Tafel Lager Griquas made it three in a row against DHL Western Province after their win (22-20) tonight in Kimberley. Griquas achieved a rare double over DHL WP in 2021, outplaying them by 46-25 in Kimberley and edging them by 30-28 in Cape Town.
An error-ridden first 40 minutes with both sides unable to make use of several scoring opportunities. Western Province started to dominate upfront during the last few minutes of the first half.
The second half was not much different from the first with both sides guilty of making several unforced errors. The dominance of the forwards of Griquas was the difference during the last ten minutes of the match.
06:07 Zander du Plessis open the scoring for the hosts. (03-00)
09:05 Leolin Zas picked up the ball at the back of a maul to go over for the Western Province after great play by the backline. (03-07)
11:43 Zander du Plessis converted his second penalty for Griquas. (06-07)
20:44 Zander du Plessis converted his third penalty for Griquas. (09-07)
23:09 Ben-Jason Dixon (Western Province) was sent off with a yellow card.
23:45 Zander du Plessis converted his fourth penalty for Griquas. (12-07)
39:26 Tim Swiel converted a penalty for the visitors. (12-10)
40:00 An error-ridden first 40 minutes with both sides unable to make use of several scoring opportunities. Western Province started to dominate upfront during the last few minutes of the first half.
52:38 Tim Swiel converted his second penalty to put the visitors in the lead. (12-13)
56:04 Andries Schutte scored the Griquas' first try of the match from the back of a 5m lineout-maul. (17-13)
60:00 Tafel Lager Griquas has started to dominate the scrum in the third quarter. This allowed the home team to put more pressure on the visitors. Unfortunately, the unforced errors continued by both sides, which made this match an extremely stop-start affair.
71:24 Gustav du Randt score Griquas' second try of the match. The dominance of the Griquas' forwards made this try off a 5m lineout-maul look very easy. (22-13)
78:58 Kudzwai Dube (Griquas) was sent off with a yellow card.
79:36 Leolin Zas scored DHL Western Province's second try to earn one bonus point for losing with less than seven points.
Scorers:
Tafel Lager Griquas: Tries: Andries Schutte, Gustav du Randt. Penalties: Zander du Plessis (4)
DHL Western Province: Try: Leolin Zas (2). Conversion: Tim Swiel. Conversion: Tim Swiel. Penalties: Tim Swiel (2).
Tafel Lager Griquas: 15. Rynhardt Jonker, 14. Munier Hartzenberg, 13. Jonathan Francke, 12. Zander du Plessis, 11. Luther Obi, 10. Fiela Boshoff, 9. Stefan Ungerer, 8. Siba Qoma, 7. Michael Amiras, 6. Niel Otto (c), 5. Derik Pretorius, 4. Mzwanele Zito, 3. Janu Botha, 2. Janco Uys, 1. Eddie Davids. Replacements: 16. Gustav du Randt, 17. Kudzwai Dube, 18. Andries Schutte, 19. Johan Retief, 20. Hanru Sirgel, 21. Reagan Oranje, 22. Andre Swarts, 23. Sango Xamlashe.
DHL Western Province: 15 Kade Wolhuter, 14 Sergeal Petersen, 13 Mnombo Zwelendaba, 12 Cornel Smit, 11 Leolin Zas, 10 Timothy Swiel, 9 Godlen Masimla, 8 Keke Morabe, 7 Marcel Theunissen, 6 Nama Xaba (captain), 5 David Meihuizen, 4 Ben-Jason Dixon, 3 Neethling Fouche, 2 Andre-Hugo Venter, 1 Ali Vermaak. Replacements: 16 Chad Solomon, 17 Leon Lyons, 18 Lee-Marvin Mazibuko, 19 Connor Evans, 20 Junior Pokomela, 21 Thomas Bursey, 22 Sacha Mngomezulu, 23 Ethan James.