Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s u/13A rugby team enjoyed an eventful tour to Durban to attend the ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฐ ๐๐๐ฆ ๐/๐ญ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ด๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น.
They faced a tough loss against Penzance on Day 1 of the festival (Monday, 18 March), but quickly turned things around the next day by defeating Glenwood Preparatory’s u/13B side 17-10. ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ข๐ต.
The team experienced a setback in the afternoon game, losing 5-7 to Kokstad Junior.
In their last game against Clifton on Wednesday, the boys put up a valiant effort but unfortunately lost with a score of 24-10.
๐๐ฉ’๐จ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐ค๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐ช๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐จ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐๐จ๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ข๐.
Throughout the tour, the boys enjoyed various exciting activities, including visits to uShaka Marine World, Gateway Mall and the highlight of the tour, a visit to the Kings Park Rugby Stadium to explore the facilities on a stadium tour.
๐๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐บ๐ด, ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ด๐บ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด.