Wanganui Collegiate School 35- SGS 14.
14-14 at half time.
SGS lost the toss and so had the dreaded uphill 2nd half made worse by a sou wester, by my assessment.
The visitors scored first from a dropped ball which was unfortunate but the Grammar boys stuck at it and retaliated through the piggies.
There seemed to be a lack of combination in the Grammar backs although there were some half breaks.
The Wanganui boys had very good passing skills which were only held in check by desperate but effective defence.
The visitors used the wind very well in the 2nd half and kept SGS pinned in their own 30. They were able to turn the pressure into possession and the possession into some points with some well worked switches, but they probably had enough ball to justify a few more tries through their backs. Again the Grammar scrambling defence deserves credit for forcing the Kiwis back into their pigs where there was a lack of accuracy in the Grammar clean out. I scored the Wanganui men the more physical of the 2 packs.
A game played in good spirit.
Wanganui hooker probably the pick for them and the Grammar 6, Gorry, played strongly, as usual.
(Apologies for the quality of the pic - taken with an iphone)
