Ridl star for Michaelhouse as they down Candies in Pretoria
A classy performance from the Midlands side Michaelhouse added another notch to their list of wins.
This time taking on the Candies and winning away 34-19.
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The 1.96m tall Campbell Ridl, wearing the number 13 jersey, showed that he is a powerful centre, breaking through the Candies’ defences with brute force and scoring an excellent try.
Boys High scored their first try of the day after winning a line out and driving a strong maul towards the tryline by hooker Shaun Schurmann. The ball found its way across into the corner, where winger Ompfuna Jack Tsanwani scored.
With the score sitting at 15-12 to the away side, the game was still very much in the balance, with the potential for it to sway either way.
The Candies’ feisty number two again was in the mix again assisting and setting up flanker Stephen Adams to score a try.
A try for Michaelhouse hooker Thabo Njaba soon after the break, extended the lead by 10 points.
Two more tries from Leo Muziva and the Sharks Craven Week eighthman Wandile Mlaba both filled their pockets with a few points to enjoy on the bus ride home. This ultimately sealed the game.
Muziva’s try came from an innovative cross-field kick from Luke Davidson, which saw the winger leaping and gaining some air to convert.
Pretoria Boys’ High looked good for the majority of the match but a few small defensive errors created a few gaps for Michaelhouse to push for strong offensive plays.
The Candies take on Jeppe High School for Boys next weekend, who have shown this season they are a quality unit losing narrowly to Affies by two points.
Michaelhouse looks a good side, and will want to carry on this sort of momentum into their return fixture against Hilton College which takes place on the 16th of June 2023.
Where the hunt for their hundredth win over their rivals continues…
Scorers:
Michaelhouse 34 – Tries: Jordyn Kleynhans, Campbell Ridl, Thabo Njapha, Leo Muziva, Wandile Mlaba. Conversions: Luke Davidson (3) Penalty: Davidson. Pretoria Boys’ High 19 – Tries: Ompfuna Jack Tsanwani, Stephen Adams, Seth Venter. Conversions: Tebogo Nchabeleng (2).
The teams:
Pretoria Boys’ High: 15 Tebogo Nchabeleng, 14 Itumeleng Baloyi, 13 Ntsako Ndlhovu 12 Rickus Wessels, 11 Ompfuna Jack Tsanwani, 10 Justin Tattersall (captain), 9 Joshua Naude, 8 Panayiotis Ellinas, 7 Stephen Adams, 6 Etienne Du Preez, 5 Tshepiso Shikibana, 4 Seth Venter, 3 Kitso Mokena, 2 Shaun Schurmann (vice-captain), 1 Randy Muzungu.
Michaelhouse: 15 Murray Baker (vice-captain), 14 Graham Wynne, 13 Campbell Ridl, 12 Tom Baguley, 11 Leo Muziva, 10 Luke Davidson, 9 Jack Hughes, 8 Wandile Mlaba, 7 Fortune Mpofu (captain), 6 Tristan Arde, 5 Michael Thornton, 4 Jordyn Kleynhans, 3 Luthando Buthelezi, 2 Thabo Njapha, 1 Aphiwe Shelembe.
Results:
u19A – Michaelhouse 34, Pretoria Boys’ High School 19
u19B – Michaelhouse 29, Pretoria Boys’ High School 12
u16A -Michaelhouse 40, Pretoria Boys’ High School 12
u15A – Michaelhouse 5, Pretoria Boys’ High School 7
u14A – Michaelhouse 29, Pretoria Boys’ High School 20
