The DHL Western Province Under-21 team moved to the top of the 2015 Absa Under-21 Provincial Championship log after scoring a resounding 51-22 win over the Vodacom Blue Bulls in Pretoria on Saturday.

The win pushed Robbie Fleck’s team into the top spot in the tournament for the first time this season as the Xerox Golden Lions – who led from Round One – lost 19-20 to the Cell C Sharks in Durban.

The Durban-defeat see the Johannesburg side drop to second, but it is clear that the top four places will be tightly contested, as only EP Kings and Leopards are out of the running.

The latter suffered a heavy defeat in Potchefstroom, losing 55-7 to the Toyota Free State, who are now in third spot. Jacobus Vosloo contributed 28 of those points. The Vodacom Blue Bulls have dropped to fifth.

DIVISION A:

Vodacom Blue Bulls 22 (15) DHL Western Province 51 (22)

Scorers:

Vodacom Blue Bulls. Tries: Corniel Els, Jsuanre Swanepoel, Marco van Staden. Conversions: Joshua Stander, Kobus Marais. Penalty: Joshua Stander.
DHL Western Province. Tries: Chad Solomon, Grant Hermanus (3), Justin Phillips, Liam Hendricks. Conversions: Grant Hermanus, Jean-Luc Du Plessis (2). Penalties: Grant Hermanus (2), Jean-Luc Du Plessis (3).

Cell C Sharks 20 (10) Xerox Golden Lions 19 (7)

Scorers:

Cell C Sharks. Tries: Ayron Schramm, Graham Geldenhuys. Conversions: Innocent Radebe (2). Penalties: Innocent Radebe.
Xerox Golden Lions. Tries: Aphiwe Dyantyi, Rohan Janse van Rensburg, Victor Sekekete. Conversions: Brandan Hewitt, Shaun Reynolds.

Leopards 7 (7) Toyota Free State 55 (27)

Scorers:

Leopards. Try: Rudolph Van Deventer. Conversion: Schalk Hugo.
Toyota Free State. Tries: Daniel Maartens, Donavan Gissing, Jacobus Vosloo (2), Jasper Wiese, Lorenzo Gordon, Stephan Janse van Rensburg. Conversions: Jacobus Vosloo (6), Selvyn Davids. Penalties: Jacobus Vosloo (2).

In the B-Division, the Steval Pumas, Limpopo Blue Bulls and Border are the frontrunners with consecutive wins after two rounds of play.

The Pumas won 45-31 against SWD Eagles in George, the Polokwane team edged out Boland 36-35 and Border held on to a 13-10 win over the Hino Valke in East London.

In a regional derby, the ORC Griquas team had kicking ace Christo Coetzee to thank for their 25-16 win, as he slotted five penalties to give the home side their opening win in the competition.

Limpopo Blue Bulls 36 (29) Boland 35 (21)

Scorers:

Limpopo Blue Bulls. Tries: Christopher Labuschagne, Gerhard van den Heever, Jean Grobler, Jurgen Steinbach, Kallie Jantjies, Sarel Snyman. Conversions: Jean Grobler (3).
Boland. Tries: Chad Kleinsmidt, Dylan Maart (2), Kenith Dirks, Valentino Wellman. Conversions: Adriaan Carelse (4), Darian Hock.

Border 13 (5) Hino Valke 10 (5)

Scorers:

Border. Tries: Asiphe Fihla, Soso Xakalashe. Penalty: Nathan Scott.
Hino Valke. Tries: Jackie Jonkers (2).

SWD Eagles 31 (14) Steval Pumas 45 (17)

Scorers:

SWD Eagles. Tries: Bisto Sam, Elfrido Ayford, Fizell Fredericks (2), Ruan Barnard. Conversions: Fizell Fredericks (3).
Steval Pumas. Tries: Dylan Du Buisson, Elandre Botha, Henry Badenhorst, Marthinus Philippus Snyman, Renier Husselman. Conversions: Dylan Du Buisson, Penalties: Dylan Du Buisson (4).

ORC Griquas 25 (14) Down Touch Griffons 16 (16)

Scorers:

ORC Griquas. Tries: Doctor Booysen, Thomas Fortuin. Penalties: Christo Coetzee (5).
Down Touch Griffons. Tries: Carlton Coeries, Lethole Mokoena. Penalties: Juandre Kleynhans (2).