Seven-try win sees Kings in pole

Seven-try win sees Kings in pole

21 Jul 2012

A 56-5 bonus-point win against Border has allowed the EP Kings to surpass the Griffons at the top of the Currie Cup First Division table.

The Kings dominated the forward exchanges, and used a wealth of possession to run in seven tries. Luke Watson and Wayne Heerden scored two tries apiece, while Wayne Stevens and SP Marais also crossed the tryline.

The result sees the Kings moving to the top of the First Division log. Both the Kings and Griffons have 19 log points, although the Kings have a superior points difference.

The Griffons edged Boland 23-20 in Wellington on Friday, fighting back from a 17-8 half-time deficit.

In Saturday’s matches, the Pumas beat the Valke 36-35 in an eight-try game, while the Leopards downed SWD 68-35. Leopards wing Allister Kettledas scored five tries while former Springbok flyhalf Andre Pretorius scored 26 points with the boot.

Leopards – 68 (40) Tries: Allister Kettledas (5), GJ Engelbrecht, Philip de Wet, Johan Laker. Conversions: Andre Pretorius (7), AE Engelbrecht. Penalties: Pretorius (4).
SWD Eagles – 35 (7) Tries: Alshaun Bock, Dumisane Meslane, Baldwin McBean, Elric van Vuuren, Wayne Kahn. Conversions: Theuns Kotze (5).

Pumas – 36 (20) Tries: Renaldo Bothma, Deon Scholtz, Carl Bezuidenhout, RW Kember. Conversions: Bezuidenhout, JC Roos. Penalties: Bezuidenhout (4).
Valke – 35 (13) Tries: Uzair Cassiem, John-Wessel Bell (2), Karlo Aspeling (2). Conversion: Karlo Aspeling, Arno Poley.

EP Kings – 56 (21) Tries: Luke Watson (2), Wayne Stevens, Wayne van Heerden (2), SP Marais, Penalty Try. Conversions: Wesley Dunlop (7), George Whitehead.
Border – 5 (5) Try: Gareth Krause.

Boland – 20 (17) Tries: Ashton Constant, Elgar Watts, Brandon April. Conversion: Watts. Penalties: Watts (2).
Griffons – 23 (8) Tries: Charles Marias, Willie Britz. Conversions: Reinardt Erwee (2). Penalties: Erwee (2).


2 Comments

  • 1.thesaint: Reply to this comment
    21 Jul 2012, 17:57 pm

    Who gives a **** dragons!

  • 2.Blitzbok: Reply to this comment
    22 Jul 2012, 16:33 pm

    Am I supposed to be impressed with this stuff? those chumps were supposed to be better than the lions and super quality should be leading 100% instead of just level. they have Fluke Twat’s-son for **** sake :p

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