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Day 3 – Match 1
Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival. Photo: Milnerton’s Morgan Lodewyk in the game against Monnas at the Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival.
A physical onslaught on both sides of the ball from Hoërskool Monument was enough to earn them a 26-21 win over spirited Milnerton High School in the first game of the final day.
Monnas were coming off the back of a Day 1 26-all draw with Glenwood. On day 2 they experienced a 17-32 defeat to Durban High School. The Western Cape side had downed Peterhouse Boys’ 34-18 in their opener, before coming unstuck to the Green Machine in a last-minute 34-37 loss.
The last time Monument had left KERF winless was in 2012. It was clear from the outset the Krugersdorp school weren’t keen on breaking that successful streak on Monday. Much like they did against Glenwood, Milnerton staged another rousing comeback to lead at one stage. Ultimately they fell just short in the end.
Juandre Ehlers
Juandre Ehlers broke the deadlock after he barged over early on for the team in white, with Morgan Lodewyk, otherwise his side’s best player, missing a rather straightforward penalty attempt for Milnerton minutes later.
Monument went on to take control of proceedings from there and, although they couldn’t quite take all of their chances, Milnerton struggled to gain any kind of foothold in the contest.
A clever tap and go from Witbulle tighthead Juandre Marais five metres out led to their second try, before a third through blindsider Ryno van der Westhuizen made it 19-0 at the break.
The introduction off the bench of the Sellidon twins, Chadlin and Chadwin, marked a huge upturn in Milnerton fortunes, with the diminutive duo pulling three excellent tries back between them in the third quarter, to edge their side into an unlikely 21-19 lead.
But when Cornelius Mostert set up Ewan van der Walt to regain Monument the advantage, Milnerton were all out of answers.
Scores
Monument
- Tries: Ehlers, Marais, Van der Westhuizen, Van der Walt
- Cons: Viljoen (3)
- Yellow card: Viljoen
Milnerton
- Tries: Chadlin Sellidon (2), Chadwin Sellidon
- Cons: Chadwin Sellidon (3)
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