Monday 6 July 2015

EP lose to KZN in Grant Khomo opener

Eastern Province kicked off their Under-16 Coca-Cola Grant Khomo Week when they faced KwaZulu-Natal at the Brighton Sports Grounds in Oudtshoorn on Monday.

The boys from Port Elizabeth scored one first half try and a penalty in reply to Natal's two tries as they trailed 8 - 10 at the break.

Natal built on their two point lead in the second half as they scored back-to-back tries, while they shut out Eastern Province on defence to increase their lead to 24 points and their try tally to four. In return EP were only able to add a penalty, which resulted in them suffering a 24-11 defeat.

Scorers:

Eastern Province (8) 11 - Try: Curtly Deysel. Penalties: Vaughen Isaacs (2).

KwaZulu-Natal (10) 24 – Tries: Kamvelihle Fatyela, Cham Zondeki, Morne van Rensburg, JJ Van den Mescht. Conversions: Morne van Rensburg (2)

U16 Coca-Cola Grant Khomo Week day-one results:

SWD Eagles 22 - 27 Pumas
Namibia 27 - 31 Valke
DHL Western Province 25 - 24 Free State
SWD Eagles XV 14 - 32 Border
Blue Bulls 19 - 40 Bidvest Golden Lions
Griquas CD 17 - 50 Limpopo Blue Bulls
KwaZulu-Natal 24 - 11 Eastern Province
Griquas 20 - 17 Zimbabwe
Griffons 6 - 69 Boland
Border CD 0 - 27 Leopards


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