{"id":156797,"date":"2026-03-08T12:14:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T12:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/156797\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T12:14:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T12:14:59","slug":"poor-discipline-proved-costly-for-ep-queens-says-jordaan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/156797\/","title":{"rendered":"Poor discipline proved costly for EP Queens, says Jordaan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Poor discipline proved costly for the EP Queens when they were beaten 41-29 by the Boland Dames in a Pick n Pay Super League women\u2019s clash in Gqeberha on Saturday, coach Deon Jordaan said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Thanks to their third win from four outings, Boland moved up to third spot on the log (15 points), one place above the Queens (11 points).<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">With only a single round of matches leading into the final, the margin for error is small, and the Queens knew they could not afford to drop points on home soil.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Next up for the Queens is a tough away fixture against champions the Bulls Daisies at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">EP will take heart from crossing the Boland line for five tries from Amber Oliver (2), Hlomla Puzi, Olwethu Kabise, and Julene Haas during Saturday\u2019s defeat.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Harlequins head coach Deon Jordaan\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/X5433ASAR5K45L6UQQADZYRJJ4.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>EP Queens coach Deon Jordaan (SUPPLIED) <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cIt was exactly what we expected, and the Boland forwards laid a good platform for their win,\u201d Jordaan said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThey were more clinical at the breakdown than us. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cEP\u2019s discipline remains a concern, and we were shown two yellow cards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cYou cannot afford that against top sides because they will punish you.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cCompared to last year [when EP lost 59-5 to Boland], we showed massive improvement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThis EP team has grown tremendously and can score tries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Bulls Daisies remain unbeaten after four outings after they beat Western Province 50-22 in Bellville on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Scorers:<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">EP Queens 29: Tries: Amber Olivier (2), Hlomla Puzi, Olwethu Kabise, Julene Haas. Conversions: Haas, Siphenathi Yeko.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Boland Dames 41: Tries: Azeza Hele (3), Tereske Kabuika (3), Eliose Webb. Conversions: Chloe Adams, Zintle Nonkasana (2).<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Results: Golden Lions 32 Border Ladies 7, Western Province 22 Bulls Daisies 50, EP Queens 29 Boland Dames , Free State 19 Sharks 33.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Saturday\u2019s fixtures: Bulls v Queens, Sharks v Border Ladies, Lions Women v Boland Dames, Free State Women v Western Proivince.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Log (all teams have played four matches): Bulls Daisies 20, Western Province 16, Boland Dames 15, EP Queens 11, Golden Lions 10, Free State 5, Sharks 5, Border Ladies 0.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Herald<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Poor discipline proved costly for the EP Queens when they were beaten 41-29 by the Boland Dames in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":156798,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[64772,64773,62419,64774,9,24,63,122,124,123,64770,64771],"class_list":["post-156797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-bulls-daisies-next-fixture","tag-bulls-daisies-next-match","tag-deon-jordaan","tag-ep-queens-discipline","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-rugby-league-standings","tag-rugby-team-performance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156797\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}