Paul Roos Gymnasium came up short in the World Schools Festival final against New Zealand's Kelston Boys' High in Abu Dhabi on Saturday.
Paul Roos Gymnasium came up short in the World Schools Festival final against New Zealand’s Kelston Boys’ High in Abu Dhabi on Saturday, writesPaul Roos and EG Jansen were South Africa’s representatives at the six-day event held in Abu Dhabi from 15-21 December.
Paul Roos topped Pool A thanks to a convincing win over Llandovery and two nail-biting wins against Harrow and Westlake Boys’ High, the defending champions. Paul Roos left wing Jordan Steenkamp was outstanding in the pool stages, scoring two long-range tries that were the difference in the games against Harrow and Westlake.
Kelston scored two unconverted tries in reply to take a short-lived lead. In their second 22m entry, Paul Roos reclaimed the lead thanks to a try by superb No.8 Gert Kemp, which was converted for a 12-10 Paul Roos advantage. Kelston kicked a penalty in injury time at the end of the first half for a 13-12 lead in a tightly-contested decider.
Paul Roos were unable to make this man advantage count in the final twenty minutes, and they even fell further behind through a brutal set of carries by Kelston to give them an unassailable 20-12 lead that was not threatened in a disappointing finish for the men from Stellenbosch to a great week.
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