Kingswood College ran out narrow winners in a titanic schoolboy rugby match in Grahamstown on the weekend, edging out visitors, Dale College 15 – 14 in an enthralling game. Both sides were full of running and their defensive patterns were well organized and structured. Kingswood opened the scoring through a penalty by fullback, Scott van Breda after some sustained pressure in Dale territory. He later added to his tally with another superbly taken penalty taken from just inside the Dale half. In reply Dale missed two penalties attempts at goal before Kingswood had a try disallowed when lock, Arran Briceland, gathered a misdirected lineout throw from the Dale hooker and crashed over the line only to have flyhalf Steven Hansel adjudged not back to be back 10m. Another try scoring opportunity was squandered a short while later when scrumhalf, Selo Phafane lost control of the ball over the line as he stretched to score from a good snipe around the base of a ruck. Dale had the last say of the half though when they muscled their way over the line after being awarded a number of penalties close to the Kingswood line. The try was converted and the visitors led 7 – 6 at halftime. The second half saw a repeat of the first half with Kingswood securing two more penalties and having another try disallowed due to a marginally forward final pass before Dale scored a converted try to put them 14 – 12 ahead with two minutes to play. Kingswood managed to gain possession shortly after the kickoff through a charged down kick as Dale tried to clear their lines and after taking the ball through a number of phases were awarded a penalty which van Breda calmly converted to the sound of the final whistle and the tumultuous applause of the hometown supporters.  

The winning kick - Scott van Breda puts the ball over in the final seconds of the game against Dale.