Wynberg triumphs at rivals SACS
In a King Price Derby Series clash on Memorial A-Field, the visitors, Wynberg Boys’ High, scored a tough 21-10 win over SACS on Saturday, in Cape Town.
After a tight 9-7 win at home and a 29-30 defeat away in 2024, Wynberg would have been delighted with a more comprehensive result in their favour.
It also ensured they completed their second term assignments on a winning note after a narrow 17-21 loss to Paul Roos Gimnasium last week.
On Saturday, the sides were neck-and-neck in a tight first half, with both scoring only seven points each. Daniel Grant dotted down for the home side, while Yaqeen Ahmed went over for Wynberg. In the second half, their paths diverged.
Wynberg upped the ante by scoring only three minutes after the restart. They made some metres after going blindside from a scrum about 30 metres from the hosts’ goal line. Then, scrumhalf Morné Noble delivered a flat pass to the hard running flank, Tjeripo Karuhumba, who muscled his way through for five. Flyhalf Achmat Behardien added the extras.
SACS responded with a superbly struck penalty from 40 metres by outside centre Mikey Skeeles, after the home team had won a jackal penalty.
Wynberg, however, sealed the deal with a try in the 62nd minute. It began from a lineout 10m from the SACS’ try line and was finished by inside centre Yaqeen Ahmed, who scored his second of the game after sniping from the base of the ruck
Behardien made it three from three off the kicking tee to lift the visitors’ total to 21 points.
SACS next plays at Paarl Boys’ High on 26 July, while Wynberg faces a daunting trip to Paarl Gimnasium on the same day.
Scorers
SACS: Tries – Daniel Grant. Penalties – Mikey Skeeles; Wynberg: Tries – Tjeripo Karuhumba, Yaqeen Ahmed (2). Conversions – Achmat Behardien (3).
Other results
U19 – SACS I 10 Wynberg I 21, SACS II 0 Wynberg II 35.
U16 – SACS A 24 Wynberg A 14.
U15 – SACS A 5 Wynberg A 13.
U14 – SACS A 8 Wynberg A 20.
