It’s the “Louw Show” in Brackenfell
Junior Louw scored 15 points off the tee to see Brackenfell to an exciting victory over Hopefield under lights on Friday evening to kick off Brackenfell’s yearly sports weekend in style.
With their flyhalf seemingly unable to put a foot wrong, the Brakkies edged past Hopefield by one point in a thrilling battle.
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Hopefield’s fullback, Jayden Engelbrecht opened the scoring, slicing through the Brakkie defence like a hot knife through butter to dot down inside 12 minutes, with winger, Aris Barend adding the extras.
Unable to make progress by taking on the visitors head-on, the Brakkies switched tactics, with Louw peppering the visitors with penalties at every opportunity.
The second half was more of the same, with Barend finishing off a scintillating run by his eighth man, Henro Kotze, to regain the lead for Hopefield.
But Louw had ice in his veins and continued to punish the visitors with his boot, slotting kicks from all angles and nailing the winning kick with five minutes left on the clock.
On Saturday, the action continued with the kinds of thrills provided in Friday’s main event.
Worcester Gimnasium outplayed Tygerberg, with four tries between the duo of Wilfred Slinger and Waylan Pienaar seeing the Gimmies to victory after the teams had been locked at 15-15 at halftime.
The Tigers struck first through their captain, Thurlow Goodhart, who ran in a double, but they were kept scoreless in the second half as Worcester added nine more points to secure the win.
Esselenpark scored a couple of beautiful tries to stay in the game against Piketberg, with their eighth man, Keaton van der Hanse, giving them a 19-15 lead at half-time.
The big boys from Piketberg regrouped in the second half, however, with hooker, Zander Jordaan, charging over for his second try and 8th-man, Jasper Smit, causing havoc with his powerful carries and huge hits on defence.
Scorers
Brackenfell 15 (9) – Penalties: Junior Louw (5). Hopefield 14 (7) – Tries: Jayden Engelbrecht, Aris Barend. Conversions: Barend (2)
Worcester Gimnasium 24 – Tries: Wilfred Slingers (2), Waylan Pienaar (2). Conversions: Aidan Abrahams, Lorenzo Haremse. Tygerberg 15 – Tries: Thurlow Goodhart (2). Conversion: Shane Steenkamp. Penalty: Steenkamp.
Strand 33 – Tries: Darren Dramat, Justin Phillips, Lyle Julies, Heinrich April, Sherwin April. Conversions: Tyron Nicholas (3), Darren Dramat. Hamiltons 31.
Labori 10 – Try: Miguel Britz. Conversion: Christiaan Beukes. Penalty: Beukes. Bosmansdam 0.
Melkbosstrand 22 (15) – Tries: Janco Labuschagne (2), Michael Janse van Rensburg. Conversions: Joel Maree (2). Penaly: Maree. Fairmont 7.
Piketberg 27 – Tries: Zander Jordaan (2), Jasper Smit, Redowin Booise, Jorgan Strauss. Conversion: Requin Lesh. Esselenpark 19 – Tries: Shaan Jay Lukas, Ruwayne Jeftha, Keaton van der Hanse. Conversions: Luhandry Monaila (2).
Other results
u19 – Weston 12, De Kuilen 7; Steynville 27, De Villiers Graaff 24; Edgemead 20, Vredenburg 0; Hottentots Holland 38, Fairbarn 0
