North-South clash at club champs

Title favourites Durbanville-Bellville will play Pretoria Police in a heavyweight SARU National Club Championships quarterfinal clash on Monday.

Both sides recorded impressive victories on the opening day of the 38th edition of the tournament on Saturday in Rustenburg.

Durbell, the top-ranked Western Province club with two wins each over Varsity Cup teams Maties and UCT this season, were made to work hard before running out 53-20 winners over SWD Premier League winners Blanco, coached by former Springbok fullback Bevin Fortuin.

Police, who beat Tuks to claim the Blue Bulls Carlton Cup last month, were dominant against Welkom Rovers under the leadership of evergreen lock Nico Luus, scoring six tries en route to a 43-12 win.

Two other title favourites, KZN champions College Rovers and EP's Despatch, had much easier first-round matches. Rovers beat Limpopo champions Noordelikes 61-0 to record their 76th win in their past 80 matches dating back four seasons, while Despatch were much too good for Mpumalanga champs White River, winning 72-10.

In the day’s other matches, Falcons champions Brakpan beat Griquas' top side Sishen 28-0 to set up a Cup quarterfinal against Broubart Old Selbornians of Border, who beat Bloemfontein Police 43-33 in a free-flowing encounter earlier in the day that produced 10 tries.

Roodepoort will play hosts Rustenburg Impala in Monday's main match after the Golden Lions champions overcame invited team Naka Bulls 26-12 in a much tighter affair.

Rustenburg Impala, playing the main match in front of a 2 000-strong home crowd, were too strong for gallant Boland champs Villagers Worcester, winning 53-21. Scrumhalf Willie Kok had a field day, kicking 28 points by way of six penalties and five conversions to go with his side’s five tries.

Day One results:

Roodepoort 26-12 Naka Bulls  

The scorers:

For Roodepoort:

Tries: Juan Shaw, Clifford Vermaak

Cons: Llewellyn le Roux 2

Pens: Le Roux 4

For Naka Bulls:

Tries: Rikus de Beer, Deon Mocke

Con: Braam Pretorius                              

College Rovers 61-0 Noordelikes

The scorers:

For College Rovers:

Tries: Kobus de Kock, Jors Dannhauser, Nick Jackson, Kyle Wilkinson, Juan Language, Conrad Stoltz, Shannon Rick 2

Cons: De Kock 4, Dannhauser 2

Pens: De Kock 2, Dannhauser.

Bloemfontein Police 33-43 Old Selbornians

The scorers:

For Bloemfontein Police:

Tries: Pieter Ludwick, Stevie Meyer, Isak Job, Jaco Rademeyer

Cons: Job 4

For Old Selbornians:

Tries: Lindani Gulua, James Posthumus, Dale Hobbs, Marc Hammond, De Waal Veldsman

Cons: Glen Warner 3

Pens: Warner 4      

Durbanville-Bellville 53-20 Blanco  

The scorers:

For Durbanville-Bellville:

Tries: Morne Mennigke 2, Izak Saayman, Quinten Coetzer, Carlo Prinsloo 2, Douw Wessels

Cons: Adolf Stoffberg 6

Pens: Stoffberg 2

For Blanco:

Tries: Christo du Plessis, Hilton Baartman

Cons: Alaine Jansen 2

Pens: Jansen 2                                        

Pretoria Police 43-12 Welkom Rovers  

For Pretoria Police:

Tries: Valentine van Wyk, Michiel Pienaar, Dillen Laubscher, Gerhard du Preez 2, Dehandre de Beer

Cons: Laubscher 5

Pen: Laubscher.

For Welkom Rovers:

Tries: Bom Samaai, Virgel Russel

Con: Tiaan van Wyk                            

Brakpan 28-0 Sishen

The scorers:

For Brakpan:

Tries: Franco Booysen, Ian Evans 2, Wikus van den Berg

Cons: Charl Nieuwenhuis 4                                                      

White River 10-72 Despatch  

The scorers:

For Despatch:

Tries: Billy Mentoor 2, Monty Dumond 2, Baldwin McBean 2, Ryan Brown, Marlon Lewis, Elroy Ligman, Ashley Viviers, Trichardt van Tonder, Christo Memanie

Cons: Dumond 4, Deon Booysen 2

For White River:

Tries: Dewald van den Bergh, Pieter Prinsloo.

Rustenburg Impala 53-21 Villagers Worcester

The scorers:

For Rustenburg Impala:

Tries: Therlow Pietersen, Michael Lubbe 2, Berty Visser, Victor Joubert

Cons: Willie Kok 5

Pens: Kok 6

For Villagers Worcester:

Tries: David Wehr, Jovelian de Koker

Con: Godwann Damon

Pens: Emile Smith 3

Day Two fixtures, Monday September 17:

Cup quarterfinals:

11:30: Old Selbornians v Brakpan                              

13:00: Despatch v College Rovers                             

14:30: Pretoria Police v Durbell                                  

16:00: Roodepoort v Rustenburg Impala               

Plate quarterfinals:

09:30: Welkom Rovers v Blanco                                

10:30: White River v Noordelikes             

12:00: Naka Bulls v Villagers Worcester  

13:30: Bloemfontein Police v Sishen