DHL Western Province 35 (21) Vodacom Blue Bulls 7 (7)

The Vodacom Blue Bulls were comprehensively beaten by 35-7 by DHL Western Province at DHL Newlands on Saturday evening and were the only team in the third round of Absa Currie Cup that did not collect a try-scoring bonus point.

The home team were simply too good and physical up front as they raced to a 21-7 lead at the break, thanks to fine tries by their captain Tiaan Liebenberg (hooker) and Danie Poolman (wing). They did not loosen their grip in the second half, with Nick Koster (No and Dewaldt Duvenage (scrumhalf) adding tries for DHL WP.

It was a performance the Blue Bulls would like to forget as quickly as possible as they slumped to their second defeat in three matches, having already taken on 2010’s Absa Currie Cup finalists in away matches.

It was a second successive bonus point victory for DHL WP after they drew in the first round with GWK Griquas. They occupy third position on the Absa Currie Cup log behind the MTN Golden Lions and The Sharks.

Scorers:

• DHL Western Province – Tries: Tiaan Liebenberg, Danie Poolman, Nick Koster, Dewaldt Duvenage. Conversions: Demetri Catrakilis (3). Penalty goals: Catrakilis (3).
• Vodacom Blue Bulls – Try: Stefan Watermeyer. Conversion: Francois Brummer.

Teams:

• DHL Western Province: 15 Conrad Jantjes, 14 Danie Poolman, 13 Johann Sadie, 12 Tim Whitehead, 11 JJ Engelbrecht, 10 Demetri Catrakilis, 9 Dewaldt Duvenage, 8 Nick Koster, 7 Siya Kolisi, 6 Rohan Kitshoff, 5 De Kock Steenkamp, 4 Hilton Lobberts, 3 Brok Harris, 2 Tiaan Liebenberg (captain), 1 Wicus Blaauw. Replacements: 16 Deon Fourie, 17 Frans Malherbe, 18 Adriaan Fondse, 19 Nick Fenton-Wells, 20 Nic Groom, 21 Berton Klaasen, 22 Marcel Brache.
• Vodacom Blue Bulls: 15 Jurgen Visser, 14 Akona Ndungane, 13 Stephan Dippenaar, 12 Stefan Watermeyer, 11 Gerhard van den Heever, 10 Francois Brummer, 9 Dustin Jinka, 8 Gerrit-Jan van Velze, 7 Dewald Potgieter, 6 Derick Kuün, 5 Juandré Kruger, 4 Fudge Mabeta, 3 Rossouw de Klerk, 2 Gary Botha (captain), 1 Corné Fourie. Replacements: 16 Willie Wepener, 17 Frik Kirsten, 18 Warwick Tecklenburg, 19 CJ Stander, 20 Lohan Jacobs, 21 Marnitz Boshoff, 22 Francois Venter.

Absa Currie Cup Premier Division Log

Position – Team – P – W – D – L – PF – PA – PD – TF – TA – BPts – Pts

1. – MTN Golden Lions – 3 – 3 – 0 – 0 – 133 – 74 – 59 – 19 – 9 – 2 – 14
2. – The Sharks – 3 – 3 – 0 – 0 – 101 – 72 – 29 – 11 – 6 – 2 – 14
3. – DHL Western Province – 3 – 2 – 1 – 0 – 108 – 42 – 66 – 11 – 3 – 2 – 12
4. – Toyota Free State Cheetahs – 3 – 1 – 0 – 2 – 104 – 88 – 16 – 13 – 10 – 3 – 7
5. – GWK Griquas – 3 – 1 – 1 – 1 – 77 – 108 – -31 – 8 – 15 – 1 – 7
6. – Ford Pumas – 3 – 0 – 0 – 3 – 82 – 94 – -12 – 9 – 10 – 4 – 4
7. – Vodacom Blue Bulls – 3 – 1 – 0 – 2 – 56 – 100 – -44 – 5 – 11 – 0 – 4
8. – Platinum Leopards – 3 – 0 – 0 – 3 – 57 – 140 – -83 – 7 – 19 – 1 – 1

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