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Africa-Press – Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>The Namibia senior rugby team concluded their 2023 South American excursion with a morale-boosting 28-26 victory over Chile at the Estadio German Becker on Saturday evening.<\/p>\n This was the first-ever match between the countries, who are bound for the 2023 Rugby World Cup.<\/p>\n The match, which was broadcast live on local television, saw Chile settle down first, taking a 14-7 lead after the first 18 minutes through converted tries by fly-half Rodrigo Ferna\u0301ndez and full-back In\u0303aki Ayarza.<\/p>\n Namibia captain Johan Deysel sliced through the midfield defence to score a try, which Tiaan Swanepoel converted for a 14-7 scoreline in the 20th minute.<\/p>\n Chile went 19-7 up when captain Marti\u0301n Sigren scored a try just before halftime.<\/p>\n In the second half, Chile extended their lead when Domingo Saavedra touched down for a converted try to make it 26-7 in the 57th minute.<\/p>\n Namibia mounted a spirited comeback via a try by fullback Divan Rossouw, following a driving maul, and Swanepoel converted to make it 26-14 in the 59th minute.<\/p>\n Lock Louis van der Westhuizen scored Namibia\u2019s third try in the 64th minute, and Swanepoel made no mistake to make it a five-point match as the scoreboard read 26-21 in the 64th minute.<\/p>\n With 10 minutes left, Namibia\u2019s Adriaan Ludick scored the winning try of the match as Namibia took the lead, 28-26.<\/p>\n Chile lost replacement centre Jose\u0301 Ignacio Larenas to a yellow card, and Namibia held on for a win.<\/p>\n It was the Welwitschias first win of the Nations Cup tour after they lost 18-28 to Uruguay and 27-34 to Argentina XV.<\/p>\n The Namibians will play their last preparatory match against the Blue Bulls at the Hage Geingob Stadium in Windhoek on 26 August before leaving to France for the World Cup.<\/p>\n They will play Italy on 9 September, New Zealand on 15 September, France on 21 September before concluding the group stages against Uruguay on 27 September.<\/p>\n For More News And Analysis About Namibia<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Maqonda Ndlovu Africa-Press – Namibia. The Namibia senior rugby team concluded their 2023 South American excursion with a morale-boosting 28-26 victory over Chile at the Estadio German Becker on Saturday evening. This was the first-ever match between the countries, who are bound for the 2023 Rugby World Cup. The match, which was broadcast live […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":51461,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17,249],"tags":[234,236,233],"class_list":["post-51462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","category-to-homepage","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-namibia","tag-namibia"],"yoast_head":"\n