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Bulldogs tame Tigers, Steenkamp boots Strand to thrilling success

By Willem Louw , in Rugby | Featured Rugby | News , at 2024-04-21 Tags: , , ,

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The Parel Vallei Bulldogs fended off a fired-up Hoërskool Tygerberg team on Saturday at home, outscoring the visitors 29-14.

The proud Somerset West outfit showed off their versatility, scoring two set-piece tries, with their big tighthead, Ian Kleynhans driving over for two tries. Their other five-pointers came from exciting backline play, with flyhalf Shudley Rhoda finding space behind the rushing Tygerberg defenders to send his lightning-quick wing  Iviwe Majingo over for a brace.

Majingo’s opposite number, Jodrey Yemba, scored both of his side’s tries, but the hosts controlled the game expertly to take the win.

Scrumhalf Michael Kent was phenomenal for PV, putting in some big hits on defence while keeping his team on the front foot with his sound distribution. He and Rhoda controlled the tempo of the game to drive their team to an impressive victory over the Cape Town school.

They face one of their toughest challenges of the season next weekend when they travel to George to take on Hoërskool Outeniqua.

The Kwaggas beat Hoërskool Durbanville 34-17 this weekend and will want to give themselves a further boost ahead of the Absa Wildeklawer Festival, which takes place in Kimberley at the beginning of May.

Hoërskool Hermanus put up a valiant fight against Strand, but the visitors’ scrumhalf, Jayden Steenkamp, showed nerves of steel to lift his side to a dramatic victory.

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It was a game of two halves. Strand stormed to a 28-12 lead at the break but had to wait until the final minutes to score again, when Steenkamp knocked over the winning penalty.

For the hosts, Gideon Scheepers and Neo Faro stood out and made the Strand team sweat. Hermanus outscored the visitors by five tries to four, but Steenkamp’s accuracy with the boot was the difference in the contest.

For a fifth time this season, a Strand game was decided by fewer than five points. The Eagles have been an exciting watch week in and week out.

They’ll be excited to take on Stellenberg next weekend and will hope that the home-field advantage might help them to add a big name to the list of teams who have faltered against them this year.

Scorers

Parel Vallei 29 (22) – Tries: Ian Kleynhans (2), Iviwe Majingo (2). Conversions: Shudley Rhoda (2), Luchen Meyer. Penalty: Meyer. Tygerberg 14 (7) – Tries: Jodrey Yemba (2). Conversions: Therlow Goodheart (2).

Strand 31 (28) – Tries: Chrismar Prinsloo, Heinrich April, Wiehan Adams, Uwen Januarie. Conversions: Jaydan Steenkamp (4). Penalty: Steenkamp.  Hermanus 30 (12) – Tries: Laeeq Petrus (2), Christable Nutt, Rehan Gotze, Neo Faro. Conversion: Rehan Gotze. Penalty: Gotze.

Piketberg 33 – Tries: Jaybin Waanar, Gabrie Loubscher, Requin Lesch, Redowin Booise, Ernwill Afrika. Conversion: Lesch. Penalties: Lesch (2). Vredenburg 12.

Other results

u19 – Fish Hoek 1st XV 60, Camps Bay 1st XV 0; Hoërskool Bellville 1st XV 25, Hopefield 1st XV 12; Parel Vallei II 41, Tygerberg II 0; Parel Vallei III 20, Tygerberg III 5; Strand II 40 Hermanus II 10; Hermanus III 7 Strand III 5; Piketberg II 15, Vredenburg II 5.

u16 – Tygerberg A 17, Parel Vallei A 12; Hermanus A 19, Strand A 17; Hermanus B 14, Strand B 7.

u15 – Tygerberg A 3, Parel Vallei A 0; Parel Vallei B 17, Tygerberg B 7; Strand A 31, Hermanus A 7; Strand B 28, Hermanus B 5; Piketberg A 34, Vredenburg A 7; Piketberg B 14, Vredenburg B 10.

u14 – Tygerberg A 21, Parel Vallei A 10; Parel Vallei B 13, Tygerberg B 5; Srrand A 50, Hermanus A 7; Strand B 31, Hermanus B 12.

Willem Louw
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