Under 55 kg A Rugby Unbeaten in 2010 Season

The 2010 Under 55kg A Rugby season kicked off with three combative trial sessions. It was at this stage that their coach Mr De Klerk realized this was going to be a champion team. Without a doubt, the players picked themselves through their actions and their outstanding attitude.

Blessed with a plethora of talent, the coach and support team were able to experiment with positions in order to give all the boys’ satisfactory game time. The team commenced the season, in the three grading games, with comprehensive wins over all. Once the team realized that individualised talent alone wasn’t good enough to be truly successful, Theunis Pieterse (Captain) and Blake Scotland (Vice Captain) brought the group together as an unstoppable unit.

The U55 A team trained hard, putting the success of the team above individual merit, and this became a winning formula. With great determination, they not only won, but won every game by a convincing margin, even acquiring triple figures. They were not always the biggest team on the field; they had some challenges, but they still went on to win the semi-finals and ultimately the grand finals in impressive style to take the Pat Bennett Trophy. Mr De Klerk noted that it has been a pleasure working with assistant and backline coach David Den Hertog, father of the teams First-five.

We congratulate Mr De Klerk’s team, as well as the other four junior sides that went on to contest finals in the last two weeks.  It has been a stellar year for Rugby at Hamilton Boys’ High School.