The Vodacom Bulls Under-20 side reached the end of their SA Rugby Under-20 Championship when they were defeated 42-17 by their DHL Western Province counterparts in the semi-final in Cape Town on Saturday.
The home side showed their intentions with a quickfire start that saw DHL Western Province scoring the opening try straight from the kick-off.
The Cape Town-based side scored two tries in the first half, in addition to two penalties and a conversion, for a comfortable 18-7 lead at the half-time break after the Vodacom Bulls U20’s had, through winger Sonwabo Sokoyi, responded with a solitary converted try.
The home side added four more tries in the second half to take their total tally of the afternoon to six, with winger Ebenezer Tshimanga scoring a hat-trick, as Vodacom Bulls U20 vice-captain, Canan Moodie and replacement scrumhalf, Johan Muller.
DHL Western Province U20 will now face Lions U20 in the final of the SA Rugby U20 Championship next week.
POINTS SCORERS:
DHL Western Province (18) 42
Tries: Ruben Labuschagne, Ebenezer Tshimanga (3), Romauld Ntumba, Vernon Matongo
Conversions: Sacha Mngomezulu (3)
Penalties: Mngomezulu (2)
Vodacom Bulls (7) 17
Tries: Sonwabo Sokoyi, Canan Moodie, Johan Muller
Conversion: Jandre Burger
