KEARSNEY EASTER RUGBY FESTIVAL 2025
DAY ONE: THURSDAY 17 APRIL 2025
After three days of heavy downpours, the 2025 Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival kicked off today (Thursday) in glorious sunshine. The main Stott rugby field is looking magnificent and the campus is primed in expectation of exciting match-ups between the 12 high school 1st XV teams.
A boys primary schools festival is taking place on the adjacent Roberts field and, for the first time, a girls U16 category will add a new dynamic to the growing event.
BOYS HIGH SCHOOLS FESTIVAL
DAY 1, MATCH 1
MILNERTON HIGH 34 – 18 PETERHOUSE BOYS’ SCHOOL
In the opening game of the 2025 Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival, Milnerton’s power play boosted them to a 34-18 win over the touring Zimbabwean team from Peterhouse Boys’ School.
The Western Cape side dominated the opening exchanges thanks largely to some abrasive attacking play and scored the first points of the festival via a Morgan Lodewyk penalty.
Milnerton were relentless on both sides of the ball and extended their lead when their big midfielder barged over for the opening try, which he duly converted.
Those early setbacks seemed to jolt Peterhouse to life and they responded with a prolonged period of possession in the Milnerton half, finally being rewarded with three points, courtesy of the boot of Andrew Maringa.
House were still struggling to deal with Milnerton’s physicality at the contact point though, and Prosper Zimbango ultimately saw yellow after a series of repeated team infringements from the under-pressure Zimbabweans.
However, with time up at the end of the half, and completely against the run of play, Peterhouse second rower Mufaro Mawoyo broke through the Milnerton defensive line to reduce the deficit to 10-8 at the break.
The boys in white started the second half brightly, with another Maringa penalty edging them ahead, but lapses in concentration on defence allowed Lodewyk to score his second, before substitute Nicholas Young crucially added a third try soon thereafter.
It was a long way back from there for the tourists, and further tries through Kgaugelo Mokgobu and a brilliant individual effort from Akho Mkaya effectively ended the match as a contest.
Peterhouse hit back through a converted Michael Marimo try, but by then it was too little too late.
Scores
Milnerton High School
Tries: Lodewyk (2), Young, Mokgobu, Mkaya
Cons: Lodewyk, Mkaya (2)
Pens: Lodewyk
Peterhouse Boys’ School
Tries: Mawoyo, Marimo
Cons: Watt
Pens: Maringa (2)
Yellow card: Zimbango
BOYS PRIMARY SCHOOLS FESTIVAL
DAY 1
MATCH 1 – Highbury Preparatory 24 – 7 Kloof Senior Primary
All matches will be live-streamed on SuperSport Schools app and website. Download the Kearsney College Events app from Google Play or iStore for full and up-to-date festival news, team information, results and match reports.
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Photographer: Hannah Shirley
Issued on behalf of the KEARSNEY EASTER RUGBY FESTIVAL
For further information, please contact:
SUE MILES
083-222-5211
