Falcon College continue to impress at St John’s

Saturday brought another convincing win for Falcon College.
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The visitors from Zimbabwe came out on top once again, comfortably beating St Benedict’s College 29-0 on the second day of the St John’s Easter Festival.
Falcon started quite slowly, with only the trusty boot of fullback, James Thompson, breaking the deadlock, with a penalty after seven minutes of play.
The first try finally came after 21 minutes when outside centre Zane Sibanda sliced through the Bennies’ defence to score his second try of the weekend. Having at last crossed the whitewash, the visitors from north of the border put the pedal to the metal, running in three more tries.
Renatho Ndou, Falcon’s left wing, scored the best of the bunch. The slippery Ndou left countless defenders grasping at air, doing a great impression of Cheslin Kolbe, before going over in the corner.
Thompson was impressive from the tee, slotting three conversions and a penalty, to extend the Zimbabweans’ lead even further.
Voortrekker picked up their first victory of the festival, scoring 31 unanswered points against the Golden Lions Invitational XV.
Left-wing Kamohelo Moses had a good outing, with his elusive running bringing him a brace of tries.
The Bethlehem boys’ workhorse at lock, Tristan Meyer, was rewarded for his industry shortly after Moses’ first try, as he burst through the Lion’s defences for another five-pointer. Inside centre, Craig Mann, and flyhalf, Kaneng Komane, also did the same in the second half to rub further salt in the Gauteng side’s wounds.
Although the score-line showed zero points for the Invitational lineup, the Lions’ side delivered a far better performance than they did on the first day. They firmed up their defensive structures, but they ran out of steam in the last 10 minutes.
A see-saw battle in the third game of the day saw Graeme College pull off a 12-10 win over St David’s Marist Inanda.
A try by Ashton Williams, the Eastern Cape side’s outside centre, 10 minutes before the final whistle, sealed the deal for his team. Xolisa Mdgensha, Williams’ midfield partner, also crossed the whitewash to secure a lead in the first half.
After half-time, the momentum shifted in favour of the side from Johannesburg, as they fought back through a try from loosehead prop, D’Andre Mushonga. The conversion of the try, plus a penalty from the boot of Diego Ferreira, handed them a three-point lead, which was ripped away from them shortly afterwards by Williams’ try.
Scorers
Voortrekker 31 (12) – Tries: Kamohelo Moses (2), Tristan Meyer, Craig Mann, Kaneng Komane. Conversions: Edre Wille (3). Golden Lions XV 0 (0).
Falcon College 29 (15) – Tries: Zane Sibanda, Renatho Ndou, Khabansi Kabalata, Ralph Tekede. Conversions: James Thompson (3). Penalty: Thompson. St Benedict’s 0 (0).
Graeme College 12 (7) – Tries: Xolisa Mdensha, Ashton Williams. Conversion: Marcus Williams. St David’s Marist 10 (0) – Tries: D’Andre Mushonga. Conversion: Diego Ferreira. Penalty: Ferreira.