{"id":65709,"date":"2014-08-06T11:02:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-06T09:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/65709\/simmers-take-on-the-saps\/"},"modified":"2014-08-06T12:00:22","modified_gmt":"2014-08-06T10:00:22","slug":"simmers-take-on-the-saps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2014\/08\/06\/simmers-take-on-the-saps\/","title":{"rendered":"Simmer take on the SAPS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Germiston Simmer Rugby Club have ticked one box, and that is to get into the semi-finals of the Senior Grand Challenge of the Gauteng Lions Rugby Union.<\/p>\n

Notwithstanding the fact that the u-20s had an up-and-down season and never managed to get going as promised, the early games played by the first and second teams provided much needed impetus to book spots in the play-off.<\/p>

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Saturday saw the Simmer boys take on Johannesburg SAPS, in what was predicted to be a one-sided affair, as Police had won all their matches this season.<\/p>\n

As it turned out, the first team game was on a knife’s edge for 60 minutes, with Simmer trailing by one point.<\/p>

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Unfortunately, a serious injury to captain Charl “Gras” Wright led to a loss in momentum and, although the boys manfully soldiered on, Police ran away with the game.<\/p>\n

The final score was Police 50, Simmer 22.<\/p>\n

Ferdinand “Ferdi” Coetzer scored twice, showing signs of returning to his try-scoring abilities at loose-head prop, and Andrew “Drew” Gibbons scored once.<\/p>\n

They also received the Man of the Match awards for the first team.<\/p>\n

The second team game was one-sided, with Police winning 26-5.<\/p>\n

Hooker Riaan Venter had his best game to date and was backed with a solid performance by the forward pack, but, unfortunately, Police asked too many unanswered questions of the Simmer defence.<\/p>\n

The u-20 side were beaten by enterprising backline play by the Police youngsters, many of whom reside in Reiger Park.<\/p>\n

Simmer scored three forward tries through Adrian “Tiny” Jukes, with two by Shaun Gurtz.<\/p>\n

For their role in stemming the flow, Shaun Gurtz and Derrick Stols received Man of the Match awards.<\/p>\n

Simmer congratulate JHB Police on their wins.<\/p>\n

The semi-finals will be against the same JHB Police teams, on Friday, at Marks Park.<\/p>\n

This is due to position on the log where first plays fourth.<\/p>\n

As it stands, Police occupy the first position on both the first and second team logs, and Simmer the fourth.<\/p>\n