Jap Province and Western Province maintained their spectacular information on day three of the Craven Week at Outeniqua Park in George.

EP proceed to face out on the 2023 version of the annual U18 event. Two days after claiming a 26-23 win in opposition to a more-fancied Free Aspect, they racked up a 40-26 victory over Boland, with flanker De Moist Fourie scoring two of their six tries.

WP went into the fixture in opposition to the Sharks on the again of a convincing win in opposition to SWD. The conflict between the 2 coastal giants on Wednesday lived as much as the hype, with WP rising as 35-24 victors.

CRAVEN WEEK: Tries galore on eventful second day

Earlier within the day, hosts, the South Western Districts edged the Valke 20-19 to file their first win of the competitors. Free State additionally bounced again from their current defeat, scoring eight tries of their commanding 54-14 victory over the WP XV.

The Craven Week motion will proceed on Thursday, with Griquas assembly the Limpopo Blue Bulls within the first recreation of the day, with the final encounter a Gauteng derby between the Lions and Bulls.

Day 3 outcomes:
Valke 19 (11) – Tries: Lynhge Pretorius, Oregopotse Shilubane. Penalty objectives: Duan du Toit (3).
SWD 20 (5) – Tries: Brendan Gouws, Keanon Jantjies, Jay-Jay Daters, Kurt Coetzee.

WP XV 14 (0) – Tries: Louw du Toit, Daniel van der Merwe. Conversions: Leejay Petersen (2).
Free State 54 (42) – Tries: Ranon Fouche, Stefan Venter, Jean-Henri Smit, Keegan Scholtz, JJ Theron, Christiaan van Der Westhuizen, Pieter van der Merwe, Pharrel van Wyk. Conversions: Ian van der Merwe (7).

EP 40 (20) – Tries: De Moist Fourie (2), Burrie van Heerden, Aiden de Villiers, Imaani Pemba, Dominic Malgas. Conversion: Lucraine Muggels. Penalty purpose: Muggels.
Boland 26 (12) – Tries: Petrus Coetzee, Carick Kustoor (2), James Daniels. Conversions Luan Giliomee (3).

WP 35 (27) – Tries: Justin Amos, Haashim Pead, Jameel De Jongh, Gilermo Mentoe. Conversions: Yaqeen Ahmed (3). Penalty objectives: Ahmed (3).
Sharks 24 (14) – Tries: Phiwo Kubheka, Liam Terblanche, Maurice Willemse. Conversions: Chris Horak (3). Penalty purpose: Horak.

Day 4 fixtures:
10:30am: Griquas v Limpopo Blue Bulls
12pm: Border v Pumas
1:30pm: Griffons v Leopards
3pm: Golden Lions v Blue Bulls

Photograph: SA Rugby web site