- Great start by KZN. Tristan Tedder kicks off long and the ball bounces in space. Centre Tristan Blewett collects it and KZN are on a redzone attack. They keep up the opening phase pressure until a knock-on causes a turnover and SWD get temporary relief. KZN however comes back at them with good distribution being shown.
- KZN wins a tighthead at the scrum and produce more attack.
- KZN flyhalf Tristan Tedder uses his acceleration to attack a half gap. From there frontfoot but disorganised ball is collected by fullback Morne Joubert. He circles, weighs up his options and then picks a poorly guarded line which his diagonal run gets him through and from there he fights off one more challenge before scoring under the posts. Tedder converts. 7-0
- Great take by LH prop SW Odendaal from the kickoff and he feeds Shadwell Fillies. 7-5
- JT Jackson comes up with an excellent conversion out the corner. 7-7
- A SWD attack generated by Domenic Smit at scrumhalf running into a gap is stopped in its tracks by a great tackle slash turnover by Jaco Coetzee.
- Tedder converts an easy penalty awarded at a ruck where SWD goes off it’s feet. 10-7
- SWD once again recover the ball at the kickoff and attack well. They come to within centimetres of scoring in the left corner. A KZN player was offsides and SWD sets up a 5m lineout from the penalty and from there they maul after the clean take. KZN however wins the turnover when the maul becomes unplayable near the tryline.
- The KZN scrum continues to pressurise SWD and they win their second tighthead.
- SWD takes the lead a good team effort try. Fullback Ruan Barnard is the try-scorer out wide but the real damage is done by the likes of prop Wynand de Necker and hooker Vogien Talmaggies. 10-12.
- From the kickoff KZN hooker Brad Roberts then makes a good tackle and flank Mac Muller goes straight in over the ball for the man on the ground to get pinged for holding. KZN has a penalty shot at goal almost straight after the kickoff. Tedder makes it 13-12 to KZN.
- The KZN lineouts are working really well.
- KZN passes not good. One bad pass leads to an intercept and KZN centre Wayne Smith is forced to pull off a try saving tackle to stop the flying wing Fillies.
- Scrumhalf James Hall makes a telling blindside break which leads to a KZN penalty at the next tackled ball breakdown. Hall misses the long range shot.
- Hall tees up another long penalty kick before halftime but misses again.
- Halftime 13-12
- Blewett comes up with an amazing long run. At the end of it, the KZN centre manages to free up his hands and offload but the pass just cannot find the hands of a charging no.8 Coetzee on the left wing.
- KZN continues to give SWD grief at scrumtime and wins a penalty when SWD scrum upwards. Tedder lines it up but misses.
- KZN has a golden opportunity to get a try when Tedder delays a pass to charging prop Ngoni Chidoma. He gets deep into the redzone. KZN misses the chance to go wide from the next phase and the momentum is eventually lost.
- KZN set a good platform from a lineout near halfway. Muller comes charging into the line and into a hole. The flank maintains a straight line, drawing in the defender in front of him and then makes a good pass to his fullback Morne Joubert who races in to score. The TMO ruling is however a forward pass to Muller at the start of the move. No try!
- JT Jackson comes up with a huge exit kick. The KZN catcher errs by taking the ball into touch. SWD attacks off the lineout and a good offload allows Jackson to carry the ball up to near the tryline, where KZN infringes at the ruck, preventing the ball from being recycled by the Eagles. KZN concedes a penalty and earning a yellow card. Jackson converts the penalty. 13-15.
- KZN lineouts are no longer working to plan.
- Foot up in the scrum, awards SWD a free kick near the KZN line. They attack with meaning but KZN repels them and eventually a knock-on hands the ball back to KZN for some relief.
- SWD runs the ball left and then right. Their handling is good and Jackson appears to have scored in the left corner but the last transfer is forward and the ref calls play back to the place where SWD earns a penalty for offsides. Jackson tees up the easy kick from virtually in front and with 5m to go SWD leads 18-13.
- A good kickoff sees KZN win the ball back and they attempt a patient build up with variation but it does not gain them any ground and a forward pass undoes all the good work. 3min left.
