The in-form DHL Western Province Under-21 side finished their 2014 Absa Provincial Under-21 league campaign with a bang, claiming a 51-32 win over the Sharks U21s at DHL Newlands on Saturday.

DHL Western Province Under-21 coach John Dobson opted to rest basically his entire first-choice team for this clash, with a top-of-the-log finish sewn up before this weekend, but his new group of players have given him a selection headache ahead of the semifinals.

The DHL WP U21s scored eight tries to five in the end, despite trailing by 10-18 at half-time, with energetic No.6 flanker Tapiwa Tsomondo scoring four tries.

The Province Under-21s will host the Free State Under-21s in next weekend’s Absa Under-21 semifinal at DHL Newlands (kick-off TBC) and will be hoping to progress to a third successive final under the coaching of Dobson.

The scorers:

For DHL Western Province Under-21:
Tries: Strydom, Tsomondo 4, Van Staden, Ferreira, Nash
Cons: Strydom 2, Worrall 2
Pen: Strydom

For Sharks Under-21:
Tries: Cloete, T Fisher, Marwana, Meyer, Kubeka
Cons: Swiel 2
Pen: Swiel

The teams:

DHL Western Province Under-21: 15 Huw Jones, 14 Iewan Bartels, 13 Jason Kriel, 12 Jacques van Staden, 11 Monray Lingeveldt, 10 WJ Strydom, 9 SP Ferreira, 8 Devon Nash, 7 Justin Benn (captain), 6 Tapiwa Tsomondo, 5 Kobus van Dyk, 4 Jan Uys, 3 Chippie Oelofse, 2 Chad Solomon, 1 Wesley Adonis.
Replacements: 16 Michael Willemse, 17 Liam Hendricks, 18 Jade Kriel, 19 Luke van der Smit, 20 Jason Marcus, 21 Dewald Naude, 22 Jason Worrall.

Sharks Under-21: 15 Alcino Izaacs, 14 Michael Cloete, 13 Khulu Marwana, 12 Sandile Kubeka, 11 Tyler Fisher, 10 Tim Swiel, 9 Hanco Venter, 8 Louis Hazelhurst, 7 Johan Meyer, 6 Sias Koen, 5 Liam O’Connell, 4 Buzwe Mpotulo, 3 Marne Coetzee, 2 Jacques Taylor (captain), 1 Barend Potgieter.
Replacements: 16 Christopher de Beer, 17 Brandon Langsberg, 18 David Fisher, 19 Sabata Mokhachane, 20 Jacques Fick, 21 Colin Willemse, 22 Sipho Mkize.

Referee: Lourens van der Merwe