WESTVILLE Boys’ High School backline player Zekethelo Siyaya was named as the best backline player at the 2025 Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival.

The Westville school also received a special mention for having produced the most attractive rugby at the festival.

The popular annual festival concluded on Monday, April 22 following three absorbing days’ play; with two schools going unbeaten during this 16th edition of the festival.

Durban High School (DHS) left Botha’s Hill with a 100% record for the second year in a row, while Westville Boys’ High also won all three of their matches at this year’s event.

After a draw against Glenwood and defeat to DHS in their first two games, Hoërskool Monument were made to work hard for an eventual 26-21 win over Milnerton High on Day 3, having led 19-0 at half-time.

The Western Cape school, who had beaten Peterhouse Boys’ High before falling to Glenwood, were one of the most exciting sides to watch over the weekend, with twins Chadlin and Chadwin Sellidon in particular sparking some delicious counter-attacking plays.

Glenwood overcame a much-improved defensive performance from Dale College to claim an eventual 33-12 win in their final outing, with the Eastern Cape school having already copped losses to Hoërskool Durbanville and hosts Kearsney College.

Hoërskool Dr EG Jansen pipped Hoërskool Framesby 22-20, having beaten Kearsney on Thursday before losing out to a Westville team that knocked over the Gqeberha boys on the first day – though Framesby did rebound to see off Peterhouse convincingly on Day 2.

Having opened their festival campaign with a big win over Hoërskool Rustenburg, who had held off Durbanville on Day 2, DHS collected their third victory in a 33-05 result over Hoërskool Durbanville.

Westville completed their KERF grand slam thanks to a 24-17 result over Rusties, while Kearsney finished with a two from three record after beating Peterhouse 48-8 in the final game of the showpiece.

Despite their losses, the Zimbabwean tourists were true crowd favourites who earned many new supporters through their positive attitudes and good sportsmanship over the weekend.

In keeping with tradition, an independent panel of rugby selectors awarded the festival’s best forward player title to Briint Davids from Milnerton and the best backline player title to Siyaya.

Some exciting rugby was played by all teams, but the organisers made special mention of Milnerton High for their display of running rugby, and Westville Boys’ High for having produced the most attractive rugby at the festival.

All stars:

The Festival’s All Stars Team was named as 1 Eli Pedro (Durbanville), 2 Okuhle Mbanjwa (DHS), 3 Jo-seph Udo-Idung (DHS), 4 Vimbiso Kasvosve (DHS), 5 Lwandile Mlaba (Westville), 6 Briint Davids (Milnerton), 7 Sambesiwe Ndamase (Glenwood), 8 Nhlanhla Ndlovu (Kearsney), 9 Mondre van Heerden (Framesby), 10 Chadwin Sellidon (Milnerton), 11 Ruan Genip (Monument), 12 Zingce Simka (DHS), 13 Andrew Maringa (Peterhouse), 14 Zenkosi Mthiyane (DHS) and 15 Zekethelo Siyaya (Westville).

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