2014 Currie Cup: Round 4

[TRF_heineken]

29 August 2014, 19:10 CAT

Teams

Pumas: 15 JW Bell, 14 Jerome Pretorius, 13 JW Jonker, 12 Stefan Watermeyer, 11 Rosko Speckman, 10 Justin van Staden, 9 Dylon Frylick, 8 Renaldo Bothma, 7 Uzair Cassiem, 6 Corné Steenkamp (captain), 5 Giant Mtyanda, 4 Frikkie Spies, 3 Vincent Koch, 2 Francois du Toit, 1 Corné Fourie

Substitutes: 16 Frankie Herne, 17 DeJay Terblanché, 18 Marius Coetzer, 19 Jaco Bouwer, 20 Reynier van Rooyen, 21 JC Roos, 22 Coenie van Wyk

Sharks: 15. SP Marais, 14. Odwa Ndungane, 13. S'bura Sithole, 12. Paul Jordaan, 11. Tonderai Chavhanga, 10. Fred Zeilinga, 9. Conrad Hoffmann, 8. Tera Mtembu (captain), 7. Francois Kleinhans, 6. Jacques Botes, 5. JC Astle, 4. Etienne Oosthuizen, 3. Matt Stevens, 2. Kyle Cooper, 1. Dale Chadwick

Replacements: 16. Franco Marais, 17. Lourens Adriaanse, 18. Stephan Lewies, 19. Johan Meyer, 20. Cameron Wright, 21. Heimar Williams, 22. Lionel Cronje

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30 August 2014, 15:00 CAT

Teams

Griquas: 15.Francois Brummer,14. Ederies Arendse, 13. Johnathan Francke, 12. Wayne Stevens (captain), 11. PJ Vermeulen,10. Dean Grant ,9. Tian Meyer, 8. Carel Greeff,7. Ruaan Lerm, 6. Marnus Schoeman, 5. Jaco Nepgen, 4. Jonathan Adendorf, 3. Ewald Van Der Westhuizen, 2. Martin Bezuidenhout, 1. Steph Roberts

Substitutes: 16. Ryno Barnes, 17. Janro Van Niekerk, 18. Hugo Kloppers, 19. Burger Schoeman, 20. Abrie Griesel, 21. Doppies La Grange, 22. Rocco Jansen

Cheetahs: 15 Clayton Blommetjies, 14 Rayno Benjamin, 13 Francois Venter, 12 Joubert Engelbrecht, 11 Raymond Rhule, 10 Willie Du Plessis, 9 Sarel Pretorius, 8 Jean Cook, 7 Neil Claassen, 6 Tienie Burger, 5 Francois Uys, 4 Henco Venter, 3 Dolph Botha, 2 Torsten van Jaarsveld (captain), 1 Kevin Stevens

Substitutes: 16 AJ Le Roux, 17 George Marich, 18 Waltie Vermeulen, 19 Vincent Jobo, 20 Shaun Venter, 21 Pieter-Steyn De Wet, 22 JP Du Plessis

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30 August 2014, 17:00 CAT

Teams

Blue Bulls: 15 Jesse Kriel, 14 Akona Ndungane, 13 William Small-Smith, 12 Burger Odendaal, 11 Sampie Mastriet, 10 Jacques-Louis Potgieter/Joshua Stander, 9 Piet van Zyl, 8 Jono Ross, 7 Jacques du Plessis, 6 Deon Stegmann (captain), 5 Grant Hattingh, 4 Paul Willemse, 3 Werner Kruger, 2 Callie Visagie, 1 Dean Greyling

Substitutes: 16 Bongi Mbonambi, 17 Hencus van Wyk, 18 Nicolaas Janse van Rensburg, 19 Jacques Engelbrecht, 20 Rudy Paige, 21 Tian Schoeman, 22 Ryan Nell

