Easter rugby festival round up
Despite the weather, the event drew a large crowd of rugby fans who were excited to see schoolboys in action again after a two-year Covid-imposed hiatus.
AT the end of a successful 2022 Standard Bank Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival, two teams remained unbeaten after three days of play in severe rain and thick mud.
Krugersdorp’s Hoërskool Monument and Gqeberha’s Hoërskool Framesby (Port Elizabeth) both returned home unblemished. Monument defeated Westville Boys’ High School, Cradock’s Hoer Landbouskool Marlow, and Durban High School. Framesby defeated Hoërskool Dr E.G. Jansen, drew with Pretoria Boys High, and won the festival final against Kearsney College.
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Durban High School (DHS) won the medal for the Most Attractive Team Play during the festival, while Tiaan Jacobs, a Selborne College flank, was chosen player of the event.
At the conclusion of the ceremony, Kearsney principal Elwyn van den Aardweg presented the Siripat Lions Rugby Club and the KZN Rugby Union’s Development Programme with the Boots and Balls collection of kit, which will be refurbished and distributed to disadvantaged players by the Siripat Lions Rugby Club and the KZN Rugby Union’s Development Programme.
Results
Day 1 – Thursday, April 14
Kearsney – Marlow 10-14; DHS – Waterkloof 23-5; Westville – Monument 20-33; Noord-Kaap – Selborne 17-43; Glenwood – Pretoria Boys 29-12; Framesby – Dr EG Jansen 22-19
Day 2 – Saturday, April 16
Noord-Kaap – Westville 0-24; Monument – Marlow 12-7; Kearsney – Waterkloof 12-10; Dr EG Jansen – DHS 15-20; Pretoria Boys – Framesby 14-14; Glenwood – Selborne 15-14
Day 3 – Monday, April 18
Glenwood – Dr EG Jansen 10-17; Westville – Selborne 7-20; Monument- DHS 7-5; Marlow – Pretoria Boys 10-21; Waterkloof – Noord-Kaap 27-7; Kearsney – Framesby 26-6
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