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Cape Town - Western Province made light work of the Blue Bulls by securing a 35-7 victory in their most impressive performance of the competition thus far.
WP dominated their northern rivals at the physical exchanges in a surprisingly one-sided tussle.
The Blue Bulls are the only team that have failed to secure a bonus point for four tries and have subsequently dropped to seventh place on the Currie Cup log after only managing one win in the competition thus far.
Province coach Allister Coetzee praised his men for their showing, but warned that it is early days yet.
"It was a good day at the office but I reminded the players straight after the match that the season still has a long way to go," said Coetzee.
"I was impressed with our physicality and intensity as it's not something that one can coach, it has to come from the players themselves."
Blue Bulls coach Pine Pienaar was hugely disappointed that his charges did not play with the same intensity they did the previous week adding that Province deserved the victory for the way they handled the pressure on the day.
"The score reflected what happened on the field," said Pienaar.
"We had to defend hard, we did not have quality ball and we knew that they (WP) will always be a quality side at Newlands.
"WP did well to pin us down in our own half and then put pressure on us and as a result we made mistakes."
WP dominated their northern rivals at the physical exchanges in a surprisingly one-sided tussle.
The Blue Bulls are the only team that have failed to secure a bonus point for four tries and have subsequently dropped to seventh place on the Currie Cup log after only managing one win in the competition thus far.
Province coach Allister Coetzee praised his men for their showing, but warned that it is early days yet.
"It was a good day at the office but I reminded the players straight after the match that the season still has a long way to go," said Coetzee.
"I was impressed with our physicality and intensity as it's not something that one can coach, it has to come from the players themselves."
Blue Bulls coach Pine Pienaar was hugely disappointed that his charges did not play with the same intensity they did the previous week adding that Province deserved the victory for the way they handled the pressure on the day.
"The score reflected what happened on the field," said Pienaar.
"We had to defend hard, we did not have quality ball and we knew that they (WP) will always be a quality side at Newlands.
"WP did well to pin us down in our own half and then put pressure on us and as a result we made mistakes."
