The final day of the Under-16 Coca-Cola Grant Khomo Week on Thursday (9 July), will see Eastern Province take on the Free State.
The final day of the Under-16 Coca-Cola Grant Khomo Week on Thursday (9 July), will see Eastern Province take on the Free State.
The Golden Lions and KwaZulu-Natal will line up in the main match at the Bridgton Sports Grounds, while Western Province will take on the Blue Bulls in the feature clash at the Coca-Cola Academy Week in Vanderbijlpark.
All four teams showed their class in the opening two rounds at their respective Coca-Cola Youth Week tournaments, and emerged as the top sides among a handful of unbeaten teams.
KwaZulu-Natal staged an upset with 14 players on the field for most of the second half in Tuesday’s final match at the Under-16 Coca-Cola Grant Khomo Week to beat Western Province 19-17. This booked them a place in the grand finale of the tournament against the Golden Lions, who thumped Boland 34-3.
At the Isak Steyl Stadium in Vanderbijlpark, meanwhile, the Blue Bulls’ narrow 34-31 victory against the Free State booked them a place in the main match against Western Province, who smashed Eastern Province 53-17.
In the other big clash on the final day of the Coca-Cola Grant Khomo Week, Western Province will meet the Blue Bulls. The tournament will also feature a Test match between Zimbabwe and Namibia at 9am.
The Griffons and SWD, and the Free State and Lions, meanwhile, will battle it out in the other big matches at the Coca-Cola Academy Week.
The players had Wednesday off at both tournaments to rest after two physical days of rugby.
U16 Coca-Cola Grant Khomo Week day-three fixtures, Thursday 9 July:
A Field:
9am – Griquas vs Valke
10.30am – Eastern Province vs Free State
12 noon – Western Province vs Blue Bulls
1.30pm – Golden Lions vs KwaZulu-Natal
B Field:
9am – Zimbabwe vs Namibia
10.30am – Limpopo Blue Bulls vs SWD Eagles
12 noon – Pumas vs Boland
C Field:
9am – Griffons vs SWD Eagles XV
10.30am – Border CD vs Griquas CD
12 noon – Border vs Leopards
Coca-Cola Academy Week day-three fixtures, Thursday 9 July:
A Field:
8.45am – Boland vs KwaZulu-Natal
10.05am – Griffons vs SWD
11.25am – Free State vs Lions
12.45pm – Western Province vs Blue Bulls
B Field:
8.45am – Griquas vs Namibia
10.05am – Griquas CD vs Rooi Valke
11.25am – KwaZulu-Natal vs Border
12.45pm – Pumas vs Eastern Province
C Field:
8.45am – SA LSEN vs Border CD
10.05am – Pumas CD vs Blouvalke
11.25am – Eastern Province CD vs Leopards
12.45pm – Limpopo Blue Bulls vs Griffons CD
-SARU Corporate Affairs
