Defending Southern Amateur Provincial Championship winners, the DHL Western Province Emerging team, will meet neighbours, Boland A, in an all-Western Cape final on Friday after the teams registered their second round of victories.
DHL Western Province, who have won the last three editions of the tournament, defeated Eastern Province 32-20 in the main match of the day on Wednesday, while Boland A registered a convincing 41-29 victory against SWD.
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The Boland XV registered the biggest victory in the second round as they defeated Border 77-24, while EP Rural beat Border Rural 20-13.
The clash between DHL Western Province’s Emerging team and Eastern Province was thrilling as the Port Elizabeth team took a 20-13 lead going into the break. However, the Cape side tightened up their defence and stepped up their attack in the second half, which allowed them to deny their opponents from adding to their score, while they did well to convert their chances into points.
Boland A, meanwhile, dominated their clash against SWD from the first half as they built up an encouraging 23-10 lead at the break. They continued this fine form into the second half and increased their try tally to five to add to four penalty goals in the match, which allowed them to stretch their score and secure the 41-29 victory.
In Friday’s final round, Western Province and Boland A will meet in the Cup Final at 13h15, while the Boland XV will take on EP Rural in the Plate Final. EP and SWD, meanwhile, will meet in the 3rd/4th-place play-off, while Border will meet their counterparts Border Rural in the 7th/8th-place play-off.
Southern Amateur Provincial Championship results (Day Two):
EP Rural 20 Border Rural 13
Boland XV 77 Border 24
Boland A 41 SWD 29
DHL Western Province Emerging 32 Eastern Province 20
APC South fixtures – Friday, August 28 (Day Three):
08h00 – Border v Border Rural (7th/8th Place)
09h45 – EP v SWD (3rd/4th Place)
11h30 – Boland XV v EP Rural (Plate Final)
13h15 – DHL WP Emerging v Boland A (Cup Final)
