Land Rover Durban/Envirosan -Hillcrest Villagers 1st & 4th Division encounters this past weekend

Land Rover Durban/Envirosan -Hillcrest Villagers Rugby Club were at Home to Westville Old Boys & Varsity College Old Boys this week, in the 1st & 4th Division KZNRU encounters.

Envirosan Hillcrest Villagers 3rd XV had a "massive" 24-14 win against the current 4th Division Log leaders, Varsity College OB 3rds, with tremendously physical clash, that showed that Club rugby is alive & well, and still very hard & competitive in the "lower divisions". Tries came from Brandon Viljoen, Hein Grobelaar, André Fourie and Philp Carlitz. Viljoen and Carlitz were awarded Men of the Match.

Villagers 2nd XV took on a highly disciplined, and well drilled Westville OB 2nd XV, in which the visiting side could not do much wrong, breaking the long standing Villagers' 2nd's winning streak, with a final score of 24-5. A lone try came from Tyrone Bakker. Men of the Match went to Ruan Taljaard & Larry Oliver.

In the main match of the evening, the Hillcrest 1st XV came up against a high spirited and strong WOB outfit , who showed that they had come to challenge the 1st Division "second-spot" log leaders'. Villagers soaked up a huge and sustained attack from WOB, with a ferocious defense pattern, but eventually came out as the winner on the evening, with a deserved 20-14 victory. Tries went to Mike Moxley, Kyle "Spowie" Spowart, and "Dolfy" Brits with a penalty & conversion kick from Alex Kleuwinghaus. Man of The Match went to Paddy "Veg" McLaughlin, and Gerhard Botha.

A gracious WOB Chairman, Johan Stander, praised the host side for their victory, and wished them well in their for their remaining fixtures, and challenge for the 1st Division title.