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EP Kings Continue Winning Streak to Top Log

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The EP Kings top the Absa Currie Cup First Division log after they won their fourth successive game of 2011 when they beat the Valke by 36-20 at the Barnard Stadium in Kempton Park on Friday afternoon.

It was hard work for the team from Port Elizabeth though, perhaps even harder than the scoreline suggests. With a few minutes left on the clock, the Valke closed the gap to 29-20, but a last-minute try by Mathew Tayler-Smith, his second of the game, gave the EP Kings a bit more breathing space on the score board.

Apart from Tayler-Smith’s brace, EP fullback SP Marais scored a hat-trick.

With the Regent Boland Cavaliers enjoying a bye this weekend, the Kings will stay at the top of the First Division log until at least next weekend.

On Saturday afternoon in Welkom, the SWD Eagles closed the gap between them and the two front runners on the Absa Currie Cup First Division log when they beat the Tasol Solar Griffons by 48-45 at the North West Stadium.

Thirteen tries were scored in this game, with five players dotting down twice each – Tiaan van Wyk and Nicky Steyn for the home team, and Elric van Vuuren, Howard Noble and Baldwin McBean for the visitors. Of the total of 93 points scored in the game, 60 came in the second half when the game transformed into an open, attacking encounter where the points came at 1.5 per minute.

Weekend scorers:

Valke 20 (3) EP Kings 36 (17)

  • Valke – Tries: Coert Cronje, Kyle Hendricks (2). Conversion: Dillon Laubscher. Penalty goal: Laubscher.
  • EP Kings – Tries: SP Marais (3), Norman Nelson, Mathew Taylor-Smith (2). Conversions: George Whitehead (2), Louis Strydom.

Tasol Solar Griffons 45 (14) SWD Eagles 48 (19)

  • Tasol Solar Griffons – Tries: Werner Griesel, Tiaan van Wyk (2), Nicky Steyn (2), Shane Hancke. Conversions: Van Wyk (3). Penalties: Van Wyk (3).
  • SWD Eagles – Tries: Elric van Vuuren (2), Hein Potgieter, Howard Noble (2), Baldwin McBean (2). Conversions: Van Vuuren (5). Penalty: Van Vuuren.

Absa Currie Cup First Division Log:

  1. EP Kings – 4 – 4 – 0 – 0 – 193 – 81 – 112 – 28 – 10 – 3 – 19
  2. Regent Boland Cavaliers – 3 – 3 – 0 – 0 – 167 – 29 – 138 – 21 – 4 – 3 – 15
  3. SWD Eagles – 3 – 2 – 0 – 1 – 114 – 108 – 6 – 14 – 11 – 2 – 10
  4. Valke – 3 – 1 – 0 – 2 – 68 – 115 – -47 – 10 – 17 – 1 – 5
  5. Tasol Solar Griffons – 4 – 0 – 0 – 4 – 105 – 199 – -94 – 15 – 30 – 4 – 4
  6. Border Bulldogs – 3 – 0 – 0 – 3 – 62 – 177 – -115 – 8 – 24 – 1 – 1
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Alan Straton

Chief Cook, Bottle Washer and Broom Mechanic at MyPE
Passionate about Port Elizabeth and definitely NOT packing for Perth. Alan's ethos is epitomised in the words of Nelson Mandela; "I have fought against white domination and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the idea of a democratic and free society. If need be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die." See more articles by Alan.