Grant Khomo Week - Day 1

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:19

The Grant Khomo week for Under-16 provincial teams kicked off in Ermelo on Monday. The matches were played at Hoërskool Ermelo.

Day 1 Results

Pumas vs Eastern Province, 19-9
Blue Bulls vs KwaZulu Natal, 24-18
Western Province vs Golden Lions, 19-15
Free State vs Border, 12-5
Valke vs Border CD, 31-10
South Western Districts vs Griffons, 16-10
Limpopo vs Boland, 24-22
Leopards vs Griquas, 24-10
Pumas XV vs Namibia, 34-0

Scorers

For Pumas:
Try: Nicolaas van Vuuren
Con: JJ Scheepers
Pens: JJ Scheepers 4

For Eastern Province:
Pens:  Jan Serfontein 3

For Blue Bulls:
Tries: Angelo Nhlapo, Mathys Smit
Con: Morne van den Berg
Pens: Morne van den Berg 4

For KwaZulu Natal:
Tries: Andile Mtshali 2
Con: Frederik Zeilinga
Pens: Frederik Zeilinga 2

For Western Province:
Try: Tshotsho Mbovane
Con: Gavin Hauptfleisch
Pens: Gavin Hauptfleisch 4

For Golden Lions:
Tries: Fabian Booysen, Willem Viljoen
Con: David Schmidt
Pen: David Schmidt

For Free State:
Pens: Johannes Goosen 4

For Border:
Try: Aphiwe Tokwe

For Valke:
Tries: Katlego More, Michael Holtzhausen 2,Wian Lamprecht 2
Cons: Ruan Barnard 3

For Border Country Districts:
Try: Lwandile Dabalele
Con: Siphesihle Bidli
Pen: Siphesihle Bidli

For SWD:
Tries: Jaco Arendse, Justin Ruiters
Pen: Johannes  Potgieter
Drop: Johannes  Potgieter

For Griffons:
Try: Barend Wessels
Con: Luan Janse van Rensburg
Pen: Luan Janse van Rensburg

For Limpopo:
Tries: Hencus van Wyk, Lieb van Tonder, Jay Letsoalo
Cons: Ashwin Lawrence, Danie Ludick 2
Pen: Danie Ludick

For Boland:
Tries: Enrico Lamb, John Durr, Ruan van Rooy
Cons: Jamery Carelse 2

For Leopards:
Tries: Barend Swanepoel, Britz Niemand,Petrus Bornman
Con: Okert Labuschagne

For Griquas:
Try: Juan Booysen
Cons: Johan Myburgh
Pens: Juan Booysen

For Pumas:
Tries: ClintonLiebenberg, Gerhardus Terblanche, Johannes van der Westhuizen, Sifiso Mahlangu, Timothy Rae Pretorius
Cons: Daniel Jacobus Grobler 3
Pen: Daniel Jacobus Grobler

Day 2 Fixtures

Namibia vs Border Country Districts
Valke vs Limpopo
Pumas XV vs Griquas
Lions vs Border
Boland vs Griffons
Leopards vs South Western Districts
Eastern Province vs KwaZulu Natal
Western Province vs Free State
Pumas vs Blue Bulls

Match Reports, thanks to Anthony Mackaiser

Pumas XV vs Namibia, 34-0

The visiting Namibia team were given a tough rugby lesson by the hosting union when they were walloped 34-0. Half-time score was 14-0. 

The home side opened their account with a try in the first minute by Clinton Liebenberg. It was converted by Daniel Grobler. Thirteen minutes later, Gerhardus Terblanche crossed the scoring line. Grobler again converted. 

The rest of the tries were by Johannes van der Westhuizen (35th minute), Sifiso Mhlanga (38th), and Timothy Pretorius (51st). Grobler converted Mhlanga's try and scored a penalty. The rest of the tries were not converted. 

Blue Bulls vs KwaZulu Natal, 24-18

In one of the toughest contests of the opening day, the Pretoria-based Blue Bulls managed to hold on to their half-time lead of 18-15 to finish the game against KwaZulu Natal with 24 points to 18. Each of the teams scored two tries. 

KZN opened their account with a penalty kick by Frederick Zeilinga in the third minute, but the Bulls replied with a three on the board when Morné van den Berg kicked through the poles in the fifth minute. 

The first try of the game came from the Blue Bulls Angelo Nhlapo in the ninth minute., converted by van Den Berg. Three minutes later, Andile Mtshali gave KZN five more points, converted by Zeilinga. 

In the 17th minute, Matthys Smit scored a try for the Bulls, but the conversion was unsuccessful. Zeilinga's penalty kick in the 20th minute gave KZN three more points. van Den Berg replied for the Bulls with a penalty kick to end the first half. 

