{"id":130044,"date":"2016-08-10T13:15:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-10T11:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/130044\/simmer-comes-out-tops-in-semi-finals\/"},"modified":"2016-08-10T13:10:54","modified_gmt":"2016-08-10T11:10:54","slug":"simmer-comes-out-tops-in-semi-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2016\/08\/10\/simmer-comes-out-tops-in-semi-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"Simmer comes out tops in semi-finals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Germiston Simmer Rugby Club\u2019s first and second teams have progressed to the Senior Grand Challenge finals after beating Harlequins Rugby Club in the semi-finals held at the Germiston Stadium on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The first team won 32-17 and the second team won 18-15.<\/p>

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The games served as the semi-finals of the Senior Grand Challenge.<\/p>\n

In the first team game, Simmer had a fast start which resulted in attacking play where the big winger, Armand van Dyk, chipped behind the opposition backs and Christopher Khumalo latched onto a favourable bounce to score within the first five minutes.<\/p>

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The forwards worked tirelessly to set up a good platform for the dangerous Simmer backline and this included winning a few opposition balls in the lineouts.<\/p>\n

However, the last league game was still fresh in the mind of Harlequins and they put a lot of pressure on the Simmer scrum in the second half.<\/p>\n

Khumalo proceeded to score two more tries to end with a man of the match award.<\/p>\n

The end result was a 32-17 Simmer win.<\/p>\n