Die Blue Birds-rugbyspan van Bonnievale se kanse om vanjaar vir die Boland rugbyunie se Top-12-kompetisie te kwalifiseer, is n\u00e1 die afgelope naweek se oorwinning nog springlewendig.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Blue Birds, wat tans derde op die Bre\u00eb-Langeberg-punteleer is, het die besoekende Ashton United Saterdag (19 Augustus) op die Happy Valley-sportterrein in Bonnievale met 29-14 die loef afgesteek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
N\u00e1 \u2019n betreklik gelykop eerste helfte, waarin slegs strafdoele \u2013 vyf altesaam \u2013aangeteken is, was Ashton teen rustyd met die telling 9-6 \u2019n kortkop voor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Elton Mfundisi, die losskakel van Blue Birds, het sy span vroeg in die wedstryd met \u2019n strafdoel laat voorloop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ashton het egter met drie strafdoele n\u00e1 mekaar deur David Wagenaar (binnesenter) teruggeslaan en die leisels oorgeneem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Blue Birds se nr. 4-slot, Isak Opperman, is in die eerste helfte n\u00e1 \u2019n gevaarlike hoogvat met \u2019n geelkaart vir tien minute van die veld af gestuur. Buiten \u2019n strafdoel kon Ashton nie behoorlik uit die 14-man-situasie van sy teenstaander munt slaan nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die tuisspan se spoedvraat, Lleyton Davids (linkervleuel), het intussen met \u2019n langafstand-strafdoel geslaag en sy span se agterstand verklein. Sy suksesvolle poging het die telling op 9-6 te staan gebring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dit was ook die telling toe rustyd aangebreek het. Ashton was op daardie tydstip nog in die bestuurdersitplek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
N\u00e1 rustyd het die tuisspan egter met \u2019n verdoelde drie die voortou geneem en dit enduit behou. Di\u00e9 drie het gekom nadat Blue Birds swak verdediging aan die kant van Ashton uitgebuit het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die tuisspan het vanaf \u2019n vaste skrum in sy kwartgebied aangeval. Nadat die bal vlugtig deur \u2019n paar hande is, het Steven Stallenberg (heelagter), die beweging met \u2019n pragdrie afgerond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Davids, wie se skopvernuf \u2019n aansienlike rol in die besoekers se ondergang gespeel het, het met die doelskop geslaag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sy suksesvolle doelskop het die telling na 13-9 in Blue Birds se guns geneem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die lenige Davids is meer bekend vir sy spoed en bedrieglike lopies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ashton het hom dus met valko\u00eb dopgehou en ook goed aan bande gel\u00ea, maar di\u00e9 keer het hy hulle egter met sy netjiese korrelwerk pale toe laat les ops\u00ea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die besoekers het talle oortredings in die tweede helfte begaan, en telkens wanneer dit gebeur het, het Davids nie geskroom om hulle met sy geleerde skopvoet te straf nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hy het met drie agtereenvolgende strafdoele \u2013 almal oor taamlike lang afstande \u2013 geslaag, wat die telling vinnig na 22-9 laat aanskuif het. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Davids het sy span op di\u00e9 manier gehelp om gedurende die tweede helfte beheer van die wedstryd te neem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ashton was, afgesien van sy keerwerk, wat hom soms in die steek gelaat het, deurentyd mededingend, maar Blue Birds was duidelik die span wat hongerder was om die wedstryd te wen. Boonop het hulle ook puik verdedig.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die skrif was egter in flikkerende rooi letters aan die muur vir die besoekers toe die tuisspan sy tweede verdoelde drie aangeteken en die telling tot \u2019n bykans onaanvegbare 29-9 gegroei het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Met s\u00f3 \u2019n groot agterstand en min tyd oor het die besoekers \u2019n steil bult gehad om te klim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ten spyte van hul benarde situasie het die maroentruie egter aangehou terugveg en aanval op aanval van stapel gestuur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Uiteindelik is hul vasberadenheid en deursettingsvermo\u00eb met \u2019n drie deur die heelagter, Wesley Abrahams, beloon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die doelskop was \u2019n twisappel, want die twee lynregters het verskil oor of die teiken getref is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
N\u00e1 Wagenaar se doelskoppoging het die een lynregter sy vlag omhoog gelig, terwyl die ander syne dwars geswaai het. Die skeidsregter het uiteindelik beslis die skop was mis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Op die keper beskou, het Blue Birds die grootuitdaagbekerkragmeting aan die einde van die dag eintlik redelik maklik met 29-14 gewen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die grootste doring in die besoekers se vlees was vir seker Davids met sy giftige skopvoet. Hy het altesaam 16 punte \u2013 vier strafdoele en twee doelskoppe \u2013 aangeteken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vir Blue Birds, met 60 ligapunte tans op sy kerfstok en nog drie wedstryde om te speel, is die Top-12-uitspele gewis nog binne sy bereik.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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