Westville got their 2013 rugby campaign off to a winning start with victories at the Voortrekker Rugby Night Series in Pietermaritzburg on Friday evening. In poor weather their 1St XV defeated Maritzburg College 10-5 followed by their 2nd XV recording a 21-7 win against the Voortrekker 1st XV. The Night Series resumes this Friday with the main game featuring College and Kearsney. The schedule is as follows:
| Time | Team | Team | |
| 17:30 | Westville 2nds | vs | Linpark |
| 18:30 | Voortrekker | vs | Greytown |
| 19:30 | Maritzburg Coll | vs | Kearsney |
@Queenian: Ye and we can put your face behind the bars.
@QC86: I wonder if Beet has a strip for JJ Serfontein or i suppose he could just use the Grey Bloem one seen the two school have a student swop program ask Blog/Rugbfan they both did a finishing off year there for good behavour from Grey.
He can just use the Grey one and put burglar bars under the Grey College.
@QC86: Haha.
Gaan nou huistoe om net seker te maak.
@GCollege86: sorry ,she has been at my place,no cell phone coms
@QC86: So when did you speak to my wife? I am trying to get hold of her since 7 this morning?
@GCollege86: Wishful thinking
@QC86: Gym is her code-word for something else
@GCollege86: your wife said you must get off the rugby blog and get your ass to the gym,she is on her way
@QC86: Weet jy of die seuns (u16) die week gaan oefen?Wonder wanneer kom hulle oefentye uit? Tian sê lyk my hulle gaan in die oggende oefen.
@QC86: Dankie Rudi. Ek wou nou net vir @beet vra. Selfs bereid om n QC of Dale trui te vat maar verkies n Selborne trui.
@beet: Gcollege86 went to Gill college not Grey Bloem,please change his strip before he thinks he can play rugby
@rugbyfan: Agree with you there Grey PE/Brandwag and Selborne will have big packs this year.
Queens come the 21st March vs Brandwag might have to find some forwards or hope Brandwag have a bad day otherwise it will be a long day at the office for them. The Kudu might just get there butts kick there.
@beet: Ye what i saw there was some very big boys the other school here that will do well this year is Brandwag there pack is even bigger.
@rugbyfan: The other bad news for Westville and anyone else playing them is that Grey PE are also looking enormous in the pack. Rumour is they might be up 850kg
@Amalekite: Saw Grey PE training the other day they look really good.
@All Black: Agreed. They play Grey PE on 21 March.
These games are brilliant to get the players back into taking hits etc. Strangely enough, if you can ignore the stop start affair it is, rain actually is good for these pre season games. It becomes a slower more physical session and helps the bodies get into rugby without the high speed knocks that would happen if it was dry. To be honest, I prefer the short version that is played in PMB, with no finals etc, than the Durban series. To put pressure on the players this early is perhaps looking for injuries. If the coaches an players can treat these games for what they are and not put too much pressure on the outcome then they will be the eventual winners. Maybe Westville hould have had on more run against a Linpark or Greytown if they are about to head for a festival? When is the Graeme Festival?
@beet: Hi Beet, can you arrange a Westville avatar for me please?
@star: Westville 1sts are due to play Greytown at Voortekker on Friday 1 March, so will get 2 games. I must say that I would not read anything into Friday night’s result. There were many missing players from both sides and quite a few changes during the game, and the conditions were poor. A good excercise, nevertheless.
@star: Star it might have something to do with the WBHS 1st being involved in Graeme Rugby Day in Grahamstown and the coach just wanting to pace the boys in the lead up to that difficult game against Grey PE.
@Grasshopper: Yes I think Westville missed a kick to beat College last year. They are warm-up friendlies but the coaches and players get a lot of the games even a match like this one played in poor weather can provide good experience for later on in the year for a match where similar conditions prevail.
Are these not just friendly ‘warm-up’ games so don’t really count. Also, didn’t Westville also beat College in this same tourno but then lost heavily at home in the ‘real’ season……just asking so please don’t shoot me…
I wonder why Westville Ists only played the one game and MC two. The MC v Kearsney game on Friday is going to be interesting. Go College.( Sorry Beet
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