Port Natal claim Sevens crown
Port Natal School recently took part in the inaugural 7-a-side rugby tournament hosted by Voortrekker High School in Pietermaritzburg.
Other schools that took part were Voortrekker, Hilton College, Westville Boys High, Maritzburg College, Weston Agricultural, St Charles College and the KZN Schools 7s team.
This tournament took place over two Friday evenings (6 and 13 September 2013).
During the pool stage Port Natal, captained by Merlynn Pieterse, ended top of their pool after beating St Charles 35–7 and Voortrekker 38–5.
During the knockout stages Port Natal advanced to the Cup semi-finals where they played against Hilton College.
In a hard-fought match the Port Natal team beat Hilton 24–10 to advance into the Cup final.
The final match was against Maritzburg College after they beat Westville Boys High in their semi-final.
The final match promised to be a epic battle between the two top teams.
Port Natal had not had the opportunity to play against Matitzburg College for a long time and the Portie boys were very excited about the match.
As anticipated, the final had the spectators on the edge of their seats with both teams running in some great tries.
With 30 seconds left on the clock, College led 19–17 with the final line-out of the match belonging to the Portie team.
After winning the line-out the Port Natal boys managed to score the try that would win them the game.
The conversion was unsuccessful but the final whistle blew with the final score 23–19 to Port Natal School.
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- Jan van Straaten and Andre Bloem
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