Felixton College

Under 15

Our first match was at 16.15 against Wembley.  It was a very exciting game as it was our first match of the season.  We played well but unfortunately we lost 10 - 5 to Wembley.  Sizwe Mthembu (me) scored the try.

Our second game was against RBCS and it was a tight and tough match.  We won 10 - 0 and I  (Sizwe Mthembu) scored 2 tries.

Our third game was against RBCS.  Again we played well but we were tired and we lost 5 - 0.

The fourth game was against Wembley and it was our last chance to qualify for a place in the finals.  At half-time we were winning 10 - 0 but sadly Wembley scored 2 tries and converted 1 and we narrowly lost 10 - 12. Try scorers were Kassen Naidoo and Sizwe Mthembu.

 Well done boys - you played well and the tournament was fun!

It was two years ago when I first witnessed Felixton College beating Grantleigh, that I decided to play rugby.  It was then that I fell in love with a game in which I never knew how to keep score; a game that I had never touched or kicked the oval ball with which they play; a game until then, I had never watched; yet still it kindled a passion in me that would give me the determination  to learn and work hard, so that I may play this game someday.  After our magnificent pre-season and victories early in the season, our rugby team experienced a dip.  Injuries plagued us and we didn't seem to be working as a team. 

We made it our goal to make Grantleigh a turning point in our season.  We went into the game calmly, respectfully and with burning aggression in our hearts.  Our strategy was to keep the pressure up, until Grantleigh finally cracked. And they did.  The swearing and verbal abuse in the rucks were ignored by the Felixton players.  All that passion which makes a rugby player a rugby player, shone brightly in each and every one of us.  We won our lineouts, we moved them metres forward in the scrums and above all we made the tackles.  The crowd gave us energy and inspired us to push harder.  In the end we won 16-10.  It was only when the Felixton College supporters came running at us and a Grade 8 jumped into my arms, that it all sank in.  A feeling never felt before came over us, a feeling I shall never forget.  We felt on top of the world.  This victory was not only for Felixton College, but most importantly for Mr Bennett and our injured teammates.  It was you we thought  when Grantleigh was camping on our try-line and we put our bodies on the line to stop them in their tracks.

We thank you, Mr Bennett and all of our supporters, for standing with us in the best and worst times; never giving up on us.  I hope the same passion that inspired me will rekindle the passion in all our sports players; that we may carry it into the next few games and show what Felixton College is all about.  

It was the first Friday of the 2nd Term and the Felixton College learners were sizzling with the World Cup fever.  For the first time ever, we were allowed to come to school wearing our favourite soccer teams' jerseys.  Our school was finally expressing its deep-felt pride in our country's greatest achievement yet....becoming a reality in 50 days time.

The morning was shiny and cool and the view that struck my eyes as I approached the school building was unbelievable.  I saw a different, but rather more pleasant side of the so-called 'nerds' in the school; all of whom are actual supporters of soccer!! Unbelievable! Certain people were wearing English Premiership jerseys, some Bafana Bafana jerseys and others simply the teams they supported.  It was as if everyone had been hiding in the closet all along and were finally set free to release their pride.  Felixton was overrun by the spirit of the World Cup and I'm certain that day even the rugby coach gor confused which sport he liked best.

I saw the Headmaster standing in the front office gazing proudly at his learners wearing their respective colours.  I could sense goose-bumps emerge from under his educated skin, and the blush on his qualified face was easy to detect.  But either way, such emotions were almost unavoidable to anyone who has been in Felixton long enough.  To see the school support soccer that much was just the greatest confirmation of the history about to be made in this country.  Now, fortunately that wasn't the last soccer day at Felixton College, there will from now on be one every Friday.  We are all looking forward to this event and we all want to celebrate together the greatest event ever to be held on African soil.