Montana down Zwartkop away from home, Rooi Bulle made Rusties sweat in Middelburg
Montana managed to come out on top against Zwartkop by beating them 28-18 in their SDC Noordvaal Cup clash in the Plate-division on Saturday.
The injury ridden Zwartkop continued to struggle to find any continuity as unforced errors stemmed their flow.
Montana on the other hand, looked they are finally beginning to find some rhythm in their season and looked a different team.
The Monties’ started of slow but got going after hitting their straps and from there on it seemed like it would be one way traffic for most of the game.
Montana played fast paced rugby at high intensity which made it hard for the men from Centurion to keep up.
The Montana based team had the upper hand among the big men up front and shifted the ball from side to side continuously challenging the Zwartkop defence. Their second rower Hein du Preez and ever-present hooker, Christiaan Coetzee, were the two who set the fire among their counterparts.
This made it easy for their dangermen at the back to get into their stride on attack, none being better than their flying outside centre, Liam de Villiers. De Villiers proved to be a constant threat on attack and would later round of a brilliantly set up try.
On the side of Zwarries, it was their flyer on the left wing, Danlison Metcalfe, who stood out among the rest with a good performance, which included a visit behind the Monties’ tryline. Waldo Smith (scrumhalf), tried valiantly to get his team in the game with good performance from the kicking tee, but it wasn’t enough to overcome a better Montana team on the day.
HTS Middelburg made use of their home ground advantage to make Rustenburg sweat for their victory of 22-21.
As the case in the other fixtures, the break seemed to be good for the men the from Middelburg as they looked renewed and was able to match Rustenburg physically.
The men from North West struggled to get going with a lot of unforced errors creeping in to their game as the Rooibulle kept on pilling up the pressure.
Although Rustenburg’s general, Jayden Meyer, showed his composure as he put a good performance at ten also contributing five points for his team. Awie Alberts’ boot proved to be the deciding factor for his team with an important performance from the kicking tee.
Kempton Park secured a good win over Hoërskool Middelburg to keep them in the race. The men from Kempton crossed the whitewash five times in their victory of 39-19. Upfront it was Milano Hattingh (blindside flank) and Preston Smith (eighthman) who brought the physicality, to set the stage Josh Meyer to shine.
Meyer’s illusive running proved to be problematic for the defences of Middelburg as he joined the attack from fullback scoring one of his team’s five tries.
Scorers:
Montana 28 (14) – Tries: Christiaan Coetzee, Hein du Preez, Liam de Villiers. Conversions: Roald Matthee, Rigard van Rensburg. Penalties: Matthee (3). Zwartkop 18 (6) – Tries: Danilson Metcalfe, Kyle Blignaut. Conversion: Waldo Smit. Penalties: Smit (2).
Hoërskool Rustenburg 22 (14) – Tries: Zander Steenkamp, Jayden Meyer, Zulu Khumalo. Conversions: Awie Alberts (2). Penalty: Alberts. HTS Middelburg 21 (14) – Tries: Dewald Pieterse, Alex Pretorius, Chris Skonsana. Conversions: Zander Erasmus (3).
Kempton Park 39 (26) – Tries: Divan Bouwer, Milano Hattingh, Keagan Trollip, Ryan Smith, Josh Meyer. Conversions: Marco Opperman (3). Penalties: Opperman (3). Hoërskool Middelburg 19 (19) – Tries: Kaylin Maphutha, Zulu van Niekerk, Mthokozisi Yende. Conversions: Divan van der Westhuizen (2).
Other teams:
u16: Zwartkop 19, Montana 15; Rustenburg 48, HTS Middelburg 0; Middelburg 43, Kempton Park 9.
u15: Zwartkop 46, Montana 0; Rustenburg 38, HTS Middelburg 15; Kempton Park 34, Middelburg 7.
u14: Montana 24, Zwartkop 17; Rustenburg 31, HTS Middelburg 0; Middelburg 20, Kempton Park 5.
