Union High School Clinches Victory Over Graeme College
On Saturday, 21 June, Union High Schoolโs 1st XV delivered a performance to remember as they hosted Graeme College from Makhanda in a closely fought rugby encounter.
๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐๐บ๐ผ๐๐ฝ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น๐ฏ๐ผ๐ ๐ฟ๐๐ด๐ฏ๐ – ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ, ๐๐ธ๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ.
Union struck early in the contest after a series of well-orchestrated phases, with Yonela Wana finishing a flowing move to open the scoring. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐น๐ณ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐น๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐๐น๐ฒ, marked by committed defence from both sides and Union carried a slender 5-0 advantage into the halftime break.
๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ, ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ถ๐จ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ง ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ณ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข 5-7 ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ. ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐จ๐ณ๐ช๐ต, ๐ข๐ด ๐๐ข๐บ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ช๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ท๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐จ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ, ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ต 12-14 ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ด.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐น๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ต๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ as Unionโs Elvandre Meyer powered his way over the try line, sealing a dramatic 19-14 win for the home team. It was a game defined by passion and determination on both sides and Unionโs ability to dig deep in the final minutes ultimately earned them a well-deserved victory.
As noted by SA School Sports in their latest rankings article, โ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ช๐จ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ฑ๐ฆ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ, ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ 19-14 ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ญ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ.โ
While Union celebrates a memorable win, ๐ถ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ ๐บ๐๐๐ ๐ด๐ผ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ต๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น๐ฏ๐ผ๐ ๐ฟ๐๐ด๐ฏ๐. Encounters like this serve as a reminder of the values the sport instils – respect, perseverance and camaraderie.
The day featured a full programme of fixtures between the two schools, with Graeme College demonstrating their depth and quality across the age groups. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐น๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ผ๐๐:
u/13A: 19 – 22
u/13B: 0 – 50
u/14A: 3 – 41
u/15A: 0 – 61
u/16A: 9 – 20
2nd XV: 13 – 43
๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐น๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ’๐ด ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ, ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ 1๐ด๐ต ๐๐’๐ด ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ณ๐ถ๐จ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต, ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด, ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ.
