Kavaliers down the Falcons

A last-gasp intercept try from Conrad Burke gave the Boland Kavaliers a 48-42 win over the Falcons in their opening Currie Cup match in Brakpan on Friday.

A last-gasp intercept try from Conrad Burke gave the Boland Kavaliers a 48-42 win over the Falcons in their opening Currie Cup match in Brakpan on Friday.

The Falcons led 36-17 at the break and played some fabulous rugby, but were victims of their own adventure in the second half, running the ball from anywhere but far too loosely.

Kavaliers wing John Daniels was the star for the visitors, scoring a hat-trick, and full-back Justin Peach scored 23 points in all, with a try, six conversions and a pair of penalties.

The scorers:

For the Falcons:
Tries: Sogidashe 2, Cloete, Odendaal, Plaatjies
Cons: Smit 4
Pens: Smit 3

For the Kavaliers:
Tries: Daniels 3, Peach, Hugo, Burke
Cons: Peach 6
Pens: Peach 2

Falcons: 15 Jacques Schutte, 14 Ernie Kruger, 13 Rouan Cloete, 12 Hanno Coetzee (captain), 11 Luvo Sogidashe, 10 Riaan Smit, 9 Gerrie Odendaal, 8 Sean Plaatjies, 7 Emile Verster, 6 Uwe Sauer, 5 Wouter Moore, 4 Marius Coetzer, 3 Nico Pretorius, 2 Rayno Barnes, 1 Gavin Whittingham.
Replacements: 16 Rassie van Vuuren, 17 Frik Venter, 18 Reg Perkins, 19 Reg Muller, 20 Poerie van Rooyen, 21 Len Olivier, 22 Showan Smith.

Boland: 15 Justin Peach, 14 John Daniels, 13 Piet van Zyl, 12 Lionel Cornelius, 11 Alvin Hugo, 10 Elgar Watts, 9 Marnus Hugo, 8 Dries van Schalkwyk, 7 Whalied Heyns, 6 Frankie Horne, 5 Coenie Basson, 4 Cecil Kemp, 3 Andries Human, 2 Conrad Burke (captain), 1 Jean Botha.
Replacements: 16 Clemen Lewis, 17 WP Nel, 18 Frikkie Spies, 19 Mpho Mbiyozo, 20 Ricardo Jones, 21 Deon Scholtz, 22 Stefan Basson.

Referee: Jaco Peyper
Touch judges: Gareth Lloyd-Jones, Peet Badenhorst