Outeniqua win Die Burger

Match report

Outeniqua of George, winners in 2004 of the Media24 trophy, became the first winners of the new competition organised by Die Burger when they beat HTS Drostdy of Worcester 24-9 at Outeniqua Park in George on Saturday afternoon.

The Outeniqua pack laid the foundation for this some excellent back play. The Outeniqua backs rocked Drostdy with excellent movements. They were unfortunate not to score two more tries.

Drostdy did well in the scrums but lost a lot of ball in the line-outs. Outeniqua's own line-outs were excellent and provided a platform for attacks. In the loose, too, Outeniqua dominated.

For Outeniqua prop Byers Bekker, lock Bernard Wolmarans, eighthman Joshua de Klerk and centre Johan Koen played well.

Scorers:

For Outeniqua:
Tries: Johan Koen, Ettienne Carstens, Wilton Pietersen
Cons: Ignus Prinsloo 3
Pen: Ignus Prinsloo

For Drostdy:
Pens: Frederick Viljoen

The teams:

HTS Drostdy: 15 Theuns Erasmus, 14 Marlo Lourens, 13 Hanno Grebe, 12 Frederick Viljoen, 11 Riaan Ebersohn, 10 Quintus Lötter, 9 Johann Joubert, 8 Dawie van der Merwe, 7 Kobus le Roux (captain), 6 Jacques Swanepoel, 5 Riaan Louw, 4 Ronaldo Abrahams,  3 Marco Nel, 2 Tobie Carstens, 1 Emil Visser.
Replacements: 16 Ulrich Groenewald, 17 Antonie Venter, 18 Riaan Conradie, 19 Morné Smit, 20 Kobus le Roux, 21 Morné Gagiano, 22 Ken Lawrence

Coaches: Lucky Groenewald, Stefaans

Outeniqua: 15 Wilton Pietersen, 14 François Bates, 13 Johan Koen, 12 Ignus Prinsloo, 11 Ettienne Carstens, 10 Ju-Wayne Ponton, 9 Jaco Colyn (captain), 8 Joshua de Klerk, 7 Johan Beukes, 6 William Jacobs, 5 François d Swardt, 4 Bernard Wolmarans,  3 Jannie Wessels, 2 Divan Barnard, 1 Beyers Bekker.
Replacements: 16 BR Bouwer, 17 Leandro Bampton, 18 Jurgens Swiegelaar, 19 Andre van Zyl, 20 Dirk Wessels, 21 Karlo Aspeling, 22 Johan Heunis

Coaches: Piet Cloete

Referee: Norman Drake (South Western Districts)