SACS snatches draw with Bishops after stunning finish
Just as had happened in May, the SACS and Bishops 1st XVs drew. Back then, it was 14-14. On Saturday, on Memorial A Field, it ended 18-18.
It began well for the visitors, who made a flying start, scoring in only the third minute.
They created an overlap on the halfway line, which freed up Noah Edmunds, on the wing. He cut inside and out and evaded the scrambling SACS defence to put Bishops ahead. Then, flyhalf Christian Toweel, added the extras.
SACS ate into the deficit through two penalty kicks from Mikey Skeeles, with the centre’s successes leaving Bishops with a narrow 7-6 lead at the break.
In the second half, Bishops extended their advantage to 12-points, scoring 11 points without reply to go up 18-7. SACS, though, kept battling away.
Their hooker, Sango Zangqa, led from the front and crashed over next to the uprights in the 69th minute, forcing his way through a wall of muddy Bishops defenders by jumping for the try-line from the base of a ruck.
With their captain’s try, SACS’s 12-point deficit was reduced to seven.
Time was almost up. SACS had to run it, and, from the kick-off, they quickly fed the ball down the line, where eighthman, Thando Sithole, bounced off a tackle and found space.
He fed fullback Quewinn Lackay, who, thrillingly, floored the accelerator to shoot past four Bishops’ defenders, beating the final man with a neat inside step, to earn SACS a draw, which left the visitors staggered.
Throughout the season, it had been Bishops who found ways to score points late in games, but on Saturday, it was their southern suburbs’ rivals who manufactured two tries in the space of two minutes to snatch a share of the spoils.
It was all square for a second time in the 2025 season.
Scorers
SACS 18 (6) – Tries: Sango Zangqa, Quewinn Lackay. Conversion: Mikey Skeeles. Penalties: Mikey Skeeles (2); Bishops 18 (7) – Tries: Noah Edmunds, Ethan Venter. Conversion: Christian Toweel. Penalties: Christian Toweel (2).
Other Results
U19 – SACS II 10 Bishops II 10.
U16 – SACS A 15 Bishops A 0.
U15 – SACS A 15 Bishops A 3.
U14 – SACS A 19 Bishops A 12.
