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DHL WP U13 power on in Kimberley

PUBLISHED: July 6, 2018


DHL Western Province U13 kept alive their hopes of taking top honours in the U13 Coca-Cola Craven Week for the sixth year in a row as they beat the Itec Blue Bulls 17-8 to join their Western Cape counterparts, Boland, as the only unbeaten teams going into Friday’s final round at Hoërskool Diamantveld in Kimberley.

The match between DHL Western Province U13 and the Itec Blue Bulls U13 was a battle of attrition as both teams used their big forwards in attempt to force their way onto the front foot, and the scoreboard reflected that early on as the Bulls took a 5-3 lead before the Cape side powered their way to a 17-8 victory.

The Capetonians struck first with a penalty goal, but their opponents hit back with a try shortly before the break after applying sustained pressure on attack. The Blue Bulls kicked a penalty goal shortly after play resumed, and that proved to be their last points, as DHL Western Province retained possession, which paid off as they scored two tries to secure the win.

The U13 and U16 Coca-Cola Youth Weeks will conclude on Friday in a jam-packed day of action featuring 18 clashes, with the top teams battling it out for the honours in the final matches of their respective tournaments.

U13 Coca-Cola Craven Week day three results (Thursday, 5 July):

Free State 17-20 Forever Resorts Limpopo
Pumas 48-0 Border CD
Xerox Griquas 5-22 Border
Leopards 24-5 Thepa Trading Griffons
Eastern Province 18-17 Sharks
Bidvest Waltons Golden Lions 32-15 ITS Valke
SWD 8-33 Boland
DHL Western Province 17-8 Itec Blue Bulls
Namibia 10-8 Zimbabwe

U16 Coca-Cola Grant Khomo Week final round fixtures (Friday, 6 July):

09h30 – Border v Eastern Province (A Field)
09h30 – Namibia v Old Mutual Zimbabwe (B Field)
09h30 – Sharks v Griquas (C Field)
09h30 – Border CD v Limpopo (D Field)
11h45 – DHL Western Province v SWD (A Field)
11h45 – Valke v Boland (B Field)
11h45 – Bidvest Waltons Golden Lions v King Price Pumas (C Field)
11h45 – Thepa Trading Griffons v Leopards (D Field)
14h00 – Free State v Blue Bulls (A Field)

U13 Coca-Cola Craven Week final round fixtures (Friday, 6 July):

08h30 – SWD v Eastern Province (A Field)
08h30 – ITS Valke v Forever Resorts Limpopo (B Field)
08h30 – Thepa Trading Griffons v Old Mutual Zimbabwe (C Field)
08h30 – Namibia v Border CD (D Field)
10h45 – Itec Blue Bulls v Bidvest Waltons Golden Lions (A Field)
10h45 – Sharks v Border (B Field)
10h45 – Xerox Griquas v Leopards (C Field)
10h45 – Pumas v Free State (D Field)
13h00 – DHL Western Province v Boland (A Field)