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Blue Bulls 25 (16) Eastern Province 26 (6)

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At the Under 18 Coca-Cola Craven Week taking place at HTS Middelburg in Mpumalanga, Eastern Province secured a gripping last-minute victory against the Blue Bulls yesterday (Day 2). The titanic clash saw Eastern Province stage a dramatic comeback after being 16-6 down in the first half.

Both teams threw everything at each other with their powerful packs and hard-running backs. Such was the closeness of the first half the Blue Bulls managed to cross the tryline in the 30th minute for the first try of the match, while the rest of the points were all scored compliments of penalties. The Blue Bulls slotted over three and Eastern Province two, which handed the Pretoria team a 16-6 lead.

Eastern Province, however, fought back in the second half as they ran in two well-worked tries, the last of which was in the final minute, to cancel out the extra three penalties by Blue Bulls flyhalf Tinus de Beer. This left the Port Elizabeth side trailing by one point before the conversion. Eastern Province fullback Curwin Bosch, however, slotted over the kick with ease to secure the 26-25 victory.

Both try and point scorers – Athi Mayinje and Curwin Bosch – are from Grey High School in Port Elizabeth

Scorers:

  • Blue Bulls – Try: Ettiene Matthys. Conversion: Tinus de Beer. Penalties: Tinus de Beer (6).
  • Eastern Province – Tries: Athi Mayinje, Curwin Bosch. Conversions: Curwin Bosch (2). Penalties: Curwin Bosch (4).
Curwin Bosch dives over for his try during day 2 of the Coca-Cola Craven Week U/18 at HTS Middelburg between Blue Bulls and EP on 15 July 2014. Photo: Gallo Images
Curwin Bosch dives over for his try during day 2 of the Coca-Cola Craven Week U/18 at HTS Middelburg between Blue Bulls and EP on 15 July 2014. Photo: Gallo Images
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Alan Straton

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