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The SARU Under 20 Cup is back with a bang! The Lions showcased their pedigree with a massive win over the Valke in the opening game.
Elsewhere the Leopards pushed the Bulls all the way to the finish line but a brace by loosehead turned hooker Juan Else was enough to turn the tide.
Western Province were outplayed by the Sharks, the Durban based outfit recorded a comfortable win over the counterparts and certainly fired a warning shot at this early stage of the season.
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RESULTS (ROUND 1)
Valke (7) Golden Lions (73)
Western Province (19) Sharks (31)
Leopards (26) Bulls (31)
STANDINGS (ROUND 1)
| POS | TEAM | PLAYED | WON | DRAW | LOST | PD | POINTS |
| 1 | Golden Lions | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 5 |
| 2 | Sharks | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 |
| 3 | Bulls | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 4 | Leopards | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -5 | 2 |
| 5 | Western Province | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -12 | 0 |
| 6 | Valke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -66 | 0 |
LEADING TRY SCORERS
| PLAYER | UNION | TRIES |
| Keagan Smith | Golden Lions | 3 |
| Bryce Calvert | Sharks | 3 |
| RF Schoeman | Golden Lions | 2 |
| Ace Nongogo | Golden Lions | 2 |
| Juann Else | Bulls | 2 |
| Corne Beets | Bulls | 2 |
| SJ Kotze | Golden Lions | 1 |
| Siba Mahashe | Golden Lions | 1 |
| Layton Horn | Golden Lions | 1 |
| Riaan Swart | Golden Lions | 1 |
| Kristoff Smith | Valke | 1 |
| Hanru Jansen | Leopards | 1 |
| Angelo Daniels | Leopards | 1 |
| JP Olivier | Leopards | 1 |
| PA van Niekerk | Bulls | 1 |
| Luca Bakkes | WP | 1 |
| Zac Porthen | WP | 1 |
| Coetzee le Roux | Sharks | 1 |
| Banie Britz | Sharks | 1 |
| Imad Khan | WP | 1 |
LEADING POINTS SCORERS
| PLAYER | UNION | POINTS |
| Keagan Smith | Golden Lions | 15 |
| Bryce Calvert | Sharks | 15 |
| Sam Francis | Golden Lions | 14 |
| RF Schoeman | Golden Lions | 10 |
| Ace Nongogo | Golden Lions | 10 |
| Juann Else | Bulls | 10 |
| Corne Beets | Bulls | 10 |
| Imad Khan | WP | 9 |
| Neil le Roux | Bulls | 6 |
| Jean Smith | Sharks | 6 |
| SJ Kotze | Golden Lions | 5 |
| Siba Mahashe | Golden Lions | 5 |
| Layton Horn | Golden Lions | 5 |
| Riaan Swart | Golden Lions | 5 |
| Kristoff Smith | Valke | 5 |
| Hanru Jansen | Leopards | 5 |
| Angelo Daniels | Leopards | 5 |
| JP Olivier | Leopards | 5 |
| PA van Niekerk | Bulls | 5 |
| Luca Bakkes | WP | 5 |
| Zac Porthen | WP | 5 |
| Coetzee le Roux | Sharks | 5 |
| Banie Britz | Sharks | 5 |
| Thurlon Williams | Golden Lions | 4 |
| JP Britz | Leopards | 4 |
TEAM SHEETS
| LEOPARDS | WP | SHARKS | BYE | GOLDEN LIONS | FREE STATE | VALKE | ||
| 31-26. | ||||||||
| Corne Lavagna | Paarl Gim | 1 | ||||||
