Craven Week  EP Country Districts tame Leopards  Tue, 09 Jul
2013 08:49 Epcd-hand-off.jpg630 Stadium_cravenweek630 Ep-
stapleberg_craven630  EP Country Districts held off a resurgent
Leopards side to win their opening Craven Week match 35-10 in
Polokwane on Tuesday.  After dominating the opening half and
building up a 21-5 lead at the break, EP were kept on the back
foot in the second half as the Leopards launched an impressive
fight back, but it was not enough and EP held on for victory
with two late tries wrapping things up.  The Eastern Cape side
made a bright start to the game, with their forwards taking the
ball to the Leopards who found themselves defending early on.
Both teams made a few basic errors as the game got off to a
tense start, and it was EP Country Districts who struck first
when flyhalf Jason Vers slotted a long-range penalty kick.  They
kept the pressure on, and stormed into the Leopards' 22 thanks
to a bullocking run from No.8 Luigy van Jaarsveld, but the
Leopards' defence held up well to