WP wins u.18 Girls South Sevens Interprovincials

Western Province on Saturday July 19 won the SARU Girls Under18 South Sevens Interprovincial competition in Uitenhage in style with a resounding 43-0 victory in the final against Boland.

The victory marked their fifth successive win in the series, which started on Friday. Border meanwhile thumped Eastern Province 29-0 to finish third for a bronze medal.

Western Province was in fantastic form from the outset. They opened their campaign with a convincing 38-0 victory against SWD and then thrashed the Free State 48-0 and beat Border 19-7 to dominate the opening day’s play.

The Cape side’s sister union, Boland, also made their presence felt on day one as they secured victories against Border CD, Eastern Province and Griquas respectively to remain unbeaten.

Both teams built on their strong starts on day two with Western Province, defeating Eastern Province 19-10, while Boland beat Border 17-5 to book their places in the final.

Western Province’s strong attack and tenacious defence, however, handed them an edge over Boland, as they ran circles around the opposition to rack up a staggering 43 points, while they prevented the Wellington side from scoring a single point in a memorable final.

In the third and fourth place playoff, Border, who showed encouraging signs on the opening day with a 45-0 victory against the Free State and a 30-7 win against SWD, thumped Eastern Province 29-0 to secure the bronze medal.

SARU u.18 South Girls Sevens results:

Day one – July 18:

Western Province 38 – 0 SWD

Border 45 – 0 Free State

Boland 19 – 10 Border CD

Griquas 5 – 19 Eastern Province

Western Province 48 – 0 Free State

Border 30 – 7 SWD

Boland 7 – 0 Eastern Province

Griquas 17 – 12 Border CD

Western Province 19 – 7 Border

SWD 39 – 0 Free State

Boland 5 – 0 Griquas

Border CD 7 – 26 Eastern Province

Day two – July 19:

Western Province 19 – 10 Eastern Province

Border 5 – 17 Boland

SWD 10 – 7 Griquas

Free State 30 – 0 Border CD

Griquas 7 – 5 Free State

SWD 12 – 20 Border CD

Eastern Province 0 – 29 Border

Western Province 43 – 0 Boland