Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival – Durban High vs Rustenburg

Day 1 Match 3

Photo: DHS try scorer Zingce Simke in the win against Rustenburg

Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival. After three days of heavy downpours, the 2025 Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival kicked off today (Thursday, 17 April) in glorious sunshine. The main Stott rugby field is looking magnificent and the campus is primed in expectation of exciting match-ups between the 12 high school 1^st XV teams.

A boys primary schools festival is taking place on the adjacent Roberts field and, for the first time, a girls U16 category will add a new dynamic to the growing event.

Durban High School were comprehensive 41-7 victors over Hoërskool Rustenburg in the third game. The result ensured the unbeaten Horseflies extended their winning run to six matches this year, and you’d have to be a brave man betting against them going unbeaten at KERF yet again.

DHS withstood an effervescent start from the North West side to score through right winger Richard Gyamfi. It wasn’t long before they took control of proceedings. Flyhalf Jordan van Wyk knocked over a penalty to add to their advantage.

Mthiyane Zinkosi

Rustenburg showed some promising signs with ball in hand, doing well to switch up play on attack. Unfortunately they were unable to finish off any of the chances they created for themselves. When Mthiyane Zinkosi dotted down for DHS against the run of play just before the break, their job got even harder.

Things soon got worse for Rustenburg. They struggled to get out of their own half and finally conceded again when a powerful driving maul teed up SA Schools midfielder Zingce Simka for DHS’s third.

MJ Otto hit back for the boys in green, but another Simka effort, as well as two tries through Milisuthando George, sealed the deal for the local provincial side.

Scores:

DHS

• Tries: Gyamfi, Zinkosi, Simka (2), George (2)
• Cons: Van Wyk (3), Roberts
• Pen: Van Wyk

Hoërskool Rustenburg

• Tries: Otto
• Cons: Enos

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