Noordheuwel settles the score at thrilling Outeniqua Sports Day
Noordheuwel broke the Kwaggas’ hearts at the Outeniqua 101-Year Sports Day, beating the home team 29-18 on Saturday in the final match of an action-packed day of rugby in George.
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When the sides met at the event last year, Outeniqua’s centenary squad kicked off their season with an 18-14 victory, but Noordheuwel was set on revenge when they returned this weekend.
The Nories’ talisman flyhalf, Jeandré Uithaler, opened their account early on with a penalty, but it was his lightning-quick winger, Lindsey Jansen, who crossed the whitewash first following an interception.
Jenemo Luiters (winger) followed suit at the other end of the field, diving over in the corner to give the visitors a 15-point buffer.
It took 26 minutes for Outeniqua to find their bearings, but when they finally did Ruan van Rensburg replied after a rolling maul.
Further tries by Keenan Jantjies (centre) and Gareth Maree (eighth man) got the hosts to within two points at one stage, but Noordheuwel’s electric centre, Cheswill Jooste, dealt the final blow with a try on the hooter to seal a win for his side.
The farmers, Framesby and Oakdale Landbou, recorded solid victories over Brackenfell and Ligbron Akademie respectively.
Brackenfell’s nippy little fullback, Zane van Schalkwyk, scored a brace to secure some pride for the Capetonians, but a stellar performance by Eden Calitz (flanker) and co for Framesby drove their side to a convincing victory.
Hooker, Ewald Muller, and flyhalf, Logan Muller, also stood out for the Gqeberha outfit.
Oakdale kept the visitors from Ermelo from scoring, while their stalwarts from last season, Kurt Coetzee (centre) and Duraan Janse van Rensburg (winger) both crossed the line for the side from Riversdal. Young guns Gustav van der Merwe (hooker), Lohan Gerber (eighth man), Kai Pratt (prop) and Lee-Winn Pretorius (winger) also added five-pointers as Oakdale scored a resounding win.
Worcester Gimnasium, who made waves last season with their exciting running brand of rugby, looked to their loosehead prop to spearhead their attack on Saturday. Armaan Adendorff crossed for two of their three tries as they ran in 21 unanswered points against Langenhoven Gimnasium.
It was a day for the forwards, it seems, as the big tighthead prop, Kian Rademeyer, muscled over for a hat-trick for Pearson when they outplayed Bredasdorp to run up a huge 71-7 victory.
A moment of magic by Bredasdorp’s flyhalf, Urlinn Henecke, got his side on the board, but it was one-way traffic throughout most of the match.
Somerset West’s representative, Parel Vallei, started the day with a bang, beating Oudtshoorn 25-7.
Michael Kent, the victors’ scrumhalf, crossed the try line twice and were it not for a bit of quick thinking by his opposite number, Ronaldo Prins, to send his fullback Imiel Viljoen over in the second half, they would have kept their opponents scoreless.
Shudley Roda, the PV flyhalf, also played a big part in his side’s success, dotting down a try of his own and adding two conversions and a penalty to their total.
They play a final pre-season friendly next weekend before returning to the Garden Route to face Oakdale in Riversdal.
Scorers:
Noordheuwel 28 (18) – Tries: Lindsey Jansen, Jenemo Luiters, Chesswill Jooste. Conversions: Jeandré Uithaler (2). Penalties: Uithaler (3). Outeniqua 19 (7) – Tries: Ruan van Rensburg, Keenan Jantjies, Gareth Maree. Conversions: Ellie Meyer (2).
Framesby 31 (24) – Tries: Johan van Zyl, Eden Calitz, Ethan Smith, Cole Hilpert, Jaiden Brewis. Conversions: Logan Muller (3). Brackenfell 12 (5) – Tries: Zane van Schalkwyk (2). Conversion: Junior Louw.
Oakdale 40 (14) – Tries: Duraan Janse van Rensburg, Gustav van der Merwe, Lohan Gerber, Kurt Coetzee, Kai Pratt, Lee-Winn Pretorius. Conversions: Coetzee (5). Ligbron Akademie 0.
Worcester Gimnasium 21 (7) – Tries: Amaan Adendorff (2), Aiden Abrajams. Conversions: Abrahams (3). Langenhoven Gimnasium 0.
Hoërskool Punt 15 (15) – Tries: Henru Kuhn, Gabriel Hinkman. Conversion: Caleb Meyer. Penalty: Meyer. Hermanus 0.
Pearson 71 (31) – Tries: Kian Rademeyer (3), Franco Erasmus, Nicholas Hughes, Christoff Williams, Mpanza Thokozane, Ethan Gorgonzola, Luke Friend, Denillo Jordaan, Bayley Roux. Conversions: Caleb Friskin (8). Bredasdorp 7 (7) – Try: Urlinn Henecke. Conversion: Henecke.
Parel Vallei 25 (10) – Drieë: Michael Kent (2), Chudley Roda; Roda (2). Penalties: Roda, Lucean Meyer. Oudtshoorn 7 (0) – Try: Imiel Viljoen. Conversion: Ronaldo Prins.
