Eight-try SACS beat HTS Bellville

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:01:00 +0200

The South African College High School (SACS) secured a morale-boosting 52-15 win against Bellville-Tech on Saturday. SACS scored eight tries to two on a sunny but chilly morning out in Bellville.

The teams felt each other out for the first ten minutes until SACS were able to break through the Bellville defence for the first time.

Flank Tristan Shaw picked up the ball from the side of a ruck inside the opposition 22m area and burst through the fringe defence for try. Flyhalf Zaahir Joseph converted as he was to do with all SACS's three first-half tries.

It soon became apparent that after three phases Bellville's defence all but fell to pieces and SACS's next two tries came from patient phase play. The first saw Joseph dart through himself while the second came as the ball was worked wide to right-wing Storm Winter.

Bellville-Tech managed a penalty by Andy Huiseman to leave the score at 21-3 to SACS at the interval.

SACS scored two tries early in the second half to put the result beyond doubt. For the first Jordan Morris burst though from near the half-way line while for the second scrumhalf Manuel Domingues combined well with the loose forwards from a scrum to free up centre Dean Rees-Gibbs for a well-worked score.

Bellville-Tech showed some fight in the final quarter of the game but by that stage it was too late. They scored when scrumhalf Grant Alexander broke blind from a ruck and again when No.8 Morné Lucas broke clear from a driving maul.

In between Bellville-Tech's two tries SACS scored again themselves when Rees-Gibbs weaved through the defence before freeing up left-wing Brendan Rodgers for the score.

Substitute centre Paul Hendry capped off a fine performance by SACS with two tries at the death. The first was a set move from a scrum close to the Bellville-Tech line while the second came when the midfield defence opened up for him. 

SACS will take great heart from this performance and will be looking to build on the many positive when they travel to traditional rivals Rondebosch Boy's High next Saturday (kick-off 11.30)

The scorers:

For Bellville-Tech:
Tries: Grant Alexander, Morné Lucas
Con: Andy Huiseman
Pen: Huiseman

For South African College High School:
Tries: Tristan Shaw, Zaahir Joseph, Storm Winter, Dean Rees-Gibbs, Jordan Morris, Brendan Rodgers, Paul Hendry 2
Cons: Joseph 6