Saints bag two Rugby 7's Tournament titles

The U18B team went out to play at the aQuelle Viv Wembley 7’s Festival on Saturday 31 August. As reported by Rugby Specialist, Mzi Nyathi, the Saints were in red-hot form in the last rugby Game Day of 2024 and from the onset took the host school to task in game one, scoring 40 unanswered points. The second game against Riverwood College was one that the boys approached with caution as the opposition had good intent to dent the performance of the Saints boys. After all was said and done, St Charles College came away victorious with a 380 scoreline. The next set of games were play-off games where St Charles College was drawn against Michaelhouse Red (their C – team) and the first points against the Saints were scored early on. The boys rallied together and lifted their performance to come away with a 24-5 result at the end.

The stars had aligned nicely with the final pitting St Charles College B against Michaelhouse Stripes (B – team). In a humdinger of a game, the score at half-time was 7-7. The second half saw the continued expression in attack and resoluteness in defence and the final score was SCC 14-14 MHS. The game then went on to a 3 minute sudden death which saw the Saints being put under pressure. In a quality tackle and a turnover, the Saints ran the ball for 70 metres with some slick off-loading and clinched the winning try for a 21-14 score. Well done to all the boys that contributed to this exciting finale.

The day ended on a very sombre note with news of a 7’s player and family members from a midlands school being involved in a fatal traffic accident. The St Charles College community share their deepest condolences and continue to keep all those effected by this tragedy in prayer.