Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival Game 2 Match report Middelburg vs Nico Malan
HTS MIDDELBURG 43 – NICO MALAN 22
Right from kick-off, HTS Middelburg were relentless in their attack and were in the lead by 17 points to 0 after just 20 minutes. They scored two tries, one by Neven Nel and the other by Liaan Prinsloo, with Barend Smit converting both.
Nico Malan consolidated and replied with two well-worked tries within two minutes of one another. The unsuccessful conversions of both tries made the score 17 – 10 at half time.
At the start of the second half, it was the blue team from Humansdorp who turned the tables, playing some very attractive, attacking rugby, putting the HTS defence to the test. They eventually scored an excellent try by Dean van der Westhuizen, with Dominik Uytenbogaardt converting to level the scores.
HTS then turned on the pressure and scored at regular intervals with four tries courtesy of Jan Rens, Lohan Bennett, Eric Basson and Driaan Bester. Barend Smit only missed one conversion. Despite Dean van der Westhuizen scoring a second try for Nico Malan, the ‘Blues’ran out of steam and the final score was 43 – 22 to HTS Middelburg.
Point Scorers:
HTS Middelburg: Tries Nel, Prinsloo, Rens, Bennett, Basson, Bester; Conversions Smit 5; Penalty Smit
Nico Malan: Tries Moolman, Staats, Van der Westhuizen 2; Conversion: Uytenbogaardt
Photo: Tracey van den Aardweg
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