WP (9) 28 / Lions (17) 26 (Final Score)
DHL Western Province hosted the MTN Golden Lions at Newlands, Cape Town at 19:10 SA Time. This was the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1, SHD & CSN on TV in SA.
In a nailbiter, DHL Western Province were the victors.
Scorers:
WP: 6 Penalties & 1 Conversion & 1 Drop Goal Demetri Catrakilis, 1 Try Johann Sadie
Lions: 2 Conversions & 3 Penalties & 1 Drop Goal Elton Jantjies, 1 Try Alwyn Hollenbach, 1 Try Lionel Mapoe
The teams:
Western Province: 15 Conrad Jantjes, 14 Danie Poolman, 13 Johann Sadie, 12 Tim Whitehead, 11 JJ Engelbrecht, 10 Demetri Catrakilis, 9 Dewaldt Duvenage, 8 Pieter Louw, 7 Siya Kolisi, 6 Nick Fenton-Wells, 5 De Kock Steenkamp, 4 Hilton Lobberts, 3 Brok Harris, 2 Deon Fourie (captain), 1 Steven Kitshoff.
Replacements: 16 Tiaan Liebenberg, 17 Frans Malherbe, 18 Quinn Roux, 19 Nizaam Carr, 20 Nic Groom, 21 Juan De Jongh, 22 Gio Aplon.
Lions: 15 Jaco Taute, 14 Deon van Rensburg, 13 Lionel Mapoe, 12 Alwyn Hollenbach, 11 Michael Killian, 10 Elton Jantjies, 9 Michael Bondesio, 8 Joshua Strauss (captain), 7 Derick Minnie, 6 Cobus Grobbelaar, 5 Franco van der Merwe, 4 Wikus van Heerden, 3 Patric Cilliers, 2 Bandise Maku, 1 JC Janse van Rensburg.
Replacements: 16 Martin Bezuidenhout, 17 Jacobie Adriaanse, 18 Michael Rhodes, 19 Warren Whiteley, 20 Rudy Paige, 21 Burton Francis, 22 Jannie Boshoff.
Referee: Marius Jonker
52 The Lions are penalised when the ball comes down to earth for a dangerous tackle. WP kick for touch on the near side. And from the lineout after getting the ball through the phases, and some good hands from the WP hookers the fashiona chance for Sadie to go over for a try on the far side.
Lions 20-19 WP
53 Catrakilis converts for WP.
Penalty WP, Catrakilis slots his 6/6 kick and WP takes the lead 22-20
56 Catrakilis slots the penalty for WP.
54 WP are playing with some urgency and purpose now as they chase the ball right from the kickoff. They move the ball from near to far side and back again before a late tackle from a Lions player halts WP’s attack. WP go for goal.
31: Sadie se loopbaan het hierdie jaar die hoogte ingeskiet, nog net ‘n blou trui, dan is hy in die rugbyhemel.
Ref play advantage to Lions , penalty given. Elton goes for posts. Over. Lions 23-22
Droppy by Catrakilis, WP 25-23. This guy is taking his chance, only a brave coach wil drop Demitri
64 PLay resumes with a scrum on the near side. WP put in.
63 There’s a brief break as some players get some medical attention.
65 After some aerial ping pong, WP have a chance after the Lions throw a forward pass o their 22m line. WP swarms forward but the ref plays a short advantage. The Lions recover and push WP back onto their 10m area.
Try Lions
TMO
No try in touch
Line out WP
The Lions drive the ball up to 5m line and move the ball to the far side. From a ruck on the 5m line Bodesio goes over but the TMO adjudegs him to have gone into touch before dotting down.
WP fluff their lineout and the Lions steal the ball. They move it inside and from a ruck Jantjes gets the ball and drops over for the Lions.
73rd minute a harsh penalty to WP, Catrakilis for posts , over WP 28-26
This is a good ding dong battle
After moving a the ball to the near side, WP have a penalty as the Lions are penalised for going off their feet at the ruck. WP go for points.
Full time score Sharks 23-3 Leopards
Penalty to Lions after the Hooter, Jantjies goes for posts from inside his own half. This is long
This was too long for Jantjies, First miss by the 2 kickers.
WP 28- 26 Lions Final score
First loss to the Lions, this was a great battle. Catrakilis is here to stay.
WP het hul kanse beter gebruik. Jantjes moes meer Jet Jungle pap ge-eet het toe hy jonger was, dan kon hy daardie een dalk oorgeskop het.
Jantjes takes his time with the 52m kick, but when he eventually kicks it, it falls short.
Aplon gathers the ball and boots it into touch. That’s the game as WP win. Join us on Saturday for live coverage of the Tri-Nations match between South Africa and New Zealand in Port Elizabeth and some more Currie Cup action.
Thanks Super, Vodacom prevented me from joining you earlier. Good job again.
this win will mean a lot to the Province laaities. That Greek boy reminds me a bit of a right footed Robbie Blair.
55: Hoe lyk dit gaan hy vir Griekeland uitdraf in die WB ?
@ fender:
fender a big pleasure, good player you have there. A Naas or NTvl type no 10. But i like it that WP is seeing light, where is the fliar ? Gone . But at least now you play winning rugby.
Your management must contact him for 10 years or else we buy him. :LOL:
57@ superBul:
Joburg boytie born and bred. Comes “home” as often as possible.
Was U19 with Jantjies at the Lions but they let him go! (How many times have we heard that before?)
It must have been VERY satisfying for him last night.
@ Scrumdown:58 – Scrumdown,
What a pity Lions let him go. Watched him for the first time last week. Must be one of the best kickers around at the moment. Just never misses. Well from what I saw last week and this.
@ Puma:59 – Gbs, see my post came up there.
After posting that about 30min back, my screen just went blank and up came ‘Error cannot display the page’
So thought my post never went through. Went to blog on keo for a bit.
Not sure what the problem is here boet, but it takes at least 5min even for my post to go through. I waited that long for the last one and like I said only the ‘Error’ thing came up. So thought it never went through and went over to keo to blog.
I do hope you fix the problem boeta. It is frustrating..lol
Now will time this one and see if it goes through.
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