Western Province scored six tries to beat the EP Kings 45-14 at Newlands on Friday night.
The bonus-point win took Province to 35 points on the Currie Cup log, but it wasn't enough to secure a home semi-final as the Blue Bulls beat the Pumas 25-24 in Nelspruit. WP will therefore meet the Bulls at Loftus next weekend.
It took the hosts just two minutes to open the scoring. A lineout driving maul was stopped just short of the line, before Nizaam Carr was put into space.
Scott Breda kept the Kings in the game with three penalties, but Juan de Jongh's try, after Godlen Masimla had taken a quick tap, put Province back in the pound seats.
Masimla then went over for WP's third try, before Enrico Acker dotted down for the Kings to make it 24-14 at the break.
Dillyn Leyds and Justin Benn extended WP's lead when they scored tries in the 42nd and 57th minutes respectively.
Leyds then dotted down in the last play of the game to complete the rout.
Western Province – Tries: Nizaam Carr, Juan de Jongh, Godlen Masimla, Dillyn Leyds (2), Justin Benn. Conversions: Robert du Preez (4), Kurt Coleman (2). Penalty: Du Preez.
EP Kings – Try: Enrico Acker. Penalties: Scott Breda (3).
Western Province – 15 Dillyn Leyds, 14 Kobus van Wyk, 13 Huw Jones, 12 Juan de Jongh (c), 11 Leolin Zass, 10 Robert du Preez, 9 Godlen Masimla, 8 Nizaam Carr, 7 Sikhumbuzo Notshe, 6 Jurie van Vuuren, 5 Chris van Zyl, 4 Jean Kleyn, 3 Wilco Louw, 2 Michael Willemse, 1 Oliver Kebble.
Subs: 16 Bongi Mbonambi, 17 Steven Kitshoff, 18 Jan de Klerk, 19 Justin Benn, 20 Nic Groom, 21 Kurt Coleman, 22 Jaco Taute.
EP Kings – 15 Scott Breda, 14 Sylvian Mahuza, 13 Ronnie Cooke (c), 12 JP du Plessis, 11 Luther Obi/Siviwe Soyizwapi, 10 Elgar Watts, 9 Enrico Acker, 8 Tim agaba, 7 Jacques Engelbrecht, 6 Thembelani Bholi, 5 Cornel Hess, 4 Stefan Willemse/Tazz Fuzani, 3 Simon Kerrod, 2 Edgar Marutlulle, 1 Lizo Gqoboka.
Subs: 16 Martin Ferreira, 17 Schalk Ferreira, 18 Basil Short, 19 David Bulbring, 20 Paul Schoeman, 21 Dwayne Kelly, 22 Karlo Aspeling.
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