SCHOOLS RUGBY TOURNAMENT
Grey College lower Gym’s colours
Bloem’s Grey College beat Paarl Gymnasium in the final of the Wildeklawer Super Schools rugby tournament
Grey College of Bloemfontein beat Paarl Gymnasium 31-19 in the final of the Wildeklawer Super Schools rugby tournament in Kimberley on Monday. Grey led 17-12 at half-time. Gym came into the clash as the unofficial No1-ranked school in the country, while Grey were in the top five. Gymnasium’s arch-rivals, Paarl Boys High, were the leading team in the country in 2015 and 2016 with an unbeaten record against all-comers. These two great Boland rugby schools will meet later in the season in their annual derby at the Faure Street Stadium, with Paarl Boys aiming to make it a hat-trick of wins after a four-year losing streak was broken. The ninth edition of the Wildeklawer tournament, which was held at Kimberley’s Diamantveld High School, featured 20 teams playing two 60-minute matches. The first round took place on Saturday. Gym beat Waterkloof of Pretoria 26-7 while Grey College saw off Boland Landbou 49-8. Landbou rebounded with a brilliant victory over Affies of Pretoria on the final da...
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