The first 15 minutes of this battle was extremely even with Monnas maybe just the better team. With 15 minutes to go Drostdy HTS convert a penalty to take the lead with 3-0. Drostdy HTS attacked from the kickoff by Monnas to score their first try (8-0).
Monnas replied immediately replied with a try of their own after Drostdy HTS erred on defence (8-7). Great interplay between Monnas' forwards and backs resulted in a try to Monnas which gave them the lead with four minutes to go to the halftime break. A penalty by Drostdy HTS just before halftime (11-14).
Monnas scored with the time finished on the clock to lead 21-11 at halftime.
Although Drostdy HTS is not out of the game, Monnas is punching holes in the defence of Drostdy with relative ease.
Halftime: Monnas 21-11 Drostdy HTS
Monnas set up camp in Drostdy HTS's 22m for the first 10 minutes of the second half. Percy Basson ran for almost 90 meters to score a brilliant individual try (16-21).
The pressure of Monnas on the Drostdy HTS tryline ended in JP Meyer who goes over for Monnas 4th try (28-16).
We missed Drostdy's 3rd try thanks to crap service from DigiTV. With 5 minutes to go Drostdy scored their 4th try to narrow the gap to 26-28.
Monnas scraped home after a spirited fightback by Drostdy HTS. If one must be honest Monnas deserved the win with the score being a bit biased towards Drostdy HTS.
Fulltime: Monnas 28-26 Drostdy HTS
Scorers:
Drostdy HTS: Tries: Percy Basson (2), Another, Nathan Solomons. Penalties: JP Brits (2)
Monnas: Tries: Jan-Hendrik Bessenger, Tiaan Wessels, Evan Retief, JP Meyer. Conversions: Conrad Sevenster (4)