The St John’s College Easter Rugby Festival a success despite rainy weather over the Easter weekend
Both prep and college fixtures were played in a show of great skill and wit.
The much anticipated 25th St John’s College Easter Rugby Festival kicked off in Houghton on April 14.
The tournament was broadcast by SuperSport Schools and proceeded with the games taking place on Burger and Rugby C fields.
The Gazette caught some of the action on day one when Hoër Landbouskool Boland took on Hoërskool Noordheuwel as well as a preparatory school match between St John’s and The Ridge School.
“Arguably one of the best games of the day… Hoërskool Noordheuwel mounted an incredible comeback to level matters when it looked as if they were in for quite a hiding against a well-coached Hoër Landbouskool Boland team,” read a post on the St John’s College Facebook page.
“Boland were the strong starters in the game, winning the territory count and as well as the physical battles first up, racing to a well-deserved 22–11 lead at the break.”
The post continued that the second half saw Boland only slotting a single penalty to add to their tally ‘with Noordheuwel putting in a big shift to claw their way back into the encounter, however, leaving it late to level matters’.
“Big credit to Noordheuwel who did incredibly well to always stay close to Boland in the second half and finding a way back against a Boland side who looked set to run away with the match.”
The match ended in a 25–25 draw.
In the prep game St John’s Prep ran out 34–7 winners against The Ridge School.
The final games were on April 18 and the closing match was Hilton College versus Paarl Boys’ High School in a highly entertaining encounter that ended with Paarl Boys earning a 14–5 victory.
Details: All the action was broadcast live on the SuperSport Schools app.
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