Westville unbeaten at College 7s
On Friday the 9th August, Maritzburg College played host to the inaugural Ma Baker College 7s Tournament.
Westville were positioned alongside Faithway College, Kingsway and George Campbell in their group.
The Pool stage results were as follows:
Game 1 vs Faithway College - Westville won 45 – 0
Tries by: Jordan Martin, Reece McHardy, Jason Wilks, Keegan Paverd and Brad Ellse X 3
Conversions: Reece McHardy X 5
Game 2 vs Kingsway - Westville won 52 – 0
Tries by Devon Muller, Tagen Strydom X 2, Donovan Pieters X 3, Kevin Smit and Weihan Prinsloo.
Conversions: Reece McHardy x 2, Jaun Anderson X 2, Keegan Paverd and Brad Ellse.
Game 3 vs George Campbell - Westville won 38 – 0
Tries by: Jason Wilks X 2, Brad Ellse X 2, Keegan Paverd and Jordan Martin.
Conversions: Jason Wilks, Keegan Paverd, Brad Ellse and Reece McHardy
Westville finished top of their pool and progressed through to the Playoff‘s where they met traditional rivals Maritzburg College.
The game was a wonderful spectacle of 7’s flair and skill with both teams displaying great attacking rugby.
Westville conceded the first try when some poor defence in the midfield allowed a College back just enough space to penetrate and burst away to score the opening try, a try that would come back to haunt the Westville team.
At the final whistle College and Westville were drawn at 24 – 24.
The tournament rules dictated that the team who scored the first try would progress and so it was that College advanced to the Cup Semi’s and Westville would go through to the Shield Semi’s.
Playoff game vs Maritzburg College Drew 24-24
Tries by: Weihan Prinsloo X 2, Kevin Smit and Jason Wilks.
Conversions: Reece McHardy & Brad Ellse.
Shield Semi Final vs George Campbell – Westville won 33 – 0
Tries by: Jaun Anderson X 2, Neil Van Rooyen X 2 and Jordan Martin.
Conversions: Brad Ellse X 2, Jaun Anderson and Jordan Martin.
Shield Final vs Clifton College – Westville won 33 – 12
Tries by: Jaun Anderson, Jordan Martin, Jason Wilks, Brad Ellse and Donovan Pieters.
Conversions: Jordan Martin X 2 and Jason Wilks.
Wednesdays’ LIV Community Cup Tournament hosted by the LIV Foundation in Verulam.
(File Photo:Gallo Images)
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