Boland stay unbeaten

The Boland Cavaliers lead 17-6 at a stage in the first half, courtesy of tries by lock Ockie van Zyl and hooker Chadley Wenn, coupled with seven points from the boot of fullback Nico Scheepers.

*Elsewhere Selom Gavor ran in a hat-trick of tries as the Golden Lions hammered the Welwitschias 66-12 in their provincial tournament match at the Hage Geingob Stadium in Windhoek on Saturday.

Left wing Gavor completed his hat-trick as early as the first minute of the second half as the Golden Lions ran in 10 tries to two in a lop-sided clash played in front of crowd of 2500 people.

*Meanwhile the Griffons have scored no less than eleven tries to beat the Leopards by 76-26 in the two sides encounter in the new provincial competition at the HT Pelatona Project stadium in Welkom.

A hat-trick of tries each by winger Selvyn Davids and fly half George Whitehead helped the hosts to an impressive victory over a Leopards side that lacked much of the lustre that it has become famous for the last couple of seasons.

*In a not so high scoring match between the Blue Bulls and Free State XV, the Blue Bulls scored 17 unanswered points in the last 10 minutes to beat the Free State XV 20 – 17 in their Provincial Cup match at Loftus Versveld in Pretoria.

Three tries from Tapiwa Tsomondo, Manie Libbok and Callie Visagie in the last 10 minutes of the match ensured that the Blue Bulls claimed their first win of the competition in front of their home fans.

All the scores and scorers!

Boland 37 – 18 EP Kings

Coming from a 17-11 lead in the first half. The Boland Cavaliers were quick out of the block as Scheepers kicked over a penalty before eightman Zandre Jordaan went over to make it 25-11.

Winnaar intercepted on his own try line before sprinting the length of the field to score under the posts to reignite the slim chance the EP Kings had at that stage of the match. The kick was taken by flyhalf Simon Bolze to make it 25-18 .

Two tries by the experienced winger Danwel Demas not only wrapped up the try scoring bonus-point, but also secured the result. The final try of the match saw him collect the ball after it had been kicked through and the five pointer but to bed any chances the EP Kings had. With Scheepers adding the extras the score was 37-18 and despite some late action the score remained the same until the final whistle.

SCORERS:

For Boland Cavaliers:

Tries: Van Zyl, Wenn , Jordaan, Demas 2

Conversions: Scheepers 3

Penalties: Scheepers 2

For E.P. Kings:

Penalties: Winnaar 2

Tries: Jho, Winnaar

Boland Cavaliers: 15 Nico Scheepers, 14 Danwel Demas, 13 Ryan Nell (Captain), 12 Christopher Bosch, 11 Craig Pheiffer,10 Adriaan Carels, 9 Marnus Hugo, 8 Zandre Jordaan, 7 Shaun McDonald, 6 Shaun Adendorff, 5 Ockert van Zyl, 4 Hanno Kitshoff, 3 Basil Short, 2 Chadley Wenn, 1 Francois Hanekom

Replacements: 16 Francois Esterhuyzen,17 SP Wessels,18 Kenan Cronje,19 Wayne Wilschut, 20 Jovelian de Koker,21 Edwin Sass, 22 Theuns Kotze

EP Kings: 15 Courtney Winnaar ,14 Matjikinyane Molapo, 13 Somila Jho, 12 Siphu Msutwana, 11 Lindelwe Zungu, 10 Simon Bolze, 9 Franswa Ueckermann, 8 Junior Pokomela, 7 Sintu Manjezi (Captain), 6 Juan Jonck, 5 Cornell Hess, 4 Mthetheleli Fuzani, 3 Louis Albertse, 2 Warrick Venter, 1 David Murray

Replacements: 16 Jean-Pierre Jamieson, 17 Mzu Sofisa, 18 Philip Du Preez, 19 Stephanus Nieuwoudt, 20 Davron Cameron, 21 Riaan Esterhuizen, 22 Athi Mayinje

Referee: Francois Pretorius

Welwitschias 12 – 66 Golden Lions XV

The match started with a flurry of scoring as Golden Lions’ lock Luvoyiso Lusaseni crossed for a try in the second minute before Van Zyl dotted down in the fourth minute to make the score 7-5 in favour of the Lions.

