MIDDELBURG NEWS— The rugby team of Grootfontein College of Agriculture played their last game for the season against Cradock Rugby Club on Saturday, August 5, at Marlow.

The Cradock Rugby Club's 1st Reserves also played a game against a combined team of Marlow Old-scholars and Veritas.

Cradock started by scoring two consecutive tries. Grootfontein managed to come back into the game by also scoring two tries in the first half by Khanyisa Tshuni (Bolt). In the second half, Marius Paulsen also scored a try and the match was concluded by a drop-goal by Gert Rupping (Vlaktes). Unfortunately, Grootfontein lost against Cradock with 29 - 22.

The 2017 rugby season for Grootfontein was excellent considering that they only lost three games through the entire 2017 rugby season. Grootfontein also had 10 players in the National Agricultural CollegesTeam which is far better than previous years.

Adrian Greig received the Man of the Match trophy for Grootfontein from Andries Pretorius after Saturday’s match at Marlow.

Man of the Match trophies were presented by Louw Venter, president of the Cradock Rugby Club, to Eugene Kroucamp (Cradock 1st Reserves) and Dewald Opperman (Cradock Rugby Club).

The rugby team of Grootfontein College of Agriculture played their last game for the season against Cradock Rugby Club on Saturday, August 5, at Marlow.

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