districts 5 (0) – Try: Phendula Dyantyi.

Griffons 34 (27) – Tries: Reitumetse Mofokeng, Lethole Mokoena, Justin Williams, Jamille Afrika, Innocent Valashiya. Conversions: Tokkie van Zyl (3). Penalty: Van Zyl. KwaZulu-Natal Country Districts 20 (10) – Tries: Malcolm Cele, Lonwabo Mabande, Jaco Pretorius. Conversion: Johan Heunes. Penalty: Heunes.

KwaZulu-Natal 32 (19) – Tries: Chris Lines (2), Lindokuhle Ntombela, Kelvin Elder, Gerhard Coetzee. Conversions: Curtis Jonas (2). Penalty: Lines. Blue Bulls 28 (28) – Tries: Sean Joyce (2), Tinus de Beer, Dawie Venter. Conversions: De Beer (4).

Western Province 24 (17) – Tries: Mitch Lingeveldt, Joel Quene, Edwill van der Merwe, Dante van der Merwe. Conversions: Adriaan Carelse (2). Pumas 5 (0) – Tries: Chris de Waal.

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Hannes Nienaber covered schools' rugby in South Africa for Volksblad, Beeld, and Rapport for 11 years. He also created the biggest school rugby website in South Africa - School of Rugby - back in 2007. It eventually morphed into Supersport Schools Plus. He still occasionally milks cows.

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