WP: 15. Cheslin Kolbe, 14. Kobus van Wyk, 13. Juan de Jongh (captain), 12. Jaco Taute 11. Seabelo Senatla, 10. Demetri Catrakilis, 9. Nic Groom, 8. Nizaam Carr, 7. Michael Rhodes, 6. Siya Kolisi, 5. Manuel Carizza, 4. Jean Kleyn, 3. Pat Cilliers (vice-captain), 2. Stephan Coetzee, 1. Alistair Vermaak

Substitutes: 16. Neil Rautenbach, 17. Brok Harris, 18. Ruan Botha, 19. Rynhardt Elstadt, 20. Louis Schreuder, 21. Kurt Coleman, 22. Pat Howard

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30 August 2014, 19:10 CAT

Teams

EP Kings: 15. Scott van Breda, 14. Ronnie Cooke/Siyanda Grey, 13. Tim Whitehead/Ronnie Cooke, 12. Shane Gates, 11. Siviwe Soyizwapi, 10. George Whitehead, 9. Kevin Luiters, 8. Aidon Davis, 7. Paul Schoeman, 6. Thembelani Bholi, 5. Steven Sykes, 4. David Bulbring, 3. Tom Botha, 2. Edgar Marutlulle, 1. BG Uys,

Substitutes: 16. Mike van Vuuren, 17. Charles Marais, 18. Shaun McDonald, 19. Stefan Willemse, 20. Tobie Botes, 21. Siyanda Grey/Dwayne Jenner, 22. Ntabeni Dukisa

Lions: 15. Ruan Combrinck, 14. Lionel Mapoe, 13. Stokkies Hanekom, 12. Alwyn Hollenbach, 11. Courtnall Skosan, 10. Andries Coetzee, 9. Ross Cronje, 8. Warren Whiteley (captain), 7. Warwick Tecklenburg, 6. Jaco Kriel, 5. Franco Mostert, 4. MB Lusaseni, 3. Ruan Dreyer, 2. Armand van der Merwe, 1. Schalk van der Merwe

Substitutes: 16. Robbie Coetzee, 17. Jacques van Rooyen, 18. Willie Britz, 19. Derick Minnie, 20. Kwagga Smith, 21. Ricky Schroeder, 22. Howard Mnisi​

 

[Draggs]

We've had a **** attitude so far, dreading this Pumas game.
Would kill for Lambie, Reinach, and Mvovo, who haven't played a minute for the Boks, the latter two not playing rugby since S15 ended.

 

[TRF_heineken]

Condrad Hoffman is starting for the Sharks!!

He was such a talented guy and then got marred by injuries... I hope he plays a blinder for the Sharks

 

[TRF_heineken]

All the Teams have now been added to the OP.

 

[Draggs]

Thanks mate, solid work as always.
Hoffmann was hit and miss, he got written off after the 2011 CC final, unfairly IMHO.
Really worried about our backs, no rotation but struggling hard. Our midfield has no balance. Fred Z is a shadow of the guy we saw last year. SP has always been up and down, but it's almost all the latter these days. No Reinach, Lambie, or Mvovo again... I hear Juan Smith might play for Toulon this weekend, though!

 

[TRF_heineken]

Willem Alberts didn't pass his fitness test and Warren Whiteley has been called up for the tour.

So there will be a late change to the Lions side.

 

[Bull]

Bulls just received a huge boost!

http://www.sport24.co.za/Rugby/CurrieCup/Bulls-dealt-Visser-blow-20140829

 

[TRF_heineken]

What a good game to watch to start off the weekend. Pumas winning 32-22!

 

[Draggs]

Called it.
Playing like ****, scraped a few wins is all.

 

[TRF_heineken]

Well I'm bitterly disappointed that the Blue Bulls have now lost both Currie Cup games against WP for the second year in a row!

But with that said, they have showed what the youngsters are capable of, and if our debutant fly half kicked better (missing a sitter in front of goal), things would have been different.

One guy who should be nervous about his place in the Blue Bulls team, is Jan Serfontein, because Burger Odendaal is becoming my new favourite player to watch! the tackles he made on the weekend was fantastic, and I don't know who cringed more, me or Cheslin Kolbe.

But congrats WP. Senatla's pace was just awesome to see, he smoked everyone!