Category: Sport Results

On Friday, 18 March, Union High School’s 1st XV and u/13A rugby teams travelled to Kirkwood to participate in the Kirkwood Sports Day, taking the field against Hoërskool Cillië, Susannah Fourie and Frans Conradie, respectively, on Saturday.

We stayed at African Imprint, where the teams were well hosted. The Friday was filled with fun activities, starting with a team building session where the groups had to complete an obstacle course which challenged them mentally and physically.

This was followed up with a swim in the dam and an evening of team building activities, which included war cries, dance offs, team discussions and a cheering session.

This was a unique outing, as the u/13As and 1st XV don’t often get the opportunity to travel together, which made the team building sessions all the more special as the seniors and juniors could learn from one another.

The 1st XV dominated the match from the onset, but poor mistakes at crucial times kept Union’s opponents in the match. Siya Badiwe scored the first try through a well-worked move assisted by JJ Liebenberg.

In hot and humid weather, Union looked lethargic at times and struggled to put phases together as the match progressed. Cillië responded with a penalty kick. Union led 5-3 at half time. Cillië scored the first try of the second half, taking a 8 – 5 lead.

This spurred the team on to up their game and they responded with a converted try by JJ Liebenberg. Sustained pressure led to another converted try by Xhamla Magubeni. Sisipho Arnols kicked two conversions. Special mention must be made of Kwande Mhlabeni who put in two try-saving tackles, that kept Cillië at bay. Union won the match 19-8.

𝗪𝗘𝗟𝗟 𝗗𝗢𝗡𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝗫𝗩 who won their encounter against Hoërskool Cillié 19 – 8

𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 to our u/13A rugby team who beat their Frans Conradie Primary School counterparts 19 – 15 today, Saturday, 19 March.

𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 to Grade 7 learner 𝗞𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘂 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗵 who, following another stellar performance on the athletics track, will be representing the Eastern Province at the SA National Primary Schools Track & Field Championships!

Click here to watch Keanu claiming a silver medal in the 200m event during the recent Eastern Cape Athletics Championships.  Keanu came second in the 100m event as well.

UHS 1^st XV vs St Andrews

On Saturday, 12 March, the 1st XV played against Bloemfontein’s Saint Andrew’s School at home.

After 5 minutes, Union won a free kick at a scrum on the half way line. Quick play by Kwande Mhlabeni saw the ball shifted to Sisipho Arnols who put Alutho Cekiso into space.

Sisipho ran a very good supportive line and received the inside pass back from Alutho to dot down for the 1st try.

Ill-discipline and unnecessary mistakes kept the score 5-0 for about 26 minutes. Sisipho broke the defence from a scrum and carried on scoring a fine try. This was converted by Hlaki Skepe. Union led 12-0 at half time.

A poor start to the second half, saw Saint Andrew’s score their first try after some miscommunication on defence. Hlaki Skepe converted a penalty to take the score to 15 – 7.

Union scored another try from the restart with Sisipho Arnols completing his hat-trick to take the score to 20-7 in our favour. Some terrible defence and perhaps poor decision-making saw Saint Andrew’s run in two quick tries to lead 21-20. Hlaki Skepe converted another penalty kick leading 23-21.

With 5 minutes to go, the Union boys had a chance to score after Sisipho Arnols broke the line once more. The team, however, failed to capitalize on this wonderful opportunity. In turn, Saint Andrew’s breached Union’s defence one more time to snatch it at the end and win the match 26-23.

“Although the loss was heart breaking, the lessons learned from it will be invaluable towards building the team for the season ahead,” said coach, Mr Christopher Felix. “I am proud of the boys, and I believe we can only get better from here onwards. I wish to congratulate our junior teams with some fine results achieved, well done to the players and coaches. Lastly I wish to extend our heartfelt thanks to our super crowd, the team sincerely appreciates the support.”

UHS 1^st XV vs Andrew Rabie: 5 March 2022

On Saturday, 5 March, Union High School’s 1^st XV travelled to Somerset East to participate in the Gill College Sports Day.

After two years of Covid, fifteen boys finally played their very first match in the treasured white jersey.

After a slow start to their match against their Andrew Rabie counterparts, Union found their rhythm and produced waves and waves of attack, which they, unfortunatelty, couldn’t convert.

Twenty minutes in, Andrew Rabie scored the first points of the match. This, however, fired the Union boys up and they responded almost immediately with a try through JJ Liebenberg, leaving the halftime score to stand at 5-5.

The Union team enjoyed a much better start to the second half.

They were relentless on attack and resolute in defence. After a brilliant passage of play where captain Sisipho Arnols broke the line, a ruck was set up just outside the 22 of Andrew Rabie. Alutho Cekiso produced a moment of magic, dancing around the defenders, which resulted in a try being scored by Xhamla Magubeni.

Union ran in another two tries through Siya Badiwe and JJ Liebenberg.

Well done to the 1^st XV on winning the match 20 – 5.

Union’s u/16A team also participated in the Gill College Sports Day, winning their match against Cradock 8 – 7. Well done, boys!