The ๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ง๐ฆ for today’s rugby matches played at Union High School, Graaff-Reinet are as follows:
3rd XV lost 8-26 to Spandau;
U16A won 29 – 12 against Kirkwood;
2nd XV lost 12 – 14 to Kirkwood and;
1st XV won 20 – 7 against Kirkwood.
๐ช๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ก๐ to Union High School’s 2nd hockey team, who, on Saturday, 7 May, enjoyed a 3 – 0 victory against Hoรซrskool Kirkwood’s 1st team.
๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐น๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ Mihle May, Jamie Jaftha and Kathryn Odendaal.
๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐น๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ Mihle May, Jamie Jaftha and Kathryn Odendaal.
๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐ข๐ฅ๐ง: ๐จ๐๐ฆ ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ธ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ
This past weekend, Saturday, 7 May, Union High Schoolโs 1st XV played at home against Hoรซrskool Kirkwood.
Despite rainy and wet conditions, it was lovely for all the players to play at home, after having played their previous two fixtures away. Union started the match on a positive note, putting Kirkwood under a lot of pressure. Unfortunately, final passes being knocked on, stopped Union from scoring a few early tries.
Kirkwood took advantage of Unionโs mistakes and, after a sequence of penalties conceded, claimed an early 0 – 7 lead.
Union, however, stuck to their guns. Their line-outs were much improved from the previous fixture and this was used well as an attacking platform. After a line-out deep in Kirkwood territory, Union set up a couple of phases, and, after Kirkwood got sucked in, Union played wide and scored their ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ง๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ค๐ช๐๐ ๐ผ๐ก๐ช๐ฉ๐๐ค ๐พ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ค.
๐ผ ๐๐ง๐๐ก๐ก๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ง๐ช๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ช๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ from the restart ensured Union made no unnecessary errors and retained ball possession. After continuous pressure, Union was awarded a penalty. ๐ผ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก-๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐๐ก๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ค๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐จ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ค๐ฎ๐ resulted in Union leading 10 – 7 at half time.
Union started the second half much the same as they did the first, but the wet conditions made handling tough and knocked a few balls on with open try lines.
After sustained pressure, Union scored their ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ง๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ค๐ช๐๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐ฌ๐, which was ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ก๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐. Hlaki also slotted a penalty on the stroke of final play. Union won the match 20 – 7.
โ๐๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ 1๐ด๐ต ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐บ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐น๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ช๐ณ๐ฌ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ด๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ. ๐โ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด – ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต!”โ ๐ ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐
, ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ปโ๐ ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ซ๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต.