Lions beat EP in U13 Craven Week opener
Eastern Province faced Bidvest Golden Lions in their opener of this year’s U13 Coca-Cola Craven Week at Hoërskool Rob Ferreira in White River.
The Golden Lions started their clash against Eastern Province with a bang as Regardt Fourie crossed the tryline in the second minute to take a 5-0 lead. But Eastern Province did well to string together phases on attack and hit back with a try of their own in the 18th minute compliments of Lathita Nqebe. The Lions, however, cancelled this out with their second try before half time to take a 10-5 lead at the break.
The second half was hard-fought as the teams ran hard at each other. Such was the closeness of the half the Lions were only able to add a penalty to their score, while Eastern Province’s Nqebe crossed the tryline for the second time, which allowed them to come within a point of the Lions on the scoreboard. The Johannesburg team, however, held on in the dying minutes to secure a 13-12 victory.
Eastern Province’s second match will be on Tuesday (30 June) against the Leopards. The Leopards went down to Boland in their opener,15 – 20.
Scorers:
Eastern Province (5) 12 – Tries: Lathita Nqebe (2). Conversion: Daniel Smith.
Golden Lions (10) 13 – Tries: Denis Balt, Regardt Fourie. Penalty: Sebastine Watney.
U13 Coca-Cola Craven Week day-one results:
Pumas 21 – 7 KwaZulu-Natal
Western Province 24 – 19 Valke
Limpopo Blue Bulls 7 – 29 Border
Boland 20 – 15 Leopards
Blue Bulls 40 – 0 Zimbabwe
Eastern Province 12 – 13 Golden Lions
Griquas 7 – 12 Namibia
Free State 0 – 19 SWD
Griffons 16 – 22 Border CD
U13 Coca-Cola Craven Week day-two fixtures, Tuesday 30 June 2015:
A Field:
08h30 – Griffons vs Namibia
09h30 – Valke vs Blue Bulls
10h30 – Golden Lions vs SWD
11h30 – KZN vs Boland
12h30 – Border vs WP
B Field:
08h30 – Griquas vs Zimbabwe
09h30 – Free State vs Limpopo Blue Bulls
10h30 – Border CD vs Pumas
Written by Pierre Mc Leod
Photo: JOHAN ORTON
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