Rugby

Western Suburbs remained at the top of the MTC Rugby Premier League after an emphatic 44-21 victory against United at Suburbs Park on Saturday.
The teams were still tied 13-all at halftime, but Suburbsâ?? took control of the game with their expansive running rugby to run in a total of seven tries for a comfortable victory.

The proposed friendly rugby match between a Namibian Invitational team and Vodacom Western Province on June 7 hit a snag on Thursday when the official sponsors of Namibian rugby, MTC, raised its objection to the staging of the match.

Defending champions Reho Falcon moved up the MTC Rugby Premier League log after beating Kudus 29-13 in Walvis Bay over the weekend.

It was only Falconâ??s second match of the season but they scored five tries to collect a bonus point and are now on 10 points after two matches.

Western Suburbs remained at the top of the MTC Rugby Premier League after notching up their fourth consecutive victory last weekend.

Last Saturday they beat Premier League newcomers Jaguars 25-13 at Augustineum to strengthen their lead at the top of the log with 18 points after four matches.

Western Suburbs stayed at the top of the MTC Premier Rugby league after beating Jaguars 25-13 in Windhoek on Saturday.

But it was not a very convincing display against the Premier League newcomers who held their own for most parts of the game, while the match was also disrupted by several dangerous foul tackles.

Namibia won the match 36-29 while Korea stole the hearts of the rugby public here in the playoff for fifth place in the IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy in Santiago.

The Koreans started the match in a confident mood and it was quite clear from the early exchanges that they would provide Namibia, the favourites, with a tough challenge. While the Korean ball control improved in leaps and bounds from the outset of the tournament and to a large extent secured the continuity of their attacks, it was the slick passing and the timed release of the ball in the tackle that kept them going.

Namibia recorded their first victory at the Junior Rugby World Trophy in Chile when they beat the Cook Islands 25-14 at the Estadio San Carlos on Wednesday.

According to the International Rugby Boardâ??s website (www.irb.com), Namibia took control of the match early on through a dominant forward display to run out convincing winners and book a place in Sundayâ??s fifth place play off.

Western Suburbs went to the top of the MTC Rugby Premier League after beating United 27-20 in an entertaining match on Saturday.

Suburbsâ?? young winger Gregory Stein was the hero, scoring 17 points via two tries, two conversions and a great penalty from the halfway line.

Namibia crashed out of contention of winning the IRB Rugby Trophy when they were beaten 20-6 by host nation Chile on Saturday.

It was their second successive defeat after they lost 28-26 to Romania on Wednesday and with one group match remaining against wooden-spoonists the Cook Islands, Namibia will now have to fight it out to avoid coming last in the group.

Namibia came painstakingly close to winning their opening game in the IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy only to lose by two points â?? 28-26 â?? to Romania on Tuesday, leaving them with a little consolation as the only one of the losing teams to earn bonus points.