Leopards too strong for Kings
The bonus-point win was enough to move the Leopards to eighth place on the standings, while the Kings remained in 14th place.
In the day's other game, Free State beat SWD Eagles 24-16 in George.
Leopards 54-14 EP Kings
The home side started like a house on fire when wing Jaco Hayward scored two tries in the opening five minutes.
After 17 minutes it was 21-0 after Rowayne Beukman scored his team's third try, before Mthetheleli Fuzani got a try back for the visitors.
However, Leopards fullback Gene Willemse scored a try before half-time to ensure that the home side had a good lead going into the break.
It was more of the same in the second half when the Leopards scored another four tries to completely outplay their opponents from Port Elizabeth.
The scorers:
For Leopards:
Tries: Janse van Rensburg, Willemse, Hayward 2, Language 2, Beukman, Wepener
Cons: Janse van Rensburg 5, Hugo
For EP Kings:
Tries: Jonck, Fuzani
Cons: Mattheus 2
Teams:
Leopards: 15 Gene Willemse, 14 Rowayne Beukman, 13 Bradley Moolman, 12 Henko Marais, 11 Jaco Hayward, 10 Benhard Janse van Rensburg, 9 Chriswill September, 8 Jeandré Rudolph (captain), 7 HP Swart, 6 Juan Language, 5 Francois Robertse, 4 Stairs Mhlongo, 3 Lucky Ngcamu, 2 Dane van der Westhuyzen, 1 Mash Mafela.
Replacements: 16 Wilmar Arnoldi, 17 Roan Grobbelaar, 18 Walt Vermeulen, 19 Loftus Morrison, 20 Malherbe Swart, 21 Schalk Hugo, 22 Ryno Wepener.
Kings: 15 Jaco van Tonder, 14 Atehnkosi Mayinje, 13 Somila Jho, 12 JP du Plessis, 11 Lindelwe Zungu, 10 Garrick Mattheus, 9 Sibusiso Ngcokovane, 8 Lusanda Bnadiyana, 7 Stephanus Nieuwoudt, 6 Juan Lock, 5 Cornell Hess (captain), 4 Mthetheleli Fuzani, 3 Liam Hendricks, 2 Jean-Pierre Jamieson, 1 David Murray.
Replacements: Tango Balekile, 17 Roche van Zyl, 18 Rob Lyons, 19 Wihan Coetzer, 20 Rouche Nel, 21 Siphu Msutwana, 22 Simon Bolze.
SWD Eagles 16-24 Free State XV
The scorers:
For SWD Eagles:
Try: Steyn
Con: Graaff
Pens: Graaff 3
For Free State XV:
Tries: Burger, Mafuma
Con: Ebersohn
Pens: Ebersohn 4
Teams:
SWD Eagles: 15 Jacquin Jansen, 14 Clint Wagman, 13 Kirsten Heyns, 12 Luzuko Vulindlu, 11 Daniel Roberts, 10 Hansie Graaf, 9 Johan Steyn, 8 Christo du Plessis, 7 Thorlief Halvorsen, 6 Johannes Stander, 5 Lodewyk Uys, 4 Andries van der Walt, 3 Nemo Roelofse, 2 Kurt Haupt, 1 Layle Delo.
Replacements: 16 Brianton Booysen, 17 Juandre Digue, 18 Marko Kruger, 19 Buran Parks, 20 Dillon Snell, 21 Thomas Kean, 22 Lensteyo Nomdo.
Free State XV: 15 Reinhardt Erwee, 14 Mosolwa Mafuma, 13 Ryno Benjamin, 12 Tertius Kruger, 11 Maphuta Dolo, 10 Sias Ebersohn (captain), 9 Mthokozisi Mkhabela, 8 Jasper Wiese, 7 Tienie Burger, 6 Ntokozo Vadima, 5 Armandt Koster, 4 Justin Bason, 3 Gunther Janse van Vuuren, 2 Jacques du Toit, 1 Erich de Jager.
Replacements: 16 Elandre Huggett, 17 Quintin Vorster, 18 Brendan Verster, 19 Gopolang Molefe, 20 Ruan van Rensburg, 21 Darron Baron, 22 JP Coetzee.
