The Vodacom Blue Bulls u/20 hosted the DHL Western Province u/20 at Loftus Versveld on Saturday and had to work a lot harder than expected their visitors 45-26 in Round 2 of the SA Rugby u/20 Cup.
DHL Western Province u/20s were bullied and out-mauled by the Cell C Sharks u/20s a week ago and definitely worked hard to fix it although the Vodacom Blue Bulls u/20s still dominated with mauls. The DHL Western Province scored 4 lineout maul tries to keep themselves in contact with the Vodacom Blue Bulls on the scoreboard.
The Vodacom Blue Bulls u/20s also dominated their visitors in the scrums, which did put a lot of pressure on the visitors, in a match which was dominated by the battle up front. As a result four of the six tries scored by the Vodacom Blue Bulls u/20s were scored by their forwards.
The Vodacom Blue Bulls u/20s led 21-14 at the halftime break and scored four tries to the two of the DHL Western Province u/20s as they continued their dominance in the second half.
Scorers:
Vodacom Blue Bulls u/20: Tries: Corne Lavagna, Juann Else, Neels Volschenk, Corne Beets, Neil Le Roux, Liam Koen, Penalty try. Conversions: Neil le Roux (3), Liam Koen.
DHL Western Province u/20: Tries: Paul de Villiers (2), Luca Bakkes (2). Conversions: Imad Khan (3).
Teams:
Vodacom Blue Bulls u/20: 15. Regan Izaks, 14. Quewin Nortje, 13. Katlego Letebele, 12. PA Van Niekerk, 11. Munashe Dukuswa, 10. Compion Von Ludwig, 9. Neil Le Roux, 8. Corne Beets, 7. Ghudian van Reenen, 6. Neels Volschenk (c), 5. Nel Van Heerden, 4. Gcino Mdletse , 3. Johan Louw, 2. Juanre Else, 1. Corne Lavagna. Replacements: 16. Juanre Breitenbach, 17. Mbasa Maqubela, 18. Mawande Mdanda, 19. Llitha Matsiliza, 20. Cayno February, 21. Caleb Abrahams, 22. Liam Koen, 23. Alfondso Isaacs.
DHL Western Province u/20: 15 Christoff de Bruyn, 14 Jared Africa, 13 Bruce Sherwood, 12 Damian Marcus, 11 Thaaqib Ryland, 10 Ulrich Wahl, 9 Imad Khan, 8 Camden Schoeman, 7 Jamie Ricketts, 6 Paul de Villiers (c), 5 Adam de Waal, 4 Michael Mutombo, 3 Zachary Porthen, 2 Luca Bakkes, 1 Christopher Pittaway. Replacements: 16 Tian Vorster, 17 Jason Johnson, 18 Mhleli Khuzwayo, 19 Hennie Sieberhagen, 20 Carlos da Costa, 21 FC Fourie, 22 Joshua Africa, 23 Graeme Waldeck.