Danie Rossouw XV sharing in Young Munster’s festivities
The Danie Rossouw XV will attempt to finish their tour unbeaten on Saturday against Leinster u19 in Dublin. The touring side already bagged victories against Terenure College RFC (19-10) and Young Munster (42-7). The highlight of the tour so far was without a doubt the encounter against Young Munster in Limerick.
Besides the favorable result this was also the first time in the history of Young Munster that they came up against a South African outfit. The Irish club is also celebrating their 120th anniversary with this match being one of the highlights of their festivities.
The Danie Rossouw side is a combined team selected at the Danie Rossouw Rugbyweek held annually at Rob Ferreira in White River. The Word Cup winner of 2007, Danie Rossouw, is a former pupil of Rob Ferreira. The Danie Rossouw XV’s tour is organised by Travel and Sport.
The match was played at Tom Clifford Park, which is named after the club first Britsh and Irish Lions players. The current Irish captain, Paul O’Connell, is the club’s latest British and Irish Lion. His father, Michael O’Connell, also played his rugby at the club.
All the South African touring side’s received warm Irish hospitality wherever they went. It must however be said that the hospitality of the Young Munster club was the best of them all. The coaches and officials from both sides sang Irish songs in the true spirit of what touring should be like.
For Danie Rossouw their captain and centre, Bertro Schwartz, was exceptional. Their winger from Curro Hazeldean, Etienne Pretorius, also showed off his pace a few times during the match.
Scorers:
Danie Rossouw XV 42 (21) – Tries: Oratile Senna (2), Albert Hechter, WD Potgieter, Hadrick Coertze, Jaco Blaauw, Bertro Schwartz. Conversions: Schwartz (6). Young Munster 7 (7) – Try: Jake Murphy. Conversion: Darragh O’Gorman.
Danie Rossouw XV 19 (7) – Tries: Carlo Geyer, Hadrick Coertze, Etienne Pretorius. Conversions: Michael Taljaard (2). Terenure College RFC 10 (10).
The teams:
Danie Rossouw XV: 15 Oratile Senna (Zeerust), 14 Etienne Pretorius (Curro Hazeldean), 13 Bertro Schwartz (DF Malan – captain), 12 Hadrick Coertze (Penryn College) 11 Jaco Blaauw (DF Malan), 10 Aubrey Rosslee (Roodepoort), 9 Justin Crofford (Pretoria Boys’ High), 8 Johan Rautenbach (Rob Ferreira), 7 Njabulo Maseko (General Hertzog), 6 Kobus Coetzee (Rob Ferreira), 5 Christopher Symonds (Penryn College), 4 Daniel Luise (DF Malan), 3 Stefan Loedolff (Ficksburg), 2 Melvyn Marais (President Steyn), 1 Fred Lundy (Rob Ferreira). Replacements: 16 Carlo Geyer (DF Malan), 17 Johann Scheepers (Frans du Toit), 18 Albert Hechter (Penryn College), 19 AD Tucker (St. Andrews, Bloemfontein), 20 Michael Taljaardt (Rob Ferreira), 21 Coner O’Brien (Zeerust), 22 Willem Stassen (Rob Ferreira).
Young Munster u19: 15 Julian Peters, 14 Phillip Hickey-Cross, 13 Rynhardt Homan, 12 Ennis Hadji, 11 John Flynn, 10 Drragh O’Gorman (captain), 9 Matthew Pillon, 8 Cameron Crowe, 7 Ahmad Hammad, 6 Alex O’Callaghan, 5 Jake Murphy-Ery, 4 Joseph Dillon, 3 Adam Summers, 2 Jake Fitzgerald, 1 Tony King.
