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DHL WP end Currie Cup on a high

PUBLISHED: June 10, 2023


DHL Western Province ended their Currie Cup campaign with a commanding 44-5 win against the Cell C Sharks at DHL Stadium on Saturday.

Although they could not qualify for the play-offs, the hosts put in a spirited performance, scoring six tries to end the season on a high.

The home side took control early on with two penalties from flyhalf Jurie Matthee.

The first try came from a kick over the top from Clayton Bloometjies, which was chased down by Leolin Zas to force a loose pass in the 22. Ben-Jason Dixon pounced on the loose ball, showing good awareness to toe it over the line before scoring.

The second try came from some quick-thinking from flank Marcel Theunissen, who took a quick tap in the 22 to dive over.

DHL Western Province had their tails upand capitlised further with Hacjivah Dayimani scoring in the corner just before half-time to give them a commanding 25-0 advantage at the break.

Dayimani had his second soon after half-time, this time taking a pass from Andre-Hugo Venter to score from close range.

The visitors looked to have scored their first poitns, but the try from centre Marnus Potgieter was disallowed for an earlier knock-on.

Instead it was DHL Western Province to score next as lock Ruben van Heerden finished off a flowing move down the left which featured a number of impressive offloads.

There was time for one more as Blommetjies ghosted hisway through the defence before spinning a pass out to replacement flank Jarrod Taylor, who srpinted in to score.

The visitors scored after the hooter, but it was little more than a consolation.

The scorers:

For DHL WP:
Tries: Dixon, Theunissen, Dayimani 2, Van Heerden, Taylor
Cons: Matthee 4
Pens: Matthee 2

For Cell C Sharks:
Try: Potgieter

DHL Western Province: 15 Clayton Blommetjies, 14 Mnombo Zwelendaba, 13 Ruhan Nel, 12 Cornel Smit, 11 Leolin Zas, 10 Jurie Matthee, 9 Godlen Masimla, 8 Hacjivah Dayimani, 7 Marcel Theunissen, 6 Willie Engelbrecht, 5 Ruben van Heerden, 4 Ben-Jason Dixon, 3 Neethling Fouche (captain), 2 Andre-Hugo Venter, 1 Ali Vermaak.
Replacements: 16 Scarra Ntubeni, 17 Leon Lyons, 18 Lee-Marvin Mazibuko, 19 Connor Evans, 20 Jarrod Taylor, 21 Paul de Wet, 22 Juan de Jongh, 23 Luke Burger.