Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival: DAY 1, MATCH 2 REPORT
DURBANVILLE HIGH SCHOOL 66-22 DALE COLLEGE
In the second game of the first day, Durbanville High School breezed past Dale College 66-22 courtesy of some devastating attacking play.
The Eastern Cape outfit just couldn’t cope with Durbanville’s superior structure on both sides of the ball, with the boys in yellow and blue stripes scoring 10 tries in the end.
The Daleians enjoyed the lion’s share of territory in the first quarter, and broke the deadlock 10 minutes in, when hooker Lakhanya Mbewu burst over from close range. They failed to add to that 5-0 lead during that period though, and were made to rue it moments later.
During their first real spell of possession inside the Dale red zone, a brutally efficient driving maul resulted in a penalty try for the Western Cape school, with Liyabona Mayikana earning himself a yellow card for a cynical collapse. Durbanville made the most of their numerical advantage, and scored quick-fire tries through Jeandre Ungerer and Tiaan Kearns to shoot out to a 21-5 lead at halftime.
It didn’t take Durbanville long to open their second-half account, with Muller Jansen van Rensburg going over, thanks to another unstoppable rolling maul. Xzander Muller added another try minutes later, before teammate Eli Pedro saw yellow for a breakdown offence on their own tryline.
Dale fullback Phikolomzi Mtyalela then managed to weave his way over for their second, but more Durbanville tries by Louwrens Rademeyer, Cole Carls, Juan Smit, Muller and Milani Madide pushed out the score even further.
Dale did manage to earn themselves an additional penalty try, as well as one by loose forward Owethu Siswana, but unfortunately, they couldn’t consistently hold their own for the full 60-minutes.
Scores
Durbanville High School
Tries: Penalty try, Ungerer, Kearns, Jansen van Vuuren, Muller (2), Rademeyer, Carls, Smit, Madide
Cons: Viljoen (7)
Yellow cards: Pedro, Carls
Dale College
Tries: Mbewu, Mtyalela, Penalty try, Siswana
Yellow card: Mayikana
BOYS PRIMARY SCHOOLS FESTIVAL
DAY 1
MATCH 1 – Highbury Preparatory 24 – 7 Kloof Senior Primary
MATCH 2 – Penzance Primary 77 – 0 uThukela Rugby (Bergville)
MATCH 3 – Winston Park Primary 3 – 14 Westville Senior Primary
