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Photo: Monna’s Vincent Roberts in the GHS game during the Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival.
Day 2 – Match 6
Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival. Durban High School outplayed Hoërskool Monument 32-17 in the last game of Day 2 to keep alive their hopes of going three-for-three at KERF for a second straight year heading into the final day’s play.
The Horseflies had put Hoërskool Rustenburg away 41-7 on the first day, while Monument played out an exciting 26-all draw with Glenwood and were looking for their first win of the Easter weekend.
Monnas flyhalf Anthony Viljoen pulled an early penalty attempt wide before a powerful DHS driving maul teed up Zingce Simka, who got his team’s first points of the encounter. Sparked to life, Monument shifted gears and levelled matters through hard-running midfielder Juandre Ehlers.
A successful Viljoen penalty cancelled out an earlier attempt by opposite number Jordan van Wyk, but a Duane du Plessis try on the stroke of halftime put the KZN side 15-10 ahead.
Viljoen missed another kickable penalty attempt after the resumption; and DHS extended their lead thereafter through hooker Okuhle Mbanjwa, substitute Marwin Nero and No 13 Nathan Aneke.
With time up on the clock, eighthman Vincent Roberts pulled one back for Jannie du Plessis’ boys, but by then the damage was already done.
Scores
Monument
- Tries: Ehlers, Roberts
- Cons: Viljoen, Kourie
- Pen: Viljoen
- Yellow card: Reghardt Ernst
DHS
- Tries: Simke, du Plessis, Mbanjwa, Nero, Aneke
- Con: van Wyk (2)
- Pen: van Wyk
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