- KZN wins the ball back at the next scrum. Coetzee carries and then Tedder and Blewett both make decent runs but again a poor exchange means knock-on and turnover.
- KZN applies pressure at the scrum once again but crucial concede a penalty at the tackle after the scrum for no daylight.
- SWD clears with a big kick and have the throw in to the lineout but lose ball. KZN has one final attack but on halfway the ball is unplayable in the tackle.
- SWD wins 18-13
@BoishaaiPa: I am open minded in my views, Keyter is the front runner followed by Joubert. If Joubert is not picked then he will be fine, contracted by the Sharks already. He will probably be fast tracked to Under21 anyway. I have seen all the fullbacks play and for Joubert has it all, attacking ability and awesome on defence too. He can kick. The Griffons guy reminds me a bit of Human from Outeniqua last year, awesome off the mark and can jinx, a little small maybe…who knows.
Hahahaha – guys get really worked up on this site. Joubert is a very talented player, as is the Griffons15 as is the Pumas 15 – and I can tell you this right now, wait for the WP 15 Pieterse – he is a class act and my front runner for SA Schools at this point in time.
SA Schools is not the be all and end all, if the guy is such a great talent and misses out, his time will come after school – the whole SA Schools thing is neither here nor there – just nice to brag about, that is all
@Grasshopper: Seems you also only read what you want to read…Try reading my post again…slowly…I did not compare Border and SWD defensive patterns….That was not the crux of my post…I said that sometimes the abilities of a good runner can make the defence look poor!..so if you rave about Joubert’s try that made SWD defence looks poor..what is the difference between that and the two tries the Griffons 15 scored making Border defence look poor as well?..You need to look and read beyond your Glenwood tunnel vision my friend.
@BoishaaiPa: OK boet, so the Border defence is better than SWD, hmmm. OK, Morne is average then…..jeez the boy is super talented. Must have scored over 15 tries this season against some strong opposition
@Grasshopper: Dont you think the poor defence might have been because of his elusive running?..There is always two sides to a coin!…You are raving at Joubert’s try, but was it due to his own abilities or some piss poor defence?…One see what one want’s to see!..
@BOG: First time I have seen him play and he looks like a well rounded 9. I have somehow missed his name in conversations so did not realize he was a potential candidate…it was a pleasant suprize.
@BoishaaiPa: Even before CW, his (no 9) name was mentioned as an SA schools candidate.
On that poll above, seems Morne is running away with it with 31% of the vote…:-)
@BoishaaiPa: I thought the 15 was good too, but against a very weak defence, let’s see how he does against a better side.
@beet: The Griffons 15 and 9 also impressed me..15 is an elusive runner….9 gave some good service and a real oppertunist. He was better on the day for me than the other 9’s on display.
This was not a good start for the KZN side. Joubert and Coetzee are probably the only two contenders for SA Schools. Coetzee’s hands were bad yesterday but saying that when he got the ball he got over the advantage line. Blewett had a good game. Lots of improvement needed for the next game!
@Grasshopper : I have to agree with the others, as good as Morne Jouburt is, Barend Smit was the better fullback on the day. And I must say what a come back from the Pumas. We’ll have to wait and see how Morne plays tomomorrow if he is really to contend for SA Schools, as there are quite a number of talented 15’s this year.
Vote here; http://www.schoolsportsnews.co.za/rugby/craven-week-player-of-the-day-day-1/
Were people blind today, did they not see Morne Joubert run straight through SWD to score from nothing???
@Grasshopper: he’s got a lot of competition and plenty good no.15s this year. So not necessarily a travesty if he doesn’t make it. Barend Smit the standout fullback today.
@BOG: Baie dankie,
@Predator: Net in aansluiting by wat ons gese het oor professionele rugby en jou kind. Die titel het my ontgaan , maar nou het ek dit elders gesien : “From Locker Room to Boardroom” -Ross Van Reenen. Jy en jou laaitie behoort dit bruikbaar te vind en te geniet.