Van den Berg's two penalty kicks in the second half (28th and 32nd minutes) gave the Bulls a good lead before Mtshali narrowed the score with a try in the 50th minute. Zeilinga failed to convert. 

Western Province vs Golden Lions, 19-15

These traditional rivals lived up to the crowds expectations when they played yet another tight game, with a 19-15 victory to the Capetonians. The half-time score was Western Province 6, Golden Lions 3.

Although the Lions scored two tries to Western Province's one, they were let down by the number of penalties conceded and a missed conversion. 

Points in the first half came via penalty kicks, with Gavin Hauptfleish putting Western Province in the lead (7th and 17th minutes). The Lions points came from David Schmidt. 

Tshotsho Mbovane increased the lead for Western Province with a 32nd minute try, converted by Hauptfleish. The Lions first try came from Fabian Booysen in the 34th minute and the second by Willem Viljoen in the 46th minute. Schmidt failed to convert the former but was successful with the latter. 

The rest of the points came from Hauptfleish's penalty kicks. 

Free State vs Border, 12-5

Border failed to capitalize on their 5-3 half-time lead, to lose the game by 5-15 in one of the most fascinating games of the day. 

Aphiwe Tokwe's 14th minute try gave Border the lead, while Free State managed a penalty kick via Johannes Goosen's boot in the eighth minute. 

The rest of the points came through penalty kicks in the 33rd, 45th and 47th minutes by Goosen. 

Valke vs Border Country Districts, 31-10

After a tight first half (12-10 to Valke), Border Country Districts ran out of steam for the rest of the game when they failed to earn points in the second half.

The first try came in the ninth minute from the Valke Michael Holtzhausen. Two minutes later Border's Siphesihle Bidli crossed the scoring line. Lwandile Dabalele converted for Border Country Districts. Bidlis 25th minute penalty kick gave Border its full complement of points for the day. 

Katlego More scored in the 15th minute for the Valke, with a conversion by Ruan Barnard. 

In the second half, the Valke scored three tries (Wian Lamprecht, 41st and 49th; Holtzhausen, 50th). Barnard converted two and missed one.  

South Western Districts vs Griffons, 16-10

This game was yet another case of a brilliant first-half play and lesser-than-expected second-half performance for one of the teams. The Griffons 10-5 lead in the first-half was reversed by SWD to a 10-16 loss at end of play. 

The Griffons points came from a penalty kick (7th minute) by Luan van Rensburg and a 25th minute try by Barend Wessels, converted by Van Rensburg. 

South Western Districts opened their account with a fifth-minute try by Justin Ruiters. In the second half, Jaco Arendse equalized for South Western Districts. The rest of their points came from Johannes Potgieter, with a penalty kick in the 39th minute and a drop goal two minutes later. 

Limpopo vs Boland, 24-22

In another tight encounter, Limpopo bounced back from a 10-15 deficit in the first-half to win the game by 24-22. Each of the teams scored three tries. 

Boland were the first on the scoreboard, with a fifth minute try by Ruan van Rooy, converted by Jamey Carelse. In the tenth minute Danie Ludick scored a penalty kick for Limpopo. A penalty kick by Carelse (13th minute) and a try by John Durr earned Boland the rest of their first-half points. 

Lieb van Tonder's try (20th minute) was converted by Ludick, giving them 10 points. 

In the second half, Limpopo scored two tries through Hencus van Wyk (41st) and Percy Letsoalo (48th). The first was converted by Ludick while Ashwin Lawrence was equally successful with the second.

Boland's only points in the second half came from Enrico Lambs try (45th) and a conversion by Carelse. 

Leopards vs Griquas, 24-10   

The Griquas led the contest 3-0 in the first half, only to lose by 24-10 at final whistle. Juan Booysen was responsible for the only successful penalty kick in the first half. 

Britz Niemand scored the first try in the 27th minute for the Leopards, followed by one from Petrus Bornman three minutes later. Ockert Labuschagne converted. Two more tries for the Leopards came from Barend Swanepoel (36th minute) and Bornman (46th minute), converted by Labuschagne. 

The Griquas closed the contest with a try from Booysen in the 49th minute, converted by Johan Myburgh. 

Pumas vs Eastern Province, 19-9

In yet another blow for an Eastern Cape side, Eastern Province threw away a 9-6 lead in the first half to lose the game by 9-19. As was the case with Border, the Cape boys failed to score in the second half. 

The game saw only one try, from Nicolaas van Vuuren in the 35th minute, converted by Johannes Scheepers. 

The penalty kicks for Eastern Province were from Jan Serfontein (4th , 14th and 24th minutes), while the home side's were from Scheepers (9th , 18th, 31st and 49th).