The DHL Western Province Under-19 side suffered a second loss of the 2014 Absa Provincial U19 season, when they went down 8-28 to the Xerox Golden Lions Under-19s at Ellis Park on Saturday.
DHL WP went into this match on the back of a big loss to the Blue Bulls Under-19s a fortnight ago and they were unable to get back to winning ways against a fired-up Lions side.
The Lions Under-19s led 11-0 at half-time, through a try and two penalties, and managed to keep their noses in front during a busy second half which produced three tries – two to the Lions and one to Province.
The DHL WP U19s narrowed the score to 8-21 with just under 20 minutes left – when flanker Charlton Jonas burrowed over from a maul – but the Lions hit back with a crucial score just minutes later, against the run of play, to extend their lead.
The Province Under-19s are now in third place on the log with 28 points, just four behind the first-placed Bulls U19s.
They will host the EP Kings U19 side at City Park next Saturday (September 20) at 10h45.
The scorers:
For Golden Lions Under-19:
Tries: Ramaboea, Bezuidenhout, Ackermann
Cons: Reynolds 2
Pens: Reynolds 3
For DHL Western Province Under-19:
Try: Jonas
Pen: Stapelberg
The teams:
Xerox Golden Lions Under-19: 15 James Campbell, 14 Johan Mitchell, 13 Godfrey Ramaboea, 12 Gerdus van der Walt (captain), 11 Jade Solomons, 10 Shaun Reynolds, 9 George-Lee Erasmus, 8 Marco Holmes, 7 Kerron van Vuuren, 6 Frederik Bezuidenhout, 5 Marnus Erasmus, 4 Ethan Louw, 3 Roelof Diedericks, 2 Cecil Conradie, 1 Christo Bezuidenhout.
Replacements: 16 Dwayne Pienaar, 17 Marius Greyvensteyn, 18 Arnout Malherbe, 19 Le Roux Roets, 20 Pieter Labuschangne, 21 Ronald Brown, 22 Kobus Engelbrecht, 23 Ruan Ackermann.
DHL Western Province Under-19: 15 Grant Hermanus, 14 Dewald Naude, 13 Jarryd Sage, 12 Ryan Oosthuizen, 11 Leolin Zas, 10 Ernst Stapelberg, 9 Justin Phillips, 8 Dian Koen, 7 Luke Stringer, 6 Charlton Jonas, 5 Johan Momsen (captain), 4 David Ribbans, 3 Francois van der Merwe, 2 Paul-Martin Wipplinger, 1 Kyle Whyte.
Replacements: 16 Regardt Louw, 17 Frans van Wyk, 18 Lebohang Mdakane, 19 Floris Pelser, 20 Michael de Waal, 21 Damian Stevens, 22 Brandon Thomson, 23 Khanyo Ngcukana.
Referee: Lusanda Jam
