Currie Cup is back and so are EP!
Tonight’s coastal derby at NMB Stadium kicks off at 7… Don’t miss it!
EP Kings: 15 Scott van Breda, 14 Ronnie Cooke, 13 Tim Whitehead, 12 Shane Gates, 11 Siviwe Soyizwapi, 10 Gary van Aswegen, 9 Tobie Botes, 8 Luke Watson (captain), 7 Stefan Willemse, 6 Thembelani Bholi, 5 David Bulbring, 4 Steven Cummins, 3 Tom Botha, 2 Edgar Marutlulle, 1 Lizo Gqoboka/BG Uys.
Replacements: 16 Albe de Swardt, 17 CJ vd Linde, 18 Darron Nell, 19 Aidon Davis, 20 Kevin Luiters, 21 George Whitehead, 22 Ntabeni Dukisa.
DHL Western Province: 15 Cheslin Kolbe, 14 Kobus van Wyk, 13 Juan de Jongh (capt), 12 Michael van der Spuy, 11 Seabelo Senatla, 10 Demetri Catrakilis, 9 Nic Groom, 8 Nizaam Carr, 7 Michael Rhodes, 6 Siya Kolisi, 5 Manuel Carizza, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Pat Cilliers (v/capt), 2 Tiaan Liebenberg, 1 Alistair Vermaak
Subs: 16 Stephan Coetzee, 17 Frans Malherbe, 18 Jean Kleyn, 19 Sikhumbuzo Notshe, 20 Louis Schreuder, 21 Robert du Preez, 22 Patrick Howard
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Oh yeah
WP with 15 points
Go Kings
Kings won’t be any match for wp, won’t be surprise if wp kill them in the first 10 minutes
Go WP, klap die Kings
Eben Etzebeth – bench
Jean Kleyn – starting
Why does Eden get game time and not Lambie? Just asking.
@Sagroup (Comment 7) : And Coenie and JJ?
I smell smell something!
awaiting kick-off
oops
Howard scores the 1st try for Province 8min gone
Will be a long evening for the Kings if they give Province backs too much ball
Good passage of play, Kings awarded with 3 points
Kings playing positive at the moment, making good use of their opportunities
Province trying to slow the ball down, gets a yellow in the process
another 3
Kings 6 WP 7
Kings penalised, Catrakilis adds 3 points
WP 10 EP 6
A bit of handbags by the two former Grey boys, Watson and Kolisi
two players down for Province
Carizza back on
Kings gaining momentum, inch by inch
Good defense by Province, Kings back on the attack
selfish play by Bholi, dont get too many of those opportunities
Kings still in with a chance 5m scrum
Kings are making thing very difficult for WP, but even more so for themselves
Try time, Watson
conv missed,
11 – 10 for Kings
Kings back in Province 22, with a 5m lineout
Watson over but knocked on
Province pen kick, lineout still in their half
1min to go to 1/2 time
Kings 11 WP 10
second half underway, still everything to play for
WP in a good scrumming position under Kings poles
Try Carr
EP 11 WP 17
Catrikilis kicks another pen
EP 11 WP 20
Decent crowd attendance: 20 564
Crucial error by van Aswegen allows WP to score another try
EP 11 WP 27
27 – 11 will be too much for Kings, another pen to come
30 – 11 WP
@pierre_mackie (Comment 40) : sorry to see the Kings lost just hope Sharks do better.
@JD (Comment 41) : Sure they will, Kings lost a bit of concentration in the second half, lets hope Griquas watered the field 😉
@pierre_mackie (Comment 42) : ja very glad the Sharks won. Think this Currie cup competition is going to be interesting.