KERF Match Report: Affies vs SACS
Photo: Tracey van den Aardweg
AFFIES 10 – 13 SACS
In the fourth match of the second day, Affies took on SACS and it looked like men against boys, as Affies out-sized and out-weighed the smaller Cape Town team. But in what developed into a fantastic game for the large crowd, one of the festival’s most fancied sides upset the Western Cape newcomers.
Despite Affies having both territorial and possession advantage, the SACS boys tackled and tackled. They held Affies to 7-3 at half-time and eventually took the game 13-10 in a mammoth defensive match.
Affies opened the scoring with a try by left wing Christian Strydom, converted by fly-half Ruan de Swardt for a 7-0 lead. SACS closed the gap with a penalty by captain Jordan Chait for a 7-3 halftime score.
In the second half it was Chait who again converted a penalty to close the gap to just one point. Affies came agonisingly close again to crossing the whitewash but brave defence and putting their bodies on the line prevented any further tries. Affies did increase their lead to 10-6 with a penalty in the last quarter by De Swardt, but nobody could have guessed the final outcome.
The bounce of the ball favoured SACS as they put in one last effort. Centre Ciaran Dayaram couldn’t believe it when the ball bounced into his hands and he saw space in front of him and had the pace to score under the poles, giving an easy conversion attempt for Chait.
The unexpected happened and SACS beat one of the top school sides in the country 13-10; to go unbeaten into the final day of the festival.
Point scorers:
Affies: C Strydom 5 (1 try); R de Swardt 5 (1 conversion, 1 penalty)
SACS: C Dayaram 5 (1 try); J Chait 8 (1 conversion, 2 penalties)
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