Category: Rugby

Rugby, Sport Results

On Saturday, 12 April, Union High School’s rugby teams enjoyed a great day on the field as they faced off against Kariega’s Bergsig at home.

The 𝗨𝟭𝟯𝗔 team delivered an outstanding performance, winning decisively with a score of 53-5. The 𝗨𝟭𝟱𝗔 team also put in a commendable effort, narrowly winning 7-5.

The 𝟮𝗻𝗱 𝗫𝗩 faced a tough challenge, finishing with a score of 7-37 against Bergsig.

The 𝗨𝟭𝟰𝗔 team triumphed over Bonzai with a solid 24-0 victory.

The 𝗨𝟭𝟲𝗔 squad followed suit, securing a 14-7 win against Bergsig.

Lastly, the final match of the day saw the 𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝗫𝗩 battling to a dramatic 29-29 draw. Union got off to a good start but ill-discipline led to Bergsig getting he first points on the board through a penalty kick, taking the lead by 0-3. Union then managed to score a try by Elvandre Meyer and Makukhanye de Beer converted it, taking the score to 7-3 in favour of the Union side. A mistake on a attack led to Bergsig scoring and taking the lead by 7-10. A brilliant try by Liso Booi allowed Union to take the lead taking the score to 12-10. Bergsig then scored two more tries before half time and taking the lead by 12-22 going into the half-time break. 

The second hald proved to be much like the 1st half where the Union boys didn’t take the opportunities on hand. Bergsig scored once again and extended their lead to 12-29. The Union boys fought back and scored tries through Yaaseen Kazi, Yonela Wana and Janathen van den Berg. The game ended in a hard fought draw 29-29. 

Rugby, Sport Results

On Thursday, 27 March, as the school holidays kicked off, Union High School’s u/13A rugby boys headed to the 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗢𝗪 𝗨𝟭𝟯 𝗥𝗨𝗚𝗕𝗬 𝗙𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗔𝗟.

𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥.

The tournament began with a challenging match against Brackenfell, where the boys faced a steep learning curve, suffering a heavy loss of 0-49.

However, 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀, and the Union boys demonstrated just that. They quickly regrouped and turned their fortunes around in their next match, clinching a convincing 40-21 victory against Charlo Primary School.

In their final outing of the festival, the boys faced a formidable Vredenburg side. Despite their best efforts, they lost the match 5-19.

𝘌𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘵.

Rugby, Sport Results

During the recent holidays, our u/11A rugby players travel to Gqeberha to participate in the annual 𝗔𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗛𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘆 & 𝗥𝘂𝗴𝗯𝘆 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 hosted by Clarendon Park Primary School.

The 𝘂/𝟭𝟭𝗔 𝗿𝘂𝗴𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 took the field against Graeme College, St Andrew’s Preparatory, Grey Junior School and Hudson Park over the course of the tournament’s three days.

𝘈𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘺𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱, 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦, 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵.

Rugby, Sport Results

Union High School’s u/16A rugby team enjoyed a successful 𝗪𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗖𝗢-𝗘𝗗 𝗙𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗔𝗟 this past weekend.

The event, hosted in Gqeberha, saw the boys triumphing over Alexander Road with a score of 29-5 and following it up with a solid 22-5 win against DF Malherbe.

𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩, 𝘔𝘳 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰 𝘚𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘶𝘴, 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦!

Rugby, Sport Results

𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 𝗧𝗢 Union High School, Graaff-Reinet‘s 2025 u/13A rugby captain 𝗟𝘂𝗸𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗮 𝗕𝘂𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗯𝘂 and vice-captain 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 as well as 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗠𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘆 on being selected for the Karoo Sub Union u/13 Rugby Team.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘺𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘒𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘣 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘒𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘨𝘢 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 24 𝘵𝘰 25 𝘈𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘭

Rugby, Sport Results

On Saturday, 22 March, the Union High School rugby boys faced a challenging day at the Graeme College Rugby Fesitval in Makhanda.

Union High School’s U/13 A rugby team delivered an exceptional performance, triumphing 52 – 5 against St Andrew’s Preparatory School. The standout player of the match was 𝗟𝘂𝗸𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗮 𝗕𝘂𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗯𝘂, who scored an impressive five tries.

The U/11A  team also faced off against St Andrew’s Prep, demonstrating grit and perseverance in a challenging match that ended 27 – 10 in favour of their opponents.

The u/14A team fought valiantly against Port Rex but ultimately ended up on the wrong side of a tough match, with a score of 0 – 48.

The u/15A team put up a spirited effort against Port Rex, yet fell just short with a final score of 3 – 19.

The u/16A squad faced a fiercely competitive Port Rex as well, narrowly missing victory with a close score of 0 – 5.

Finally, the 1st XV team battled hard against Daniël Pienaar, but were edged out with a score of 14 -24.

The first half of the game proved to be quite a struggle as our opposition managed to put 24 points on board by half- time by scoring three tries, converting them and a penalty conversion. The Union team however did get their opportunities to get points on the board but could not do so up until the end of the first half where we managed to score a try through Peter- Daniel Clegg and convert it, taking the score to 7-24 in favour of Daniel Pienaar.

The second half proved to be much like the first half as we put the Daniel Pienaar defense under great pressure, the times that we did break their defense our boys struggled to finish off, we were eventually rewarded right at the end of the game where we got a penalty try.

𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘺 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘺𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺.