u17 Interprovincial Sevens tournament heating up on Day 2
The defending champions of the annual u17 Interprovincial Sevens tournament, South Western Districts, did not manage to come out unscathed in their pool matches on the opening day of this year’s event.
They lost by 17-26 against Griqualand West in their second pool match. They did however, beat the Leopards (26-19) and Boland II (31-19) to secure their place in the quarterfinal.
This year’s tournament is hosted at Trappes Park in Worcester by HTS Drostdy.
The slip-up against Griquas did set them up with a tough encounter for the quarterfinal against the Blue Bulls.
The Bulls won their group by coming out on top against the Griffons (29-28), Wynland Invitational (17-12) and Eastern Province (35-22).
The Purple People Eaters finished second in this pool despite losing their encounter against the Wynland Invitational by 17-19, thanks to a better points difference.
The most successful team since the inaugural tournament, the Free State, didn’t manage to reach the quarterfinals of the main draw. They will now have set their sights on being crowned Bowl-champions.
The Golden Lions and Boland reached the quarterfinals for the Cup-section in Pool C. The Lions will face Western Province in a clash that will be titanic in the next round. Boland will face Namibia in the other quarterfinal.
Three provinces are not in attendance – KwaZulu-Natal (last year’s runners-up), Valke and Border. Hopefully these unions get their affairs in order to support this tournament in future.
All the Results | Day 1
Pool A: South Western Districts 26, Leopards 19; Griqualand West 24, Boland II 10; Griqualand West 26, South Western Districts 17; Boland II 35, Leopards 17; South Western Districts 31, Boland II 19; Griqualand West 35, Leopards 22.
Pool B: Western Province 29, Pumas 7; Namibia 10, Limpopo Blue Bulls 5; Western Province 19, Limpopo Blue Bulls 17; Pumas 19, Namibia 19; Western Province 31, Namibia 19; Limpopo Blue Bulls 14, Pumas 12.
Pool C: Golden Lions 21, Free State 14; Boland 38, West Coast Invitational 5; Boland 29, Free State 29; Golden Lions 45, West Coast Invitational 0; Free State 53, West Coast Invitational 5; Boland 31, Golden Lions 26.
Pool D: Blue Bulls 29, Griffons 28; Eastern Province 28, Wynland Invitational 21; Griffons 17, Eastern Province 7; Blue Bulls 17, Wynland Invitational 12; Wynland Invitational 19, Griffons 17; Blue Bulls 35, Eastern Province 22.
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