@Grasshopper: I only know the SWD squad, but the KZN boys did scrum exceptional,..good technique and obviously coached well.
@Predator: I think both sides didn’t play to their potential….day 3 will be interesting to see how they go..,.
This was not quality play by SWD. The team selection was also not the best on the field. Hope they catch a wake-up for the next one. Robert Seconds the head coach is a very competent man. The next game will be a different ball game. Unfortunately Wynand the tighthead did not have a good game today, but he will bounce back .
The Southern unions is strong again this year.
@RugbyDad: again showing your Anti Glenwood sentiment, Morne has been sublime all season vs some of the top sides, he ran rings around SWD to score his try. He has single handedly won games for Glenwood for 2 seasons, if he does not make SA schools it would be a travesty. He is quality so will make it after school no matter what….
@RugbyDad: I must say the Pumas 9, 10 and 15 very good. Pity about their 14’s highball catching technique coz he was a machine with ball in hand as well.
@All Black: Sorry I have no idea who you can ask about the other youth weeks apart from CW u18
@All Black: Another bit of history……
http://www.sareferees.com/News/whistling/2830186/
Unfortunately, Morne Joubert doesn’t come close to Barend Smit. Barend was simply sublime. Pumas flyhalf was also good.
@beet: Where can I get a list of venues of all the Youth Weeks since they started? Any ideas Beet?
@GreenBlooded: Good article that. I didn’t know all that history. Very interesting. I have noticed that Bismark is talking a lot to the refs now.
You just cannot have 2 lineout options at this level. Once the opposition works you out the quality of your lineout ball deteriorates which is exactly what happened today. Ndlovo was our go to guy but once SWD starting to contest the wheels came off. Venter and Maccie are great players but far too similar in their direct style of play. For the next game I would move Jaco to flank and have Dixon at 8. It is all about balance and that is why I was disappointed that neither Erasmus nor Heystek who are both back of the lineout specialists were selected. Imagine what Maccie or Jaco would do with that sort of quality possession. I must admit though that we totally dominated SWD in the scrums but one wing will never be enough to see us home when it gets tight. I also thought Hall’s service was not up to his usual high standards which put Tedder under some pressure at times.
What a great win by the junior Eagles. A bit of a upset for the guys that decide who will play who.
This has put me right off – I was looking forward to watching the game on Pvr after work – not too sure about that now !!! I really thought Kzn could win this one
@rbw1863: The KZN props must have also impressed with the scrumming display today. I think both have put themselves in the running now.
Again, why didn’t KZN use their main weapons, Joubert and Coetzee. Joubert can create something out of nothing and Coetzee running off rucks and lineouts is virtually unstoppable at full pace…..errr!
RBW1863: Coetzee will be in the mix, albeit as a 6/7
De Necker is far too heavy and overweight, he could do with losing 20kg or so. He was getting shunted by the KZN front row….
IMHO I can only see Joubert at 15 having any chance at SA Schools based on performances in this game. Hopefully the boys will come together after this loss before most probably the pumas on Wednesday.
@Amalekite: Yup – a lot of ‘white line fever’ at times.
@All Black: Totally agree. Surprised the players did not protest. Maybe they had just read this article?
http://www.sareferees.com/News/law-discussion–discussion/2830187/
@All Black: I think his anger was inspired by going backwards in just about every scrum
@beet: I don’t think I would have resisted that fellow either. He looks quite angry with the ball in hand.
@All Black: Yeah, that was bizarre.
Well done SWD – well deserved.
KZN – Very disappointing. The sooner the boys learn that this is a team game, the better. Too many selfish individuals on the park in my opinion. This team can do a lot better if they learn to play for each other and stick to their structures.
@All Black: True that was a strange call and but I wonder if the ref’s whistle went instantaneously because there was virtually no resistance to De Necker’s carry by the KZN defenders.
Would have been a riot if SWD had lost this after their try was disallowed. Tap and go from a penalty and the ref calls them back and says it was a free kick?????
NOOOOOOOOOOO! I really thought we were gonna win this game. Well done SWD