Currie Cup 2012

[PaarlBok]

The Lions S15 franchise is a bit of a mind baffle. Their S15 team struggled at home against the Leopards and even more against the Pumas. Sure they need to get them on board in S15 rugby like the Tin Ears do with Griquas. Myself watched the Griquas vs Puma match and sure as hell some quality players in that Puma side. Griquas were way ahead and then the Pumas start their fight back and nearly clinched it at the end. Also watch a bit of the Sharks game, they scored quick and the Tin Ears also show some fight back but not enough. The WeePee young team way better then their Brutes counterpart. JJ Engelbrecht had his future new team on the backfoot with some nice running. For WeePee I thought their loose trio played pretty well. Small Kitshoff look like a new Brussouw in the making and give Koster and specially Kolisi play freedom. Kolisi show we have a new star in the making when Francois Louw leave. He just took it up another knot where he laft off with the SA U20 WC tournament. Dewaldt Duvenhage play on saturday was the best I have seen from him in CC rugby. Cant believe the Bok wisemen have McCleod above him and he sure as hell give our Ikey Greek and backs enough time to show some magic. For the Brutes its an uphill battle and they need their Bok lot playing Down Under urgently. At least the CC made up more then enough for the Bok depression.

 

[PaarlBok]

Logs after round 3:
Premier:
TEAM P W PTS
Lions 3 3 14
Sharks 3 3 14
Western Province 3 2 12
Free State Cheetahs 3 1 7
Griquas 3 1 7
Pumas 3 0 4
Blue Bulls 3 1 4
Leopards 3 0 1

1st:
TEAM P W PTS
Boland 3 3 15
EP Kings 3 3 14
SWD 2 1 5
Valke 2 1 5
Griff 3 0 2
Border 3 0 1

U21:
TEAM P W PTS
Division A
Sharks 3 2 11
Lions 2 2 10
Western Province 2 2 10
Blue Bulls 3 2 10
Leopards 3 1 4
Free State 3 0 2
Valke 2 0 0

U19s:
Lions 2 2 10
Blue Bulls 3 2 10
Western Province 2 2 9
Leopards 3 1 6
Sharks 3 1 5
Free State 3 1 5
SWD 2 0 0


Weekend fixtures (lots of live TV rugby coming up)

5 Valke vs EP Kings Kempton Park 1st Div Live TV
5 GWK Griquas vs Sharks Kimberley Premier Live TV
5 Leopards vs SWD Potch U19
5 Leopards vs Valke Potch U21
6 Griquas vs Pumas Kimberley U19
6 Griquas vs Pumas Kimberley U21
5 Leopards vs Pumas Potch Premier
6 Griffons vs SWD Welkom 1st Div
6 Blue Bulls vs Lions Loftus U19
6 Blue Bulls vs Lions Loftus U21
6 Blue Bulls vs G/Lions Loftus Premier Live TV
6 Free State vs WP Osfontein U19
6 Free State vs WP Osfontein U21 Live TV
6 Free State vs WP Osfontein Premier Live TV
Other Live TV action
6 Paarl Interschools 16h00 SS4 (been a few years since they did a live broadcast, will still draw 20,000 to 30,000) Old boys game tomorrow will draw 12,000)
6 Watu vs Naki 06h30 SS1
6 AB vs Wallabies 08h30 SS1
6 England vs Wales 15h15 SS6
6 Arg vs Jaguars 20h15 SS1

 

[PaarlBok]

FRIDAY, AUGUST 5:

Leopards v Pumas, Potchefstroom - 19:00

Leopards: 15 George Tossel, 14 Danie Dames, 13 Charl Weidemann, 12 Joubert Engelbrecht, 11 Wynand Willis, 10 Wesley Dunlop, 9 Whestley Moolman, 8 Morn Hanekom (captain), 7 MB Lusaseni, 6 Philip de Wet, 5 Brendon Snyman, 4 Roan van Heerden, 3 Stefan Bezuidenhout, 2 Gavin Williamson, 1 BG Uys.

Substitutes: 16 Brend Botha, 17 Marius Fourie, 18 Christo van Niekerk, 19 Spanner Pretorius, 20 Theo van Wyk, 21 Walter Venter, 22 Clayton Durand.

