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Unbeaten DHL WP Women secure home final

PUBLISHED: June 28, 2021


DHL Western Province Women beat the EP Queens 41-15 in Gqeberha on Saturday to make it eight consecutive wins this season and secure a second straight home final.

They will face the Border Ladies in the Women’s Premier Division final for the fifth time in as many seasons after both sides registered bonus-point victories in their respective round eight matches on Saturday.

The Capetonians thumped the EP Queens 41-15 in Gqeberha for their eighth win in a row this season, while the Border Ladies broke away in the second half against the Cell C Sharks in East London for a convincing 38-10 victory.

It was all about the numbers for DHL Western Province who scored seven tries to secure a bonus point with a 41-15 win over the EP Queens.

They mastered the gusty Port Elizabeth wind and equally gutsy home defence, asserting their superiority through the back division with five of their tries coming from the back three and a sixth from impressive outside centre Chumisa Qawe.

Their first came after only four minutes with sleek fullback Donelle Snyders speeding onto a pass 60 metres out before gliding through the defensive screen to score close enough to the posts for flyhalf Vuyo Maqholo to convert.

International Veroeshka Grain finished off the second in her right-wing corner from a short range tap penalty before her wing partner Simamkele Namba scored the first of her brace from a pick and go at a ruck after powerful surge by Qawe.

Lock Luyane Willemse used her considerable power to break up the back-fest with a close range try of her own before Namba swept up for her second down the blindside of an unprotected ruck from 40 metres out.

On a rare escape from the cage of their own quarter, EP broke their duck with a fine try by right wing Thando Hena, powering and swivelling through three tackles from 15 metres and, two minutes after the break, replacement halfback Anacadia Minnaar claimed a second.

Qawe’s strong running was rewarded with a try midway through the half and the seventh and final came from replacement right wing Zintle Mpupha with nine minutes remaining, appropriately giving DHL WP the final word after Raylene Noubos had scored EP’s third from close range shortly before.

The scorers:

EP Queens:
Tries: Thando Hena, Anacadia Minnaar, Raylene Noubos.

DHL WP Women:
Tries:
Simamkele Namba 2, Donelle Syders, Veroeshka Grain, Luyanne Willemse, Chumisa Qawe, Zintle Mpupha
Cons: Vuyo Maqholo 3