On Thursday morning, 24 March, Union’s u/11 rugby team left Graaff-Reinet, making their way to Gqeberha, to participate in 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹’𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝘂/𝟭𝟭 𝗥𝘂𝗴𝗯𝘆 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹.

Upon arrival, they played their first match of the tournament against Westering Primary, which they drew 10-10. Congrats to 𝗠𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘆 𝗛𝗼𝗽𝗲 and 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲 on scoring Union’s two tries.

Later that afternoon they played against a very strong Grey team, against which they unfortunately lost 29 – 0.

On Friday, 25 March, the team faced Herbert Herd. It was a very physical game, with the boys from both teams giving it their all. In the end, Union emerged victorious, winning the match 5 – 0. Well done to Union’s try scorer, 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗵 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹.

Later that afternoon, the boys played against a very strong St Andrew’s team. Although the Union boys dominated most parts of the game, small mistakes led to them losing the game 10 – 5. Here, 𝗞𝗵𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗺𝗹𝗮 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗷𝗶𝗲𝘀 put the points on the board for Union.

Union played their last match of the tournament against Summerwood on Saturday, 26 March. Well done to Summerwood who won the match 15 – 0.

𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘺𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵, 𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴’ 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱, 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦, 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯.