No Easy Victory on K-Day
The 1st XV match on K-Day was always going to be competitive, and whilst College eventually ran out comfortable 24-5 winners, it was far tighter than the scoreline suggests, especially in the first half.
With a large crowd surrounding Lower Field, College once again started slowly, and it was Kingswood who eventually broke the deadlock, with a try to scrumhalf Nicholas Lawson-Smith, after poor control of the ball in the scrum by the College pack.
It did not take College long to bounce back from this setback however, and after showing good strength in the tackle, centre Charlie Fleming went over to level the scores. Murray Wilson converted and College found themselves in the lead. On the stroke of half-time, College showed good continuity and discipline close to the line, with Charlie Fleming scoring his second to see College 12-5 up at the break.
The second half saw College dominate possession and territory and whilst this dominance was not always converted into points, further tries to hard working captain Alex Menage and speedster Matthew Royle, saw College finish the game 24-5 in front.
Scorers:
For St Andrew’s:
Tries: Charlie Fleming 2, Alex Menage, Matthew Royle
Cons: Murray Wilson 2
For Kingswood:
Try: Nicholas Lawson-Smith
Teams
St Andrew’s: 15 Ryan Ford, 14 Ryan Thompson, 13 Anthony More, 12 Charles Fleming, 11 Matthew Royle, 10 Murray Wilson, 9 Guy Rushmere, 8 Miles Danckwerts, 7 Christian Roebert, 6 Alexander Menage (captain), 5 Matthew Hillary, 4 Brayden Barratt, 3 Bame Malesu, 2 Christopher Poole, 1 Basi Malesu
Kingswood: 15 Anele Makongolo, 14 Abongile Klaas, 13 Sandiso Charles, 12 Hilton Krige, 11 Jeff Mutuku, 10 Jarred Manus, 9 Nick Lawson-Smith, 8 Athi Galada, 7 Onika Mgijima, 6 Jack Mills, 5 Loyd Dangazele, 4 Jordan Lombard, 3 Joshua Von Holdt, 2 Kamva Kalipa (captain), 1 Richie Rautenbach
Referee: Rodney Bonaparte (Eastern Province Referees’ Society)
By Stephen Penney
Kingswood vs St Andrew’s since 2003
They first played in 1898. It would be great if we could get a complete list of results.
2003: St Andrew’s won 17-7
2004: St Andrew’s won 12-9
2005: St Andrew’s won 31-5
2006: St Andrew’s won 22-12
2007: St Andrew’s won 41-10
2008: St Andrew’s won 8-6
2009: St Andrew’s won 43-3
2010: St Andrew’s won 43-15
2011: Kingswood won 23-22
2012: St Andrew’s won 43-19
2013: St Andrew’s won 46-23
2014: St Andrew’s won 42-28
2015: Kingswood won 20-19
2016: Kingswood won 34-22
2017: St Andrew’s won 72-5
2018: St Andrew’s won 24-3
