DHL Western Province u/20s scored six tries on their way to a dominant 45-8 victory against Toyota Cheetahs u/20s at City Park on today.
Three tries in each half saw DHL WP u/20s claim what was ultimately a comfortable victory and return to winning ways after their narrow defeat in Johannesburg last week.
The visitors opened the scoring with an early penalty, but those would be their only points of the first half.
DHL WP u/20s drew level with a penalty of their own soon afterwards and they would add three tries to that by half-time to take a 24-3 lead into the break.
Inside centre Hofmeyr Retief crossed for two and hooker Gustav Laubscher scored from a maul, with flyhalf Sacha Mngomezulu converting all of them.
A yellow card to blindside flank Ethan Snyman saw the home side play with 14 for 10 minutes, but Toyota Cheetahs u/20s were unable to score in that time playing into the wind in the first half.
DHL WP u/20s were down to 14 again early in the second half when centre Ethan James was shown a yellow card. The Free State side took advantage with their first try, to make it 24-8.
The home side responded with the bonus point try as Mngomezulu stepped his man to score under the poles. It did not take them long to add the fifth try, with fullback Luke Burger getting on the end of a clever kick from Mngomezulu to score.
The scorers:
DHL Western Province: Tries: Hofmeyr Retief (2), Gustav Laubscher, Sacha Mngomezulu, Luke Burger, Paschal Ekeji. Conversions: Sacha Mngomezulu 5, Hofmeyr Retief. Penalty: Sacha Mngomezulu.
Toyota Free State u/20: Try: Adielson Gouveia. Penalty: Juan Dee Olivier
DHL Western Province U20: 15 Luke Burger, 14 Eagon van der Rheede, 13 Ethan James, 12 Hofmeyr Retief, 11 Paschal Ekeji, 10 Sacha Mngomezulu, 9 FC Fourie, 8 Armand Maritz, 7 Ethan Snyman, 6 Paul de Villiers, 5 Hendrik Sieberhagen, 4 Daniel Louw, 3 Corne Weilbach, 2 Gustav Laubscher, 1 Lamla Nunu. Replacements: 16 Nande Moses, 17 Yannick Marais, 18 Liam Sproston, 19 Bilaal Moerat, 20 Carlos Da Costa, 21 Jacques Theron, 22 Jonathan Roche, 23 Melbirt Van der Spuy.
Toyota Free State u/20: 15. Matt Golden, 14. Adielson Gouveia, 13. Carl Kleynhans, 12. Emile Kotze, 11. Jacobus Jaquin, 10. Juan Smith, 9. Juan Dee Olivier, 8. Danston Cloete, 7. Stefan Nortje, 6. Dylan Lampbrecht, 5. Zander van den Berg, 4. Hanro Potgieter, 3. Laurence Victor, 2. Ronaldo Ismail, 1. Ruben Windell. Replacements: 16. Duan Ludik, 17. Jan Hendrik Bessenger, 18. Aviwe Mpepo, 19. Ulrich Bekker, 20. Wela Takata, 21. CJ Herholdt, 22. Chad Oppelt, 23. Dwayne Pharo.