WP crush Leopards

[Mike Stenson (RIP)]

 

Potchefstroom - Several players who learned their rugby in the North-West
province returned to torment their old union as Western Province powered to a 42-23 win over the Leopards at Olen Park in Potchefstroom on Friday night.

WP, who remain the only unbeaten team in the Absa Currie Cup, led 23-6 at half time, and it was in that opening 40 minutes that the North-West old boys club made the biggest contribution, with two of the three try-scorers, Brok Harris and Paul Bosch, both being players who spent some of their formative rugby years in Potchefstroom.

So too did former Cheetahs star Willem de Waal, who added the points with his boot and played a big part in setting up the territorial ascendancy that set the Cape men on the road to what was an impressive six-try-to-three win which was a lot more one-sided than the final scoreline might suggest.

It was only a late brace of tries, one of them a Jovan Bowles intercept and another a good chase down from wing Deon Scholtz, that made the final scoreline appear that this was a competitive game.

Not that the Leopards were poor. Far from it, they played some excellent rugby at times and the big occasion atmosphere provided by a larger than usual Olen Park crowd appeared to spur them on.

However, WP were always significantly the better team, and there was an air of inevitability about this bonus point win from the moment they established early territorial dominance with their excellent kicking game.

[Adriaan Van Rooyen]

Hey Mike we do have tv boet are you running a newspaper now?

[Michael Alexander]

YAWN!      That ain't impressive, do what the Cheetahs do and beat the bulls at Loftus!