The DHL Western Province Under-18 Girls successfully defended their Under-18 Sevens title in Uitenhage on Saturday, going through both days of action unbeaten.

Province’s victory marked their fifth successive win in the series which started on Friday. Border, meanwhile, thumped Eastern Province 29-0 to finish third for a bronze medal.

The DHL Western Province Girls were in fantastic form from the outset as they opened their campaign with a convincing 38-0 victory against SWD and then thrashed the Free State 48-0 and beat Border 19-7 to dominate the opening day’s play.

The Cape side’s sister union, Boland, also made their presence felt on day one as they secured victories against Border CD, Eastern Province and Griquas respectively to remain unbeaten.

Both teams built on their strong starts on day two with Western Province defeating Eastern Province 19-10, whilst Boland beat Border 17-5 to book their places in the final.

Western Province’s strong attack and tenacious defence, however, handed them an edge over Boland in the final, as they ran circles around the opposition to rack up a staggering 43 points, while they prevented the Wellington side from scoring a single point in a memorable final.

In the third and fourth-place play-off Border – who showed encouraging signs on the opening day with a 45-0 victory against the Free State and a 30-7 win against SWD – thumped Eastern Province 29-0 to secure the bronze medal.

RESULTS:

Day One:
DHL WP 38 SWD 0
DHL WP 50 Free State 0
DHL WP 19 Border 14

Day Two:
DHL WP 19 Eastern Province 10 (semifinal)
DHL WP 43 Boland 0 (final)