WPROV
No.Name
15Joe Pietersen, FB
T
14Tonderai Chavhanga, W
13Morgan Newman, C
12Peter Grant, C
11Gcobani Bobo, W
10Willem De Waal, FH
4
9Dewaldt Duvenage, SH
1Wicus Blaauw, P
2Tiaan Liebenberg, H
3Brok Harris, P
4Martin Muller, L
5Anton van Zyl, L
6Pieter Louw, FL
7Duane Vermeulen, FL
8Luke Watson, N8
Replacements
16Hanyani Shimange, R
17JD Moller, R
18De Kock Steenkamp, R
19Zandre Jordaan, R
20Conrad Hoffmann, R
21JJ Engelbrecht, R
22Gio Aplon, R

*Players currently on the pitch are shown in bold

Game Info

11:00 PM, June 13, 2009
All CommentaryKey Events

Match Commentary

81'23-26 End of half
81'23-26 End of second half
80'Province ball, it goes left and Pietersen bizarrely boots it downfield. Hook gather and clears it to touch. The whistle goes and that's it. Good performance by the home side and the Lions have now won five from five. They've got James Hook to thanks for that excellent long-range effort for them to win the game.
79'Scrum goes down again - the ref needs the binds up. Lions should see this out as the siren goes.
78'Jones clears deep into WP half and a short line-out is rather skew. Scrum to WP - Province half.
77'Scrum to the Lions in their own half and another penalty to the Lions for Moller dropping his bind.
77'23-26 Penalty goal - James Hook , British and Irish Lions
76'Province come roaring back and as the ball shifts left there's a forward pass. Chance missed for the home team.
75'Hook belts that in tough conditions and it sails through the posts. Great kick and the Lions hit the front.
75'Substitute on - JD Moller , Western Province
75'Player substituted - Wicus Blaauw , Western Province
74'Penalty at the scrum though to the Lions as JD Moller who's just come on drops his bind twice. Lawrence is on the spot and Hook has a chance to take the lead.
74'Substitute on - Zandre Jordaan , Western Province
74'Player substituted - Pieter Louw , Western Province
73'The ball cleared into the WP half by Jones with the scores level. It's a free-kick to the Lions who take another scrum - would have thought so after their previous demolition job in the previous one.
72'Great scrum from the Lions. Big scrum and they win the turnover off it.
71'de Waal tries a drop-goal from his own half. Genuine attempt or just keeping it in the Lions half. Monye is then blown for not going 5 metres when throwing the ball into a quick line-out. Deep in Lions 22. The replay looks tight, it's a good position for Province.
70'No arms in the tackle by Andy Powell in a massive collision with Vermeulen. It's a penalty to WP although the home fans want him binned. Good decision by Lawrence though.
70'Player substituted - Martin Muller , Western Province
70'Substitute on - De Kock Steenkamp , Western Province
69'Lions attack down the left through Earls who is wrapped up. 10 to go and the game is wide open. Will the Lions winning strreak end in the Newlands rain?
68'Lions get their hands on the ball and go through the middle now. Need to keep their hands on the ball for a bit now.
68'Substitute on - Tom Croft , British and Irish Lions
68'Player substituted - Joe Worsley , British and Irish Lions
67'Lions are losing their composure here, poor kicking and some bad decisions. WP scrum bhut de Waal coughs it up.
66'Province ball and Duvenhage clears. Taken in by Bowe who is caught and it's a turnover. Grant kicks and Monye takes a good mark.
65'Short and wide from Hook. Valiant effort thouh. The noise-level from the crowd has gone up a bit.
65'Player substituted - Rob Kearney , British and Irish Lions
65'Substitute on - James Hook , British and Irish Lions
64'James hook is off the bench and immediately has a kick for poles from the half-way line. Kearney's off with a dead leg. Big kick this for Hook to make a statement.
64'23-23 Try - Joe Pietersen , Western Province
63'De Waal's conversion goes wide and the scores are level.
62'Through the middle through a number of phases and now left, beautiful looping pass from de Waal who finds Pietersen on the left who dives over despite the despairing dive of Murray. Very good try.
61'Scrum goes down and the packs move in-field. all goes right from WP and Aplon goes through. Still WP and they look like they might get over here.
61'18-23 Penalty goal - Willem De Waal , Western Province
60'Province clear long from the restart and the ball comes off Stephen Jones who might not or not have knocked it on. Wayne Barnes - thinks it did so it's a scrum to WP.
59'Province keep in touch as de Waal nails another one. That's his sixth. Game on!
58'WP ball. Newman takes it up in mid-field and Williams is penalised for coming in from the side. De Waal to have another go at posts.
58'Substitute on - Euan Murray , British and Irish Lions
58'Substitute on - Simon Shaw , British and Irish Lions
58'Substitute on - Ross Ford , British and Irish Lions
58'Player substituted - Matthew Rees , British and Irish Lions
58'Player substituted - Phil Vickery , British and Irish Lions
58'Player substituted - Nathan Hines , British and Irish Lions
57'Number of replacements now on as WP clear long and Monye takes his time and finds touch.