Pumas:
TBA

Griquas v Sharks, Kimberley - 19:10

Griquas: 15 Rudi Vogt,14 Riaan Viljoen,13 Jean Stemmet,12 Barry Geel,11 Dusty Noble, 10 Earl Rose, 9 Marnus Hugo, 8 Burger Schoeman, 7 Davon Raubenheimer, 6 Jonathan Mokuena (captain), 5 Martin Muller, 4 Hendrik Roodt, 3 Lourens Adriaanse, 2 Ryno Barnes, 1 Jean Botha

Substitutes: 16 Matthew Dobson, 17 Ivann Espag, 18 Frikkie Spies, 19 Marnus Schoeman, 20 Matthew Rosslee, 21 Monty Dumond, 22 Wilmaure Louw.

Sharks: 15 Louis Ludik, 14 Mark Richards, 13 Stefan Terblanche, 12 Meyer Bosman, 11 Sibusiso Sithole, 10 Frederic Michalak, 9 Ross Cronje, 8 Keegan Daniel (captain), 7 Marcell Coetzee, 6 Jacques Botes, 5 Jan Andre Marais, 4 Anton Bresler, 3 Wiehahn Herbst, 2 Craig Burden, Dale 1 Chadwick

Substitutes: 16 Kyle Cooper, 17 Eugene van Staden, 18 Peet Marais, 19 Ryan Kankowski, 20 Charl McLeod, 21 Patrick Lambie, 22 Marius Joubert

SATURDAY, AUGUST 6:

Free State Cheetahs v Western Province, Bloemfontein - 15:00

Free State Cheetahs: 15 Hennie Daniller, 14 Riaan Smit, 13 Robert Ebersohn, 12 Andries Strauss, 11 Ryno Benjamin, 10 Sias Ebersohn, 9 Tewis de Bruyn, 8 Ashley Johnson, 7 Lappies Labuschagne, 6 Johan Wessels, 5 Waltie Vermeulen, 4 Francois Uys, 3 WP Nel, 2 Adriaan Strauss (captain), 1 Coenie Oosthuizen

Substitutes: 16 Hercu Liebenberg, 17 Marcel van der Merwe, 18 Izak van der Westhuizen, 19 Heinrich Brussow, 20 Piet van Zyl, 21 Corne Uys, 22 Philip Burger


Western Province: 15. Conrad Jantjes, 14. Danie Poolman, 13. Johann Sadie, 12. Tim Whitehead, 11. JJ Engelbrecht, 10. Demetri Catrakilis, 9. Dewaldt Duvenage, 8. Nick Koster, 7. Siya Kolisi, 6. Rohan Kitshoff, 5. De Kock Steenkamp, 4. Hilton Lobberts, 3. Brok Harris, 2. Tiaan Liebenberg (captain), 1. Wicus Blaauw

Substitutes: 16. Deon Fourie, 17. Frans Malherbe, 18. Adriaan Fondse, 19. Pieter Louw, 20. Nic Groom, 21. Berton Klaasen, 22. Marcel Brache


Blue Bulls v Golden Lions, Pretoria - 17:05

Blue Bulls: 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 Akona Ndungane, 13 Stefan Watermeyer, 12 Francois Venter, 11 Stephan Dippenaar, 10 Francois Brummer, 9 Dustin Jinka, 8 CJ Stander, 7 Dewald Potgieter (captain), 6 Derick Kuun, 5 Juandre Kruger, 4 Flip van der Merwe, 3 Werner Kruger, 2 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 1 Dean Greyling

Substitutes: 16 Gary Botha, 17 Rossouw de Klerk, 18 Fudge Mabeta, 19 Deon Stegmann, 20 Lohan Jacobs, 21 Marntiz Boshoff, 22 Jurgen Visser

Golden Lions: 15 Michael Killian, 14 Deon van Rensburg, 13 Waylon Murray, 12 Alwyn Hollenbach, 11 Lionel Mapoe, 10 Elton Jantjies, 9 Michael Bondesio, 8 Joshua Strauss (capt.), 7 Derick Minnie, 6 Cobus Grobbelaar, 5 Franco van der Merwe, 4 Wikus van Heerden, 3 Jacobie Adriaanse, 2 Bandise Maku, 1 JC Janse van Rensburg

Substitutes: 16 Martin Bezuidenhout, 17 Patric Cilliers, 18 Michael Rhodes, 19 Warren Whiteley, 20 Rudy Paige, 21 Burton Francs, 22 Jaco Taute

 

[PaarlBok]

Results
5 Valke 20 - 36 Kings 1st Div
6 Griffons 45 - 48 SWD 1st Div
5 GWK Griquas 43 - 22 Sharks Premier
5 Leopards 27 - 15 Pumas Premier
6 Blue Bulls 27 - 36 GLions Premier
6 FState Cheetahs 28 - 22 WP Premier
5 Leopards 50 - 5 SWD U19
6 Griquas 22 - 41 Pumas U19
6 Blue Bulls 43 - 24 Lions U19
6 Free State 13 - 16 WP U19
5 Leopards 45 - 14 Valke U21
6 Griquas 35 - 33 Pumas U21
6 Blue Bulls 75 - 22 Lions U21
6 Free State 18 - 29 WP U21

