Rugby
Irawas and Bobbies through to City and Rowan Cup Finals─── 08:24 Wed, 12 Jun 2013
Morgan Piek
Bloemfontein - Irawas of the University of the Free State pulled out all the stops and surprised everyone by beating the much more fancied CUT Ixias 33 – 20 to reach the Final of the City Cup. The Ixias scrum let them down in the first-half and along with great Irawas saw the Kovies side going into the half-time break leading 20-6. The Ixias scrum functioned remarkably better in the second half and a late onslaught of the tries in the last 10 minutes saw them narrow the gap. However, it was too-little-too-late.
On Saturday they face the Shimlas in the City Cup Final.
Scorers:
CUT Ixias 20: Tries - Leon Pretorius, Marius Grobeler Conv - Noël Marx 2 Pen - Duan Pretorius 2.
UFS Irawas 33: Tries -Beyers Louw, Spoed Smith, Marco Klopper 2 Conv. - Beyers Louw 2 Pen. - Beyers Louw 3.
In the evenings other game, the Rowan Cup semi-final, CUT were once again left disappointed after Bloemfontein Police scored a late try to beat the CUT Tjisas 41-40. The Tjisas virtually dominated the entire match apart from the last 10 minutes. The ever dangerous Police outfit upped their game in the last 10 minutes and scored 12 points to snatch a late win and setup a Rowan Cup Final against Crusaders on Saturday.
Scorers:
CUT Tjisas 40: Tries - Louis Ntuka, Fanie Coetzer, Marco Mathee, Khyle Verwey, Marius Grobler, Dean Kaprianoff Conv -Fanie Coetzer 4.
Bloemfontein Police 41: Tries - Peet Holtzhauser, Anton Smith, Barend Gouws, Frankie Ferreira 2, Francois Saayman Conv.- Frankie Ferreira 4 Pen. - Frankie Ferreira 1
Bloemfontein - Irawas of the University of the Free State pulled out all the stops and surprised everyone by beating the much more fancied CUT Ixias 33 – 20 to reach the Final of the City Cup. The Ixias scrum let them down in the first-half and along with great Irawas saw the Kovies side going into the half-time break leading 20-6. The Ixias scrum functioned remarkably better in the second half and a late onslaught of the tries in the last 10 minutes saw them narrow the gap. However, it was too-little-too-late.
On Saturday they face the Shimlas in the City Cup Final.
Scorers:
CUT Ixias 20: Tries - Leon Pretorius, Marius Grobeler Conv - Noël Marx 2 Pen - Duan Pretorius 2.
UFS Irawas 33: Tries -Beyers Louw, Spoed Smith, Marco Klopper 2 Conv. - Beyers Louw 2 Pen. - Beyers Louw 3.
In the evenings other game, the Rowan Cup semi-final, CUT were once again left disappointed after Bloemfontein Police scored a late try to beat the CUT Tjisas 41-40. The Tjisas virtually dominated the entire match apart from the last 10 minutes. The ever dangerous Police outfit upped their game in the last 10 minutes and scored 12 points to snatch a late win and setup a Rowan Cup Final against Crusaders on Saturday.
Scorers:
CUT Tjisas 40: Tries - Louis Ntuka, Fanie Coetzer, Marco Mathee, Khyle Verwey, Marius Grobler, Dean Kaprianoff Conv -Fanie Coetzer 4.
Bloemfontein Police 41: Tries - Peet Holtzhauser, Anton Smith, Barend Gouws, Frankie Ferreira 2, Francois Saayman Conv.- Frankie Ferreira 4 Pen. - Frankie Ferreira 1
