There were convincing victories for Grey College, Paarl Gimnasium and Paarl Boys’ High on day two of the Wildeklawer rugby festival.
Grey Bloem bounced back from last week’s home loss to Gimmies with an eight-try, 56-14 victory against Helpmekaar.
Grey flyhalf Darius Erwee scored a try and kicked all eight conversions while delivering a dominant overall performance behind a dominant forward pack. Helpmekaar, who trailed 28-7 at half-time, scored two converted tries.
Winger Cole Moultrie grabbed a brace as Paarl Boys’ beat Noordheuwel 42-14 after leading 13-7 at the break. Boishaai outscored their opponents by five tries to two, with flyhalf Iwan Jordaan kicking four conversions and three penalties.
Markus Muller scored four of Paarl Gim’s eight tries in a 46-20 win against Northwood. It was the star midfielder’s fourth hat-trick of the season. Blindside flank Hendré van Zyl excelled upfront for Gimmies and was rewarded for his high work rate with a try.
Garsfontein and Oakdale played out a thrilling 30-30 draw after the latter had led 15-10 at the break. Oakdale scored four tries, including two by No 8 Jakobus de Villiers, but flyhalf Joshua Gouws’ third penalty goal gave Garsies (who crossed the line three times) a share of the spoils.
Fullback Jade Peterson starred in Outeniqua’s 21-20 win against Monument, making several counter-attacks and scoring one of his side’s three tries. Monnas led 6-0 at the break and two second-tries weren’t enough to secure victory.
In other matches, DHS fought back from 19-12 down to defeat Stellenberg 26-19, and winger Jason Ocks scored a hat-trick in Boland Landbou’s 64-5 battering of Framesby. EG Jansen beat HTS Drostdy 20-10, Jeppe saw off Maritzburg College 36-24 and Voortrekker Bethlehem suffered a 33-7 defeat to Rustenburg.
2025 Wildeklawer rugby festival
Wednesday results:
Marlow 25 Welkom Gim 22
Nico Malan 41 Glenwood 39
Diamantveld 24 Waterkloof 54
Affies 20 Paul Roos 18
WEDNESDAY WRAP: Affies hold off Paul Roos
Thursday results:
EG Jansen 20 Drostdy HTS 10
Boland Landbou 64 Framesby 5
DHS 26 Stellenberg 19
Outeniqua 21 Monument 20
Garsfontein 30 Oakdale 30
Barbarian North vs Barbarian South
Paarl Gim 46 Northwood 20
Rustenburg 33 Voortrekker Bethlehem 7
Paarl Boys’ 42 Noordheuwel 14
Jeppe 36 Maritzburg College 24
Grey College 56 Helpmekaar 14
Saturday fixtures:
Waterkloof vs Stellenberg (8am)
Noordheuwel vs Outeniqua (9.30am)
Rustenburg vs Welkom Gim (10.20am)
Monnas vs Paarl Boys’ (11am)
Framesby vs Helpmekaar (11.30am)
Diamantveld vs Maritzburg College (12.30pm)
Barbarian South vs Voortrekker Bethlehem (12.40pm)
Northwood vs Drostdy HTS (1.50pm)
Affies vs Boland Landbou (2pm)
Marlow vs Glenwood (3pm)
Jeppe vs Oakdale (3:30pm)
Nico Malan vs Barbarian North (4.10pm)
EG Jansen vs Paul Roos (5pm)
Garsfontein vs Grey College (6.30pm)
DHS vs Paarl Gim (8pm)
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