WP's transformation secret

Western Province coach Allister Coetzee said that his team's transformation from defence to attack has been the secret in their unbeaten run.

The Cape side have won all four of their matches this season to sit at the top of the Currie Cup standings, and Coetzee was full of praise for the character they showed in their latest triumph over the Bulls at Loftus Versfeld.

"We are very happy with the win, we were up against a desperate Bulls side and they showed the way they came out tonight and they really came at us.

"It is a massive win for us, to come out here at altitude to beat the Bulls with a relatively young side and it is the first time that they've lost at Loftus this year," Coetzee said.

The Province coach said that his team's ability to capitalise on opportunities from turnovers has been crucial to their success so far this season.

"It is a massive win for us, there is no negotiating on our defence but the transformation from defence to attack is the secret."

"I think we've got the players to do that, Juan de Jongh, Cheslin Kolbe they switch on to that," he said.

Key to Province's victory was the exhilarating performance by their back three of Cheslin Kolbe, Kobus van Wyk and leading destroyer Seabelo Senatla.

The winger deservedly earned the man-of-the-match accolade scoring a scintillating individual try, while he had a major hand in Van Wyk's try.

Coetzee praised his halfbacks for providing width and the communication out in the wide channels.

"We are really happy with the win, there were still a lot of mistakes, but it is a tight team that can pull it through."

Coetzee sympathised with the Bulls after a few scoring chances went a begging for the hosts and believed the result could have gone a different way had they converted them.

"We played for about 30 minutes before we got the first penalty, it shows how tight it was, there was no quarter given and no quarter asked," he said.

"If they played like this at the start of the competition I think they would have had more points on the log," he added.

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