Wynberg downs St Stithians, Pieties upset Middies at Saints Easter Festival
Wynberg Boys’ High brought the curtain down on the second day of action at the Saints Easter Rugby Festival with a 28-12 victory over St Stithians College, for their second win of the event.
It was no surprise to see their fullback Laeeq Davids open the scoring, and Wynberg edged further in front when their hooker Ridhau Johnson went over, too.
The Lyme Park locals pulled one back through their left wing, Omolemo Lerefolo, which left Wynberg with a narrow 14-7 advantage at the interval.
Scrumhalf Rauf Ahmed and left wing Zachary de Kock added further five-pointers to the Wynberg try tally, but Saints refused to fade away.
They kept applying pressure and eventually broke through the southern suburbs’ school’s defensive wall for another try, this time from inside centre Reece Hubner, who dotted down after ripping through Wynberg’s defences.
With another win, Wynberg teased the spectators with glimpses of the potential that is aiming to make an impact in the tough-as-teak Western Province this season.
In an upset, Limpopo’s Hoërskool Pietersburg stunned Mpumalanga’s Hoërskool Middelburg 27-14.
Just as they did on Thursday, Middies trusted prop power to bring them their first points. Tighthead Dewald du Toit was the last man to get his hands on the ball after a lineout maul that started within five metres of the opposition try line, crashing to the ground to give the boys in green the early lead.
Pietersburg responded with a brilliant team try, which started with getting the ball swiftly wide along the Middies’ 10-metre line. Left wing Keanu Potgieter then cut between two defenders to finish an excellent phase of quick and accurate passing.
That try summed up the winners’ performance as a whole. Every player in the Pieties’ line-up executed their role to a tee. Their reward was an unexpected but well-deserved victory.
Scorers:
Wynberg Boys’ High 28 (14) – Tries: Laeeq Davids, Rauf Ahmed, Ridhau Johnson, Zachary De Kock. Conversions: Luke Gertze (4). St Stithians College 12 (7) – Tries: Omolemo Lerefolo, Reece Hubner. Conversion: Caleb Sokolich.
Hoërskool Pietersburg 27 (7) – Tries: Juan Dreyer, Ludke Pienaar, Reghardt Els, Ryno Mienie. Conversions: Juan Randall (2). Penalty: Ryno Mienie. Hoërskool Middelburg 14 (7) – Tries: Dewald du Toit, Kgontse Masilela. Conversions: Masilela (2).
