The KES Red Army in action against Paarl Boys’ at the Easter Festival. Photo: Twitter.
KES Easter Festival wrap (Day 2): Shaky Paarl Boys’ beat Red Army
Boishaai overcame a shaky first-half display to beat the Red Army at the KES Easter Festival on Saturday.
The KES Red Army in action against Paarl Boys’ at the Easter Festival. Photo: Twitter.
Paarl Boys’ High overcame a shaky first-half performance to beat the home team on day two of the KES Easter Festival in Johannesburg on Saturday.
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KES gave the home crowd what he wanted: a roaring performance what was almost good enough to beat one of the top teams in the country. And yet, despite their dominance and Paarl Boys’ inconsistency, the Cape schools still managed to snatch a victory from the jaws of defeat.
Trailing 8-0 at half-time, Boishaai liked to be well on their way to collect a shock loss against KES. But like the champion side that they are under the leadership of Sean Erasmus, the boys from Paarl got their act together and scored a converted try and a penalty to save their blushes.
It’s worth mentioning that in a class act, KES’ eighthman Kebotile Maak, played without a number on his back, in solidarity with and support of Chris Jordaan, the Paarl Boys’ No 8 who suffered a serious head injury earlier in the week and needed emergency surgery to save his life.
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Elsewhere, Durbanville caused a major upset when they thrashed high-rollers Kempton Park 61-21. Durbanville scored nine tries and knocked over eight out of the nine conversion attempts.
Shaun Klein was the star of the show for Durbanville, scoring a try and getting all eight conversions for a 21-point individual haul.
In other results, Selborne outlasted Parktown in a riveting clash, Queen’s powered past Ben Vorster 32-10, Northwood hammered Hudson Park 31-13, Diamantveld schooled Nico Malan 37-21 and Eldoraigne were just too good for St David’s and climbed a 36-20 win in their fixture.
KES EASTER FESTIVAL SCORERS (DAY 2):
Paarl 10 – Try: HB Odendal. Conversion: Daniel van der Merwe. Penalty: JC Mars.
KES 8 – Try: Esethu Mnebelele. Penalty: Simphiwe Moyo.
Selborne 23 – Tries: Grant Day, Amani Somana, Boitumelo Selonyane, Chad de Beyer. Penalty: Page Fennel.
Parktown 17 – Tries: Karabo Phakwane, Thombela Folo, Sekoto Olwenkosi. Conversion: Sebastian Sekoto.
Queen’s 32 – Tries: Sisipho Mpaka (2), Thina Fenako, Axola Khatshwa. Conversions: Turshaan Hare (3). Penalties: Hare (2).
Ben Vorster 10 – Try: Meyer Jacobs. Conversion: Divan Spangenberg. Penalty: Tihandre Reyneke.
Northwood 31 – Tries: Siyanda Nkosi (2), Werner van Nieuwenhuizen, Luthando Makula, Siyanda Mabuza. Conversions: Cade Latham (3).
Hudson Park 13 – Tries: Sqalo Gwagwa, Liyabona Madikane. Penalty: Jacqyl Wright.
Diamantveld 37 – Tries: JJ Fourie, Marno Greef, Kyle Taute, Flip du Randt, Diwan Muller. Conversions: Marco Mathewson (3). Penalties: Mathewson (2).
Nico Malan 21 – Tries: Tiaan de Klerk, Mias Bierman, Ryan Killian. Conversions: Dominic Malgas (3).
Durbanville 61 – Tries: James Nero (2), Cayden Louw, Naldo Klein, Shaun Klein, Shadwell Engelbrecht, Evert Bouwer, Monray Daars, Divan Gravett. Conversions: Shaun Klein (8).
Kempton Park 21 – Tries: Divan Francis, Zander de Jongh, Kyle Botha. Conversions: Tiaan Delport (3).
Eldoraigne 36 – Tries: Christion du Toit, Anroux du Plessis, JP Meyer, Divan de Jager, Johan Coetzee. Conversions: JP Meyer (3), Reynier Kidson. Penalty: Meyer.
St David’s Marist 20 – Tries: James Pearson (2). Conversions: Jayden Jagga (2). Penalties: Jagga (2).
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