56'Lions look they could pull away here now as they come forward at pace at WP concede a penalty for taking the player out in the air. Penalty and going for the line Jones shockingly kicks it long. My word.
56'15-23 Try - Martyn Williams , British and Irish Lions
55'The conversion from Jones is wide. Lions now 8 clear again.
54'Still with the Lions who are making a series of darts at the line but are still be repelled. Patience though is rewarded as eventually Williams manages to squirm over on the left-hand side.
53'Ball goes left after a good offload from Hines and Jones gets within 5 letres of the WP try-line.
52'Lions still in the WP half now and Ellis sets it. Vickery drives and they come again before a cross-kick to Bowe who takes and is wrapped up.
51'Earls tries to break through the middle and the Lions go left again before WP turn it over. When-oh-when will these Lions learn to protect their ball? Madness.
50'Monye's away just outside the WP 22 before Vickery crashes forward and is shackled by Watson. Worsley now. It's still there for the Lions.
49'Here come WP down the right and then after some good movement concede a very soft scrum for a gentle forward pass from De Waal to Wicus Blaauw. Scrum Lions.
48'De Waal nails the Lions back into their 22 with an excellent touchfinder. Ball to O'Callaghan at the front and Ellis clears.
48'15-18 Penalty goal - Willem De Waal , Western Province
47'The Lions come down the left and Nathan Hines is knocked into touch by Pieter Louw. Hines doesn't like it and let's Louw know.
46'WP clear their lines and Powell is nutmegged by the ball - oops. It's a lineout.
45'De Waal sinks this one and the home side creep within three points now.
44'De Waal's long range penalty falls just short. Newman now with the ball and Worsley knocks on and then concede a penalty for being a mile offside. Silly play this by the Lions. De Waal to shoot for posts again.
43'Jones goes through the middle and is tackled and the stupidly concede a penalty after Powell takes the ball up and is tackled while Sheridan flops on the ball. that annoys the referee - a lot! Penalty to WP.
42'Re-set and Lawrence wants the bind up. Good scrum by the Lions who turn it over.
41'Monye takes it up and the Lions contest well at a breakdown and win a penalty. Taken quickly before it goes left and is knocked on. Scrum - WP feed and it goes down.
41'+112-18 Penalty goal - Willem De Waal , Western Province
41'+19-18 End of first half
40'Tiaan Liebenberg, formerly of Toulon, feeds the line-out and WP lose it. The Lions go forward and they spill it and the ball gets back to Liebenberg who clears it like a winger. he lacks the pace in the chase though. And the Lions clear it before getting it back and the Lions surge through the middle through Williams and Jones.
40'Two excellent tries then for the Lions in the half as De Waal adds three points for WP. Lions go into half-time with a deserved six point lead.
40'12-18 Start of second half
39'WP kick deep for touch and win the line-out. Then get a penalty for a maul infringement by the Lions. The hooter's gone and De Waal will kick for poles.
38'Lions go right and then come left to Monye who is tackled and the Lions lose another turnover at the ruck. Is this a worry for the Lions managment? The breadown that is - not the scoreline.
38'Substitute on - Gio Aplon , Western Province
38'Player substituted - Tonderai Chavhanga , Western Province
37'Line-out in the Lions 22as the first-half comes to and end. The ball's cleared and then returned before Kearney puts it up in the air. Vermeulen takes the ball what looks like in touch but the linesman doesn't agree.
36'Chavhanga's going off and is to be replaced by the diminutive Gio Aplon - a South African Sevens star. Not the tallest man in the game! Let's hope Chavhanga is OK, he wasn't in a great position as he went in for the tackle and took a blow to the head.
36'9-18 Conversion - Stephen Jones , British and Irish Lions
35'Lions go left off the line-out but get blown for crossing. Chavhanga's taken a heavy knock in tackling Rob Kearney. Will be a hold up here as he's treated.
35'9-16 Try - Ugo Monye , British and Irish Lions
34'Lions are controlling the game now and win a penalty off the restart in their restart.
33'TRY! Tommy Bowe comes off the right wing this time and scythes through the WP backline and then delivers a beautiful soft pass to Monye who glides over. Impressive that. Bowe's nailed on in the test team now - surely. Jones converts Monye's try.
32'Lions come down the right - good phase play this in these conditions.
31'De Waal kicks long, taken in by Monye. Lions - centre-field. It's slow-ball for the Lions and Worseley takes it into mid-field and it's recycled to Flutey. Still Lions ball.
30'Rees misses his jumper and it goes straight over the top. WP on the attack but Pieter Louw flies off his feet and goes in from the side. Penalty to the Lions and Kearney clears but misses touch.
29'Van Zyl takes another restart. De Waal kicks deep and it's returned. Chavhanga gets the ball in an inch of space but loses the ball as he goes into touch. Line-out to the Lions.
