Pearson down and up

Pearson of Port Elizabeth played two matches last week - on Thursday at the Graeme Rugby Day in Grahamstown and then at the Despatch Sports Festival in Despatch on Saturday.

St Andrew's beat them 21-12 in Grahamstown and they beat Otto du Plessis 15-0 in Despatch.

Pearson vs St Andrew's

St Andrew's came out strongly and scored twice within the first 15 minutes to lead 14-0 at half-time. Pearson woke up after half-time with two great  tries but missed one conversion to make the score 14-12.

Pearson had opportunities to win the game with a fading St Andrew's in the second half but missed two penalties.

With the score 14-12 to St Andrew's and three minutes to go Pearson attacked but fumbled the ball. St Andrew's picked up and scored for the final score to be 21-12 to St Andrew's

What a thrilling encounter and set up for the league fixture between the two schools on the 3 August.

Pearson vs Otto du Plessis

Pearson looked far too strong for their opponents from the first minute and scored two well-worked tries and a penalty in the game.

The score line could have been a much larger affair if it were not for a bit of white line fever by Pearson players and wanting to run every ball from every penalty, a gutsy effort though by Otto du Plessis, known to be the hard men from the Bay, to keep the score line to just 15 points difference.

By Jaco Jansen van Rensburg