Grey Festival: Day one results
Grey High School 27-8 Parktown
Captain, David Masterson scored twice in the first half as the host worked powerfully as a unit, driving back the Parktown pack in mauls to which the Johannesburg side had no answer. Grey took the lead of 15-3 at the break.
In the secondhalf, Grey dominated territorially but came up against a determined Parktown defense. However, the home side would not be denied and flyhalf Lubabalo Dobela broke through to score a thrilling try, followed later by centre Josiah Twum-Baofo barging through the defense.
Parktown replied with a try by replacement wing Cole Rock with less than a minute remaining, but the day belonged to Grey, despite a number of unforced errors.
Scorers:
For Grey High School:
Tries: Masterson 2, Dobela, Twum-Boafo
Cons: Dobela 2
Pens: Dobela
For Parktown:
Tries: Rock
Pens: Anderson
Hudson Park 11-3 Muir College
In a match where handling was difficult at times on a wet field following heavy overnight rain, Hudson Park came back from 3-0 down to register a hard-earned 11-3 win over Muir.
The Uitenhage side were first off the mark through a penalty by Neo Pepeta, but Hudson came back well to lead 5-3 at halftime after a good try by Siphamandla Krweqe. After a period of pressure, the centre took a gap and forced his way over from close range.
Hudson had chances to add tries, but Muir’s defence stood firm. However, the territorial domination resulted in two penalties, who No.8 Keenan Purcell converted to make the game safe for them.
Scorers:
For Hudson Park:
Tries: Krwege
Pens: Purcell 2
For Muir College:
Pens: Pepeta
Framesby 20-20 St Alban's
Speedy Framesby wing Lindsay Potgieter showed scintillating form, beating the St Alban’s defence for pace on several occasions to cross for three tries.
Two of those came in the first half to give the Port Eizabeth (PE) side a 10-5 lead at halftime, but St Alban’s hit back immediately after the break when Conrad Lamprecht finished off an excellent backline move to score under the posts.
Framesby reclaimed the lead when Potgieter scored his third try, but St Alban’s again showed good finishing skills for their third try by Paul Teitge, which levelled the scores.
Scorers:
For Framesby:
Tries: Potgieter 3
Cons: Van Rensburg
Pens: Van Rensburg
For St Alban's:
Tries: Theart, Lamprecht, Teitge
Cons: Korff
Pens: Korff
Dale 74-0 St David's
With centre Sibulele Mbana crossing for a hat-trick, Dale proved too slick for St David’s to run riot in a 74-0 victory, scoring 12 tries. The winners' seized the advantage early on and never let St David’s into the match as they led 29-0 at halftime.
In the second half, St David’s played a tighter game, using their forwards to press forward and although they camped on the Dale line at one stage, they could find no way through.
Scorers:
For Dale:
Tries: Mbana 3, Otto, Buhlungu, Ntontela, Dimaza, Siposethu Dlongodlongo, Siphosoxolo Dlongodlongo, Matsinya, Nkula, Fassi
Cons: Dlongodlongo 6, Fonte
Daniël Pienaar 28-6 Graeme
Daniël Pienaar and Graeme were involved in a closely fought encounter until midway through the secondhalf when the Uitenhage side took control with three quick tries to run out comfortable 28-6 winners.
Graeme was full value for their efforts and trailed only 7-6 until well into the game before Daniël Pienaar’s territorial domination and hard running at the opposition defence finally fold as fullback Dylan le Roux ran in two tries and flank Pieter Gunter one to ensure the victory.
Scorers:
For Daniël Pienaar:
Tries: Le Roux 2, Nel, Gunter
Cons: Le Roux 2, Gunter 2
For Graeme:
Pens: Ngqiyaza, Mnlambie
Queen's 40-18 Pearson
After an evenly contested firsthalf, which ended at 13-13, Queen’s seized their chances after the break to run Pearson ragged for a solid victory.
The PE side were not helped by two yellow cards within minutes of each other and in this period, Queen’s rammed home their advantage with three quick tries. It gave them a cushion that they were never in danger of losing and Pearson could only get a consolation try late in the secondhalf.
Scorers:
For Queen's:
Tries: Heidtmann, Moyake, Waller, Cato, Mancotywa, Van Heerden 2
Cons: Kroutz
Pens: Kroutz
For Pearson:
Tries: Jonker, Harrison
Cons: Baaitjies
Pens: Baaitjies 2
Durban High School 60-0 Ithembelihle
Scorers: (TBC)
Goudveld 22-17 Stirling
Scorers:
For Goudveld (TBC)
For Stirling
Tries: Makata 2, Nqashosho
Cons: More