Rip-roaring Rugby Week for SA Agricultural Colleges

The Cape Institute for Agricultural Training: Elsenburg won the 2009 PANNAR Rugby Week, which took place in Potchefstroom from 27 June to 3 July.

Eight teams from the country's agricultural colleges competed on the Potchefstroom Agricultural College campus for the coveted IPJ du Plessis trophy as well as other accolades.

Upon completion of the tournament, a South African agricultural colleges team was selected (pictured above). The team took on the Valke (Falcons) combined U19 and U21 side, emerging victorious on a score of 27 – 9.

PANNAR SEED is one of the longest standing South African Rugby Union (SARU) sponsors, supporting this event since 1987. The event affords the company an opportunity to invest in young agriculturalists and, of course, in South Africa's rugby tradition. PANNAR is proud to be associated with these agricultural institutions, which contribute so significantly to the agricultural sector.

Rugby Week trophies:

IPJ du Plessis Trophy (Winner): Elsenburg
Glen Cup (Runner-up): Potchefstroom
Piet de Jager Cup (Winner of the “Plate final”): Fort Cox
Boland Bank Trophy (Team playing the most constructive rugby): Elsenburg
Louis Luyt Trophy (Team with the most tries during the tournament): PANNAR Academy
Joe Venter Trophy (Best forward): Hein Koch – Grootfontein
PANNAR Trophy (Best back-line player): Mundus van Niekerk – Potchefstroom
Willie van Zijl Trophy (Two teams that played the best game): Potchefstroom versus Elsenburg
Du Pont Trophy (Highest point scorer of the tournament): N Dlamini – Fort Cox / Ters Smith – Elsenburg
Grant and Lu Kobus Trophy (Most influential player): Martin Prinsloo – PANNAR XV
TOTPAK Trophy (Player with the best spirit): Rod Collett – Cedara