WP (24) 50 vs Boland (0) 7 ( full time) – Game Thread and match summary

Published 3 October 2009 | By SA Barbarians

Western Province beat neighbors Boland by 50 points to 7 at Newlands today.

The home team were in control for the full 80 minutes and Boland never looked like scoring except for an intercept try scored by Deon Scholtz in the 68th minute.

Andries Bekker made a solid return and was replaced by Anton van Zyl after 50 minutes. Pieter Louw won the MOM and put in a good performance along with fellow loose forwards Francois Louw and Watson.

Joe Pietersen, Tonderai Chavhanga, Frikkie Welsh, Paul Bosch, Sireli Naqelevuki, and Australian youngster Matt Toomua all had good games at the back.

The WP pack continued their good form of this season and were instrumental in all three tries by Watson when they simply bulldozed Boland over their own tryline to allow Watson to dot down for the easiest of tries

It is difficult to judge the play of the team and individuals against a Boland team that did not provide much opposition due to their trials an tribulations of the past months. It has to be said though that the WP team for next weekend against the Lions and in particular the semi final will be a more powerful unit as they played without 8 first choice players today.

Today’s 5 points amounts to mission accomplished as it guarantees a home semi final ahead of next week’s fixture against the Lions in Johannesburg

Scoring:

Try by Watson after a line out maul and conversion by Pietersen 6th min

Try Tiaan Liebenberg conversion Pietersen 13th min

Pen by Pietersen 18th min

Try Andries Bekker conversion Pietersen 31st min

Try January conversion Pietersen 54 min  (Bonus point try)

Try Chavhanga 60 min

Try Watson after a line out maul and conversion by Pietersen 72 min

Try Watson from behind an advancing scrum conversion Pietersen 80 min

Boland: (0) 7 

Intercept try Scholtz conversion Harris 68th min

Teams:

Western Province: 15 Joe Pietersen, 14 Tonderai Chavhanga, 13 Frikkie Welsh, 12 Paul Bosch, 11 Sireli Naqelevuki, 10 Matt Toomua, 9 Ricky Januarie, 8 Luke Watson (captain), 7 Pieter Louw, 6 Francois Louw, 5 Andries Bekker, 4 De Kock Steenkamp, 3 JC Kritzinger, 2 Tiaan Liebenberg, 1 JD Moller.
Replacements: 16 Deon Fourie, 17 Brok Harris, 18 Anton van Zyl, 19 Duane Vermeulen, 20 Bolla Conradie, 21 Conrad Hoffmann, 22 Juan de Jongh.

Boland: 15 Hayden Groepes, 14 Deon Scholtz, 13 Cornel Hendricks, 12 Dewey Swartbooi, 11 Wendal Wehr, 10 Elgar Watts, 9 Marnus Hugo, 8 Junior Bester, 7 Hilton Lobberts, 6 Angelo Brinkhuys, 5 Rito Hlungwani (captain), 4 Nico Esterhuyse, 3 Jacobie Adriaanse, 2 Harry Vermaas, 1 Janro van Niekerk.
Replacements: 16 Clemen Lewis, 17 Michael de Neuilly-Rice, 18 Grant le Roux, 19 David Hendricks, 20 Danie van der Merwe, 21 Mark Harris, 22 Justin Peach.

Referee: Sindile Mayende
Assistant referees: Jason Jaftha, Marc van Zyl
TMO: Gerrie Coetzee

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