Wanderers meet Suburbs in final

WANDERERS and Western Suburbs will contest the MTC Premier league rugby final after winning their semi-final matches on Saturday.

Wanderers scored an emphatic 27-11 victory against defending champions Reho Falcon, while Suburbs were pushed all the way before beating Rehoboth 19-14. Wanderers’ forwards laid the foundation for the victory with a superb display of scrummaging power and committed tackling.Falcons had no answer for Wanderers in the scrums, where they were pushed back metres at a time, while Wanderers also dominated the loose rucks where their loose trio of Faan Horn, Wiks Coetzee and PJ van Lill were prominent.Especially Van Lill had a storming game, producing some barnstorming runs and linking well with the backline and was rewarded with two tries for his efforts.Wanderers’ flyhalf Danie Grobler also had a fine attacking game, breaking Falcons’ backline at will and setting his backline away at speed.Falcon took an early lead after a penalty by Howard Titus before Wanderers started to take control of the match.Van Lill was prominent in their early attacks with some strong runs and set up their opening try when he broke through Falcons’ defence led to their opening try by centre Regardt Kruger, converted by Pieter Meeuwesen.Falcons’ problems in the scrums increased when their prop Bennie Klein had to leave the field with an injury and Wanderers soon took advantage.From a 10-metre scrum Van Lill broke away on the blindside to crash over for a try.Meeuwesen once again converted to give Wanderers a 14-3 lead at halftime.Meeuwesen and Titus traded penalties early in the second half before another Meeuwesen penalty put Wanderers 20-6 ahead.Falcons started using their backline more on the attack, stretching Wanderers’ defence to the corners of the field.They finally broke through for a try when replacement flanker Gert de Waal crashed over in the corner after a backline move.Titus’s conversion attempt was narrowly wide.In the dying minutes Van Lill capped a great display with his second try when he went over after a blind side attack from a scrum.Meeuwesen added the conversion to seal an emphatic victory.In the second semi-final Rehoboth started off with a bang when their eighthman Yoshiro Klazen scored a try in the first minute after charging down a clearance by Brandon Walters.Suburbs however came back with three penalties by fullback Greg Stein to take a 9-5 halftime lead.Suburbs went further ahead shortly after the break when lock Wacca Kazombiaze stormed over from a lineout, with Stein adding the conversion to make it 16-5.Rehoboth came back into contention with three penalties by their fullback before another Stein penalty gave them a 19-14 victory.www.namibiasport.com.naWanderers’ forwards laid the foundation for the victory with a superb display of scrummaging power and committed tackling.Falcons had no answer for Wanderers in the scrums, where they were pushed back metres at a time, while Wanderers also dominated the loose rucks where their loose trio of Faan Horn, Wiks Coetzee and PJ van Lill were prominent.Especially Van Lill had a storming game, producing some barnstorming runs and linking well with the backline and was rewarded with two tries for his efforts.Wanderers’ flyhalf Danie Grobler also had a fine attacking game, breaking Falcons’ backline at will and setting his backline away at speed.Falcon took an early lead after a penalty by Howard Titus before Wanderers started to take control of the match.Van Lill was prominent in their early attacks with some strong runs and set up their opening try when he broke through Falcons’ defence led to their opening try by centre Regardt Kruger, converted by Pieter Meeuwesen.Falcons’ problems in the scrums increased when their prop Bennie Klein had to leave the field with an injury and Wanderers soon took advantage.From a 10-metre scrum Van Lill broke away on the blindside to crash over for a try.Meeuwesen once again converted to give Wanderers a 14-3 lead at halftime.Meeuwesen and Titus traded penalties early in the second half before another Meeuwesen penalty put Wanderers 20-6 ahead.Falcons started using their backline more on the attack, stretching Wanderers’ defence to the corners of the field.They finally broke through for a try when replacement flanker Gert de Waal crashed over in the corner after a backline move.Titus’s conversion attempt was narrowly wide.In the dying minutes Van Lill capped a great display with his second try when he went over after a blind side attack from a scrum.Meeuwesen added the conversion to seal an emphatic victory.In the second semi-final Rehoboth started off with a bang when their eighthman Yoshiro Klazen scored a try in the first minute after charging down a clearance by Brandon Walters.Suburbs however came back with three penalties by fullback Greg Stein to take a 9-5 halftime lead.Suburbs went further ahead shortly after the break when lock Wacca Kazombiaze stormed over from a lineout, with Stein adding the conversion to make it 16-5.Rehoboth came back into contention with three penalties by their fullback before another Stein penalty gave them a 19-14 victory.www.namibiasport.com.na