The Golden
Lions will meet Western Province in the unofficial final of the 50th
Coca-Cola Craven Week on Saturday.
They earned
that right after winning their opening two games at the festival. The Lions
scraped home by a single point against Free State on Thursday, while Province
were comfortable, 30-6 winners over the Blue Bulls in their second game, on
Wednesday.
It took an
injury-time penalty to separate the sides when the Golden Lions and Free State
met on Thursday. The game was a thriller, with the lead changing hands twice
and nothing to separate the sides.
SWD turned it
on to beat Easter Province comfortably, 40-14, while both the Valke and the
Griffons had good wins.
There are
only four sides that have won both games so far – Zimbabwe and Border join WP
and the Lions – showing how evenly matched the sides are this year.
Zimbabwe have
had their best week in years and, as a reward, the organisers have slotted
their annual “international” against Namibia in on the main field on Saturday.
Free State
and the Pumas – who both won one and lost one game, play in the main
curtain-raiser.
This is the
third year in a row that the Lions are playing in the main game at the
Coca-Cola Craven Week.
Saturday’s
Fixtures
C Field –
8.45am Border CD v Griquas, 10.15pm Griquas Country v Leopards
B Field –
8.45am Limpopo Blue Bulls v EP Country, 10.15am Griffons v Boland, 11.45am E
Province v Valke.
A Field-
8.45am Zimbabwe v Namibia, 10.15am Border v KwaZulu-Natal, 11.45am Blue Bulls v
SWD, 1.15pm Free State v Pumas, 3.15pm Golden Lions v Western Province.
Thursday’s
Results
Leopards 64
Border Country 0, Valke 44 Griquas Country 24, Griffons 26 E Province Country
20, SWD 40 E Province 14, Golden Lions 20 Free State 19.
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