Unam extend their lead
The students stretched their lead at the top with a fantastic display against Trustco United at the weekend.
Unam rugby side thrashed Trustco United on Friday evening to extend their lead at the top of the Namibian Rugby Premier league.
In a one-sided affair played at the University of Namibia, the students comfortably defeated their rivals 38-9.
The stadium was half filled due to the chilly weather but avid supporters from both sides braced the cold to watch the game. United tried to keep up a good fight, but the Unam outfit tormented their defence from the word go much to the delight of the home crowd.
Individual brilliance from the players showed throughout the match with the likes of Lorenzo Louis who scored two tries displaying great athleticism.
Reinhardt Carelse, Cameron Klassen, TC Kiesing, Silvano Beukes, Chesbour Lawrence and Bradley Klazen scored tries for Unam, while there were conversions by Kiesing and Denver Merurua.
In total the home team ran in six tries and successfully converted from the spot on four occasions to extend their lead at the top of the log to 25 points.
Having dominated the league this season with 11 wins since the 2017 rugby season started earlier this year, Unam are now unbeaten in their last 24 matches in the league and are already assured of finishing top of the log.
Unam coach Johan Diergaardt who has engineered a feared and respected outfit sat and watched the game calmly and a week ago acknowledged that the points gap between them and the rest of the teams is so wide that they will only have themselves to blame if any other team closes the gap.
There are only two rounds remaining before the knockout stages begin in the premier league and the six teams competing are now hungry for second and third place.
Games were also played over the weekend at the coast.
The Walvis Bay Rugby Club (WBRC) defeated Rehoboth 50-19 in a premier league match and with 52-17 in a first division match at the Walvis Bay Private High School sports grounds.
Flank James Marx scored two tries for WBRC.
The rest of the try scores were by Joe Herman, leftwing Bjorn Block, fullback Lloyd Jacobs, rightwing Jeroen van Dam, hooker Chris Klazen and centre Cedric Haraseb. Van Dam added four conversions and flyhalf Charlton Brussel converted one try.
Flyhalf Nazume Swartz, flank Fagan Bussel and centre Julian Afrikaner scored tries for the visitors from Rehoboth.
Flyhalf Nazume Swartz added two conversions.
Left wing Nikin Cloete was on fire for WBRC and topped off a solid performance with three tries in Narraville.
WBRC rushed into a 13 points lead (26-13) at halftime.
Centre Allister Muller opened the scoring and fly half Justin Nel converted.
Left wing Nikin Cloete visited the try line twice and right wing Collins Omalau added a try in the first half.
Fly half Ulratio Lawrence converted a penalty and scored a try for KRC.
Left wing Elton de Smit also visited the try line for KRC in the first half.
KRC had WBRC on the back foot for the first quarter of the second half but superb defensive play and accurate kicking by Nel drove them back on numerous occasions.
Three tries by lock James Kisting, scrum-half JC Winkler and Cloete scored in quick succession in the final ten minutes and one conversion by Nel ensured that the visitors from Windhoek stretched the gap to twenty points (43-13)at the end of the match.
In the second match Suburbs defeated Kudu Rugby Club 43-13 in the premier league match and with 31-7 in the first division match at Narraville.
The five matches played at the harbour town produced 38 tries and the favourable results obtained by WBRC strengthened their chance of advancing to the quarterfinals of the premier league competition.
In the Second Division League, Erongo Rugby Academy (ERA) defeated WBRC III 10-7 in the second league match.
Prop Lee Jean Fredericks and centre Lionel Coetzee scored two tries for ERA.
Hooker Lee-Roy Victor crashed over and flyhalf Wilfred Maasdorp added the conversion for WBRC III.
Limba Mupetami and Otis Finck
In a one-sided affair played at the University of Namibia, the students comfortably defeated their rivals 38-9.
The stadium was half filled due to the chilly weather but avid supporters from both sides braced the cold to watch the game. United tried to keep up a good fight, but the Unam outfit tormented their defence from the word go much to the delight of the home crowd.
Individual brilliance from the players showed throughout the match with the likes of Lorenzo Louis who scored two tries displaying great athleticism.
Reinhardt Carelse, Cameron Klassen, TC Kiesing, Silvano Beukes, Chesbour Lawrence and Bradley Klazen scored tries for Unam, while there were conversions by Kiesing and Denver Merurua.
In total the home team ran in six tries and successfully converted from the spot on four occasions to extend their lead at the top of the log to 25 points.
Having dominated the league this season with 11 wins since the 2017 rugby season started earlier this year, Unam are now unbeaten in their last 24 matches in the league and are already assured of finishing top of the log.
Unam coach Johan Diergaardt who has engineered a feared and respected outfit sat and watched the game calmly and a week ago acknowledged that the points gap between them and the rest of the teams is so wide that they will only have themselves to blame if any other team closes the gap.
There are only two rounds remaining before the knockout stages begin in the premier league and the six teams competing are now hungry for second and third place.
Games were also played over the weekend at the coast.
The Walvis Bay Rugby Club (WBRC) defeated Rehoboth 50-19 in a premier league match and with 52-17 in a first division match at the Walvis Bay Private High School sports grounds.
Flank James Marx scored two tries for WBRC.
The rest of the try scores were by Joe Herman, leftwing Bjorn Block, fullback Lloyd Jacobs, rightwing Jeroen van Dam, hooker Chris Klazen and centre Cedric Haraseb. Van Dam added four conversions and flyhalf Charlton Brussel converted one try.
Flyhalf Nazume Swartz, flank Fagan Bussel and centre Julian Afrikaner scored tries for the visitors from Rehoboth.
Flyhalf Nazume Swartz added two conversions.
Left wing Nikin Cloete was on fire for WBRC and topped off a solid performance with three tries in Narraville.
WBRC rushed into a 13 points lead (26-13) at halftime.
Centre Allister Muller opened the scoring and fly half Justin Nel converted.
Left wing Nikin Cloete visited the try line twice and right wing Collins Omalau added a try in the first half.
Fly half Ulratio Lawrence converted a penalty and scored a try for KRC.
Left wing Elton de Smit also visited the try line for KRC in the first half.
KRC had WBRC on the back foot for the first quarter of the second half but superb defensive play and accurate kicking by Nel drove them back on numerous occasions.
Three tries by lock James Kisting, scrum-half JC Winkler and Cloete scored in quick succession in the final ten minutes and one conversion by Nel ensured that the visitors from Windhoek stretched the gap to twenty points (43-13)at the end of the match.
In the second match Suburbs defeated Kudu Rugby Club 43-13 in the premier league match and with 31-7 in the first division match at Narraville.
The five matches played at the harbour town produced 38 tries and the favourable results obtained by WBRC strengthened their chance of advancing to the quarterfinals of the premier league competition.
In the Second Division League, Erongo Rugby Academy (ERA) defeated WBRC III 10-7 in the second league match.
Prop Lee Jean Fredericks and centre Lionel Coetzee scored two tries for ERA.
Hooker Lee-Roy Victor crashed over and flyhalf Wilfred Maasdorp added the conversion for WBRC III.
Limba Mupetami and Otis Finck
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