Rugby supporters of clubs in Super League A are in for a stressful time this season as there are no outright favourites at the moment.
With three games completed Durbell are currently log leaders with 14 points after three matches, and it was obvious on Saturday 26 April against newbie Van der Stel-Evergreens from Stellenbosch that they are on a mission to topple Hamiltons this year.
At half-time Durbell led 19-12 and VDE was still in the game.
However, when the second half started VDE could not keep up with the experienced Durbell players who romped to a 52-24 victory.
Valuable lessons were learnt by the visitors and the spectators in Durbanville cannot complain about the rugby on display.
Other teams cannot afford to write VDE off after this loss and everyone is looking forward to the rest of the season to see how they grow after each match against the big guns. In their first match they dispatched St George’s by 40-11.
But rugby leagues are not won in May and with the tertiary institutions starting to fulfil their league commitments after the Varsity Cup and Varsity Shield, it will be a seesaw-battle on the log.
Helderberg is second on the log with 12 points followed by Villager (11) and False Bay (7).
In other matches in Super League A Ikeys beat Kuils River by 23-22, Brackenfell beat Maties by 46-35, Villagers overpowered SK-Walmers by 64-26, Helderberg beat Unimil by 50-27 and False Bay were victorius against UWC with a 34-30 win.
In Super League B Hamediehs opened their season with a 42-36 win over NTK at Vygieskraal, while Collegians were pipped by Macassar with one point when they lost 31-32 in Athlone.
Goodwood was too strong for CPUT and were winners by 40-20. Franschhoek beat Primrose 27-20.
Fixtures for Saturday 3 May:Super League A:
Hamiltons v SK-Walmers
Brackenfell v Tygerberg
St George’s v UCT
VDE v Unimil
False Bay v Maties
Villager v UWC
Kuils River and Helderberg have byes.
