Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival: Final Report and Wrap up
The 2025 Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival (KERF) concluded today (Monday) following three absorbing days’ play; with two schools going unbeaten during this 16th edition of the festival.
Durban High School (DHS) left Botha’s Hill with a 100% record for the second year in a row, while fellow KZN side Westville Boys’ High also managed to win all three of their matches at this year’s event.
After a draw to Glenwood and defeat to DHS in their first two games, Hoërskool Monument were made to work hard for an eventual 26-21 win over Milnerton High on Day 3, having led 19-0 at halftime.
The West Cape school, who had beaten Peterhouse Boys’ High before falling to Glenwood, were one of the most exciting sides to watch over the weekend, with twins Chadlin and Chadwin Sellidon in particular sparking some delicious counter-attacking plays.
Glenwood overcame a much-improved defensive performance from Dale College to claim an eventual 33-12 win in their final outing, with the Eastern Cape school having already copped losses to Hoërskool Durbanville and hosts Kearsney College.
Hoërskool Dr EG Jansen pipped Hoërskool Framesby 22-20, having beaten Kearsney on Thursday before losing out to a Westville team that themselves knocked over the Gqeberha boys on the first day – though Framesby did rebound to see off Peterhouse convincingly on Day 2.
Having opened their festival campaign with a big win over Hoërskool Rustenburg, who had held off Durbanville on Day 2, DHS collected their third victory in a 33-15 result over Ivan Jooste’s charges.
Westville completed their KERF grand slam thanks to a 24-17 result over Rusties, while Kearsney finished with a two from three record after beating Peterhouse 48-8 in the final game of the showpiece.
Despite their losses, the Zimbabwean tourists were true crowd favourites who earned many new supporters through their positive attitudes and good sportsmanship over the weekend.
In keeping with tradition, an independent panel of rugby selectors awarded the festival’s best forward player to Briint Davids from Milnerton and the best backline player Zekethelo Siyaya (Westville).
The Festival’s All Stars Team was named as 1 Eli Pedro (Durbanville), 2 Okuhle Mbanjwa (DHS), 3 Jo-seph Udo-Idung (DHS), 4 Vimbiso Kasvosve (DHS), 5 Lwandile Mlaba (Westville), 6 Briint Davids (Milnerton), 7 Sambesiwe Ndamase (Glenwood), 8 Nhlanhla Ndlovu (Kearsney), 9 Mondre van Heerden (Framesby), 10 Chadwin Sellidon (Milnerton), 11 Ruan Genip (Monument), 12 Zingce Simka (DHS), 13 Andrew Maringa (Peterhouse), 14 Zenkosi Mthiyane (DHS) and 15 Zekethelo Siyaya (Westville).
Some exciting rugby was played by all teams, but the organisers made special mention of Milnerton High for their display of running rugby, and Westville Boys’ High for having produced the most attractive rugby at the festival.
Issued on behalf of the KEARSNEY EASTER RUGBY FESTIVAL
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Photographer: Gabrielle Swanepoel