Paarl Gimnasium beat DHS to prevail in a clash between two unbeaten teams while Diamantveld edged Martizburg College on the last day of the 2025 Wildeklawer tournament in Kimberley.
The result marks DHS’ first loss of 2025 while Paarl Gim improve to 6-2-0 from six wins and two draws.
The try from Diamantveld tighthead prop Dian Ellis broke the deadlock while captain Jonathan Harding scored a hat-trick in a 38-31 win against Maritzburg College.
Paarl Boys’ High hooker Christiaan Grundlingh and flank Jayden Joubert each scored a hat-trick in a 13-try, 85-0 demolition of Monument.
Noordheuwel held their nerve as flyhalf Jeandre Uithaler kicked a long-range penalty to edge Outeniqua 35-32 in a roller-coaster match that saw the lead change hands multiple times.
Waterkloof and Stellenberg played to a 17-17 stalemate as centre Armand Potgieter mustered the boys from Bellville to fight back in the second half with Waterkloof defending for their lives at the death.
Despite their best efforts, Boland Landbou had no answer for the raw firepower of Affies as the boys from Pretoria ran at will to win 74-14.
Two late tries from Jeppe salvaged some respect in a match dominated by Oakdale who converted a 14-6 half-time lead into a 47-25 victory.
Paul Roos Gymasium came back from an early deficit with a second-quarter surge that saw them jog off at the break with a 24-7 advantage over EG Jansen. The second half was a closer contest but the class of Paul Roos shone through in a 46-17 victory.
Fullback Lamla Mgedezi scored a brace while centre Darius Erwee chipped in with a try and nine points from the boot as Grey College ran in six tries to beat Garsfontein 45-29.
2025 Wildeklawer rugby festival results
Wednesday:
Marlow 25-22 Welkom Gim
Nico Malan 41-39 Glenwood
Diamantveld 24-54 Waterkloof
Affies 20-18 Paul Roos
Thursday:
EG Jansen 20-10 Drostdy HTS
Boland Landbou 64-5 Framesby
DHS 26-19 Stellenberg
Outeniqua 21-20 Monument
Garsfontein 30-30 Oakdale
Barbarian North 23-15 Barbarian South
Paarl Gim 46-20 Northwood
Rustenburg 33-7 Voortrekker Bethlehem
Paarl Boys’ 42-14 Noordheuwel
Jeppe 36-24 Maritzburg College
Grey College 56-14 Helpmekaar
Saturday:
Waterkloof 17-17 Stellenberg
Noordheuwel 35-32 Outeniqua
Rustenburg 33-0 Welkom Gim
Monnas 0-85 Paarl Boys’
Framesby 7-62 Helpmekaar
Diamantveld 38-31 Maritzburg College
Barbarian South 48-0 Voortrekker Bethlehem
Northwood 14-12 Drostdy HTS
Affies 74-14 Boland Landbou
Marlow 8-6 Glenwood
Jeppe 25-47 Oakdale
Nico Malan 6-14 Barbarian North
EG Jansen 17-46 Paul Roos
Garsfontein 29-45 Grey College
DHS 20-47 Paarl Gim
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