Logs:
Premier
TEAM P W PTS
Lions 4 4 18
Sharks 4 3 14
Western Province 4 2 13
Griquas 4 2 12
Free State Cheetahs 4 2 11
Leopards 4 1 5
Pumas 4 0 4
Blue Bulls 4 1 4

1st Div
EP Kings 4 4 19
Boland 3 3 15
SWD 3 2 10
Valke 3 1 5
Griff 4 0 4
Border 3 0 1

U21
Blue Bulls 4 3 15
Western Province 3 3 14
Lions 3 2 11
Sharks 3 2 11
Leopards 4 2 9
Free State 4 0 2
Valke 3 0 0

U19
Blue Bulls 4 3 15
Western Province 3 3 13
Leopards 4 2 11
Lions 3 2 10
Free State 4 1 6
Sharks 3 1 5
SWD 3 0 0

 

[PaarlBok]

Fixtures:
Aug
12 19:00 Border vs Griffons EL 1st Div
12 19:00 Griquas vs Leopards Kimberley Premier
12 17:05 Pumas vs Blue Bulls Nelspruit Premier SS1
12 17:00 SWD vs Blue Bulls George U19
12 19:00 SWD vs Valke George 1st Div
12 17:00 Valke vs Blue Bulls Kempron U21
12 14:30 WP vs Sharks Newlands U19
12 16:40 WP vs Sharks Newlands U21 SHD
12 19:10 WP vs Sharks Newlands Premier SS1
12 19:00 EP Kings vs Boland PE 1st Div
13 14:30 Lions vs Free State Ellispark U19
13 16:30 Lions vs Free State Ellispark U21
13 19:10 Lions vs Free State Ellispark Premier SS1
13 13:30 Pumas vs Griffons Witbank U19
13 15:00 Pumas vs Griffons Witbank U21
(Other live TV coverage)
13 09:30 Wellington vs Manawatu ITM MNET
13 17:05 South Africa vs Australia MNET
13 15:00 France vs Ireland SS6
13 15:30 Wales vs England SS6
13 14:15 SA Academy vs France U18 B MNET

 

[PaarlBok]

Ginga Kitshoff to make his CC debut this weekend against the Sharks. WP is packed with young players, only Jantjies and will be interesting to see them go against an experieced Sharks outfit.
Conrad Jantjes, Danie Poolman, Johann Sadie, Tim Whitehead, JJ Engelbrecht, Demetri Catrakilis, Dewaldt Duvenage, Nick Koster, Siya Kolisi, Rohan Kitshoff, De Kock Steenkamp, Hilton Lobberts, Brok Harris, Deon Fourie (k), Steven Kitshoff. PLAASVERVANGERS: Deon Fourie, Frans Malherbe, Adriaan Fondse, Pieter Louw, Nic Groom, Berton Klaasen, Marcel Brache.


Brutes in a spot of bodder. Pumas in Nelspruit their next assignment and not easy at all.

Blue Bulls: 15 Jurgen Visser, 14 Akona Ndungane, 13 Zane Kirchner, 12 Wynand Olivier, 11 Bjorn Basson, 10 Marnitz Boshoff, 9 Jano Vermaak, 8 CJ Stander, 7 Dewald Potgieter (c), 6 Deon Stegmann, 5 Juandre Kruger, 4 Flip van der Merwe, 3 Werner Kruger, 2 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 1 Dean Greyling

Substitutes : 16 Gary Botha, 17 Rossouw de Klerk, 18 Gerrit-Jan van Velze, 19 Arno Botha, 20 Dustin Jinka, 21 Louis Fouche, 22 Francois Venter

 

[PaarlBok]

FRIDAY, AUGUST 12:

Pumas v Blue Bulls, Nelspruit - 17:05

Pumas:
15 Carl Bezuidenhout, 14 Deon Scholtz, 13 JW Jonker, 12 Tian Meyer, 11 MJ Mentz, 10 Ricardo Croy, 9 Shaun Venter, 8 Doppies le Roux, 7 Jaco Bouwer, 6 Corne Steenkamp (captain), 5 Marius Coetzer, 4 Eduan van der Walt, 3 Ashley Buys, 2 Pellow van der Westhuizen, 1 Dawie Steyn

