After losing 36-5 to Glenwood and 42-12 to Hilton, it seemed like things could not get worse for Michaelhouse as far as first team rugby is concerned. Well it seemingly has. Between last weekend’s Midlands derby and a round of KZN regional trials and training, House has lost 7 1st XV players ahead of their away game at Kearsney today.
Captain Cian Grendon (KZN Academy 2012), centre/wing Bruce Arnott (KZN Schools) and Cameron Bird are amongst the senior players out along with backs Nicholas Glassock, Barrie Forester-Smith, Tyran Faber and Nicholas Stembridge.
Several KZN schools are in action today. Glenwood have a mammoth task against HJS (Paarl Boys High) while the form book suggests that College should be too strong for Framesby. The Sharks Invitation team is made up boys from George Campbell, Northwood and Port Natal lost 40-3 to Oakdale at Wildeklawer this morning.
… And how miserable was the weather! Froze my bollocks off!
The MHS team looked completely out of sorts, and there was no co-hesion or sense of team rapport. The loose forwards seemed to be absent and the flyhalf play very poor. The only players who stood out were Schoeman at no4 and the hooker.
@beet: The Kearsney U16A team were quietly confident they are a much improved team this year and I felt they had the upper hand for most of the game.
Kearsney vs Michaelhouse Results
U14A Kearsney won 36-12
U15A Kearsney won 14-7
U16A Kearsney won 15-13
1st XV Kearsney won 38-5
The unpredictable u16 season continues with Kearsney getting a late winning pen to beat MHS 15-13.