Namibia’s national Under 20 rugby team beat Boland U20 36-17 in a friendly match in Stellenbosch on Saturday.

Namibia led 12-0 at halftime and scored six tries in total.

Eighthman Wian Conradie and centre Handre Bezuidenhout each scored two tries while right wing Riekert van der Merwe and fullback Denver Murorua each scored one try.

Murorua added three conversions for a personal tally of 11 points.

Boland scored three tries and one conversion in the second half.

Team manager Gabriel Tjombe said it was a fine all round performance.

Defending champions Western Suburbs got off to a winning start in the Namibian Rugby Premier League with a narrow 24-21 victory against Rehoboth on Saturday.

The sides were level at 21-all with five minutes remaining but Suburbs substitute Shaun Kaizemi clinched the victory with a penalty in injury time.

In a close encounter, the teams were level at 6-6 after two penalties apiece by Suburbs flyhalf Justin Nel and Rehoboth centre McGeechan Christiaans, before Suburbs took the lead after a try by hooker Rathony Becker, who went over in the corner from a quick tap penalty.

Black Africa and African Stars played to a thrilling draw in front of a near capacity crowd at the Sam Nujoma Stadium on Saturday night.

Although there were no goals there was plenty of excitement as both sides played attacking soccer and had numerous chances to find the net.

BA keeper Arnold Subeb pulled off a great diving save from a Freedom Puriza cracker on 28m, tipping the ball over the bar.

Black Africa came close on 35m when a Denzil Haoseb freekick hit the upright and Muna Katupose scored from the rebound but he was ruled offside.

COSAFA has announced a venue change for the COSAFA Cup Zambia 2013 with the exciting addition of Kitwe to join Ndola and Lusaka for the tournament that runs from July 6-20.

Kabwe was initially scheduled to be the third venue for the prestigious regional competition, but logistical challenges in upgrading the stadium to the required standard for the competition have meant it has been withdrawn.

But that allows the city of Kitwe to be added to the schedule, joining Ndola as a venue in the north of the country.

Tigers beat Orlando Pirates 2-1 in an exciting Premier league match on Friday evening.

Panduleni Nekundi put Tigers ahead on 9m when he headed home a cross by Pineas Jacob but Gustav Isaak equalised with a great volley early in the second half.

Benson Shilongo however secured Tigers’ victory when he pounced onto a goalkeeping error by Helmut Maletsky on 63m to put the loose ball into the net.

The result saw Tigers and Pirates swopping places on the log with Tigers moving up to third on 35 points, while Pirates dropped down to fourth on 34 points.