{"id":178871,"date":"2026-03-29T15:16:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T15:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/178871\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T15:16:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T15:16:33","slug":"ep-queens-beaten-by-wp-in-final-game-of-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/178871\/","title":{"rendered":"EP Queens beaten by WP in final game of season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Western Province ran out convincing 42-17 winners over the EP Queens in an entertaining <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theherald.co.za\/sport\/rugby\/2026-03-26-queens-want-to-leave-ep-jersey-in-better-place-says-jordaan\/#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.theherald.co.za\/sport\/rugby\/2026-03-26-queens-want-to-leave-ep-jersey-in-better-place-says-jordaan\/#google_vignette\">Pick n Pay Women\u2019s Super League clash <\/a>that produced 11 tries at the Otto du Plessis High School on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The win left WP in third place on the final log standings, while an improving Queens team finished in fourth place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Bulls Daisies ended top of the log after they thrashed the Golden Lions 94-5 in their final outing of the season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">They will face the Boland Dames in the final after the Wellington team beat the Sharks 32-22 in Durban to finish second.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">It was decided at the start of the season that the teams ending in the first two positions would contest the final.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">WP made a fast start to their game against the Queens and had the contest virtually wrapped up after 31 minutes when they stormed into a commanding 20-0 lead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The visitors, who led 20-3 at the break, always looked threatening with ball in hand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Livewire loose forward Anelisiwe Mxabo was in fine form for WP and crossed the whitewash for three tries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">EP Queens coach Deon Jordaan said: \u201cThere has been massive improvement by EP this season, moving from eighth position in 2025 to fourth place in 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cI am very proud of the EP team, and we have received great support from the EP executive. The coaches have also been aligned with the players.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Scorers:<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">EP Queens 17: Tries: Yolande Ntibane, Ruzanne George, Lithelethu Nombakuse. Conversion: Julene Haas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Western Province 42: Tries: Anelisiwe Mxabo (3), Alicia Arries, Raeeqah Hendricks, Sinazo Mcatshulwa, Faith-Hope Gosling, Logan Welman. Conversion: Donelle Snyders.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Other results: Sharks 22 Boland Dames 32, Bulls Daisies 94 Lions 5, Border Ladies 24 Free State 41.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Log (all teams have played seven matches): Bulls 35, Boland 29, Western Province 27, EP Queens 16, Golden Lions 15, Sharks 12, Free State 10, Border Ladies 1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Herald<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Western Province ran out convincing 42-17 winners over the EP Queens in an entertaining Pick n Pay Women\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":178872,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[72327,72328,9,24,63,122,124,123,72330,72326,72329],"class_list":["post-178871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-anelisiwe-mxabo-tries","tag-deon-jordaan-coach","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-south-african-womens-rugby-final","tag-womens-rugby-match-report","tag-womens-rugby-results"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178871","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=178871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/178872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}