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Tries aplenty as teams build early foundations for a long season


DANIEL FELLINGHAM of St David’s Marist on the rampage against St John’s College. PHOTO: Frans Lombard/Actionpix

The start of the rugby season was marked by a barrage of points in three early season fixtures featuring some of South Africa’s premier all-boys’ schools.

St Stithians started off their season by making amends for last year’s two defeats to St Benedict’s by hammering the visitors by 59 points on Saturday.

With 20 minutes remaining, the score read 22-3, and Bennies might have thought they were still in with a chance, if they could string a few good plays together.

Saints, however, had other ideas, with side adding 40 points in a points-scoring frenzy, as the flood gates opened.

Seven different players scored tries, with three of them dotting down twice, while flyhalf Chris Anderson, one of those two-try scorers, produced a brilliant individual performance, and added a conversion to his tally.

Meanwhile, St John’s College claimed a 29-21 win over St David’s Marist Inanda in a scrappy contest.

Riley Elliot, Malan du Plessis and Jacob Smith crossed the whitewash for The Blues, before Kakuhle Tunguta made it four five-pointers for St John’s, right at the end.

Bryson Walker showed off his kicking abilities by slotting three conversions and a penalty.

St David’s would have felt they were within reach of a victory throughout. They ran in three tries of their own – by Theo Fonternel ,Kuzi Majuru and James Pearson – but some tight defence when it mattered kept them just out of reach of the St John’s total.

In the final match of the day, St Alban’s dampened the Old Boys’ celebrations of Parktown Boys’ High School by beating the hosts 37-20.

The Pretoria side scored seven tries through seven different players, but their goal kicking was not as impressive, with only one of the five-pointers being turned into a seven-point play.

Lethoko Mallane ran in a double for the home team, but that was not enough to put Parktown in with an opportunity to overcome the large deficit created by a rampant St Alban’s.

Scorers

St John’s College 29 (19) – Tries: Riley Elliot, Malan du Plessis, Jacob Smith, Kakuhle Tunguta. Penalties: Bryson Walker, Conversions: Bryson Walker (3). St David’s Marist Inanda 21 (14) – Tries: Theo Fonternel ,Kuzi Majuru, James Pearson. Conversions: Diego Ferreira (3).

St Stithians College 62 (22) – Tries: Sicelo Sakawuli (2), Chris Anderson (2), Keabetswe Mapukana (2), Ross Turner, Josh Meyer, Hlelo Ngwenya, Nthabeleng Mafole. Conversions: Joshua Meyer (2), Chris Anderson. Penalties: Joshua Meyer (x2).

St Benedicts College 3 (3) – Penalty: Braeden le Roux.

St Albans College 37 (15) – Tries: Patrick Weir, Verster, Ward, JJ Steenkamp, Sema, Nelson, Gosling. Conversions: Patrick Weir. Parktown Boys’ High School 20 (15) – Tries: Lethoko Mallane (2), Calestin Felkers, Mundilu Emmeraude.

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