Ryan Pronk and Quade Nicholls scored two tries each as the South Coast Warriors U11 rugby team produced a 28-12 win over the Mighty Elephants from Pietermaritzburg at on Kings Park 1 in Durban last Sunday.
The Elephants scored first, with the Warriors replying through a blistering diagonal run from 8th-man Ryan, with Quade converting to make it 7-7. The Elephants scored again before half time, 12-7.
However, after the break the Warriors really turned it on, with some exciting, running rugby.
Quade scored next, slicing through the defence, followed by a solo run of about 55m from Ryan.
Quade rounded things off in the last few minutes to put the game beyond doubt. He kicked all four conversions.
However, it was an excellent overall effort from the boys, with some – like Eli Langton – playing a match for the first time.
Squad: Ruan Smit, Juan Beer, Josh Mattison, Luke Moschides, Daniel Rush, Cam Werner, Drew Stott, Ryan Pronk, Jaydon Koekemoer (c), Quade Nicholls, Zian Sukkels, Jacob Steynberg, Eli Langton, Jade Jordaan, Frank Cumming. Bench – Zhuan Kellie, MJ Myburgh, Blake Longhurst, Bernardt Pretorius, Gideon Janse van Vuuren, Derrick Botha.
It was a good day overall for the Warriors, with the U9s winning both games and U7s winning one and drawing one.
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