Province ease past hapless Boland
Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:57
Western Province's Currie Cup aspirations are on track after an easy and well-deserved 38-7 win against the Boland Cavaliers in Wellington on Saturday.
Province led 8-7 at half-time and secured a much-needed bonus point for their five try effort.
The bonus point came in the 76th minute when prop Brok Harris barged over in the corner.
But with the siren going, Province kept the ball in hand and a fine break by Sevens Springbok Gio Aplon saw young JJ Engelbrecht scoring the fifth and final try in the 80th minute.
Boland made life difficult for the visitors in the first half, but after half-time Province took control and Boland just had to defend for long periods.
WP had an early opportunity to take the lead in the 8th minute, but fullback Joe Pietersen missed a rather easy penalty.
Referee Marius Jonker awarded Boland a penalty try in the 19th minute after Province transgressed deliberately on their own goal-line - for Justin Peach to convert.
However, Province paid a double price when New Zealand lock Chris Jack was yellow carded for the incident (7-0).
Province got on the scoreboard in the 23rd minute when left wing Aplon scored an easy try in the corner with no Boland defender in sight (7-5).
Province took the lead for the first time in the 32nd minute when Pietersen succeeded with a penalty right in front of the Boland posts (7-8).
In the 33rd minute, Pietersen ran right through, but could not round off the move.
Province let themselves down at crucial stages and their execution was not what you would expect from a team of their calibre.
Province started to control matters in the second half and ran the ball with every opportunity - even if their execution still let them down too often.
Pietersen increased WP's lead to 11-7 with a straight-forward penalty then his next penalty increased their lead to 14-7.
In the 55th minute, exciting young centre Juan de Jongh scored WP's second try next to the posts for Pietersen to convert (21-7).
This was a fine effort by the youngster who grew up next to the Boland Stadium.
Right wing Tonderai Chavhanga scored WP's third try in the 64th minute after a well-aimed grubber kick by flyhalf Peter Grant to increase their lead to 26-7.
Then the Harris and Engelbrecht tries pinned the final nails in the coffin.
Province also excelled in defence and did not allow a single point in the last 62 minutes.
Man of the match: Juan de Jongh was dangerous on attack, as usual, Gio Aplon always tested the defence with his darting runs, Dewaldt Duvenage looked energetic throughout, Francois Louw provided the physical edge and Chris Jack again showed his international class - yellow card apart. But our vote goes to WP flyhalf Peter Grant for the way he dictated terms.
Scorers:
For the Boland Cavaliers:
Tries: Penalty try
Cons: Peach
For Western Province:
Tries: Aplon, De Jongh, Chavhanga, Harris, Engelbrecht
Cons: Pietersen, Grant
Pens: Pietersen 3
Yellow cards: Chris Jack (Western Province, 19 - professional foul, in at the side of a ruck)
Teams:
Boland Cavaliers: 15 Justin Peach, 14 Deon Scholtz, 13 Hein Myburgh, 12 Lionel Cornelius, 11 Ernie Kruger, 10 Elgar Watts, 9 Marnus Hugo, 8 Junior Bester, 7 Carel Hoffman, 6 Zolani Mofu, 5 Rito Hlungwane, 4 Nico Esterhuyse, 3 Kobie Adriaanse, 2 Clemen Lewis (captain), 1 Janro van Niekerk.
Replacements: 16 Harry Vermaas, 17 Jané du Toit, 18 Frikkie Spies, 19 André du Toit, 20 Danie van der Merwe, 21 Mark Harris, 22 Llewellyn
Adonis.
Western Province: 15 Joe Pietersen, 14 Tonderai Chavhanga, 13 Juan de Jongh, 12 Morgan Newman, 11 Gio Aplon, 10 Peter Grant, 9 Dewaldt Duvenage, 8 Pieter Louw, 7 Duane Vermeulen, 6 Francois Louw, 5 Adriaan Fondse, 4 Chris Jack, 3 Brok Harris, 2 Tiaan Liebenberg (captain), 1 Wicus Blaauw.
Replacements: 16 Deon Fourie, 17 JD Moller, 18 Anton Van Zyl, 19 Pieter Myburgh, 20 Bolla Conradie, 21 Paul Bosch, 22 JJ Engelbrecht.
Referee: Marius Jonker
Assistant referee: Luke Burger, Reuben Rossouw
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