Try fests see Toti rugby teams climb log
The fourth team travelled to Umgababa, but their opposition decided to go on stike and failed to pitch for the game.
ETHEKWINI Refractories Amanzimtoti Rugby Club’s weekend matches resulted in some good improvements on the log standings.
First team
On Saturday, 20 May, the first team boys took on the might of Zululand Rhinos in Empangeni.
They were a point behind the Toti Terriers. What was to be a high pressure game turned out to be a comfortable 47-12 win to the Toti team. Toti kept their composure when the Empangeni team applied pressure on them to leave the score 21-10 at half time. However, a good team talk saw the Toti boys gear up to run in a number of well worked, unanswered tries in the second half. The bench players who took the field continued the momentum, ensuring a full bag of points for Toti. Try scorers were Chad Fisher (2), Juan Niewoudt, Kevin Buck, Ryno Els, Wimpie Pretorius and Kyle Gerhard.
The man of the match awards went to Etienne Ries in the forwards and Werner Botha in the backline.
Second team
The second team continued their good form of late and managed to run in 10 tries to one against Empangeni Rhinos and in so doing, won the game 64-8. Special mention must be made of Tyron Brand who ran in five tries for Toti and Jason Heins who slotted seven conversions. As a result, man of the match awards went to Tyron Brand in the backline and Jason Heins in the forwards. Lindo Ngobese got the ‘A bomb’ award for his hard work upfront.
Third team
The ‘ballie’ team took on Westville Old Boys on Saturday, 20 May at Hutchison Park. They got off to a flyer and ran in eight tries before half time, with Freddie Janse van Rensburg scoring three of the tries.
Four of the tries were converted to take the half time score to 48-0 to Toti. The second half saw the Toti ballies taking time to get out of their sleeping bags as they allowed Westville to run in two tries. This saw the final scoreboard reflect 48-10 to Toti.
Fourth team
The fourth team travelled to Umgababa, but their opposition failed to pitch for the game.
U20 team
The ‘youngsters’ took on College Rovers on Saturday, 20 May at Hutchison Park. In a game that saw the Rovers team running in three unanswered tries, it looked like the Toti lads were out of their depth.
However, the Toti boys fought back to leave the final score at 22-17.
This week’s fixtures see the Ethekwini Refractories Amanzimtoti Rugby Club first and second teams take on Crusaders in Durban North on Friday, 26 May with kick-off at 7pm and 8.30pm respectively. The third team is away at Hillcrest the same night, with kick-off scheduled at 7pm. The U20 team is away to Varsity College with kick-off at 6.30pm. The fourth team are at home against Jaguars with a 7pm kick-off.
The club thanks its sponsors and supporters. The weekend games are very important for log positions and support from the community would be greatly appreciated by the players.
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