Griquas and the Pumas maintained their unbeaten run in the sixth round of the SA Cup, while the Griffons and Cheetahs recorded wins to remain in touch with the front-runners.
Griquas started the scoring spree when they put 50 points past Eastern Province in Uitenhage on Friday, while Pumas scored an even bigger win courtesy of their 71-10 victory over the Leopards in Nelspruit on Saturday.
The Toyota Cheetahs returned to third place on the log courtesy of a solid 46-14 away win over the SWD Eagles in George on Saturday afternoon, while the Boland Kavaliers consolidated their mid-table position with a 106-7 annihilation of Border in Wellington.
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The last encounter of the weekend, on Sunday afternoon in Welkom, was another high-scoring affair as the Griffons beat the Valke by 53-40 to cement their third spot on the log.
The third-last round of matches will be played next weekend, when the big clash between Griquas and the Pumas in Kimberley will place on of the teams in a strong position to host the SA Cup final between the two top teams on the log on Saturday, 25 May.
Scorers:
Pumas 71 (33) – Tries: Stefan Coetzee (3), Tino Swanepoel (3), Ruwald van der Merwe (2), Ross Braude, Theuns Pretorius and Darnell Osuagwu. Conversions: Clinton Swart (7), Brandon Thomson.
Leopards 10 (5) – Tries: Chris Vermaak and Chyle van Zyl.
SWD Eagles 14 (7) – Tries: Liko Ndiyalwa and Mpho Ntsane. Conversions: Sachin Toring and Jade Stoffels.
Cheetahs 46 (24) – Tries: Louis van der Westhuizen (3), Schalk Ferreira, Lewis Jones, Sbu Nkosi, James Verity-Amm, Vernon Paulo and Andell Loubser. Conversions: Abner van Reenen (2).
Boland Kavaliers 106 (50) – Tries: Taine-Randall Booysen (3), Erik Lambrecht (3), Xavier Mitchell (3), Bentley Geldenhuys (2), Neil Rautenbach, Gift Dlamini, Andre Manuel, Jason Beukes and Durin Nasson. Conversions: Darian Hock (7) and Garth April (6).
Border 7 (0) – Try: Lwandile Mapuko. Conversion: Mapuko.
Griffons 53 (27) – Tries: Duren Hoffman (2), Dandre Delport (3), Domenic Smit, Mthokozisi Gumede and Soso Xakalashe. Conversions: Danrich Visagie, Drop goal: Smit.
Valke 40 (19) – Tries: Zander van der Merwe, Sergio Stalmeester (2), Andrew van Wyk and Ezrick Alexander (2). Conversions: Stalmeester (5).
Photo: Johan Orton/Gallo Images
