GLENWOOD High School’s 1st XV made the journey to Port Elizabeth on Saturday 8 August to take on Framesby in what was a tough fixture.
The first half saw Glenwood take a slow start to the game, being caught off guard on defence allowing Framesby to go in for an early try. The Framesby side coped better with their line outs and ran hard on attack leaving the Glenwood team to defend off waves of attacks. It was in the last five minutes of the first half, when pressure applied from the Glenwood side allowed some great play for a quick pop to Glenwood number 10 Jerome Bossr, who went over for the try to end the half at 7-7.
The second half was a surge of energy by the Glenwood side as there was a burst of two tries in a short space of time bringing the score to 19-7. Framesby bounced back using their big forwards on attack to form a driving maul off a line out, to go over for a try increasing their score to 14-19.
Glenwood had a good period of attack and had majority of the possession, which forced Framesby to strengthen their defence, but Framesby gave away a penalty allowing Bossr to increase the lead to 22-14.
Framesby shortly after counter attacked in their half using a chip to the corner allowing their faced paced backline to push forward and go over the line increasing the score to 19-22. In the last five minutes of the game Framesby gave away a penalty once again, giving Bossr the opportunity to increase Glenwood’s lead and ending the game with a win for the Green machine at 25-19.
