Each year at Interschools, there is a match that stands out from the rest โ whether itโs a game that showcases the underdogs and their triumphant victory, or one in which a team claws their way back to victory after trailing by double-digit points for nearly the entire contest.
๐๐๐๐จ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ง’๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ค๐ค๐ก๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐ฃ๐ค ๐๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ, as Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s u/16A rugby team, led by their coach Mr. Hanno Sparrius, claimed an amazing 8-7 victory.
This is the first time that a Union u/16A side has won their Interschoolsโ encounter since 2013, making this a truly ๐ช๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ for all the boys and their parents!
๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ, ๐ข๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ!