We were found with time on our hands prior to the game against Paarl Gimnasium. A quick rethink and some frantick phone calls ended up with a coach that would take us to a shopping centre. A couple of hours was long enough for the boys to browse and pick up some gifts.
This game was expected to be the hardest of the tour as Paarl Gimnasium have a 150 year history and are one of the top rugby schools in South Africa. Much to our delight they had put and U17's development squad together especially for this match, give us a fighting chance of keeping the score respectable! As we expexted these boys were good, they could run like the wind, turn on a sixpence and pass the ball out of any tackle, which caused the now battle scarred Doncaster boys some problems. Paarl seemed able to score at will in the first half but as before we stuck at the job in hand and started to pull things back. The final score was a deserved win for Paarl Gimnasium 34 - 17, the true victory went to the game of rugby as the lads enjoyed each others company swapping kit and having a very enhoyable night out in a local bar.
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