{"id":58675,"date":"2022-09-27T01:44:38","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T01:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africannewspaper.net\/2022\/09\/27\/a-great-rugby-day-for-windhoek-gym-the-namibian\/"},"modified":"2022-09-27T01:44:51","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T01:44:51","slug":"a-great-rugby-day-for-windhoek-gym-the-namibian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africannewspaper.net\/2022\/09\/27\/a-great-rugby-day-for-windhoek-gym-the-namibian\/","title":{"rendered":"A great rugby day for Windhoek Gym – The Namibian"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
WINDHOEK Gymnasium won the Standard Bank u19 Super League rugby title after a thrilling 24-23 victory over Windhoek Africaanse Privaat Skool in Windhoek Gymnasium’s Field on Saturday.<\/p>\n
In an exciting match, where fortunes swayed to the and fro throughout the match, Gymnasium won a last-minute penalty in front of posts. Flyhalf JW Visagie coolly converted it to send their fans wild and Affies fans into despair. <\/p>\n
Windhoek Gymnasium also won the u15A and u19B titles, while the u14A title was won. <\/p>\n
The Super League final was thrilling with many collisions and great defense from both sides in the first stages. <\/p>\n
Affies held the initial lead and was close to scoring after a fine run from flanker SG Maritz. However, Gymnasium absorbed the pressure and took the lead against the flow of play when Visagie gave over a penalty.<\/p>\n
Affies immediately responded to the kickoff by right wing Nico Tromp following up a kick forward to touch down. Visagie soon added another penalty. After a great run of hooker Hendre Schlrader, Herman Coetzee, prop forward, went over from a maul and converted try, Gymnasium moved 13-5 ahead. <\/p>\n
Andre Siepker, Affies fullback, handed over a penalty for a 13-8 halftime score. From the second half kickoff Jandre Esterhuizen, wing, ran away and scored in the left-hand corner. Siepker missed the goal conversion, but the teams were level at 13-all. <\/p>\n
Gymnasium came back and almost scored from a score-line maul but their defense was outstanding. Affies wing Esterhuizen was beaten just a few metres from the line. <\/p>\n
Siepker missed the 50m penalty but Esterhuizen made another try. Fanus Jurgens broke well to give Affies the lead. Siepker added a fantastic conversion from the touchline and they went 20-13 in front.<\/p>\n
Gymnasium stormed back, flanker Dirkie Theunissen completed an impressive 20m driving maul and didt down. Visagie was just two points behind at 20-18, even though they missed the conversion.<\/p>\n
Siepker missed another long range penalty attempt for Affies. However, Gymnasium kept attacking and regained the lead after a Visagie penalty made them 21-20 ahead. <\/p>\n
A Siepker penalty gave Affies 23-21 lead in the final minutes. However, Gymnasium pushed all the buttons and won. Affies were penalised by Visagie, who handed over the penalty to give them a convincing one-point victory. <\/p>\n
Windhoek Gymnasium won the Super League summit victory. They also broke Affies\u2019 recent dominance after they won the trophy in 2018 & 2019, before a Covid interruption 2021 and 2020. <\/p>\n
Jorick Muir, Gymnasium’s flanker won the player\/forward of the match awards. Jandre Esterhuizen from Affies won the backline player-of-the match award. <\/p>\n
These were the final results of Standard Bank Schools Trophy.<\/p>\n
U14 B: M&K Gertse 26-12 WHS B<\/p>\n
U19 D: Dawid Bezuidenhout I 24-10 M&K Gertse II<\/p>\n
U19 Super Plate: WHS 17-14 Moria <\/p>\n
U15 B: Pro Ed Academy 38-24 M&K Gertse<\/p>\n
U14 A: Windhoek Gymnasium 17-17 WHS <\/p>\n
U19 C: HTS 38-25 Grootfontein <\/p>\n
U15 A: Windhoek Gymnasium 16-15 WHS<\/p>\n
U19 B: Windhoek Gymnasium II 21-19 WHS II <\/p>\n
U19 A: Walvis Bay 46-18 Dr Lemmer <\/p>\n
U19 Super: Windhoek Gymnasium 24-23 WAP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n