The Nigel Rugby club played in the Heidelberg Rugby Day held on March 18 at Hoër Volkskool.
Nigel played in the first match on the B field against East Rand Police Club.
The score was Nigel 60 to East Rand Police’s 12.
Nigel started strongly and scored the first try within the first two minutes and converted it. East Rand Police quickly replied to narrow the score.
Later, Nigel scored another try, and again East Rand Police replied with one of their own. At that point, a person would have thought the game would be tight.
With an injury to the hooker of East Rand Police, the match was played with uncontested scrums because they did not have a qualified hooker on the bench to replace the injured player. That blunted Nigel’s attack for a while.
Nigel scored three more tries in the first half without conceding further points.
Half-time score: Nigel 33 – 12 East Rand Police.
In the second half, Nigel scored a further five tries, with the first in the fourth minute of the second half.
No other points were scored against Nigel.
Nigel scored 10 tries with five conversions. East Rand Police scored two tries and converted one.
The match saw 20 scrums and 12 line-outs. Nigel conceded eight penalties, and the East Rand Police conceded six. There were also two free kicks awarded to Nigel.
Next up for Nigel is the Merlin League that will soon start.
