Felixton put on ice
The two schools agreed on playing four, fifteen minute 'chukkas'.
TRINITY College from Toronto Canada beat Felixton College 27-24 in a cracker of a rugby match on Wednesday afternoon at Felixton.
The touring school, which normally plays grid-iron, isa touring South Africa to sharpen up their rugby skills.
The two schools agreed on playing four, fifteen minute ‘chukkas’.
The visitors went into the first water break 5-0 up, after Jack Curtis crossed the whitewash from a midfiled scrum in the home side’s 22m area.
But the home lads came out firing to take a 12-5 lead going into the shed at half-time.
Inside centre Mthokozisi Mkhwanazi dotted down twice for the home side, with Lethu Mkwanazi converting one try.
The local lads came out firing in the second half, with winger Murray Louw scoring in the corner after a scintillating run to take the score to 17-5.
But the Canadian boys were not going to go down without a fight, with Curtis and Harrison Quinlan getting over and Darren Hewey converting to take the score to 17 all.
That’s how the score stayed going into the water break.
With only 15 minutes left to play, both sides gave it their all, with the big number five from Canada crunching his way over the line to hand the visitors a 22-17 lead.
But Felixton left winger Thabani Sithole ended off a 40m run to score under the poles, which Mthokozisi converted to take the home side into a 24-22 lead.
With only seconds left on the clock, visiting No 8 Harrison Quinlan burst over to steal a 27-24 win for the Canadians.