| Juann Else | Grey College | 2 | ||||||
| Mawande Mdanda | Maritzburg | 3 | ||||||
| Lilitha Matsilliza | Pretoria Boys | 4 | ||||||
| JF van Heerden | Grey College | 5 | ||||||
| Neels Volschenk | Grey College | 6 | ||||||
| Gcino Mdletshe | Westville | 7 | ||||||
| Corne Beets | Paarl Gim | 8 | ||||||
| Neil le Roux | Oakdale | 9 | ||||||
| Compion von Ludwig | Paarl Boys | 10 | ||||||
| Munashe Dukuswa | Glenwood | 11 | ||||||
| PA van Niekerk | Paarl Gim | 12 | ||||||
| Katlego Letebele | KES | 13 | ||||||
| Quewin Nortje | Affies | 14 | ||||||
| Regan Izaks | Grey College | 15 | ||||||
| Juanre Breitenbach | Grey College | 16 | ||||||
| Mbasa Maqubela | Paul Roos | 17 | ||||||
| Johan Louw | Grey College | 18 | ||||||
| Cayno February | Wynberg | 19 | ||||||
| Liselihle Maphekula | Graeme | 20 | ||||||
| Caleb Abrahams | Grey College | 21 | ||||||
| Liam Koen | Paarl Gim | 22 | ||||||
| Alfondso Isaacs | Grey College | 23 |
| VALKE | LEOPARDS | WP | SHARKS | BULLS | BYE | FREE STATE | ||
| 73-7. | ||||||||
| SJ Kotze | Paarl Boys | 1 | ||||||
| Marno Grobbelaar | Waterkloof | 2 | ||||||
| RF Schoeman | 3 | |||||||
| Luan Taylor | Garsfontein | 4 | ||||||
| Daniel Botha | Maritzburg | 5 | ||||||
| Siba Mahashe | Hudson Park | 6 | ||||||
| Chris Sjoblom | Garsfontein | 7 | ||||||
| Thabang Mphafi | KES | 8 | ||||||
| Layton Horn | Affies | 9 | ||||||
| Sam Francis | St Andrews | 10 | ||||||
| Keagan Smith | Paarl Boys | 11 | ||||||
| Bronson Mills | KES | 12 | ||||||
| Kelly Mpeku | KES | 13 | ||||||
| Ace Nongogo | Hudson Park | 14 | ||||||
| Janiel Losper | Paarl Gim | 15 | ||||||
| Riaan Swart | Outeniqua | 16 | ||||||
| JP Swanepoel | Drostdy | 17 | ||||||
| Stian de Bruyn | Affies | 18 | ||||||
| Lood Prins | Drostdy | 19 | ||||||
| Willem de Waal | Paarl Gim | 20 | ||||||
| Liam Rowan | 21 | |||||||
| Thurlon Williams | Paarl Boys | 22 | ||||||
| Shah-Jehaan de Jongh | Paarl Boys | 23 |
| BULLS | GOLDEN LIONS | FREE STATE | VALKE | BYE | WP | SHARKS | ||
| 26-31. | ||||||||
| Lahluma Dyanti | Outeniqua | 1 | ||||||
| Abre Griessel | Drosdty | 2 | ||||||
| Pierre de Villiers | 3 | |||||||
| Schalk van Schalkwyk | Boland Landbou | 4 | ||||||
| Zihan Bensch | Noordheuwel | 5 | ||||||
| Daniel Verster | Warmbad | 6 | ||||||
| Kyle Valentyne | Paarl Gim | 7 | ||||||
| Hanru Jansen | Middelburg | 8 | ||||||
| Johannes Fourie | 9 | |||||||
| Christiaan Gates | Nelspruit | 10 | ||||||
| Angelo Daniels | Boland Landbou | 11 | ||||||
| Riego Heath | Glenwood | 12 | ||||||
| Johan Leonard | Outeniqua | 13 | ||||||
| Farai Sibanda | 14 | |||||||
| Faf Osualo | 15 | |||||||
| JP Olivier | 16 | |||||||
| Chance Tchokonte-Nana | Stellenberg | 17 | ||||||
| Divan Muller | 18 | |||||||
| JD van Zyl | Nico Malan | 19 | ||||||
| Gustav Dubois | 20 | |||||||
| Zack Serfontein | Framesby | 21 | ||||||
| JP Britz | 22 | |||||||
| Keagan Coerecuis | Oakdale | 23 |
