CAPE TOWN - The accurate bot of Dylan Schwartz proved to be the major differenceas Valke handed the Zimbabwe Unde-17 Schools rugby side tier first defeat atthe Grant Khomo festival at Paarl Gymnasium.

Zimbabwe’s 20-12 loss to Valke means they will have to beatNamibia in their last game if they are to come out with a better record in thisyear’s Youth Festival in Paarl,

Two tries from Lameck Vheriwa and a Ralph Ngonyamo convertedPatrick Chivanga try were not enough to stop Valke from maintaining their unbeatenrun Alden Deysel, and replacement Wesley Noeth each touching down once.

But Valke flyhalf Schwartz with a penalty and a conversionin each half of the game proved to be the difference between Zimbabwe and Valkeas he nailed all the spot-kicks that came his way to finish the game with a 100percent kicking rate,

Deysel gave the South Africans the lead in the 10^thminute before Schwartz shipped in with a conversion and a penalty in thefollowing nine minutes before Zimbabwe hooker Tapiwanashe Maunze was taken outin an injury substitution and was replaced by Christopher Duffield in the 20^thminute.

And it was right at the stroke of half time that Zimbabwe repliedwith a Vheriwa try out at the far side and the two sides went in to the breakwith Zimbabwe trailing 10-5.

Nine minutes into the second half, Valke made two tactical changesthe pair of try scoring center Deysel and eighth-man Thabo Ndimande making wayfor Jabu Mabena and Noeth who went on to score Valke’s second of the game.

And five minutes after making changes, the move paid forValke as Noeth touched won and it would take another six minutes before Zimbabweresponded and Chivanga’s try was successful converted by Ngonyamo.

But that was to be Zimbabwe’s last scoring chance, beforeprop Tadiwanashe Muendesi became Zimbabwe’s second forced change also from thefront row and was replaced by Mudiwa Mkanza a minute before Schwartz’s penaltygave the South Africans a 20-12 win.