The visitors soon settled into a rhythm and they eased to a 38-5 halftime lead thanks to two tries from Gavor and tries from hooker Ramone Samuels, right wing Koch Marx and Bell.

The second half was almost completely dominated by the Lions with Gavor, Bell and De Wee scoring tries with the home team only able to muster a converted try from De la Harpe.

SCORERS:

For Welwitschias:

Tries: Van Zyl, De la Harpe

Conversion: Kaizemi

For Golden Lions:

Tries: Lusaseni, Gavor 3 , Samuels, Marx , Bell 2 , De Wee 2

Conversions: Boshoff 6, Reynolds 2

Welwitschais: 15 Riaan van Zyl , 14 Johann Tromp, 13 JC Greyling, 12 Darryl de la Harpe, 11 Russell van Wyk, 10 Shaun Kaizemi, 9 Arthur Bouwer, 8 Roderique Victor,7 Leneve Damens, 6 Rohan Kitshoff (Captain), 5 Ruan Ludick, 4 Munio Kasiringua, 3 Shaun Du Preez, 2 Gerhard Lotter, 1 Quintin Esterhuizen

Replacements: 16 Joe Herrmann, 17 Collen Smith, 18 Denzil van Wyk, 19 Egon Cloete, 20 JC Winkler, 21 Mathys Pretorius, 22 Tuna Amutenya

Golden Lions: 15 JW Bell ,14 Koch Marx,13 Jacques Nel, 12 Jarryd Sage, 11 Selom Gavor, 10 Marnitz Boshoff, 9 Ricky Schroeder, 8 Ruaan Lerm (Captain),7 Derick Minnie, 6 Stephan de Wit, 5 Martin Muller, 4 Luvuyiso Lusaseni, 3 Jacques van Rooyen, 2 Ramone Samuels, 1 Justin Ackerman

Replacement: 16 Pieter Jansen, 17 Pieter Scholtz, 18 Bobby De Wee, 19 Victor Sekekete, 20 Ashlon Davids, 21 Shaun Reynolds, 22 Anthony Volmink

Referee: Archie Sehlako

Griffons 76 – 26 Leopards

After the kick-off in the first half it was clear that it was going to be a long afternoon for the Leopards as the Griffons scored three tries in the first 20 minutes, with Whitehead converting all of them after an early penalty for a quick lead of 24-0.

Winger Norman Nelson opened the Griffons tally in the second half with Whitehead completing his hat-trick soon thereafter as the Leopards simply had no answers on defence for the attacks.

Replacement prop Roan Grobbelaar took the Leopards to double digits with his try in the 54th minute, but that and other five pointers later by replacement Leon du Plessis and centre Adrian Vermeulen at the end of the day meant nothing against a barging Griffons attack.

A brace of tries by Griffons centre Vuyo Mboto, who was solid on defence as well, saw the hosts complete a well rounded performance to send the Leopards back home with their tails well and truly between their legs.

SCORES:

For Griffons:

Tries: Davids 3 , Whitehead 3, Kruger , Nelson , Maarman , Mboto 2

Conversions: Whitehead 9

Penalty: Whitehead

For Leopards:

Tries: Liebenberg, Grobbelaar, Du Plessis, Vermeulen

Conversions: Smith 3

Griffons:15 Tertius Maarman , 14 Selvyn Davids, 13 Vuyo Mbotho, 12 Daniel Pretorius, 11 Norman Nelson, 10 George Whitehead,9 Boela Abrahams, 8 De Wet Kruger, 7 Frans Sisita, 6 Martin Sithole, 5 Boela Venter, 4 Gavin Annandale (Captain), 3 Heinrich Roelfse, 2 Khwezi Mkhafu, 1 Daniel van der Merwe

