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Day 1 Match 4
Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival. Photo: Kearsney try scorer Doan Nel.
Hoërskool Dr EG Jansen triumphed 29-24 over Kearsney College in the fourth match of the opening day’s play at the Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival.
As good as the boys from Boksburg were, they were helped in part by a number of unforced errors from the hosts, whose basics let them down on the day. Still, both teams ended up producing the most competitive game of the day.
Egies weren’t hanging around early on and were immediately rewarded for their bold expansive play when Bukho Hlwatika and Otlotleng Zulu finished off some great attacks from deep, before an ensuing breakaway try from Juan van Aswegen made it 19-0.
Kearsney launched an all-out assault on the EG Jansen tryline just before halftime but couldn’t unlock their defence, with their passing accuracy and the visitors’ gain-line dominance ensuring Reghardt Botha’s charges headed for halftime the happier of the sides.
Kearsney came back firing at the start of the second half. Winger Lwandile Mkhize ran in their festival opener from 80-odd metres out. That fast start was just what the doctor ordered. Skipper Simanye Mlakalaka scored another soon thereafter to make it 12-19.
EG Jansen hit back after setting up camp deep inside opposition territory and finally got their first points of the half when left winger Jordan van der Westhuizen dived over out wide.
The teams continued to trade tries, with Joseph Roylance, Dewet Muller and Doan Nel each going over for their respective sides. This became a topsy turvy affair in the second-half. Ultimately it was the Gauteng school that held out for an all-important win.
Scores
Kearsney
- Tries: Mkhize, Mlakalaka, Roylance, Nel
- Cons: Nel, Mbebe
Hoërskool Dr EG Jansen
- Tries: Hlwatika, Zulu, van Aswegen, van der Westhuizen, Muller
- Cons: van Aswegen (2)
- Yellow card: Pretorius
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