Substitutes: 16 Torsten van Jaarsveld, 17 De-Jay Terblanche, 18 Rudi Mathee, 19 RW Kember, 20 Hendrik van der Nest, 21 Tiaan Marx, 22 Johan Jackson

Blue Bulls:
15 Jurgen Visser, 14 Akona Ndungane, 13 Zane Kirchner, 12 Wynand Olivier, 11 Bjorn Basson, 10 Marnitz Boshoff, 9 Jano Vermaak, 8 CJ Stander, 7 Dewald Potgieter (captain), 6 Deon Stegmann, 5 Juandre Kruger, 4 Flip van der Merwe, 3 Werner Kruger, 2 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 1 Dean Greyling

Substitutes: 16 Gary Botha, 17 Rossouw de Klerk, 18 Gerrit-Jan van Velze, 19 Arno Botha, 20 Dustin Jinka, 21 Louis Fouche, 22 Francois Venter


Griquas v Leopards, Kimberley - 19:00

Griquas:
15 Rudi Vogt, 14 Riaan Viljoen, 13 Jean Stemmet, 12 Barry Geel, 11 Dusty Noble, 10 Earl Rose, 9 Marnus Hugo, 8 Burger Schoeman, 7 Davon Raubenheimer, 6 Jonathan Mokuena (captain) / Justin Downey, 5 Martin Muller, 4 Hendrik Roodt, 3 Lourens Adriaanse, 2 Ryno Barnes, 1 Jean Botha

Substitutes: 16 Wilmaure Louw, 17 Monty Dumond, 18 Matthew Rosslee, 19 Justin Downey / Marnus Schoeman, 20 Frikkie Spies, 21 Ivann Espag, 22 Matthew Dobson

Leopards:
15 Clayton Durand, 14 George Tossel, 13 Charl Weideman, 12 Joubert Engelbrecht, 11 Vainon Willis, 10 Wesley Dunlop, 9 Whestley Moolman, 8 Morne Hanekom (c), 7 MB Lusaseni, 6 Philip de Wet, 5 Christo van Niekerk, 4 Brendon Snyman, 3 Stephan Bezuidenhout, 2 Gavin Williamson, 1 BG Uys.

Substitutes: 16 Jovan Bowles, 17 Walter Venter, 18 Theo van Wyk, 19 Spanner Pretorius, 20 Roan van Heerden, 21 Berend Botha, 22 Marius Fourie.

Western Province v Sharks, Cape Town - 19:10

Western Province:
15 Conrad Jantjes, 14 Danie Poolman, 13 Johann Sadie, 12 Tim Whitehead, 11 JJ Engelbrecht, 10 Demetri Catrakilis, 9 Dewaldt Duvenage, 8 Nick Koster, 7 Siya Kolisi, 6 Rohan Kitshoff, 5 De Kock Steenkamp, 4 Hilton Lobberts, 3 Brok Harris, 2 Deon Fourie (captain), 1 Steven Kitshoff

Substitutes: 16 Tiaan Liebenberg, 17 Frans Malherbe, 18 Adriaan Fondse, 19 Pieter Louw, 20 Nic Groom, 21 Berton Klaasen, 22 Marcel Brache

Sharks:
15. Louis Ludik, 14. Odwa Ndungane, 13. Stefan Terblanche, 12. Patrick Lambie, 11. Lwazi Mvovo, 10. Frederic Michalak, 9. Charl McLeod, 8. Keegan Daniel (captain), 7. Marcell Coetzee, 6. Jacques Botes, 5. Ross Skeate, 4. Anton Bresler, 3. Eugene van Staden, 2. Craig Burden, 1. Dale Chadwick

Substitutes: 16. Kyle Cooper, 17. Wiehahn Herbst, 18. Jan Andre Marais, 19. Francois Kleinhans, 20. Conrad Hoffmann, 21. Adrian Jacobs, 22. Marius Joubert

SATURDAY, AUGUST 13:

Golden Lions v Free State Cheetahs, Johannesburg - 19:10

Golden Lions:
15 Jaco Taute, 14 Deon van Rensburg, 13 Lionel Mapoe, 12 Alwyn Hollenbach, 11 Michael Killian, 10 Elton Jantjies, 9 Michael Bondesio, 8 Joshua Strauss (captain), 7 Derick Minnie, 6 Cobus Grobbelaar, 5 Franco van der Merwe, 4 Wikus van Heerden, 3 Jacobie Adriaanse, 2 Bandise Maku, 1 JC Janse van Rensburg

