WBHS rugby 7s team is second in SA
The ref blew the whistle and the game was over 26-17. Westville had lost the game but had won the hearts and respect of many.
HAVING won five tournaments in KZN, Westville Boys’ High School Rugby 7’s Team qualified for Champs of Champs at Grey College in Bloemfontein to take on the best of the best in 7s in the country and ended the tournament runners-up making the team the second best 7s rugby outfit in the country.
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Westville got off to a very nervy start with a narrow 24-19 win over Volskool Heidelberg on the Friday afternoon.
In the semi finals, Westville met up with the determined and very skilled HTS Middelburg team. This was to be a tightly contested second affair with Westville just edging it with a 33-28 win.
Most important from the win was that Westville had booked their place in the final to play top school, Grey College.
Grey scored a try early in the final but WBHS responded immediately with a piece of magic from the ever reliable Larry Nkonki. Grey were to score again to take their total to 14. Yet again Westville responded with another bit of brilliance from Nkonki who ran the length of the field to dot down.
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They failed to convert and the teams went into half time with Grey 14-10 up. Grey scored again to take the score to 19 before Westville responded with a try which started from deep in their 22 metre line.
Simelela Nkomo broke and raced 60 metres before offloading to Londani Mpungose to race away and score.
The conversion was knocked over and the score was 19-17 to Grey with two minutes to go.
At the death, a Westville player seemed to have made an important and potentially game winning steal. The referee deemed it to not be the case though and awarded a penalty to Grey. From the resulting penalty Grey scored and converted.
The ref blew the whistle and the game was over 26-17. Westville had lost the game but had won the hearts and respect of many.
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