Two of the three undefeated sides on the 2022 Craven Week, performed on the Tinkie Heyns Field of Rondebosch Boys’ High School in Cape Town, match hosts Western Province and the Blue Bulls, will contest the ultimate match of this yr’s showpiece on Saturday after the workforce from Pretoria recorded an excellent win over SWD on Thursday.
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The Blue Bulls put in an impressive display to beat SWD by 34-15 on a wet day which examined totally different talent units to earlier in the week, when matches have been performed in clear situations, whereas the Pumas, the one different undefeated workforce on the match, have been equally spectacular in the way in which they dismantled Griffons, successful 48-18.
The Golden Lions bounced again from their opening defeat to beat Free State by 30-22, which means that the Bloemfontein facet suffered two consecutive defeats on the match.
In the opening match of the day, Limpopo Blue Bulls beat the Leopards by 24-17 in a decent encounter. The Limpopo facet scored 4 tries to a few in one more entertaining match on the match, which confirmed that regardless of the 2 yr absence, it has not misplaced the flexibility to thrill crowds and convey one of the best out of gamers.
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The Craven Week match between the Golden Lions and Free State was a decent affair, with the Gauteng facet holding a two-point lead on the break. The eight-point successful margin was largely due to the objective kicking by their fullback, JT Kapank, who slotted three penalty targets at essential instances of the match to keep up the scoreboard strain and it delivered the win for his facet.
The Pumas ran the Griffons facet off their toes, scoring eight tries to a few. They have been dominant from the beginning, scoring three unanswered tries in the primary half and though the workforce from Welkom supplied some resistance in the second half, the Pumas accelerated and received simply in the top.
The Blue Bulls earned their stripes towards a gutsy SWD facet by relentless strain from their pack and correct kicking from their halfback pairing. They tailored one of the best to the slippery situations and each time it regarded like SWD have been constructing momentum, the Pretoria workforce would rating factors to halt that once more.
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Craven Week: Day 4 scorers
Pumas 48-18 Griffons
Pumas – Tries: Fumani Chauke, Francois Odendaal, Danny van Staden, Tyron Moolman, Grant de Jager, Rinkhals Smit (2), Philasande Ntshapela. Conversions: Hardus Visser (4)
Griffons – Tries: Jayleigh Arends, Kaleb Kriek, Ruben Kruger. Penalty objective: Nalie Kiewiet
Golden Lions 30-22 Free State
Lions – Tries: Ruan Welman, JT Kapank, Deon Groenewald. Conversions: Kapank. Penalty targets: Kapank (3)
Free State – Tries: Jermairon Ruiters, Ulrich Wahl, Penalty Try. Conversion: Bradley Giddy. Penalty objective: Giddy
Limpopo Blue Bulls 24-17 Leopards
Limpopo – Tries: Carl Dohse, Joy Ngobeni, Orediretse Rathokolo (2). Conversions: Tristan Brits (2)
Leopards – Tries: Zandro Bezuidenhout, Erich Snyman, Teboho Sekonyela. Conversion: Snyman
Blue Bulls 34-15 SWD
Blue Bulls – Tries: De Wet Lottering (2), Abri van der Westhuizen, Mietie Erasmus. Conversions: Stehan Heymans. Penalty targets: Heymans (2)
SWD – Tries: Michael Lamont, Werner Groenewald, Conversion: John-Taylor Strydom. Penalty objective: Strydom
Final day fixtures on Saturday, 9 July
Meadows Two
Leopards v Boland – 09:00
Limpopo Blue Bulls v Eastern Province – 10:30
Meadows One
Pumas v Griquas – 09:00
Valke v Griffons – 10:30
Tinkie Heyns Field
Western Province XV v Free State – 09:00
Golden Lions v Border – 10:30
Sharks v SWD – 12:00
Western Province v Blue Bulls – 13:30
