By CHESLEY DANIELS Makhanda (Grahamstown) Brumbies Rugby Club’s 1st XV were unlucky to lose their EPRU Super League Bottom 12 Clash in Port Elizabeth on Saturday. The local side went down narrowly 24-25 against Gelvandale Wallabies after trailing 0-19 at halftime. Brumbies struggled in the first half, making too many mistakes. Wallabies capitalised on the Brumbies’ errors and put points on the board. Brumbies came back too late in the second half. The second half went better for the Brumbies as they played more as a unit. Veteran Vincent Mains took charge of the game, creating spaces for the supporting…
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By CHELSEY DANIELS Trying Stars 1st XV from Alexandria keep their title hopes alive in the EPRU Super League Top 12 competition with a fine 24-20 win over United Barbarians in Patensie on Saturday 24 August. It was never easy to travel to Patensie and come back with a win, but Stars succeeded and managed to pull it off against all odds. Barbarians are a very difficult team to beat at home and they have stunned a lot of teams. They’ve also managed to beat the Port Elizabeth Police the previous week with a bonus point. Stars went down full…
The two Ndlambe Coastal rugby sides, Kowie United and Klipfontein, are back to their winning ways in the EPRU Sedru Regional League. Both sides recorded victories on Saturday 24 August as the league draws closer to an end. Wanderers vs Kowie United Kowie travelled to Makhanda (Grahamstown) on Saturday to take on the struggling Wanderers at Mickey Yili Stadium. After a slow start, Kowie ended the encounter with an impressive 38-0 bonus point win. The first half was a fairly tight and even as Wanderers’ bigger forwards put pressure on the visitors. Both teams also executed too many enforced errors.…
By CHESLEY DANIELS The Brumbies achieved an impressive 41-15 win over Suburban at the Oval last Saturday in the second round of the EPRU Bottom 12 Competition. The previous week they demolished Despatch 60-14. The Brumbies started like a house on fire when winger Ayprian Biembam Morris rounded off a good midfield break by centre Athi Mfazwe in the right hand corner. A penalty followed by a try, both from full back Duane Brown, stretched the lead to 13-0. Brumbies continued to attack and use the powerful Athi Mfazwe in the midfield to burst through the opposition’s defence, setting up…
All Rounder Marquin Tom Loutz dominated the awards at the Annual Willows Cricket Club’s Awards Ceremony Dinner on Friday evening. The prestigious event took place at Goldrush Bingo and was once again a huge success, attended by club members, former players, special guests, sponsors, parents and partners. Loutz received the Player of the Season Award and was named the Club’s Best Player. Loutz also walked away with the Player’s Player of the Season, Best Batsman, Best All Rounder, Most Dedicated Player, Most Boundaries, EP Rural Rep, Pineapple Tournament XI Awards. Loutz was honoured for his remarkable and outstanding performances the past…
The EPRU Sedru Regional League now has a new log leader with two rounds of matches remaining in the competition. Lily White (Blues) are now top of the log after their 29-12 bonus point win over long standing front runners/log leaders Old Collegians (OC) at the Oval on Saturday. They also toppled OC who was the log leaders for the majority of the competition. Blues also managed to end OC’s unbeaten winning streak/record. Lily White is now on 36 points, 6 points clear of OC, on 30 league points. This Derby was crucial going into the last stretch of the…
Mary Waters High School (Mawas) will host their Annual Rugby Day (M-Day) at the Oval on Saturday, which will see First, U16s and U15s rugby teams in action. Thousands of rugby enthusiasts will be looking forward to, and expected to turn up for, this prestigious event. This M-Day is an event to look forward to, as it definitely brings the community together. The proceedings will start at 9am and will run until 6pm. Schools that have confirmed their participation are: Mawas, Alexandria High, Ithembelihle (PE) and Ntaba Maria. There are still schools that need to confirm at a later stage,…
The Trying Stars first team recorded an impressive and dominant 50-26 bonus point win over Star of Hope in their EPRU Super League Top 12 Competition at the Wentzel Park Sports Ground in Alexandria last weekend. Trying Stars were leading 26-19 at halftime. Trying Stars scored their first try in the first minute of the match. Flinn Cannon scored the first of his hat-trick after some excellent inter-play between the forwards and backs. Trying Stars scored three tries within the first 15 minutes of the first half. The Trying Stars backs were in full control, scoring all eight tries. Flinn…
Alexandria High School on Saturday celebrated their 50th Anniversary with a four-way rugby tournament. Mary Waters (Mawas) 1st XV rugby side were crowned the Champions over Alexandria, Booysens Park and Chatty. Mawas demolished PE side Booysens Park 65-0 in their first match of the day, scoring 11 tries. Inspirational captain and former EP Craven Week Schools star Cole Kirkwood, was the standout player scoring a hat-trick of tries. Host Alex hammered Chatty from PE with 53-0, setting up a final with Mawas. The Mawas backline led by Kirkwood were unstoppable. Alex’s defence led them down at times and Mawas took full…
By CHESLEY DANIELS The PJ Olivier High School ended their Old Reunion Weekend on a high note with some impressive wins on the school’s sports grounds. Their Inter-Sport day included primary and high school games against Oatlands and Linkside. The highlight of the weekend was PJ Olivier’s 1st XV against Linkside on the main rugby field. Both teams played brilliant running rugby and entertained the crowd. The home side’s backline dominated from the outset, using their pace and skill out wide to score six of the team’s seven tries. The forwards again controlled matters in front and ensured quality ball…