Substitutes: 16 Martin Bezuidenhout, 17 Patric Cilliers, 18 Johan Snyman, 19 Warren Whiteley, 20 Rudy Paige, 21 Burton Francis, 22 Jannie Boshoff



Free State Cheetahs:
15 Riaan Smit, 14 Philip Snyman, 13 Robert Ebersohn, 12 Corne Uys, 11 Ryno Benjamin, 10 Sias Ebersohn , 9 Piet van Zyl, 8 Ashley Johnson, 7 Pieter Labuschagne, 6 Johan Wessels, 5 Waltie Vermeulen, 4 Francois Uys, 3 WP Nel, 2 Adriaan Strauss (captain), 1 Coenie Oosthuizen

Substitutes: 16 Hercu Liebenberg, 17 Marcel van der Merwe, 18 Izak van der Westhuizen, 19 Pieter Myburgh, 20 Tewis de Bruyn, 21 Nico Scheepers, 22 Philip Burger

 

[gman]

My prediction for this weekend:

Pumas v Blue Bulls:
*Stonehouse I think has cracked the whip this week and will push the Bulls all the way, but I think the Bulls will have the experience to push themselves to the end, just! Bulls between 1 - 3 points.

Griquas v Leopards:
*Griquas probably too much class for the Leopards. Griquas by 10 odd points

Province v Sharks:
*Province is still licking their wounds from last weekend and expect to continue this weekend. That Sharks team looks pretty impressive and I will go with a Sharks win by 5 points. Yip, sorry Oom, but then again I also thought the Lions will win the 2011 SupeRugby.....

Golden Lions v Cheetahs:
*Ooohhh....going to be a cracker of a game this one. The Lions need to keep the ball in hand and protect it. The Lions I think attack the line better than the Cheetahs, which means the Lions can camp in the Cheeaths 22m and force the unforced errors. Lions by 8 - 10 points

 

[PaarlBok]

Currie Cup will be 6 teams from next year. Could get interesting to see which two teams will fall on the sword.

Superrugby

The Absa Currie Cup Premier Division will be contested by six teams from 2012 and eight teams will play in the Absa Currie Cup First Division, the SARU General Council decided today at a meeting in Newlands.

The decision was confirmed after a majority vote was cast in favour of the format by delegates of SARU’s 14 provincial unions. The Absa Currie Cup Premier Division currently consists of eight provincial teams.
“The General Council accepted by majority vote an Executive Council proposal of an Absa Currie Cup Premier Division which will consist of six teams from next year. Our unions debated this proposal, as well as a counter-proposal, in a robust and mature manner and in the end they made a decision which will ultimately benefit South African rugby,” said SARU President, Regan Hoskins.

Mr Hoskins, James Stoffberg (SARU Vice-President) and Jurie Roux (SARU CEO) were also confirmed as the SARU delegates to SASCOC, the SA Olympic body.

Another point on the agenda was the discussion of South African rugby franchises’ participation in Vodacom Super Rugby post 2012. This topic was deferred for discussion at the President’s Forum to be held in November.

 

[PaarlBok]

12 Border 26 - 21 Griffons East London 1st Div
12 EP Kings 23 - 17 Boland PE 1st Div
12 SWD 24 - 15 Valke George 1st Div
12 Pumas 12 - 16 Blue Bulls Nelspruit Premier
12 Griquas 32 - 18 Leopards Kimberley Premier
12 WP 19 - 21 Sharks Newlands Premier
13 Gold Lions 17 - 10 Cheetahs CC Park Premier
12 SWD 17 - 62 Blue Bulls George U19
12 WP 9 - 9 Sharks Newlands U19
13 Lions 23 - 19 Free State CC Park U19
13 Pumas 19 - 36 Griffons Witbank U19
12 Valke 12 - 48 Blue Bulls Kempron U21
12 WP 32 - 16 Sharks Newlands U21
13 Lions 41 - 32 Free State CC Park U21
13 Pumas 36 - 34 Griffons Witbank U21

Logs:
Premier
TEAM P W PTS
Lions 5 5 22
Sharks 5 4 18
Griquas 5 3 17
Western Province 5 2 14
Free State Cheetahs 5 2 12
Blue Bulls 5 2 8
Pumas 5 0 5
Leopards 5 1 5
1st Div
TEAM P W PTS
EP Kings 5 5 23
Boland 4 3 16
SWD 4 3 14
Valke 4 1 5
Griff 5 0 5
Border 4 1 5
U21
Blue Bulls 5 4 20
Western Province 4 4 19
Lions 4 3 16
Sharks 4 2 11
Leopards 4 2 9
Free State 5 0 3
Valke 4 0 0
U19
Blue Bulls 5 4 20
Western Province 4 3 15
Lions 4 3 14
Leopards 4 2 11
Sharks 4 1 7
Free State 5 1 7
SWD 4 0 0

 

[PaarlBok]

August
19 15:00 Sharks vs Leopards Durban CC U19
19 17:00 Sharks vs Leopards Durban CC U21
19 19:10 Sharks vs Leopards Durban CC Premier
19 00:00 Valke vs Border Kempton CC 1st Div
19 17:05 Blue Bulls vs Griquas Loftus CC Premier SS1
19 00:00 WP vs Lions Newlands CC U19
19 00:00 WP vs Lions Newlands CC U21
19 19:00 WP vs Gol Lions Newlands CC Premier SS1
19 16:00 Boland vs SWD Wellington CC 1st Div
20 11:00 Free State vs SWD Osfontein CC U19
20 12:50 Free State vs Valke Osfontein CC U21
20 15:00 Free State vs Pumas Osfontein CC Premier SS6
20 00:00 Pumas vs Border Witbank CC U19
20 00:00 Pumas vs Border Witbank CC U21

Other on live TV:

20 09:30 Manawatu vs Waikato ITM Cup MNet
20 14:00 SA Schools vs France U18 A PE SA Schools MNet
20 17:05 South Africa vs New Zealand PE Tri-Nations MNet
20 18:00 Ireland vs France Lansdowne June Intern SS6
20 15:30 Wales vs Argentina Millenium June Intern HD

 

[PaarlBok]

FRIDAY, AUGUST 19:

Blue Bulls v Griquas, Pretoria - 17:05

Blue Bulls:
15 Jurgen Visser, 14 Akona Ndungane, 13 Zane Kirchner, 12 Wynand Olivier, 11 Bjorn Basson, 10 Louis Fouche, 9 Jano Vermaak, 8 CJ Stander, 7 Warwick Tecklenburg, 6 Arno Botha, 5 Juandr Kruger, 4 Flip van der Merwe, 3 Werner Kruger, 2 Gary Botha (captain), 1 Dean Greyling

Subtsitutes: 16 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 17 Rossouw de Klerk, 18 Gerrit-Jan van Velze, 19 Jono Ross, 20 Dustin Jinka, 21 Marnitz Boshoff, 22 Francois Venter

Griquas:
Monty Dumond; Riaan Viljoen, Jean Stemmet, Matthew Rosslee, Dusty Noble; Earl Rose, Sarel Pretorius; Jonathan Mokuena ©, Davon Raubenheimer, Justin Downey, Martin Muller, Hendrik Roodt, Lourens Adriaanse, Ryno Barnes, Jean Botha. Reserwes: Matthew Dobson, Ivann Espag, Frikkie Spies, Marnus Schoeman, Marnus Hugo, Barry Geel, Wilmaure Louw.


Western Province v Golden Lions, Cape Town - 19:00

Western Province:
15 Conrad Jantjes, 14 Danie Poolman, 13 Johann Sadie, 12 Tim Whitehead, 11 JJ Engelbrecht, 10 Demetri Catrakilis, 9 Dewaldt Duvenage, 8 Nick Koster, 7 Siya Kolisi, 6 Pieter Louw, 5 De Kock Steenkamp, 4 Hilton Lobberts, 3 Brok Harris, 2 Deon Fourie (captain), 1 Steven Kitshoff

Substitutes: 16 Tiaan Liebenberg, 17 Frans Malherbe, 18 Quinn Roux, 19 Nick Fenton-Wells, 20 Nic Groom, 21 Juan de Jongh, 22 Gio Aplon
Golden Lions:
15 Jaco Taute, 14 Deon van Rensburg, 13 Lionel Mapoe, 12 Alwyn Hollenbach, 11 Michael Killian, 10 Elton Jantjies, 9 Michael Bondesio, 8 Joshua Strauss (captain), 7 Derick Minnie, 6 Cobus Grobbelaar, 5 Franco van der Merwe, 4 Wikus van Heerden, 3 Patric Cilliers, 2 Bandise Maku, 1 JC Janse van Rensburg

Substitutes: 16 Martin Bezuidenhout, 17 Jacobie Adriaanse, 18 Michael Rhodes, 19 Warren Whiteley, 20 Rudy Paige, 21 Burton Francis, 22 Jannie Boshoff

Sharks v Leopards, Durban - 19:10

Sharks:
15. Louis Ludik, 14. Odwa Ndungane, 13. Marius Joubert, 12. Meyer Bosman, 11. Sibusiso Sithole, 10. Frederic Michalak, 9. Conrad Hoffmann, 8. Ryan Kankowski, 7. Marcell Coetzee, 6. Jacques Botes (captain), 5. Ross Skeate, 4. Anton Bresler, 3. Wiehahn Herbst, 2. Craig Burden, 1. Dale Chadwick

Substitutes: 16. Kyle Cooper, 17. Eugene van Staden, 18. Alistair Hargreaves, 19. Keegan Daniel, 20. Charl McLeod, 21. Adrian Jacobs 22. Stefan Terblanche

Leopards:
George Tossel; Hoffman Maritz, Jovan Bowles, Joubert Engelbrecht, Wynand Willis; Wesley Dunlop, Theo van Wyk; Morné Hanekom ©, MB Lusaseni, Victor Joubert, Bradley Mockford, Brendon Snyman, Stoof Bezuidenhout, Jacques Moller, BG Uys. Reserwes: Marius Fourie, Snoepie Coetzee, John-Roy Jenkinson, Christo van Niekerk, Spanner Pretorius, Johan Laker, Hennie Skorbinski.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 20:

Free State Cheetahs v Pumas, Bloemfontein - 15:00

Free State Cheetahs:

Pumas:
Carl Bezuidenhout; Johan Jackson, JW Jonker ©, Tiaan Marx, MJ Mentz; Ricardo Croy, Tian Meyer; Doppies le Roux, RW Kember, Jaco Bouwer, Eduan van der Walt, Rudi Mathee, Ashley Buys, Torsten van Jaarsveld, Dee-Jay Terblanche. Reserwes: Pellow van der Westhuizen, Dawie Steyn, Boela Serfontein, JP Mostert, Hendrik van der Nest, Siviwe Magaba, Deon Scholtz.

 

[PaarlBok]

Brutes & WeePee under a bit of pressure. Not nice to see the two old rivals struggling at the moment but then they are playing all their youngsters and a new cycle starting. WP a bit better , they may have lost their last two matches against the Cheetahs and Sharks but they sure could have won both matches with a bit more experiense. Tomorrow they will play against the log leader Lions team on a high at Newlands and look like a rainy match again. Luckily they have Appels and JdJ back. Still about 6 or 7 U21s in this WP side while their u21 team the team in that league. Brutes lost Stegman and Slangkos and will have to dig deep at the Ring against Super Sarel and his fellow biltong eaters.

 

[Hawko]

FRIDAY, AUGUST 19:

Blue Bulls v Griquas, Pretoria - 17:05

Blue Bulls:
15 Jurgen Visser, 14 Akona Ndungane, 13 Zane Kirchner, 12 Wynand Olivier, 11 Bjorn Basson, 10 Louis Fouche, 9 Jano Vermaak, 8 CJ Stander, 7 Warwick Tecklenburg, 6 Arno Botha, 5 Juandr Kruger, 4 Flip van der Merwe, 3 Werner Kruger, 2 Gary Botha (captain), 1 Dean Greyling

Subtsitutes: 16 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 17 Rossouw de Klerk, 18 Gerrit-Jan van Velze, 19 Jono Ross, 20 Dustin Jinka, 21 Marnitz Boshoff, 22 Francois Venter

I would have said that Chiliboy was the number three hooker for the Boks. How come he is only starting from the bench? Has Gary Botha eclipsed him for the WC squad?

 

[PaarlBok]

FRIDAY, AUGUST 19:

Blue Bulls v Griquas, Pretoria - 17:05

Blue Bulls:
15 Jurgen Visser, 14 Akona Ndungane, 13 Zane Kirchner, 12 Wynand Olivier, 11 Bjorn Basson, 10 Louis Fouche, 9 Jano Vermaak, 8 CJ Stander, 7 Warwick Tecklenburg, 6 Arno Botha, 5 Juandr Kruger, 4 Flip van der Merwe, 3 Werner Kruger, 2 Gary Botha (captain), 1 Dean Greyling

Subtsitutes: 16 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 17 Rossouw de Klerk, 18 Gerrit-Jan van Velze, 19 Jono Ross, 20 Dustin Jinka, 21 Marnitz Boshoff, 22 Francois Venter

I would have said that Chiliboy was the number three hooker for the Boks. How come he is only starting from the bench? Has Gary Botha eclipsed him for the WC squad?

You'll note that Aplon and JdJ have also been released and on the bench. The Bokke lot released them way to late and the provinces start their preparing on a monday and will start with the players who prepared the best.

 

[Blue]

Brutes & WeePee under a bit of pressure. Not nice to see the two old rivals struggling at the moment but then they are playing all their youngsters and a new cycle starting. WP a bit better , they may have lost their last two matches against the Cheetahs and Sharks but they sure could have won both matches with a bit more experiense. Tomorrow they will play against the log leader Lions team on a high at Newlands and look like a rainy match again. Luckily they have Appels and JdJ back. Still about 6 or 7 U21s in this WP side while their u21 team the team in that league. Brutes lost Stegman and Slangkos and will have to dig deep at the Ring against Super Sarel and his fellow biltong eaters.

Wit that team WP should be doing way better.

 

[PaarlBok]

Just another thing for Blou's attention: Jurgens Visser (Vissie) is doing great in the 15 position for the Brutes. he played 10 with Louis Schreuder and the Smith Twins for Paarl Gym. Paarl Gym now providing midfield players alll over SA provinces

Sadie (going to the Brutes), Stemmet (Griquas), Jean de Villiers (WP), Dylan des Fountain (Lions) and Marius Joubert (Sharks). Sadly they do the same thing with the fatties Rossouw de Klerk (Brutes), Lourens Adriaanse (Griquas) and Ouboet Jacobie (Lions).

 

[PaarlBok]

Wit that team WP should be doing way better.

Probably but sadly the Bokke did not released any players to us when we played Cheetahs (they had Brussouw, Ashley Johnson and Coenuie Oosthuizen back) and Sharks (they had Lampie, Mvovo, Kankowski back) and we sure took them close. The Sharks should thank Michalak for last week win in the rain. Myself cant still figure out why France dont have his quality in their WC group. Wish he could be our 10 the form he is displaying at the moment in CC rugby.


The golden line however is that despite WP and Brutes struggling, our youth teams still lead in the youth competitions. Now with the new format it will be a sad day if WP or Brutes get promoted to 1st div.

 

[PaarlBok]

Tin Ears
15 Riaan Smit, 14 Philip Snyman, 13 Robert Ebersohn, 12 Corné Uys, 11 Ryno Benjamin, 10 Sias Ebersohn, 9 Tewis de Bruyn, 8 Boom Prinsloo, 7 Pieter Labuschagne, 6 Johan Wessels, 5 Izak van der Westhuizen, 4 Francois Uys, 3 WP Nel, 2 Adriaan Strauss (captain), 1 Coenie Oosthuizen.
Replacements: 16 Hercu Liebenberg, 17 Marcel van der Merwe, 18 Ockert van Zyl, 19 Pieter Myburgh, 20 Enrico Acker, 21 Johan Goosen, 22 Philip Burger.

 

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Results:
Blue Bulls 44 - 20 Griquas Premier
Boland 49 - 24 SWD 1st Div
Sharks 71 - 17 Leopards Premier
Sharks 21 - 22 Leopards U19
Sharks 71 - 17 Leopards U21
Valke 57 - 42 Border 1st Div
WP 28 - 26 Lions Premier
WP 40 - 22 Lions U19
WP 18 - 17 Lions U21
Free State 80 - 16 Ford Pumas Premier
Free State 35 - 20 SWD U19
Free State 70 - 21 Valke U21
Pumas 36 - 29 Border U19
Pumas 27 - 30 Border U21


Logs:
Premier
TEAM P W PTS
Lions 6 5 23
Sharks 6 5 22
Western Province 6 3 18
Free State Cheetahs 6 3 17
Griquas 6 3 17
Blue Bulls 6 3 13
Pumas 6 0 5
Leopards 6 1 5

1st Div
EP Kings 5 5 23
Boland 5 4 21
SWD 5 3 14
Valke 5 2 10
Border 5 1 6
Griff 5 0 5

U21
Western Province 5 5 23
Blue Bulls 5 4 20
Lions 5 3 17
Sharks 5 3 16
Leopards 5 2 9
Free State 6 1 8
Valke 5 0 0

U19
Blue Bulls 5 4 20
Western Province 5 4 20
Leopards 5 3 15
Lions 5 3 14
Free State 6 2 11
Sharks 5 1 8
SWD 5 0 0

Young Brutes smashing Griquas. WP just get the better of a determined Lions team. We find a new 10 in WP country, Ikey Greek plays better by the day and winning this one in the end with a penalty from the sideline. The two WP fatties Ginga and Malherbe had a good game against the Lions, ditto with the young U20 Bokke Kolisi and specially Carr. I am in fact very impressed with the way our youngsters joining the CC table, future look bright.