Durban teams dominate on day two of Standard Bank Kearsney Easter Festival
After recording a 50% win rate on day one of the Standard Bank Kearsney College Easter Festival, the four Durban schools (Kearsney, DHS, Glenwood, and Westville) turned up the heat on day two, recording comprehensive victories against their counterparts.
Hosts Kearsney College redeemed themselves with a hard-fought 17-12 victory over Dr. EG Jansen after going down to a Dale College side on Thursday.
The home side started the game on the front foot, opening the scoring as early as the seventh minute through versatile prop Anele Cele.
It took EG almost 23 minutes to reply. After receiving a penalty in Kearsney’s half, they quickly tipped the ball, with skipper Nathan Matthee crashing over near the posts for the visitors’ first points of the game. David Twala converted the extra two.
On a mission to impress their loud-roaring supporters, the Kearsney boys regained the ball straight from the kick-off and played a few phases between the forwards before a grubber kick by center Siso France landed on the hands of lock Jack Rankin, who scored under the poles.
Kearsney led 12-7 during the interval.
EG pounced early in the second quarter when Twala and flyhalf Matthew Bergman linked up from their half, dodging three defenders to see Bergman dot in the corner, much to the delight of his teammates.
Both teams then displayed a masterclass in defence, preventing each other from scoring with big hits and a grueling battle in the scrums and breakdown.
However, Kearsney put a nail in the coffin with the score of Siso France after he chased his own kick, and with the bounce of the ball blinding Bergman, France pounced and dotted on the whitewash.
Try as they might, the side from East Rand couldn’t breach Kearsney’s defence, and the clash ended 17-12.
Kearsney fullback Daniel Eagar, along with Siso France and Anele Cele, played well.
In other matches, Westville Boys High depended on a brace by outside center Siyabonga Ndlozi to pull off a 14–9 victory over UK’s Hartpury College.
Hoèr Landbouskool Marlow produced a masterclass to beat Worcester Gimnasium 30–15.
Two tries by Gelnwood’s utility back Okonta Chijundu saw the green machine edge out Dale College 19-7, while inspirational performances by DHS backline players Hopewell Ntshangase and Deano Boesak saw them clinch a 31-10 win over Gqeberha’s Hoèrskool Framesby.
In the last match of the day, Hoërskool Monument, known as Monnas, continued in their solid form, dominating Hoërskool Noord-Kaap in all facets of the game.
Playmaker Daylon Myners contributed 13 points, while sound performances by scrumhalf Ceano Everson and captain Morne Venter, before a late brace by wing Nathan Venter, earned Monnas a 50-5 victory. Noord-Kaap were totally blown away and only managed one try courtesy of winger, Jonaden Links.
The festival will resume on Monday morning with a clash between Worcester Gimnasium and Glenwood High School at 09:00 am.
Scorers:
Kearsney College 17 (12 )- Tries: Anele Cele, Jack Rankin, Siso France. Conversions: Chad Croshaw. EG Jansen 12 (7) –Tries: Nathan Matthee, Matthew Bergman. Conversions: David Twala.
Durban High School 31 (17) –Tries: Bandile Zama, Dale Hendrikse, Hopewell Ntshangase, Zingce Simka. Conversion: Deano Boesak (4). Penalty: Deano Boesak. Framesby 10 (5) – Tries: Hein Terblanche, Sean Vermaak.
Hoërskool Monument (50) – Tries: Kelvin van Wyk, Daylon Myners, Hanu Fourie, Morne Venter, Juandre Marais, Penalty Try, Nathan Venter (2), Conversions: Daylon Myners (4). Hoërskool Noord-Kaap (5) – Tries: Jonaden Links
Glenwood High School 19 (12) – Tries: Okonta Chijundu (2), JJ Ndwalane. Conversions: Renaldo le Fleur(2). Dale College 7 (0) – Try: Lindokuhle Xozwa. Conversion: Lindo Ndlela.
Marlow Landbou 30 (13) – Tries: AJ Schenk, JR Boffa, Robert van Zyl, Aiden de Villiers, Conversions: Gideon Jordaan (2), Penalties: Gideon Jordaan (2). Worcester Gimnasium 15 (0) – Tries: Alton Hendricks, Hope Dliso, Conversion: Carick Kustoor (1), Penalty: Kustoor.
Westville Boys’ High School 14 (0) – Tries: Siyabonga Ndlozi (2) Conversions: Tshegofatso Ramaloko (2). Hartpury College (UK) 9 (3) – Penalties: Ben Ellliot (3).
