DHL WP taste defeat in Pumas hit-out

DHL WP taste defeat in Pumas hit-out: Wprugby.com reported that the Pumas were too strong for the DHL Western Province XV at the Drakenstein Correctional Centre on Saturday, as they won 19-6, but new Absa Currie Cup coach John Dobson was happy with certain aspects of the team’s performance.

Whilst Springbok captain Jean de Villiers started the game at No.12, as he continues his comeback to top level rugby from a serious knee injury, it was a largely untried DHL WP squad that did duty against the 2015 Vodacom Cup champions in front of a huge crowd of over 7,000 at the Drakenstein Correctional Centre Sports Fields.

***DHL WP do their 67 Minutes for Mandela’with’ Mandela***

The Pumas led by 19-3 at half-time – three tries and two conversions versus one penalty goal – but the hosts fought back strongly in the second half to keep the visitors scoreless in the second forty minutes.

“It’s never nice to lose, especially when you wear a WP Disa on your chest and given the magnitude of today’s match (with it being Mandela Day) and where we played (where Mandela spent his last few months in prison), but this was a DHL WP XV and not our Absa Currie Cup team,” said Dobson.

“We need to keep perspective,” added Dobson, “at one stage we had five Under-21 players on the field, yet we still managed to keep them scoreless in the second half – it was a great effort and I was happy with some aspects of play.

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