Steinhoff NADOES claim victory after 4 years
After a 4 year wait and a nail biting Rugby final, the Steinhoff Nadoes achieved victory as they were crowned the 2015 Steinhoff UCT Internal League CHAMPIONS.
Final results were as follows:
It was however not an easy feat as the Steinhoff Nadoes were made to work for the win with the Steinhoff Cobras pushing them until the final whistle.
It was an evening of two halves which saw the Steinhoff Nadoes dominating the first half and the Steinhoff Cobras the second. After crossing the Cobras try line on four different occasions in the first half, the Nadoes surely thought that the game was won at 28 – 10 at half time.
The Steinhoff Cobras however had a different plan of action and made a valiant comeback scoring four tries of their own but missing the conversions which cost them dearly in the end. Steinhoff Nadoes finished off with a final try under sticks taking the scoreboard to 33 – 28. The Steinhoff Cobras had one last chance to win the match, however, the defence of the Nadoes proved to be too strong. Ultimately, missed conversions and one-too-many handling errors from the Cobras, cost them the match.
It was surely one of the better matches between these two teams and one of the best finals witnessed at UCT in many a year.
In the Res-League Final, Steinhoff Turtles came from behind to beat the Steinhoff Saints in a tightly contested match. The Saints took the lead early in the match and doubled their score a few minutes later. In order to stay in the match the Steinhoff Turtles knew that they would need to convert their penalties and this they did. Turtles then scored a late try in the match, going on to be crowned the 2015 Res-League champs.
The evening kicked off with the 3rd/4th place playoff between the Vikings and Ikhaya with the Vikings being super-clinical and not giving the guys from Ikhaya a chance to even get points on the board. The CVU Vikings walked away convincingly with a 32-0 win.
Congratulations to all teams on their hard earned and well deserved wins.