[2015 Currie Cup] Round 2

[TRF_heineken]

Venue: Emirates Airlines Park, Johannesburg
Date: 14 August 2015
Time: 19:10 CAT​

Teams

Lions: 15. Ruan Combrinck, 14. Courtnall Skosan, 13. Harold Vorster, 12. Howard Mnisi, 11. Sampie Mastriet/Anthony Volmink , 10. Marnitz Boshoff, 9. Ross Cronje, 8. Ruaan Lerm, 7. Kwagga Smith, 6. Jaco Kriel (captain), 5. Martin Muller, 4. Franco Mostert, 3. Julian Redelinghuys, 2. Malcolm Marx, 1. Jacques van Rooyen

Substitutes: 16. Robbie Coetzee, 17. Ruan Dreyer, 18. MB Lusaseni, 19. Steph de Wit, 20. Lohan Jacobs, 21. Stokkies Hanekom, 22. Jaco van der Walt

Pumas: 15 JW Bell, 14 Bernado Botha, 13 Jerome Pretorius, 12 Stefan Watermeyer (captain), 11 Rosco Spekman, 10 JC Roos, 9 Faf de Klerk, 8 Lambert Groenewald, 7 Uzair Cassiem, 6 Marnus Schoeman, 5 Marius Coetzer, 4 Giant Mtyanda, 3 De-Jay Terblanché, 2 Frank Herne, 1 Khwezi Mona.

Replacements: 16 Francois du Toit, 17 Corne Fourie, 18 Jason-Colin Fraser, 19 Jaco Bouwer, 20 Reynier van Rooyen, 21 Justin van Staden, 22 Hoffmann Maritz

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Venue: Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
Date: 14 August 2015
Time: 19:10 CAT​

Teams

Blue Bulls: 15 Warrick Gelant,14 Travis Ismaiel, 13 William Small-Smith, 12 Burger Odendaal, 11 Jamba Ulengo, 10 Tian Schoeman, 9 Francois Hougaard, 8 Hanro Liebenberg, 7 Lappies Labuschagne (captain),6 Deon Stegmann, 5 Marvin Orie, 4 Jacques du Plessis, 3 Werner Kruger, 2 Jaco Visagie, 1 Dean Greyling

Substitutes: 16 Bandise Maku, 17 Dayan van der Westhuizen, 18 RG Snyman, 19 Roelof Smit, 20 Ivan van Zyl, 21 Louis Fouche, 22 Dries Swanepoel

Griquas: TBA

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Venue: Newlands Stadium, Cape Town
Date: 15 August 2015
Time: 15:00 CAT​

Teams

Western Province: 15 Cheslin Kolbe, 14 Dillyn Leyds, 13 Juan de Jongh (captain), 12 Jaco Taute, 11 Seabelo Senatla, 10 Demetri Catrakilis, 9 Nic Groom, 8 Nizaam Carr, 7 Sikhumbuzo Notshe, 6 Rynhardt Elstadt, 5 Ruan Botha, 4 Jean Kleyn, 3 Wilco Louw, 2 Bongi Mbonambi, 1 Oli Kebble

Substitutes: 16 Marius Fourie, 17 Alistair Vermaak, 18 Jan de Klerk, 19 Chris Cloete, 20 Jano Vermaak, 21 Kurt Coleman, 22 Kobus van Wyk

Free State Cheetahs: 15 AJ Coertzen, 14 Clayton Blommetjies, 13 Francois Venter, 12 Rayno Benjamin, 11 Raymond Rhule, 10 Fred Zeilinga, 9 Shaun Venter, 8 Niell Jordaan, 7 Henco Venter, 6 Boom Prinsloo, 5 Francois Uys (captain), 4 Armandt Koster, 3 Luan de Bruin, 2 Jacques du Toit, 1 Caylib Oosthuizen

Substitutes: 16 Elandre Huggett, 17 Maks van Dyk, 18 Reniel Hugo, 19 Gerhard Olivier, 20 Zee Mkabela, 21 Tertius Kruger, 22 Sias Ebersohn

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Venue: Growthpoint Kings Park, Durban
Date: 15 August 2015
Time: 17:05 CAT​

Teams

Natal Sharks: 15. Joe Pietersen, 14. Odwa Ndungane, 13. Wandile Mjekevu, 12. Heimar Williams, 11. Andre Esterhuizen, 10. Lionel Cronje, 9. Stefan Ungerer, 8. Philip van der Walt, 7. Daniel du Preez, 6. Jean Deysel, 5. Marco Wentzel (captain), 4. Etienne Oosthuizen, 3. Thomas du Toit, 2. Monde Hadebe, 1. Juan Schoeman

Substitutes: 16. Franco Marais, 17. Gerhard Engelbrecht, 18. David McDuling, 19. Francois Kleinhans, 20. Michael Claassens, 21. Paul Jordaan, 22. SP Marais

EP Kings: 15 Scott van Breda, 14 Siyanda Grey, 13 JP du Plessis, 12 Tim Whitehead, 11 Luther Obi, 10 George Whitehead, 9 Enrico Acker, 8 Tim Agaba, 7 Stefan Willemse, 6 Luke Watson (captain), 5 Cornell Hess, 4 Steven Sykes, 3 Tom Botha, 2 Martin Ferreira, 1 Schalk Ferreira

Substitutes: 16 Edgar Marutlulle, 17 Lizo Gqoboka, 18 Simon Kerrod, 19 Paul Schoeman, 20 Jacques Engelbrecht, 21 Kevin Luiters, 22 Karlo Aspeling

 

[TRF_stormer2010]

4 home wins. Easy picks. Which is sad.

 

[TRF_heineken]

4 home wins. Easy picks. Which is sad.

I think there could be 2 away wins this week. The Pumas can win the Lions and the Kings can win the Sharks.

The other 2 games are another story...

 

[TRF_stormer2010]

I think there could be 2 away wins this week. The Pumas can win the Lions and the Kings can win the Sharks.

The other 2 games are another story...

I suppose it could concievably turn out that way but I'd be willing to put some money on 4 home wins... how much I'll have to think about a bit.

 

[TRF_heineken]

I suppose it could concievably turn out that way but I'd be willing to put some money on 4 home wins... how much I'll have to think about a bit.

Yeah I tend to lean towards the 4 home wins, but I don't know, the Lions came out of the blocks very early, but in the second half they just couldn't score or keep possession of the ball.

 

[TRF_stormer2010]

So we had all the home sides win as expected but what I didn't expect was the Griquas and Cheetahs leading large parts of their games. SA sides really need to learn how to play in poor weather.

Happy enough for the win for WP but that was damn scrappy.

 

[TRF_heineken]

So we had all the home sides win as expected but what I didn't expect was the Griquas and Cheetahs leading large parts of their games. SA sides really need to learn how to play in poor weather.

Happy enough for the win for WP but that was damn scrappy.

I missed all the games.

I will do the 3rd round matchups in a bit. I will try to watch some highlights tonight to get the gist of what happened.