28'It's Powell again off the restart, Lions 22 and cleared by Kearney. Pietersen goes for another drop-goal. Well short though.
28'9-11 Try - Tommy Bowe , British and Irish Lions
27'TRY! Van Zyl takes another restart and Duvenhage clears. Now Powell takes it on, offloads to Williams and it flies through the hands to Tommy Bowe who takes it at pace and crashes over in the right hand corner despite Duvenhage's attempts to hold him up. It's converted too.
27'9-6 Drop goal - Joe Pietersen , Western Province
26'WP get the ball off the line-out. It's untidy but they get it back and try to go through the middle. Advantage to WP so Pietersen goes for the obligatory drop-kick. He pops it over and the home side take the lead.
25'From the lineout De Waal cross-kicks and Chavhanga takes acrobatically. De Waal goes for for corner. Bold!
24'Lineout and the ball is taken into mid-field by the Lions. Jones to Earls in the WP 22 and it's a penalty to WP - this time against the Lions for holding on.
23'Penalty to the Lions in their 22 to bring some relief and Kearney puts it out deep into the WP half.
22'Scrambling in their 22 and Jones kicks the ball awfully. Chavhanga has his hands on the ball - he tries to chip Monye but it goes straight to Monye. Chance missed.
21'De Waal puts it up from the scrum and Kearney takes before knocking it on. Scrum to WP just outside the Lions 22. De Waal has started well.
20'Poor scrum by the Lions - or is that good scrum WP? Either way it's a turnover and it's WP to feed.
19'Lineout on half-way and it's skew. Scrum to the Lions. Lenny, the mascot looks on.
19'6-6 Drop goal - Willem De Waal , Western Province
18'Lions take the restart quickly and Watson chips forward - but it's too far and Kearney takes a mark.
17'Van Zyl takes the lineout and WP maul forward. Watson's got the ball at the back. Ball goes left to De Waal who hits a snap and a touch wonky drop-goal - and it's over.
16'Ellis to Jones who kicks and Pietersen wins a penalty after the Lions infringe at the breakdown.
15'O'Callaghan agains and then Vickery who drives into mid-field before being scragged. Ellis again and now Williams but the Lions are being hit back in the tackle.
14'WP in their 22 and Duvenhage clears it to the half-way line. It's all the Lions at the moment.
13'O'Callaghan takes at the front of the line-out. Ellis puts it up and Vermeulen takes it in. back to De Waal who kicks deep and centre-field. Kearney returns that with interest though - into the wind. Good kick.
12'Jones' kick falls just under the cross-bar and Pietersen clears the ball with the wind behind him toward the half-way line.
11'Jones takes good flat ball from 1st phase and Pieter Louw is blown up for playing the ball off his feet after making the tackle. Another shot for Jones, although this one is a long way out.
11'3-6 Penalty goal - Stephen Jones , British and Irish Lions
10'Pietersen takes the restart and it's driven up by Powell. Before it's kicked into the WP half. Bobo can only palm the ball into touch. Scrum to the Lions.
9'Jones converts it and the Lions hit the front. Solid start by the Lions.
8'The scrum goes straight to ground - it's slippery underfoot. And it goes down again. Lawrence will be patient here I think. Ellis feeds and infringement against WP. No Lawrence won't. Penalty for Jones to go for posts.
7'Another knck-on and scrum to the Lions just outside the WP 22.
6'Free-kick to the Lions. Harris takes quickly and takes it up. Ball goes right and it's put up in the air and Monye wins it back.
6'3-3 Penalty goal - Stephen Jones , British and Irish Lions
5'Lot's of kicking - to be expected in these conditions. Jones clears the ball from the Lions line and Pietersen can;t take the catch and knocks on. Scrum to the Lions. Should be interesting.
4'Van Zyl takes the restart and again it's booted up and taken in by Kearney. Jones puts it up and Pietersen knocks on and Liebenberg takes it in front of him conceding the penalty. Jones to go for poles and it's over. Scores level.
4'3-0 Penalty goal - Willem De Waal , Western Province
3'De Waal makes no mistake from straight in front despite the strong wind and the home side take the early lead. WP win that kicking battle then.
2'It's a bit of aerial ping-pong between Pietersen and now Bowe who kicks it back. De Waal slips but returns the kick. But it's a penalty against Ellis for not retreating from Bowe's kick. De Waal's going for posts.
1'So the Lions will be looking to improve at the breakdown in particular and be slightly more precise in their kicking game. WP will believe though that they can cause an upset here and their forwards have stood up to the challenge quite well. Pietersen with the restart then and we're underway in the second-half and Bowe takes who feeds Kearney and he clears.
1'The ball is taken in by WP and De Waal clears to Kearney. Kicked back and Vermeulen takes the mark. Monye kicks back to Chavhanga who chips into midfield. Ball cleaned up by the Lions
1'The referee is Mark Lawrence and Stephen Jones is to kick off for the Lions
1'0-0 Start of first half