The SA Rugby Youth Weeks kicked off in spectacular fashion with a barrage of tries in Bloemfontein and Johannesburg where the Learners with Special Education Needs (LSEN) Week and the Under-16 SA Rugby Girls Week were held at High School Sentraal and Jeppe Boys High respectively.
The action will resume on Tuesday, when the Under-18 SA Rugby Girls Week will start in Johannesburg, with round two of the LSEN Week playing out in Bloemfontein.
The DHL Western Province LSEN team opened their tournament with a solid, but hard-fought 34-18 win over Eastern Province.
The DHL WP side had to come from behind and did so in spectacular fashion. They trailed 15-10 at the break following a quick-fire brace by EP flanker, Nando Kemp, but they scored four tries without reply to storm to victory. It was a good all-round performance by the Western Cape side and they will be tough to beat in the remainder of the tournament.
DHL Western Province U16 girls delivered a strong second half performance against Border Country Districts to show their intent at the tournament, winning 40-0.
The Cape side scored two tries in the first half for a 12-0 lead, but then pulled away in the second, as they found their rhythm and their combinations started to click.
LSEN Week day one results:
Valke 38-13 Blue Bulls
Gauteng XV 29-0 Golden Lions EE
Griffons 69-17 Sharks
SWD Eagles 59-29 Boland
Golden Lions 26-24 Leopards
DHL Western Province 34-18 Eastern Province
Free State 24-15 Pumas
LSEN day two fixtures – Tuesday, 18 June 2019
A-Field:
09h00: Free State Cheetahs v Leopards
10h20: Gauteng XV v Eastern Province
11h40: Boland v Blue Bulls
13h00: DHL Western Province v Griffons
14h30: Valke v SWD
B-Field:
09h00: Sharks v Golden Lions EE
10h20: Golden Lions v Pumas
SA Rugby Girls U16 Week day one results:
Pumas 39-0 Leopards
Limpopo Blue Bulls 36-12 Griquas
Bidvest Waltons Golden Lions 53-0 Griffons
Free State Cheetahs 29-10 Valke
Blue Bulls 41-7 Boland
Border 41-22 SWD
DHL Western Province 40-0 Border CD
Eastern Province 22-14 KwaZulu-Natal
SA Rugby U18 Girls Week fixtures, Tuesday 18 June
10h00 – Griquas v Blue Bulls (A-field)
10h00 – Border v Limpopo Blue Bulls (B-field)
11h15 – Free State v Pumas (A-field)
11h15 – Golden Lions v Griffons (B-field)
12h30 – Boland v Leopards (A-field)
12h30 – Border CD v SWD (B-field)
14h25 – Eastern Province v Western Province (A-field)
15h40 – KwaZulu-Natal v Zimbabwe (A-field)
