It perhaps wasn’t their best performance of the season, but DHL Western Province still left the Puma Stadium in Witbank with four valuable Absa Currie Cup log points after beating the Ford Pumas by 24-13 on Friday evening.
Ultimately DHL WP could only score three tries against a side that came back from last weekend’s heavy defeat to the Toyota Free State Cheetahs with a much more composed performance, but the visitors’ discipline also let them down, with Conrad Jantjes and Nick Koster spending time in the sin bin.
However, the team from Cape Town had too much fire power at the back for the Pumas, where outside centre Johann Sadie again showed his immense talent. Sadie, who is bound for the Blue Bulls next season, was instrumental in all of WP’s tries, scoring the first and contributing to the other two.
The Ford Pumas did not leave empty handed, with Hendrik van der Nest (scrumhalf) and JP Mostert (replacement lock) dotting down for the home team in the second half.
Scorers:
- Ford Pumas – Tries: Hendrik van der Nest, JP Mostert. Penalty: Coenie van Wyk.
- DHL Western Province – Tries: Johann Sadie, JJ Engelbrecht, Dewaldt Duvenage. Conversions: Demetri Catrakilis (3). Penalty: Catrakilis.
Teams:
- Ford Pumas: 15 MJ Mentz, 14 Wilhelm Looch, 13 JW Jonker (captain), 12 Tian Meyer, 11 Deon Scholtz, 10 Coenie van Wyk, 9 Hendrik van der Nest, 8 Christo le Roux, 7 Martin Sithole, 6 Jaco Bouwer, 5 Eduan van der Walt, 4 Marius Coetzer, 3 Ashley Buys, 2 Pellow van der Westhuizen, 1 Michael de Nieully Rice. Replacements: 16 Torsten van Jaarsveld, 17 Brett Nel, 18 RW Kember, 19 JP Mostert, 20 Tiaan Marx, 21 Siviwe Magaba, 22 Johan Jackson.
- DHL WP: 15 Conrad Jantjes, 14 Steven Hunt, 13 Johann Sadie, 12 Tim Whitehead, 11 JJ Engelbrecht, 10 Demetri Catrakilis, 9 Dewaldt Duvenage, 8 Nick Koster, 7 Nizaam Carr, 6 Nick Fenton-Wells, 5 De Kock Steenkamp, 4 Hilton Lobberts, 3 Brok Harris, 2 Tiaan Liebenberg (captain), 1 Steven Kitshoff. Replacements: 16 Siyabonga Ntubeni, 17 Frans Malherbe, 18 Quinn Roux, 19 Tertius Daniller, 20 Louis Schreuder, 21 Marcel Brache, 22 Danie Poolman.
Absa Currie Cup Premier Division Log
Pos. Team – P – W – D – L – PF – PA – PD – TF – TA – BPts – Pts
- MTN Golden Lions – 7 – 6 – 0 – 1 – 240 – 158 – 82 – 26 – 15 – 3 – 27
- DHL Western Province – 7 – 4 – 1 – 2 – 201 – 130 – 71 – 17 – 8 – 4 – 22
- The Sharks – 7 – 5 – 0 – 2 – 186 – 165 – 21 – 16 – 12 – 2 – 22
- GWK Griquas – 7 – 4 – 1 – 2 – 195 – 212 – -17 – 21 – 26 – 3 – 21
- Toyota Free State Cheetahs – 7 – 3 – 0 – 4 – 242 – 166 – 76 – 28 – 16 – 6 – 18
- Vodacom Blue Bulls – 7 – 4 – 0 – 3 – 171 – 188 – -17 – 18 – 20 – 1 – 17
- Ford Pumas – 7 – 0 – 0 – 7 – 138 – 241 – -103 – 15 – 28 – 5 – 5
- Platinum Leopards – 7 – 1 – 0 – 6 – 125 – 238 – -113 – 15 – 31 – 1 – 5
