Durbanville-Bellville were the only Western Province team to win away from home in the inaugural round of Community Challenge action this past weekend.
Burb-Bell claimed a hard-fought 38-21 win over Ceres on Saturday, but Tygerberg, Belhar and SK Walmers all went down to their Boland opponents in this exciting new club competition between WP and Boland club sides.
The action this coming weekend moves to City Park in Crawford in the Cape – where all eight teams will be in action, before DHL Western Province take on Boland in Vodacom Cup action (also at City Park).
A total of eight clubs – four clubs each from the Boland and Western Province Premier leagues – make up the inaugural Community Challenge, with the semifinals and final taking place later this month.
The purpose of this competition is to strengthen the relationship between WP Rugby and Boland Rugby since both unions form part of the DHL Stormers franchise, but also to promote and enhance Club Rugby in these unions.
RESULTS AND SCORERS (from March 1):
(Home teams first and half-time scores in brackets)
Ceres (16) 21 Durbanville-Bellville (24) 38
Ceres: Tries: Damian Vermeulen, TC Botha, Conversion: William van Wyk. Penalty goals: Van Wyk (3).
Durbanville-Belville: Tries: Mario Ruster (2), Tiaan Loots, Alconray Botha, Andrew Picoto, Renier Marias. Conversions: Raymond Olivier (3), Tiaan Radyn.
Hawston (17)
27 Tygerberg (0) 12
Hawston: Tries: Byron May, Bernard Corneluis, Lyndon Jansen. Conversions: Ronald Swarts (3). Penalty goals: Swarts (2).
Tygerberg: Tries: Arno Johnson, Ewan Knowles. Conversions: Sharl van Volenhoven.
Villagers Worcester (10) 17 Belhar (0) 14
Villagers Worcester: Tries: Kirwin Horseman, Eduardo Fourie. Conversions: Ricardo Jones (2). Penalty: Jones.
Belhar: Tries: Zolani Mpho (2). Conversions: Gerome Sights (2).
Saldanha (15) 22 SK Walmers (3) 17
Saldanha: Tries: Denville Maya (2), Wesley Adams. Conversions: Ambrose Barends (2). Penalty goals: Barends.
SK Walmers: Tries: Danville Erasmus (2). Conversions: Jaxier Davids (2). Penalty goals: Davids.
LOGS:
(Under played, won, total log points)
Group A
1. Durb-Bell 1, 1, 5
2. Hawston 1, 1, 4
3. Ceres 1, 0, 0
4. Tygerberg 1, 0, 0
Group B
1. Saldanha 1, 1, 4
2. Villagers Worcester 1, 1, 4
3. Belhar 1, 0, 1
4. SK Walmers 1, 0, 1
UPCOMING FIXTURES – SATURDAY, MARCH 8:
(All games to take place at City Park)
A-Field: 13h30: Durb-Bell v Tygerberg
B-Field: 12h50: Hawston v Ceres
B-Field: 14h05: Villagers Worcester v Saldanha
B-Field: 15h20: Belhar v SK Walmers