Marlow wins despite seeing red early on

After being reduced to 14-men, Marlow Landbou pulled off an 11-point victory over Duineveld on Saturday, with the final score reading 16-5 in their favour.

It was a difficult start for Marlow, who picked up a red card after 14 minutes, which meant it was 14 versus 15 for the remainder of the contest on their home turf.

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Velties also drew first blood, scoring the opening try of the match by making good use of the additional space created by their one-man advantage after profiting from a Marlow error at a lineout, which resulted in a turnover.

Marlow recovered quickly and went over for five points of their own through a powerful drive from the big prop Hermanus Steyn, who looked almost unstoppable on offence. He’s a player to watch out for this season.

Flyhalf Gideon Jordaan then landed a much-needed conversion to give the home team a narrow lead at halftime. 

The second half was a more measured affair, with the pace having slowed considerably. Despite their one-man advantage, Velties were unable to make it count.

Jordaan picked up more points for his personal account by converting three penalties to stretch Marlow’s lead bit by bit. Meanwhile, the visitors were kept from scoring.

The defeat was Duineveld’s first of the season. They’ll be aiming to bounce back to winning ways when they head to the NMI Toyota North/South Tournament next week, where they’ll face Menlopark and Noordheuwel.

Marlow will be in action at the Graeme College Festival this coming weekend, with a clash against Kingswood College on the schedule for Friday.

Scorers:

Marlow Landbou 16 (7) – Tries: Hermanus Steyn. Penalties: Gideon Jordaan (3). Conversions: Gideon Jordaan. Duineveld 5 (5) – Try: AJ Burger.

Teams 

Marlow Landbou: 15 Kunga Venkile, 14 JJ Erasmus, 13 Theunis Botha, 12 Christiaan v/d Merwe, 11 Teagan Wiessener, 10 Gideon Jordaan, 9 Gian Steyl, 8 Jan-Hendrik Els, 7 IB van Heerden, 6 Robert van Zyl, 5 Danté Roux, 4 Wilco Nel, 3 Hermanus Steyn, Francois du Toit, 1 Zeiss Jordaan.

Duineveld: 15 Gregan Jansen, 14 Jaquin Jasson, 13 Henry Page, 12 PJ Smit, 11 AJ Burger, 10 Ethan van Zyl, 9 Franco Erasmus, 8 Wihan Liebenberg, 7 Jandries Potgieter, 6 Alek Andrianatos, 5 Jan-Carel Claasens, 4 Arno Luttig, 3 Ethan Prins, 2 Phillip van As, 1 Adriaan Botha.