DHL WP pipped in both 7s finals

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DHL WP pipped in both 7s finals

PUBLISHED: November 8, 2015

The Blue Bulls Men’s and Women’s teams edged out DHL Western Province in both tournament finals of the 2015 SARU Interprovincial Sevens at the Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit.

The Blue Bulls Men’s team defeated DHL Western Province 38-29 and the Women’s side pipped DHL Western Province 24-22 in their respective Cup Finals in what was a thrilling tournament.

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In the men’s division the Leopards defeated Eastern Province 29-24 in a sudden-death play-off to win the Plate Final after finishing the match 24-24 at full time, while SWD won the Bowl Final and Boland won the Shield Final.

In the Women’s section Free State won the Plate Final with a convincing 19-7 victory against the SA Students, while Eastern Province won the Bowl Final and the Blue Bulls XV won the Shield Final.

The Blue Bulls Men’s side opened up their campaign with a 19-17 victory against the Pumas Lowveld and then defeated the Falcons 42-0 and the Limpopo Blue Bulls 26-0 to finish the opening day on Friday unbeaten.

This earned them a place in the Cup Quarterfinals against Eastern Province, who they defeated 24-14. They went on to beat hosts, the Pumas, 22-10, in the Cup Semifinals to book their place in the final against DHL Western Province.

The Blue Bulls Women also started the tournament strongly as they defeated Eastern Province 40-0, but they went down 19-17 against the Golden Lions in their second match. They bounced back strongly, however, to defeat Boland 54-0 and the Pumas 47-0, which earned them a place in the Cup Quarterfinals on Saturday.

The team picked up where they left off and beat the Free State 24-15 in the Cup Quarterfinals and then registered a convincing 34-0 victory against KwaZulu-Natal in the semifinals.

The Blue Bulls Women, however, were forced to work hard in the final against DHL Western Province and fought until the death for their 24-22 victory.

SARU INTERPROVINCIAL SEVENS RESULTS (SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7):

Border 19 SA Students 7 (Women’s)
DHL WP 20 Golden Lions 7 (Women’s)
Blue Bulls 24 EP 14
Pumas 31 Golden Lions 5
Blue Bulls 24 Free State 5 (Women’s)
Sharks 22 Griquas 0 (Women’s)
DHL WP 26 Leopards 21 (21-21 after extra-time)
Free State 12 Lowveld 17 (21-21 after extra-time)
Lions 0 SA Students 29 (Women’s)
EP 26 Lions 12
Free State 26 Griquas 5 (Women’s)
Leopards 22 Free State 17
Blue Bulls 22 Pumas 10
Blue Bulls 34 Sharks 0 (Women’s)
DHL WP 21 Lowveld 14
Falcons 12 SWD 26
KZN 19 Griquas 17
EP 43 Falcons 0 (Women’s)
Border 33 Limpopo Blue Bulls 7
Griffons 38 Boland 33
Leopards 27 Limpopo Blue Bulls 5 (Women’s)
SANDF 12 Boland 28 (Women’s)
Falcons 14 Free State 12
Blue Bulls Inv 33 Falcons 0 (Women’s)
Limpopo Blue Bulls 12 Boland 26
Limpopo Blue Bulls 34 SANDF 7 (Women’s)
SWD 26 KZN 7
SWD 7 EP 31 (Women’s)
Border 22 Griffons 14
Leopards 31 Boland 14 (Women’s)