The B side played first and started very brightly Matt Thomson and Dan Owen playing well and carrying the ball strongly. Approaching half time we conceded a try that proved to be vital, the first half was close and at 12-5 we were keeping it tight through a Mickey Reynolds score. However a laboured attack from our back line was intercepted with the Rondebosch winger running home untouched. This knocked the stuffing out of our lads and the second half proved to be damage limitation,the hosts confidence grew and ours waned the weather also tired us immensely, this led to a final score of 44-5.
The As played afterwards and worried the hosts from the start our physical pack and direct running led us to get into scoring positions but with some basic errors and clinical finishing we found ourselves behind at the half. After the half the weather and a few unfriendly decisions took their toll as a couple of scores increased the gap between the teams. We did finish on a bright spot with Dan Owen stepping up from the 2s to score the final points of the day, we lost 29-14. Again the back row of Walker, Chen and Aldred played very well and are developing into fine rugby players.
The final game of the tour is on Tuesday against Bishops who are supposed to be the toughest of the lot, the boys have developed and learnt so much so far we're hoping for further progress and maybe even a win!!
