{"id":9184,"date":"2019-10-02T15:23:05","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T15:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rugby.supersportschools.com\/north-south-showdown-in-u19-provincial-final\/"},"modified":"2019-10-02T15:23:05","modified_gmt":"2019-10-02T15:23:05","slug":"north-south-showdown-in-u19-provincial-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=9184","title":{"rendered":"North\/South showdown in u19 Provincial Final"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"NewsGVrystaat19\"The South African domestic season will conclude in Cape Town on Saturday with a massive North\/South showdown in the final of the SA Rugby Under-19 Championship.<\/span><\/p>\n

DHL Western Province will host the Vodacom Blue Bulls in this U19 decider after both teams progressed from their pools in the two qualifying tournaments.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Capetonians topped the Coastal Section after sneaking through against the Cell C Sharks by 20-19 in the final match at Paarl Gymnasium on Saturday.<\/span><\/p>\n

In their first two matches, DHL WP scored 21 tries as they beat Eastern Province (71-12) and Boland (64-10), conceding only three in the process.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Inland Section final was decided by virtue of tries scored and the men from Pretoria edged their Xerox Golden Lions counterparts after their match ended in a 27-27 draw.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Vodacom Blue Bulls were also dominant in their first two matches, beating the Valke (80-10) and Toyota Free State (55-17), also scoring 21 and conceding three tries.<\/span><\/p>\n

U19 teams don\u2019t play extra time and the Vodacom Blue Bulls were declared winners in line with the tournament rules after outscoring their rivals with four tries to two.<\/span><\/p>\n

The final will be played as a curtain-raiser to the Women\u2019s Test between South Africa and Scotland at City Park in Athlone and kicks off at 12h30.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fixtures for City Park, Saturday 5 October:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

SA Rugby U19 Championship Final:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

DHL Western Province v Vodacom Blue Bulls<\/span>
\nKick-off:<\/strong> 12h30<\/span>
\nReferee:<\/strong> Quinton Immelman<\/span>
\nAssistant referees:<\/strong> Dylan November, Aimee Barrett-Theron<\/span><\/p>\n

Women\u2019s International:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

South Africa v Scotland<\/span>
\nKick-off:<\/strong> 15h00<\/span>
\nReferee:<\/strong> Amber McLachlan (Australia)<\/span>
\nAssistant referees:<\/strong> Aimee Barrett-Theron, Bulela Qwane<\/span><\/p>\n

Both matches will be streamed live on <\/em>www.springboks.rugby<\/em><\/a>. <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Issued by SA Rugby Communications<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The South African domestic season will conclude in Cape Town on Saturday with a massive North\/South showdown in the final of the SA Rugby Under-19 Championship. DHL Western Province will host the Vodacom Blue Bulls in this U19 decider after both teams progressed from their pools in the two qualifying tournaments. The Capetonians topped the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9183,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9184\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}