Kaspersky Southern Gauteng drew 3-3 with Western Province at the Men’s interprovincial at KC March Stadium in Gelvandale, Port Elizabeth Wednesday. Southern Gauteng vice-captain Thornton McDade followed up a rebound to
equalise in the last minute.
WP had a 2-1 half-time lead through Jean-Pierre de Voux and Clive Terwin after Ricky West opened the scoring. Southerns leaked another when Cuan Burton-Moore netted past Rassie Pieterse. Southerns came back soon after when Tebogo Lerole followed up a penalty corner.
Southerns drew 0-0 with Eastern Province on Tuesday. They must beat Peninsula in their last pool match Thursday for a possible place in the last four.
KwaZulu-Natal Raiders’ title defence is still on track. They drew 2-2 with Northerns Blues. Raiders need only draw with Border Thursday to reach the semi-finals. Raiders scored first when Lloyd Norris-Jones was brought down and Gareth Carr’s penalty flick was spot-on. A Northerns penalty stroke by Justin Reid-Ross was the equaliser. Jonty Robinson put Northerns in the lead, but two minutes later Tim Drummond scored the equaliser.
KZN Inland striker Gavin Jelley scored a hat-trick and Dalan Phillips, Karl Oftebro, Jethro Eustice, Duzo Khanyile and Tommy Hammond got one each as the Maritzburg team revived their semi-final hopes with a 8-0 drubbing of Border, who were promoted last year..
In the late game EP played to their second successive goalless draw when they couldn’t get the better of a plucky Western Province Peninsula.
Witwatersrand are on course for a return to the A Section after a 10-0 B Section win over SA Country Districts.
The B Section has no semi-finals. The best team in each pool meet in the final on Saturday.
Free State had a big win while KZN Mynahs scored an important win over last year’s demoted A Section team, North West.
RESULTS
A Section: KZN Coastals 2 Northerns Blues 2; KZN Inland 8 Border 0; WP 3 Southern Gauteng 3; EP 0 WP Peninsula 0.
B Section: Free State 9 Northern Cape 0; Witwatersrand 10 SA Country Districts 0; KZN Mynahs 4 North West 1; EP Settlers 3 KZN Inland B 1.