| WP | BYE | BULLS | GOLDEN LIONS | FREE STATE | VALKE | LEOPARDS | ||
| 31-19. | ||||||||
| Phatu Ganyane | Glenwood | 1 | ||||||
| Bryce Calvert | Westville | 2 | ||||||
| Dian Heunis | Oakdale | 3 | ||||||
| Coetzee le Roux | Paarl Boys | 4 | ||||||
| Luca Ribbens | Paarl Boys | 5 | ||||||
| Khumo Nkutha | 6 | |||||||
| Meno Barnard | Paarl Boys | 7 | ||||||
| Jannes Potgieter | Hilton | 8 | ||||||
| Michael Koch | Paarl Gim | 9 | ||||||
| Jean Smith | Grey College | 10 | ||||||
| Banie Britz | Grey College | 11 | ||||||
| Ethan Hooker | Westville | 12 | ||||||
| Ryan Manuel | Glenwood | 13 | ||||||
| Themba Sibisi | DHS | 14 | ||||||
| Phillipus Venter | 15 | |||||||
| Marnus Winter | Grey High | 16 | ||||||
| Dylan Willis | 17 | |||||||
| Uli Walker | 18 | |||||||
| Dylan Moore-Boyle | 19 | |||||||
| Alethwa Buthelezi | 20 | |||||||
| Christian Els | Glenwood | 21 | ||||||
| Stehan Heymans | Affies | 22 | ||||||
| Jurenzo Julius | Paul Roos | 23 |
| GOLDEN LIONS | FREE STATE | BYE | LEOPARDS | WP | SHARKS | BULLS | ||
| 7-73. | ||||||||
| Ox Ngema | Vryheid | 1 | ||||||
| Bonginkosi Ntsele | 2 | |||||||
| Dylan du Plessis | Monument | 3 | ||||||
| Aqueel de Bruyn | Worcester Gim | 4 | ||||||
| Werner Griessel | 5 | |||||||
| Kwagga Nel | 6 | |||||||
| Dumpie Gouws | 7 | |||||||
| Eerly Pieters | 8 | |||||||
| Kristoff Smith | 9 | |||||||
| Jordan Jordaan | Helpmekaar | 10 | ||||||
| Junior Muyambo | 11 | |||||||
| Natie Jansen van Rensburg | 12 | |||||||
| Armand Viljoen | 13 | |||||||
| Kevin Mukandila | 14 | |||||||
| Slade Jacobs | 15 | |||||||
| Francois Odendaal | 16 | |||||||
| Juan Ryan | 17 | |||||||
| Michael Ryan | 18 | |||||||
| Langes Cornelius | 19 | |||||||
| Jono Jacobs | 20 | |||||||
| Juandre Nel | 21 | |||||||
| Danny van Staden | 22 | |||||||
| Ryno Williamson | 23 |
| SHARKS | BULLS | GOLDEN LIONS | FREE STATE | VALKE | LEOPARDS | BYE | ||
| 19-31. | ||||||||
| Tiaan Vorster | Paarl Boys | 1 | ||||||
| Luca Bakkes | Paarl Gim | 2 | ||||||
| Zac Porthen | Wynberg | 3 | ||||||
| Jan-Hendrik Gouws | Volkskool | 4 | ||||||
| Hennie Sieberhagen | Paarl Gim | 5 | ||||||
| Paul de Villiers | Oakdale | 6 | ||||||
| Corbin Benjamin | Tygerberg | 7 | ||||||
| Camden Schoeman | Outeniqua | 8 | ||||||
| Imad Khan | Bishops | 9 | ||||||
| Ulrich Wahl | Grey College | 10 | ||||||
| Thaaqib Ryland | Wynberg | 11 | ||||||
| Damian Markus | Stellenberg | 12 | ||||||
| Jared Africa | Paul Roos | 13 | ||||||
| Josh Boulle | St Johns | 14 | ||||||
| Jacques Jooste | Rondebosch | 15 | ||||||
| Roger Peterson | Durbanville | 16 | ||||||
| Jason Johnson | Paul Roos | 17 | ||||||
| Mhleli Khuzwayo | Kearsney | 18 | ||||||
| Adam de Waal | Bishops | 19 | ||||||
| Andre Goedhals | Oakdale | 20 | ||||||
| Isaiah Louw | Bishops | 21 | ||||||
| FC Fourie | Paarl Boys | 22 | ||||||
| Bruce Sherwood | Bishops | 23 |
