Province cement top spot
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Western Province were made to work hard, but came away with a bonus-point 37-23 win over a determined Pumas team in Nelspruit on Friday.
The result - their fifth bonus-point win of 2014 - helped Province cement their place at the top of the standings.
They found themselves up against a very determined home side who launched a spirited second-half fightback.
Province led by 20-6 at half-time - thanks to first-half tries by loose forwards Nizaam Carr and Sikhumbuzo Notshe - with an early second-half score by Michael van der Spuy (who came on for Cheslin Kolbe at the start of the seco…
The result - their fifth bonus-point win of 2014 - helped Province cement their place at the top of the standings.
They found themselves up against a very determined home side who launched a spirited second-half fightback.
Province led by 20-6 at half-time - thanks to first-half tries by loose forwards Nizaam Carr and Sikhumbuzo Notshe - with an early second-half score by Michael van der Spuy (who came on for Cheslin Kolbe at the start of the seco…