Monument and Glenwood played out a thrilling draw at the Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival on Thursday, while there were wins for Wynberg and Pretoria Boys’ in Joburg.
At Kearsney, Monnas and the Green Machine both scored four tries in a 26-26 stalemate, with Monnas replacment flyhalf Jaydon Viljoen converting his own try with five minutes remaining to level the scores.
Earlier in the day, EG Jansen triumphed 29-24 over Kearsney. The boys from Boksburg led 19-0 at half time and while the hosts fought back in the second half, they fell just short.
At St John’s, winger Neo Matlaletsa scored a hat-trick in Pretoria Boys’ 43-29 win against Diamantveld, Nelspruit edged Welkom Gym 34-31 and SACS saw off St Davids 28-3.
Twenty kilometres away at St Stithians, Wynberg beat England’s Hartpury College 19-10, before fellow Cape Town school Bishops slumped to a 38-12 defeat to Helpmekaar.
The KES Easter Festival starts on Saturday.
Easter Festival results (Thursday)
Kearsney FestivalMilnerton 34 Peterhouse (Zimbabwe) 18Durbanville 66 Dale 22DHS 41 Rustenburg 7Kearsney 24 EG Jansen 29Monument 26 Glenwood 26Westville 31 Framesby 0
St John’s FestivalKingswood 41 Randburg 21Graeme 21 Voortrekker Bethlehem 10Maritzburg College 43 Golden Lions XV 0SACS 28 St Davids 3Nelspruit 34 Welkom Gym 31Pretoria Boys’ 43 Diamantveld 29St John’s 5 Hilton 29
St Stithians FestivalHartpury College 2nd XV (England) 31 Rand Park 20St Stithians 32 Clifton 0St Andrew’s College 54 Northcliff 26Michaelhouse 65 St John’s (Zimbabwe) 14St Charles 38 Windhoek (Namibia) 22Wynberg 19 Hartpury College (England) 10Helpmekaar 38 Bishops 12
2025 Easter rugby festivals fixtures
