Under-13 Craven week - Day 4 Results
Falcons are the champions!
The Falcons are the unofficial champions of the Under-13 Craven Week played in Potchefstroom after they beat Western Province in the main match at Olën Park on Friday.
They were two of the unbeaten sides and were chosen to play the main match.
The only other team to end the tournament unbeaten was Boland who beat Griquas.
Border Country Districts had also been unbeaten but received a hiding from the Pumas.
Johannesburg won its derby with Pretoria by a single point.
Scorers:
Mpumalanga's nine tries against Border Country Districts were scored by Abednico Maposa 3, Henson Ngozo, Neil Jordaan, Ntokozo Mohale, Rian Smal and William Mkhonto 2. NJ Arnoldi converted seven of the tries.
For Limpopo, the other big winners on the day, Reply Nyathi scored two tries and there was one each for Lieb van Tonder, Juan Vos, Inkateko Shirilele, Dewald Els, Abraham Breedt, and Cornelius van Tonder, Juan Vos kicked four conversions. Andile Jho scored both Border's tries, one of which Johannes Goosen converted.
Boland scored two tries for ten points – through Erik van der Merwe and Lionel Abrahams.
There were tries only when KwaZulu Natal beat Eastern Province – two for Francois Scheepers and one for Duane Adams.
Free State and the Leopards each scored two tries and two conversions in their drawn match. Ramanki Moseme scored both Free States tries, both converted by Daniel Marais. The Leopards' tries were scored by Fleetwood de Kock and Thapelo Thupe. Britz Niemand kicked one conversion, Ruan Venter the other.
Penalty goals have been rarities at the Under-13 Craven Week. Marais Schmidt kicked the one for the Golden Lions that mattered. Charles Jooste scored their try. For the Blue Bulls Johannes Bosch scored the try and Johannes Putter kicked the conversion.
Three tries to two tells the story that the Falcons deserved their victory. Accurate kicking also helped. Michael Holtzhauzen kicked a dropped goal and a conversion and also scored one of the Falcons' tries. Heinrich Bronkhorst and James Andrew Jackson scored the other tries for the winners. For Western Province JC Jooste and Luan Greeff scored tries.
Results Day 4
Boland vs Griqualand West , 10-0
Falcons vs Western Province, 21-10
Free State vs Leopards, 14-14
Golden Lions vs Blue Bulls, 8-7
KwaZulu Natal vs Eastern Province, 10-5
Limpopo vs Border, 43-12
Mpumalanga vs Border Country Districts, 59-0
Results Day 1
Free State vs Mpumalanga, 17-10
Western Province vs KwaZulu Natal, 15-0
Falcons vs Griffons, 30-3
Blue Bulls vs Eastern Province, 19-0
Border vs Namibia, 32-5
Griqualand West vs Limpopo, 15-14
Border Country Districts vs Zimbabwe, 15-3
Golden Lions vs South Western Districts, 29-0
Leopards vs Boland, 13-12
Results Day 2
Limpopo vs Griffons, 39-0
Falcons vs Leopards, 44-3
Western Province vs Free State, 17-13
Blue Bulls vs Griquas, 22-0
Golden Lions vs Border, 29-12
Boland vs Eastern Province, 7-0
KwaZulu Natal vs Mpumalanga, 12-10
South Western Districts vs Zimbabwe, 51-0
Border Country Districts vs Namibia, 10-5
Results Day 3
Namibia vs Zimbabwe 29 – 12
Border Country Districts vs Griffons 15 – 0
Leopards vs Border 19-10
Limpopo vs South Western Districts 21-3
Western Province vs Golden Lions 17-8
Falcons vs Blue Bulls 10-0
Free State vs Eastern Province 15-8
Griquas vs KwaZulu Natal 10-7
Boland vs Mpumalanga, 17-10
