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The battle lines have been drawn for the Vodacom Cup quarter-finals – and it was not without drama as the players in the Leopards versus Pumas match in Potchefstroom stood around on the field well after the final whistle while the Boland Cavaliers are the South section’s surprise leader.

The Leopards, three log points behind the Pumas and in fifth place on the log, had to win to qualify for the quarters – and did so, 33-29. The Pumas however gained a bonus point to tie the sides on the log.

It was initially also thought that the points differential of both sides was 81 and the competition rules were then scrutinised to find the winner.

However, in the end it was ascertained that the Leopards had a better points differential of only four points. That was enough to see last year’s semi-finalists get another shot at the title while the Pumas now have a weekend off.

The Cavaliers moved from fifth place to top the South section log after a bonus point win of 36-10 over Eastern Province. This sets up a clash with the Leopards this weekend.

South’s log leaders before the weekend Western Province lost 20-12 to the Free State in Petrusburg on Saturday and finished only fourth on the South log. They will now play the unbeaten North No 1 side, the Blue Bulls, in Pretoria.

The win by Free State, fighting for survival, was contributory to eliminating the Pampas XV from the competition after the Argentinean side had also lost their vital match against the Sharks XV 24-19 in Durban on Friday.

The Sharks will be at home to defending champions Griquas who beat the Valke 60-12 to record the most tries and most points in the league phases of the competition.

The Lions, who were impressive albeit against a very average Welwitchias, will play Free State in Johannesburg after their 51-20 win on Friday.

At the bottom of the two logs, the Falcons are winless in the North section. They conceded 55 tries and scored only 15 tries in their 7 matches (an average of eight against and two tries for per match, with an average score of 17-51). The Welwitchias beat the Falcons for their only win in the league.

In the South section, the performances of the three core sides for the Southern Kings have gone from bad to worse this season. Eastern Province, South Western Districts and Border, between them won only four matches out of 21 compared to last year’s seven from 18.

Three of this year’s four wins were against one another, while EP also beat the Sharks XV.

Weekends Results

Monty Dumond scored 14 points as the Sharks XV battled to a narrow 24-19 win over the Pampas XV in the Vodacom Cup.

Scorers

Sharks XV – Tries: Pat Cilliers, Charl McLeod; Conversion: Monty Dumond; Penalties: Dumond (4).

Pampas XV – Try: Santiago Fernandez; Conversion: Martin Rodriguez; Penalties: Rodriguez (3); Drop goal: Rodriguez.

The Golden Lions romped into the quarterfinals of the Vodacom Cup with a 51-20 win over Namibia’s Welwitschias.

Scorers:

Lions 51 – Tries: Henno Mentz, Charles Emslie, Justin Wheeler, Wouter Moore, Pieter Engelbrecht, Jacques Lombard, Shandré Frolick. Conversions: Earl Rose (5). Penalty: Rose. Drop goal: Rose.

Welwitschias 20 – Tries: Llewellyn Winckler, Chrysander Botha. Conversions: Botha (2). Penalties: Eugene Jantjies (2).

The Leopards beat the Pumas 33-29 in the Vodacom Cup game in Potchefstroom to go into the quarterfinals on points difference.

Scorers:

Leopards 33 – Tries: Bom Samaai (2), Deon Scholtz. Penalties: Cecil Dumond (5). Drop goal: Dumond.

Pumas 29 – Tries: Braam Pretorius, Jaco Bouwer. Conversions: Ricardo Croy (2). Penalties: Croy (4). Drop goal: Croy.

The Blue Bulls have ripped the Griffons apart as they roared to a victory in their Vodacom Cup match in Atteridgeville.

Scorers

Vodacom Blue Bulls – Tries: Marnitz Boshoff, Deon Helberg, Tiger Mangweni, Stefan Watermeyer, Okkie Kruger. Conversions: Watermeyer (3). Penalties: Francois Brummer (2), Watermeyer.

Griffons – Tries: Virgil Russell, Jaco Meyer, Eddie Fredericks. Conversion: Pieter Myburgh. Penalties: Myburgh (3).

The Griquas have scored 10 tries to hammer the Falcons in their final Vodacom Cup North section match played in Kempton Park.

Scorers:

Falcons 12 – Tries: Carlyle Hendricks (2). Conversion: Jacques George.

Griquas 60 – Tries: Andries Kruger (2), Leon Karemaker (3), Wesley Wilkins, Rohan Kitshoff, Albertus Buckle, Bjorn Basson, Rocco Jansen. Conversions: Logan Basson (4), Warren Malgas.

The SWD Eagles finished their Vodacom Cup campaign on a high when they beat Border 39-30 (halftime 22-8) in a South section match played at the Rustdene Stadium in Beaufort West on Saturday.

Scorers:

SWD 39 – Tries: Bevin Fortuin, Baldwin McBean (2), Wayne Bennett, Christo du Plessis, Charlie Ewerts. Conversion: Ambrose Barends (3). Penalty: Barends.

Border 30 – Tries: Thembani Mkokeli (2), Vuyo Mboto, Chumani Booi. Conversions: Booi (2). Penalties: Booi (2).

Boland on Saturday surprised all but themselves when they secured a home quarter-final in the Vodacom Cup by beating Eastern Province 36-10 (halftime 22-10) at Rhino’s Park in Piketberg.

Scorers:

Boland 36 – Tries: Cornal Hendricks (2), Lionel Cornelius, Jeremy Plaatjies, Hyron Thyse. Conversions: Jacquin Jansen (4). Penalty: Jansen.

EP 10 – Try: Giovano Fourie. Conversion: Justin Peach. Penalty: Peach.

Free State held on to beat Western Province 20-12 (halftime 6-6) in their final Vodacom Cup South section match at the Petrusburg showgrounds on Saturday to finish third on the table and so book their place in the quarterfinals next weekend.

Scorers:

Free State 20 – Try: Boom Prinsloo. Penalties: Louis Strydom (5).

WP 12 – Penalties: Conrad Hoffmann (3). Drop goal: Jurgen Visser.