[2019 Currie Cup - Premier Division] Round 1 - (12 & 13 July 2019)

[TRF_heineken]

Friday, 12 July 2019

Venue: Jonssons Kings Park Stadium
Time: 19:15 CAT (SA, GMT+2)
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Teams

Sharks: 15 Aphelele Fassi, 14 Kobus van Wyk, 13 JP Pietersen, 12 Jeremy Ward (co-captain), 11 Lwazi Mvovo, 10 Curwin Bosch, 9 Cameron Wright, 8 Tera Mtembu (co-captain), 7 Jacques Vermeulen, 6 Luke Stringer, 5 Hyron Andrews, 4 Ruben van Heerden, 3 Coenie Oosthuizen, 2 Kerron van Vuuren, 1 Juan Schoeman.

Substitutes: 16 Craig Burden, 17 Mzamo Majola, 18 John-Hubert Meyer, 19 Gideon Koegelenberg, 20 Phendulani Buthelezi, 21 Sanele Nohamba, 22 Marius Louw, 23 Rhyno Smith.


Griquas: 15 Anthony Volmink, 14 Ederies Arendse, 13 Michal Haznar, 12 Andre Swarts, 11 Enver Brandt, 10 George Whitehead (captain), 9 Zak Burger, 8 Neill Jordaan, 7 Sias Koen, 6 Gideon van der Merwe, 5 Victor Sekekete, 4 Ian Groenewald, 3 Ewald van der Westhuizen, 2 AJ Le Roux, 1 Khwezi Mona.

Substitutes:16 Wilmar Arnoldi, 17 Mox Moxili, 18 NJ Oosthuizen, 19 Johan Momsen, 20 Zandre Jordaan, 21 Chriswell September, 22 Tinus de Beer, 23 Eduan Keyter.


Saturday, 13 July 2019

Venue: Emirates Airlines Park
Time: 15:00 CAT (SA, GMT+2)
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Teams

Golden Lions: 15 Tyrone Green, 14 Madosh Tambwe, 13 Wandisile Simelane, 12 Wayne van der Bank, 11 Stean Pienaar, 10 Shaun Reynolds, 9 Ross Cronje (captain), 8 James Venter, 7 Vincent Tshituka, 6 Marnus Schoeman, 5 Reinhard Nothnagel, 4 Rhyno Herbst, 3 Johannes Jonker, 2 Jan-Henning Campher, 1 Dylan Smith.

Substitutes: 16 Pieter Jansen, 17 Sti Sithole, 18 Jacobie Adriaanse, 19 Ruben Schoeman, 20 Len Massyn, 21 Dillon Smit, 22 Manuel Rass, 23 Jan-Louis la Grange.

Pumas: 15 Devon Williams, 14 Morne Joubert, 13 Neil Maritz, 12 Ryan Nell (captain), 11 Etienne Taljaard, 10 Jacobus Marais, 9 Reynier van Rooyen, 8 Willie Engelbrecht, 7 Hermanus Carel du Preez, 6 Jeandre Rudolph, 5 Stefan Willemse, 4 Le Roux Roets, 3 Marne Coetzee, 2 Marko Janse van Rensburg, 1 Andrew Beerwinkel.

Substitutes: 16 Cornelius Els, 17 Wikus Groenewald, 18 Hilton Lobberts, 19 Phumzile Maqondwana, 20 Ashlon Davids, 21 Christopher Smith, 22 Henko Marais, 23 Morgan Naude.

Venue: DHL Newlands
Time: 17:15 CAT (SA, GMT+2)

Teams

Western Province: 15 SP Marais, 14 Edwill van der Merwe, 13 Ruhan Nel, 12 Dan Kriel, 11 Seabelo Senatla, 10 Jean-Luc du Plessis, 9 Justin Phillips, 8 Juarno Augustus, 7 Ernst van Rhyn, 6 Jaco Coetzee, 5 Chris van Zyl (captain), 4 Salmaan Moerat, 3 Wilco Louw, 2 Scarra Ntubeni, 1 Corne Fourie.

Substitutes: 16 Chad Solomon, 17 Kwenzo Blose, 18 Carlu Sadie, 19 JD Schickerling, 20 Chris Massyn, 21 Godlen Masimla, 22 Josh Stander, 23 Craig Barry.


