England u/18 ran Westen Province u/18's defence to pieces and scored twelve tries on their way to a brilliant 76-15 win in Round 2 of the 2023 u/18 International Series.
England u/18 took less than three minutes in the first half to open the scoring with a try in the corner. This was followed by an additional two tries by England u/18 out wide before Western Province u/18 converted a penalty after twenty-three minutes of play.
England u/18 added two more tries before Western Province u/18 scored their first try from the front of a lineout which they followed up by their second try after time was already up on the clock.
Although Western Province u/18 trailed 15-33 at the halftime break, following two late tries, they were still in the game. England u/18, scored four of their five tries in the first half out wide, beating their hosts with great handling and speed.
England u/18 started the second half as they did the first half, scoring within the opening minutes of the second half. England u/18 were brilliant on the attack and added another seven tries in the second half to win 76-15.
Scorers:
England u/18: Tries: Finlay Wiseman, Louie Platt, Dom Hanson (3), Sam Graham, Jack Bracken (3), Charlie West, Angus Hall, Finn Newton. Conversions: Louie Platt (7), Ollie Davies.
Western Province u/18: Tries: HB Odendaal, Frank Hitimane. Conversion: Marno Pretorius. Penalty: Marno Pretorius.
Teams:
England u/18: 15 Finn Newton, 14 Finlay Wiseman, 13 Nick Lilley, 12 Toby Baker, 11 Charlie Griffin, 10 Louie Platt, 9 Dom Hanson, 8 Jack Lightbown, 7 Connor Treacey, 6 Soloman Shand, 5 Olamide Sodeke, 4 Tayo Adegbemile, 3 Sam Graham, 2 Alfie Longstaff, 1 Jamie Miller. Replacements: 16 Kepueli Tuipulotu, 17 Will Conduit, 18 Billy Sela, 19 Junior Kpoku, 20 Ronan Daniell, 21 Charlie West, 22 Lucas Friday, 23 Ollie Davies, 24 Toby Wilson, 25 Angus Hall, 26 Jack Bracken.
Western Province u/18 XV: 15 Tazreeq Moerat, 14 Freek De Kock, 13 Daniel van der Merwe, 12 Frank Hitimane, 11 Rama Moatshe, 10 Marno Pretorius, 9 Juan Loots, 8 Liberty Nyashanu, 7 Marco Ferreira, 6 Ruben Dames, 5 Eduan Vosloo, 4 Danio Botha, 3 Herman Lubbe, 2 HB Odendaal, 1 Ryk Groenewald. Replacements: 16 Xander Mynhardt, 17 Almero Keizer, 18 Alfie Holm, 19 Neil Hansen, 20 Cole Wegewarth, 21 Dawid Kotze, 22 Aashwin Cox, 23 Riyaad Bam, 24 Luke Swartz, 25 Yibanathi Phoncana, 26 Ilan Knoetze, 27 Graigon Matroos.