Cape Town Tens in pics

The Cape Town Tens has come and gone, but certainly not forgotten! A pictorial essay on what Team Eastern Cape got up to …

Hamiltons Rugby club, the 5th edition of the Cape Town Tens, and Team Eastern Cape ask Front Row Grunt editor Tank Lanning to manage their outfit in the “We are here mainly for the beer” league …

Played 5, Lost 5, Drew 0 … Blame the manager at your own peril! These boys took the name of the league very seriously indeed.

Perhaps the most poignant moment was in their final game against Team Savage. 13h27 on a Saturday in the boiling heat after a not so small Friday and with the beer tent shouting their names, it was a sight to behold as both sides tried not to win the game so as to avoid the Shield semi final at 16h08.

Not sure I have ever seen a Gary Owen kicked toward one’s own poles for the opposition to chase … Needless to say, TeamEC took the “Victory” and were in the beer tent at well before 16h08 while Team Savage got a post fines belting on the field …

A few pics and vids …