Blue Bulls: 15 Divan Rossouw, 14 Cornal Hendricks, 13 Johnny Kotze, 12 Burger Odendaal (captain), 11 Rosko Specman, 10 Manie Libbok, 9 Embrose Papier, 8 Tim Agaba, 7 Wian Vosloo, 6 Ruan Steenkamp, 5 Lood de Jager, 4 Ruan Nortjie, 3 Wiehahn Herbst, 2 Jaco Visagie, 1 Simphiwe Matanzima.

Substitutes: 16 Johan Grobbelaar, 17 Matthys Basson, 18 Conraad van Vuuren, 19 Jean Droste, 20 Roelof Smit, 21 Ivan van Zyl, 22 Marnitz Boshoff, 23 Dylan Sage.​

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[hbijbjon]

What are chances of Jaguares XV being allowed to
play Premier Division Currie Cup Rugby with the big boy Provinces?

I suspect 1st division CC rugby in a few years might be too easy for Jaguares XV
if they're like their previous incarnation - Pampas XV

 

[TRF_heineken]

What are chances of Jaguares XV being allowed to
play Premier Division Currie Cup Rugby with the big boy Provinces?

I suspect 1st division CC rugby in a few years might be too easy for Jaguares XV
if they're like their previous incarnation - Pampas XV

It depends on them entirely. There is a promotion/relegation match between the bottom 2 Premier Division teams and the top 2 First Division teams at the end. But I don't know if the Jaguares have the same agreement as the Pampas had previously in that they won't qualify for the premier division even if they are one of the top 2 teams.

But it's way too early in the season to tell. If anything is to go by, the Jaguares are facing some stiff competition this season, and based on their first match, against the Griffons, they will have their work cut out.

 

[TRF_heineken]

I've added the teams to the OP.

Happy to see Lood De Jager get a run, perfect timing for him to be back after injury and hopefully in time for the World Cup.

 

[AmericanRugbyFan]

Any idea on how to watch the currie cup in the USA? Thanks.

 

[die_mole]

Any idea on how to watch the currie cup in the USA? Thanks.

ESPN has the rights but usually only shows the final on espn+

 

[AmericanRugbyFan]

ESPN has the rights but usually only shows the final on espn+

Thanks. That is awful.

 

[die_mole]

Thanks. That is awful.

Yeah. I'd love to be able to watch province live. I wish I had the same connection with the stormers but I don't really watch super rugby.

 

[Cruz_del_Sur]

Can you watch rugbypass from the US?

 

[die_mole]

i would need a vpn and at that point i might as well stream it illegally since i'd have to watch it on my laptop

 

[Cruz_del_Sur]

Two options. HDMI cable or Chormecast.

Chromecast is nothing short of amazing.

 

[die_mole]

I use HDMI (should probably look into a chromecast). Everything else has a roku app luckily. I remember the days where if I wanted to watch rugby on my TV i'd have to use HDMI. How spoiled American rugby fans are now.

 

[hbijbjon]

Currie Cup dying

Time to give it some life

Allow Jaguares XV to play WP Bulls Lions Sharks Free State etc

Latin flair & skill in South Africa teach teams some lessons

They crushed Boland today who made the semi final of the SS Rugby Challenge

https://twitter.com/JaguaresARG/status/1150042976451776512

 

[Cruz_del_Sur]

I use HDMI (should probably look into a chromecast)

You most definitely should. It's a game changer.
The only thing is if you need vpn, because the vpn works from your laptop and chromast bypasses your laptop (goes straight from router to tv). But i suppose you are not using rugbypass.

I cant recommend it enough and every single person i've shown it too bought it the next week. Not kidding.
I still have hdmi cables on the cabinets next to the tvs at home.

 

[saulan]

Some surprising results over the weekend.

Expected quite a lot from the WP team as I still believed it was a strong squad despite the loss of Springboks. Plus the team has generally performed better, more entertaining rugby under Dobson. Didn't expect it to be a 20-5 win though. Happy to take it though.

Big surprise was how poorly the Sharks performed. Will be interesting to see this weekend if the Sharks will just be poor all season or if the Griquas are well prepared to do well this season.

 

[Cruz_del_Sur]

I thought WP should have won by more. The first 20 minutes the bulls defended very well and got lucky here and there.