Replacements: 16 Neil Rautenbach, 17 PW Botha, 18 Samora Fihlani, 19 Vincent Maruping, 20 Siward Mavundla, 21 Malcolm-Kerr Till, 22 Franna du Toit

Leapords: 15 Myburgh Briers , 14 Lucian Cupido, 13 Bradley Moolman, 12 Adrian Vermeulen, 11 Dean Stokes, 10 Rhyno Smith, 9 Percy Williams, 8 Jeandre Rudolph (Captain), 7 Tiaan Liebenberg, 6 Molotsi Bouwer, 5 Danie Jordaan, 4 Sthembiso Mhlongo, 3 Nhlanhla Ngcamu, 2 Dane van der Westhuyzen, 1 Mashudu Mafela

Replacements: 16 Louis van der Westhuizen, 17 Roan Grobbelaar, 18 Ruan Venter, 19 Leon du Plessis, 20 Chriswill September, 21 Johnny Welthagen, 22 Jaco Hayward

Referee: Lourens van der Merwe

Blue Bulls 20 – 17 Free State XV

Blue Bulls fullback Manie Libbok opened the scoring in the 13th minute with a penalty as the hosts gained an early advantage.

However, the Free Staters hit back with the opening try of the game some 12 minutes later. A super counter-attacking move started by winger Mapthuta Dolo was finished off by prop Ox Nche after the front ranker gathered an in-field chip kick from flanker Ntokozo Vidima.

Flyhalf Pieter-Steyn de Wet added the extras as the Free Staters took a 7 – 3 lead into the break.

Four minutes into the second half, Free State XV extended their lead to double figures courtesy of a converted try from Ntokozo Vidima.

However, the Bulls were far from done and a superb last quarter from the hosts saw them pull off a miracle victory.

Blue Bulls doubled up almost immediately as a Joshua Stander break from the kick off set up a good attacking phase for the hosts. JT Jackson was once again involved as the centre popped a pass to fullback Manie Libbok who cut past some would-be tacklers to score and bring the Blue Bulls to within four points.

A typical Blue Bulls driving maul try in the 76th minute saw Callie Visagie crash over. Joshua Stander converted superbly from the corner to put the final nail in the coffin on a superb 20 – 17 comeback win for the Blue Bulls.

SCORERS:

For Blue Bulls:

Tries: Tsomondo, Libbok, Visagie

Cons: Stander

Pens: Libbok

For Free State XV:

Tries: Nche, Vidima

Cons: De Wet 2

Pens: De Wet

Blue Bulls: 15 Imanuel Libbok , 14 Luther Obi, 13 Dries Swanepoel, 12 JT Jackson, 11 Jade Stighling, 10 Tony Jantjies, 9 Ivan van Zyl, 8 Hanro Liebenberg (Captain), 7 Nic de Jager, 6 Freddy Ngoza, 5 Nico Janse van Rensburg, 4 Abongile Nonkontwana, 3 Entienne Swanepoel, 2 Bandise Maku, 1 Mox Mxoli

Replacement: 16 Callie Visagie, 17 Hencus van Wyk, 18 Ruben van Heerden, 19 Tapiwa Tsomondo, 20 Andre Warner, 21 Joshua Stander, 22 Kefentse Mahlo

Free State XV: 15 Reinhardt Erwee , 14 Lorenzo Gordon, 13 Carel-Jan Coetzee, 12 Tertius Kruger, 11 Maphutha Dolo, 10 Pieter-Steyn de Wet, 9 JP Smith, 8 Jasper Wiese, 7 Tienie Burger, 6 Ntokozo Vidima, 5 Reniel Hugo (Captain), 4 Armandt Koster, 3 Yosuke Takahashi, 2 Joseph Dweba, 1 Ox Nche

Replacement: 16 Tiaan Liebenberg, 17 BG Uys, 18 Gunther Janse van Vuuren, 19 Justin Basson, 20 Refuoe Rampeta, 21 Renier Botha, 22 Darren Baron

Referee: Quinton Immelman