Date Added : 2010-05-24
The Kingswood College 1st team rugby was in rampant form on Saturday when they beat Pearson 44 – 7 in Port Elizabeth. The Grahamstown team soaked up the initial physical challenge from their hosts with some hard tackling and effective work at the breakdown before settling into a well structured pattern which saw them dominating both possession and territory.
Kingswood opened the scoring with two penalties by Scott van Breda after some good sustained pressure. They then followed this up with a try by left wing, Lihleli Xoli who scored in the corner after some slick passing and good interplay between the Kingswood backs and forwards. Xoli bagged his second try a few minutes later when a well worked lineout move created quick second phase ball which the Kingswood backs exploited to the full. Van Breda converted bringing the halftime score to 18 – 0 in the visitors favour.
Another well worked set piece, this time a scrum, opened the second half scoring for Kingswood when center Chris Keets scored after full back van Breda broke the Pearson line. Xoli picked up his third try of the match before flyhalf Steven Hansel scored from quick turnover ball. Both tries were converted by van Breda. With about fifteen minutes to go in the match, Pearson rallied briefly and after stringing some good phases together managed to drive over for a try near to the uprights which they converted. However, Kingswood had the last say of the day when replacement wing, David Kombe rounded off an excellent line break by vice-captain John Hale for van Breda to convert.