Welwitschias fall again
The Hage Geingob Stadium came alive on Saturday with exciting rugby by the visiting Leopards, who ran rings around the Windhoek Draught Welwitschias.
JESSE JACKSON KAURAISA
Namibia's poor run in the SuperSport Rugby Challenge continued at the weekend with an 81-8 thumping at the hands of Leopards, who got their first win of the competition.
The game was already beyond Namibia's reach approaching halftime as the Leopards took a 50-3 lead.
In just 30 minutes of the match, the Leopards took an unassailable 30-0 lead after a passage of dominating rugby.
Despite not picking up a win before this, the team from North West managed to accumulate six log points in the North Section. The win in Windhoek catapulted them to 11 points and fourth place on the standings.
The Leopards never let go of the lead in this one-sided affair and they raced to a 38-0 lead in just 30 minutes, with Eugene Hare scoring a hat-trick and Evardi Boshoff completing a brace of tries. The visitors ran in 13 tries in total, including eight first-half tries with Schalk Hugo converting eight of his 13 attempts.
The only try for the home side came from Uazikamisa Mieze (replacement forward) in the 49th minute, with Henrique Olivier slotting a first-half penalty goal. Along with Hare's hat-trick and Boshoff's brace, Muziwandile Mazibuko, Morne Moos, Lungelo Gosa, Gustav du Rand, Andre Fouche, Bradley Moolman, Keagan Tait and Wilmar Groenewald all got their names on the scoring sheet.
The visitors came out firing on all cylinders after the break, much like the first half, with the scoreboard firmly tipped in their favour 50-3. Hare scored his third try minutes after the second half restarted.
Quality first phase ball and clinical attacking play ensured the visitors enjoyed virtually all the possession and territory.
Groenewald rounded off the try-fest with five minutes to go, and despite Hugo missing the conversion attempt, the writing was on the wall, 81-3.
The results put Namibia at the bottom of the group and with no hope of making it out to the next stages.
The Windhoek Draught Welwitschias began their SuperSport Rugby Challenge campaign on the back foot with a 40-23 defeat to the Xerox Golden Lions last month.
They then suffered another defeat 21-87 to the Vodacom Blue Bulls in their second SuperSport Rugby Challenge match.
The team also lost 61-24 to the Tafel Lager Griquas before losing 34-24 to the Griffons.
Scorers, Leopards: Tries: Eugene Hare (3), Evardi Boshoff (2), Muziwandile Mazibuko, Morne Moos, Lungelo Gosa, Gustav Du Rand, Andre Fouche, Bradley Moolman, Keagan Tait, Wilmar Groenewald. Conversions: Schalk Hugo (8). Windhoek Draught
Welwitschias: Try: Uazikamisa Mieze. Penalty goal: Henrique Olivier.
- Additional reporting by NAMPA/ANA
Namibia's poor run in the SuperSport Rugby Challenge continued at the weekend with an 81-8 thumping at the hands of Leopards, who got their first win of the competition.
The game was already beyond Namibia's reach approaching halftime as the Leopards took a 50-3 lead.
In just 30 minutes of the match, the Leopards took an unassailable 30-0 lead after a passage of dominating rugby.
Despite not picking up a win before this, the team from North West managed to accumulate six log points in the North Section. The win in Windhoek catapulted them to 11 points and fourth place on the standings.
The Leopards never let go of the lead in this one-sided affair and they raced to a 38-0 lead in just 30 minutes, with Eugene Hare scoring a hat-trick and Evardi Boshoff completing a brace of tries. The visitors ran in 13 tries in total, including eight first-half tries with Schalk Hugo converting eight of his 13 attempts.
The only try for the home side came from Uazikamisa Mieze (replacement forward) in the 49th minute, with Henrique Olivier slotting a first-half penalty goal. Along with Hare's hat-trick and Boshoff's brace, Muziwandile Mazibuko, Morne Moos, Lungelo Gosa, Gustav du Rand, Andre Fouche, Bradley Moolman, Keagan Tait and Wilmar Groenewald all got their names on the scoring sheet.
The visitors came out firing on all cylinders after the break, much like the first half, with the scoreboard firmly tipped in their favour 50-3. Hare scored his third try minutes after the second half restarted.
Quality first phase ball and clinical attacking play ensured the visitors enjoyed virtually all the possession and territory.
Groenewald rounded off the try-fest with five minutes to go, and despite Hugo missing the conversion attempt, the writing was on the wall, 81-3.
The results put Namibia at the bottom of the group and with no hope of making it out to the next stages.
The Windhoek Draught Welwitschias began their SuperSport Rugby Challenge campaign on the back foot with a 40-23 defeat to the Xerox Golden Lions last month.
They then suffered another defeat 21-87 to the Vodacom Blue Bulls in their second SuperSport Rugby Challenge match.
The team also lost 61-24 to the Tafel Lager Griquas before losing 34-24 to the Griffons.
Scorers, Leopards: Tries: Eugene Hare (3), Evardi Boshoff (2), Muziwandile Mazibuko, Morne Moos, Lungelo Gosa, Gustav Du Rand, Andre Fouche, Bradley Moolman, Keagan Tait, Wilmar Groenewald. Conversions: Schalk Hugo (8). Windhoek Draught
Welwitschias: Try: Uazikamisa Mieze. Penalty goal: Henrique Olivier.
- Additional reporting by NAMPA/ANA
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