‘It was just the perfect pass’- Offload frenzy creates wonder try
Western Province scored a try so skilful and flamboyant at the weekend that the Fijian sevens team would have been proud to have scored it.
The try was scored by fullback Clayton Blommetjies against the Bulls in the Currie Cup, but he has his teammates Jean-Luc du Plessis and Ruhan Nel to thank.
Inside centre du Plessis lit up Loftus Versfeld in the second half with a Sonny Bill Williams-esque left handed offload around two tacklers to Nel. The winger darted down the flank and produced another one handed offload, although maybe not as spectacular, for Blommetjies to finish in the corner.
Western Province were trailing 33-25 at that point, but went on to win the match 41-33.
Here is former Springboks assistant coach Swys de Bruin talking about the try on SuperSport this week, describing it as “the perfect pass”:
Take a look at the pass from another angle:
This offload from @jldup10 🔥#CurrieCup #BULvWP pic.twitter.com/ILstRy9akD
— SA Rugby magazine (@SARugbymag) March 17, 2023
Bulls: 15 David Kriel, 14 Quewin Nortje, 13 Cornal Hendricks, 12 Harold Vorster, 11 Sibusiso Nkosi, 10 Chris Smith, 9 Zak Burger, 8 Elrigh Louw, 7 Cyle Brink, 6 Marco van Staden, 5 Ruan Nortje (captain), 4 Jacques Du Plessis, 3 Mornay Smith, 2 Johann Grobbelaar, 1 Gerhard Steenekamp.
Replacements: 16 Simphiwe Matanzima, 17 Bismarck du Plessis, 18 Francois Kloppers, 19 Janko Swanepoel, 20 WJ Steenkamp, 21 Embrose Papier, 22 Morne Steyn, 23 Stedman Gans
Western Province: 15 Clayton Blommetjies, 14 Suleiman Hartzenberg, 13 Juan de Jongh, 12 Jean-Luc du Plessis, 11 Ruhan Nel, 10 Kade Wolhuter, 9 Paul de Wet, 8 Keke Morabe, 7 Willie Engelbrecht, 6 Marcel Theunissen, 5 Connor Evans, 4 Ernst van Rhyn (captain), 3 Sazi Sandi, 2 Andre-Hugo Venter, 1 Kwenzo Blose.
Replacements: 16 Scarra Ntubeni, 17 Leon Lyons, 18 Lee-Marvin Mazibuko, 19 Dylan de Leeuw, 20 Ben-Jason Dixon, 21 Hacjivah
