Michaelhouse draw first blood

11 Mar 2010

Michaelhouse are hoping to build on their 18-17 win against Westville last Saturday.

Westville made the early running, but handling errors, ill-discipline and poor decision making saw them squander scoring opportunities and hemorage penalties (especially at the breakdown) which kept Michaelhouse afloat.

While the result will be a morale booster for Michaelhouse, considering they lost to Westville early in 2009, coach Gavin Ross stressed that neither team played to their potential.

‘Both teams delivered typical pre-season performances,’ he told keo.co.za. ‘Westville made a lot of errors and we took a while to find our rhythm. That wasn’t surprising as we only started our pre-season work [excluding gym and fitness training] a week ago, because of commitments to cricket, basketball and waterpolo.

‘While we still have a lot of work to do, there were some positives from the game. We had a lot more backline cohesion in the second half as our centres started to find their [running] lines and our kickers started to find their marks. Coming out on top also gives the boys a lot of confidence.’

Other KwaZulu-Natal results:
Kearsney 66 Voortrekker 7
Weston 55 Linpark 10
Kearsney 2nd XV 26 Port Natal 18
Northwood 17 Pinetown 7
Carter 10 Alexandra 5

By Rory Keohane



4 Comments

  • 1.charo: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 16:07 pm

    geez – northwood now play the likes of pinetown?

    how my old school has slipped. in the day they played only the top schools

  • 2.sharks_lover: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 16:15 pm

    lol charo

    how you mate??

    btw come say hello on RT , well atleast now and then

  • 3.charo: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 16:21 pm

    @sharks_lover:

    am ok thanks – just deeply disappointed how my old school has declined.
    i read the articles on rt – especially those by morne and super – and catch up on the comments occasionally

  • 4.sharks_lover: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 16:26 pm

    good to hear charo

    dont be shy then say hi now and then

    hows things up north?

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