Bishops errors spare SACS
9 May 2010
Bishops are determined to improve despite racking up 46 points against SACS in the weekend’s Western Cape derby match, where handling cost them a big win.
Errors in set-play in the opposition 22 and an incomplete second half performance from Bishops let SACS with a degree of respectability in front of their home crowd.
‘Look it’s always tough to be at the top of your game at every instance with so much ball at your disposal,’ 1st XV coach Dave Mallet told the Weekend Argus, ‘But the chaps must begin to understand they need to be playing high-tempo rugby throughout their 70 minutes in order to reap the end result.’
The score began ticking over after a tight first five minutes, with Bishop’s inside centre Paul Kuiper beating one and too quick for SACS’ scrambling defence for a 40m effort. A Tim Swizel penalty had Bichops out to an eight point lead, before Kuiper again made a mockery of the SACS defenders, and gifted flyhalf Dillyn Leyds a try to go 15 points up.
SACS hemorrhaged penalties throughout the match, and with sloppy ball handling were never able to compete with the polished Bishops lineup. But there was hope for the home side in the 23rd minute, when replacement wing Zade Fogel handed off two defenders before crossing the line to narrow the gap to 15-7. However Bishops scored shortly after through eighthman James Crowson to once again put SACS under pressure.
The second half heralded five more Bishops tries (to Tim Swiel, Nathan Nel, Liam Peterson and Dino Loizedes) but the visitors, who often opted for touch kicks rather than three pointers, repeatedly squandered the opportunity to bury SACS. Mallet believes his side has plenty of work to do before they’ve hit their peak.
‘I’ll take the win, but hard work needs to be put it if we are to be viewed as serious contenders for top Cape team this season.’
5 Comments
9 May 2010, 12:13 pm
eina!
9 May 2010, 17:05 pm
Kick ***! Cape Town schools don’t hold a candle to these ouens!
10 May 2010, 08:45 am
Ya, I watched the game, if Bishops had been on there game it would have been 60 or 70. And it should have been.
SACS are lucky they fell asleep in the 2nd half.
10 May 2010, 08:47 am
Huh?
“The second half heralded five more Bishops tries (to Tim Swiel, Nathan Nel, Liam Peterson and Dino Loizedes)”
5 tries but only 4 names?
That’s because they were only 4 tries in the 2nd half. come noe Rory!!
11 May 2010, 10:39 am
its a great pity that schoolboy rugby is being dictated by referees who dont have a feel for the game.
saturdays game was no exception and the bishops paul roos game last saturday was to a large extent hampered by the ref although it still produced brilliant rugby.
imagine what a better spectacle it would have been with a referee who realised that the kids want to play and he is not the most important man on the field.
when watching schoolboy rugby on the tv the same applies.
how do we approach and rectify this problem?
one can write about it but unless the heads of the refs union drum into their referees that they are there to see fair play and not them we, will be subjected to these pedantic referees.
we will be subjected to this every week
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