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A bonus in Potch for DHL WP U19s

PUBLISHED: August 8, 2015


The DHL Western Province Under-19 team picked up their third win of the 2015 Absa Provincial Under-19 season – a 38-19 victory over the Leopards in Potchefstroom on Saturday.

The Men from Cape Town scored five tries to three, just a week after their excellent home win over the Lions U19s.

Outside centre Eduan Keyter scored a try double in an entertaining first half, as the visitors pulled ahead by 28-14 at the half-time break, the four-try bonus point having already been secured.

The second half saw just ten points scored by the DHL WP U19s (versus five from the Leopards), but it was more than enough to secure a first victory on the road in 2015 for Nazeem Adams’s charges.

Fullback Tiaan Swanepoel converted all five of his team’s tries, as well as adding a second-half penalty goal, to come away with 13 points on the day.

The DHL WP Under-19s, the defending champions at this level, will host the Free State Cheetahs at DHL Newlands next Saturday morning (kick-off 10h45).

The scorers:

For Leopards Under-19:
Tries: Lubelwana, Masuku, Mafura
Cons: Janse van Rensburg 2

For DHL Western Province Under-19:
Tries: Keyter 2, Porter, Coetzee, Cupido
Cons: Swanepoel 5
Pen: Swanepoel

The teams:

Leopards Under-19: 15 Tapiwa Mafura, 14 MIlani Lubelwana, 13 Barend Janse van Rensburg, 12 Stefan van Vuuren, 11 Zweli Silaule, 10 Siyabonga Masuku, 9 Juandre van der Walt, 8 Francois Stemmet, 7 Brendan O’Donoghue, 6 Dieter Leicher, 5 Zandre du Plessis (captain), 4 Eon Buhrmann, 3 Robert Hunt, 2 Ruan Groenewald, 1 Bhekisa Shongwe.
Replacements: 16 Adrian Snyman, 17 Tshego Moloto, 18 Henry Searle, 19 Roodt van Zyl, 20 Nkosana Mathaba, 21 Ansten Mokgokolo, 22 De Wet Terblanche, 23 Roy Brink.

DHL Western Province Under-19: 15 Tiaan Swanepoel, 14 Gerard Pieterse, 13 Eduan Keyter, 12 Edrich Venter, 11 Edwill van der Merwe, 10 Aidynn Cupido, 9 Paul de Wet, 8 Jaco Coetzee (captain), 7 Saud Abrahams, 6 Mervano da Silva, 5 Gary Porter, 4 Jaco Willemse, 3 Michael Kumbirai, 2 Ruan Brits, 1 Edward Marais.
Replacements: 16 Percy Mngadi, 17 Adriaan Geldenhuys, 18 Jerome Korf, 19 Human Bodenstein, 20 Daniel Maree, 21 Herschel Jantjies, 22 Justin Heunis, 23 Kurt-Lee Arendse.

Referee: Vusi Msibi