A successful afternoon of rugby for our junior teams against Kirkwood Primary School, with both sides producing strong performances filled with determination and teamwork.
U/11A secured a hard-fought 12 โ 7 victory in a closely contested encounter, showing great resilience and discipline throughout the match.
U/13A delivered an exciting attacking performance to claim a well-deserved 33 โ 22 win, with the boys displaying excellent skill, support play, and character.
Union High School’s senior rugby sides took on Asherville Secondary School on Saturday, 16 May, delivering a strong set of performances across all age groups.
The ๐จ๐ญ๐ฐ๐s set the tone with a 75-7 win, followed by a confident 53-0 result from the ๐จ๐ญ๐ฑ๐s. The ๐จ๐ญ๐ฒ๐s added another solid victory, winning 29-10, while the ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ซ๐ฉ secured a 22-7 result.
The ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ซ๐ฉ rounded off the day in fine style with a 52-3 win.
Try scorers: Siba Mbutye, Yasseen Kazi (x2), Ronana Ewers (x3), Luvela Makaula (x2).
Conversions: Yonela Wana (5), Qhama Solomon (1).
๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐บ๐ด!
On Thursday, Union Highโs 1st XV faced Spandau and delivered a commanding performance, winning 57โ6.
Try scorers: Yasseen Kazi, Alex Hunter, Siba Mbutye, Yonela Wana, Qhama Solomon, Luvela Makaula (x2), Lulonke Vumazonke.
Conversions: Yonela Wana (4/5).
The 2nd XV also impressed, defeating Spandau 43โ10.
Try scorers: Cody Slater, Qhama Solomon, Hayden August, Luvela Makaula (x2), Hlanganisa Gcebe.
Conversions: Qhama Solomon (4/6).
Other results:
U14: 51 – 0
U15: 8 – 0
U16: 32 – 7
Union High School’s senior rugby teams faced Spandau Secondary School on Thursday afternoon, 15 May, with our boys putting together a pleasing set of results across the age groups.
The ๐จ๐ญ๐ฐ๐๐ recorded a 51-0 win, while the ๐จ๐ญ๐ฑ๐๐ followed with an 8-0 result and the ๐จ๐ญ๐ฒ๐๐ secured a 32-7 victory. The ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ซ๐ฉ added a 43-10 win and the ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ซ๐ฉ closed the afternoon with a 57-6 result.
๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐บ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ณ๐ถ๐จ๐ฃ๐บ.
We are sincerely grateful to Montego Pet Nutrition for their generous sponsorship of our 1st XVโs warm-up tops for this season. ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ณ๐๐น ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฏ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ.
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ, ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐จ๐ฐ, ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต.
The U/11A team delivered a dominant performance to win 24โ0, displaying excellent teamwork and defensive discipline. The U/13A side continued the winning momentum with a strong 19โ0 victory, controlling the game from start to finish.
In hockey, the U/11A team produced an outstanding performance against Kroonvaleโs U/13A side, securing an emphatic 8โ0 win. Their attacking play and finishing were exceptional, highlighting a well-rounded team effort.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ – and nowhere is this more evident than in school sport.
A heartfelt thank you to PSG Insure Somerset Street and Tyremart Graaff-Reinet for their generous sponsorship of brand-new backpacks and playing jerseys for our U13A rugby team.
Seen here are ๐ ๐ฟ ๐ช๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐น ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป and ๐ ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐น๐น ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ sharing in this special moment with some of our players.
๐๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ด๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ.
A heartfelt ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ to Karlien and Dawid de Wet of Karoo 360 for their generous sponsorship of brand-new tog bags for our 1st XV this season.
๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐บ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐บ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต.
๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ as we hosted Laerskool Aliwal-Noord today, with our junior hockey and rugby teams delivering strong performances across the board.
๐ข๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ, the U11A side edged a hard-fought 2-1 win, while the U13A team impressed with a confident 4-1 victory.
๐๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ญ๐ช๐ธ๐ข๐ญ-๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅโ๐ด ๐11๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐13๐ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐น๐ต๐ณ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด. The U13B team showed real grit despite a 0-3 result and the U11B side faced a strong challenge, going down 0-3.
๐ข๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐๐ด๐ฏ๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ, both teams produced excellent performances. The U11A side delivered a commanding 10-0 win, while the U13A capped off the day with an outstanding 41-5 victory.
A solid afternoon of rugby for Union High School against Cradock, with the ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ซ๐ฉ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฐ-๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ถ๐ป.
Unionโs 1st XV delivered a commanding performance, setting the tone early with quick attacking play that saw them dominate possession and territory. Their fast start, however, led to a lapse in defensive concentration, allowing Cradock to capitalize with an easy try.
Cradock then shifted tactics, turning the game scrappy by kicking frequently and testing Unionโs back three under pressure. Despite this, Union held firm and responded with a well-executed maul to regain control.
While Union were clinical in many areas, several final passes went astray. Had those passes gone to hand, the scoreline could have been far more emphatic. The focus going forward must remain on team effortโsacrificing an individual try for the sake of a well-constructed team try is key to building consistency and dominance.
Try scorers: Yasseen Kazi (1), Peter Daniel (2), Ronan Ewers (1)
Conversions: Qhama Solomon (2)
Unionโs ability to adapt and maintain composure under pressure proved decisive, ensuring a solid victory.
OTHER RESULTS
There were also positive results from the U16s (26-10) and the 2nd XV, who put together a strong performance to win 43-10.
The U14s (29-32) and U15s (3-10) came up against tough opposition, but showed good effort in their respective matches.
๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ.