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Week 3 of the Currie Cup sees the Natal Sharks play their 3rd consecutive Friday night game when they travel to Bloemfontein to take on the Free State Cheetahs. After beating the Lions last week, the Durban team will look to overcome their Free State Jynx and bag the points. The Cheetahs team loses scrum-half Piet van Zyl to the Boks who travel to Argentina. This could see the inclusion of talented Kevin Luiters on the bench. The Sharks are still without captain Keegan Daniel and it looks like there won't be any changes in the starting line-up.
Saturday will be a triple-header with the Griquas hosting the Western Province team. Lourens Adriaanse, who announced he'll be moving to Durban at the end of the year, is travelling with the Boks and leaves a whole in the front-row difficult to fill. Adriaanse is arguably the stand-out prop so far this Currie Cup. Can Griquas win without him? WP gets Juan de Jongh back, giving them a massive boost.
The Currie Cup season ends with the Golden Lions playing the Blue Bulls at Loftus. For the Lions it's do or die, so early in the season. To get to the first 4 teams and make the play-offs, the team needs at least 5 wins. Losing this weekend will mean they have 7 games left to get to that amount. Taking on the log-leading Bulls, makes it a difficult task, but not impossible.
Once the Battle of the Jukskei ends, everyone will settle in front of the tv to watch the Springboks take on Argentina in Mendoza.
Round 3 Fixtures
Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein (Friday, 18:10 GMT)
GWK Griquas, Kimberley (Saturday, 14:00 GMT)
Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria (Saturday, 16:05 GMT)