Currie Cup: Round 4

[TRF_Ezequiel]

Newlands, Cape Town

Referee: TBA
Assistant Ref 1: TBA
Assistant Ref 2: TBA
TMO: TBA
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[TABLE="class: grid"]
[TR][TD] Western Province [/TD][TD] [/TD][TD] Blue Bulls [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Gio Aplon [/TD][TD] 15 [/TD][TD] Clayton Blommetjies [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Gerhard van den Heever [/TD][TD] 14 [/TD][TD] Akona Ndungane [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] JP du Plessis [/TD][TD] 13 [/TD][TD] Johann Sadie [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Marcel Brache [/TD][TD] 12 [/TD][TD] Francois Venter [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Ederies Arendse [/TD][TD] 11 [/TD][TD] JJ Engelbrecht [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Demetri Catrakilis [/TD][TD] 10 [/TD][TD] Louis Fouche [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Dewaldt Duvenhage [/TD][TD] 9 [/TD][TD] Ruan Snyman [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Jebb Sinclair [/TD][TD] 8 [/TD][TD] Dewald Potgieter © [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Rynhardt Elstadt [/TD][TD] 7 [/TD][TD] CJ Stander [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Deon Fourie © [/TD][TD] 6 [/TD][TD] Deon Stegmann [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] De Kock Steenkamp [/TD][TD] 5 [/TD][TD] Grant Hattingh [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Don Armand [/TD][TD] 4 [/TD][TD] Wilhelm Steenkamp [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Frans Malherbe [/TD][TD] 3 [/TD][TD] Werner Kruger [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Siyabonga Ntubeni [/TD][TD] 2 [/TD][TD] Willie Wepener [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Deon Carstens [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][TD] Dawie Steyn [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] [/TD][TD] [/TD][TD] [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Steven Kitshoff [/TD][TD] 16 [/TD][TD] Robbie Coetzee [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Brok Harris [/TD][TD] 17 [/TD][TD] Frik Kirsten [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Wilhelm van der Sluys [/TD][TD] 18 [/TD][TD] Cornell Hess [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Helmut Lehmann [/TD][TD] 19 [/TD][TD] Warwick Tecklenburg [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Nic Groom [/TD][TD] 20 [/TD][TD] Rudy Paige [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Damian de Allende [/TD][TD] 21 [/TD][TD] Lionel Cronje [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Kurt Coleman [/TD][TD] 22 [/TD][TD] Jurgen Visser [/TD][/TR]
[/TABLE]

 

[TRF_Ezequiel]

Currie Cup: Golden Lions - GWK Griquas (31/08/2012)

Ellis Park, Johannesburg

Referee: TBA
Assistant Ref 1: TBA
Assistant Ref 2: TBA
TMO: TBA
​

[TABLE="class: grid"]
[TR][TD] Golden Lions [/TD][TD] [/TD][TD] GWK Griquas [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Andries Coetzee [/TD][TD] 15 [/TD][TD] Willie le Roux [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] JR Esterhuizen [/TD][TD] 14 [/TD][TD] Jannie Boshoff [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Lionel Mapoe [/TD][TD] 13 [/TD][TD] Jean Stemmet [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Butch James [/TD][TD] 12 [/TD][TD] Walter Venter [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Anthony Volmink [/TD][TD] 11 [/TD][TD] Rocco Jansen [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Elton Jantjies [/TD][TD] 10 [/TD][TD] Francois Brummer [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Ross Cronje [/TD][TD] 9 [/TD][TD] Marnus Hugo [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Warren Whiteley [/TD][TD] 8 [/TD][TD] Leon Karemaker [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Willie Britz [/TD][TD] 7 [/TD][TD] Wesley Wilkins [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Jaco Kriel [/TD][TD] 6 [/TD][TD] Marnus Schoeman [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Franco van der Merwe [/TD][TD] 5 [/TD][TD] Martin Muller [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Joshua Strauss [/TD][TD] 4 [/TD][TD] Rynhardt Landman [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] CJ van der Linde [/TD][TD] 3 [/TD][TD] Lourens Adriaanse [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Bandise Maku [/TD][TD] 2 [/TD][TD] Ryno Barnes © [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] JC Janse van Rensburg © [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][TD] Steph Roberts [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] [/TD][TD] [/TD][TD] [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Martin Bezuidenhout [/TD][TD] 16 [/TD][TD] Matthew Dobson [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Ruan Dreyer [/TD][TD] 17 [/TD][TD] Ivann Espag [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Michael Rhodes [/TD][TD] 18 [/TD][TD] Frikkie Spies [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Cobus Grobbelaar [/TD][TD] 19 [/TD][TD] Justin Downey [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Michael Bondesio [/TD][TD] 20 [/TD][TD] Jacques Coetzee [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Alwyn Hollenbach [/TD][TD] 21 [/TD][TD] Marnitz Boshoff [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Deon Helberg [/TD][TD] 22 [/TD][TD] Matthew Rosslee [/TD][/TR]
[/TABLE]

 

[TRF_Ezequiel]

Currie Cup: Natal Sharks - Free State Cheetahs (01/09/2012)

Kings Park, Durban

Referee: TBA
Assistant Ref 1: TBA
Assistant Ref 2: TBA
TMO: TBA
​

[TABLE="class: grid"]
[TR][TD] Natal Sharks [/TD][TD] [/TD][TD] Free State Cheetahs [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Louis Ludik [/TD][TD] 15 [/TD][TD] Hennie Daniller [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Odwa Ndungane [/TD][TD] 14 [/TD][TD] Nico Scheepers [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Paul Jordaan [/TD][TD] 13 [/TD][TD] Robert Ebersohn © [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Meyer Bosman [/TD][TD] 12 [/TD][TD] Barry Geel [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Sibusiso Sithole [/TD][TD] 11 [/TD][TD] Raymond Rhule [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Riaan Viljoen [/TD][TD] 10 [/TD][TD] Sias Ebersohn [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Charl McLeod [/TD][TD] 9 [/TD][TD] Sarel Pretorius [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Keegan Daniel [/TD][TD] 8 [/TD][TD] Kabamba Floors [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Jean Deysel © [/TD][TD] 7 [/TD][TD] Pieter Labuschagne [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Jacques Botes [/TD][TD] 6 [/TD][TD] Frans Viljoen [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Anton Bresler [/TD][TD] 5 [/TD][TD] Izak van der Westhuizen [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Steven Sykes [/TD][TD] 4 [/TD][TD] Andries Ferreira [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Wiehahn Herbst [/TD][TD] 3 [/TD][TD] Marcel van der Merwe [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Monde Hadebe [/TD][TD] 2 [/TD][TD] Hercu Liebenberg [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Dale Chadwick [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][TD] Schalk van der Merwe [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] [/TD][TD] [/TD][TD] [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Pieter Dixon [/TD][TD] 16 [/TD][TD] Elandre Huggett [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Julian Redelinghuys [/TD][TD] 17 [/TD][TD] Ross Geldenhuys [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Jandre Marais [/TD][TD] 18 [/TD][TD] Waltie Vermeulen [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Francois Kleinhans [/TD][TD] 19 [/TD][TD] Davon Raubenheimer [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Cobus Reinach [/TD][TD] 20 [/TD][TD] Tewis de Bruyn [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Marius Joubert [/TD][TD] 21 [/TD][TD] Philip Snyman [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Rosko Specman [/TD][TD] 22 [/TD][TD] Ryno Benjamin [/TD][/TR]
[/TABLE]

 

[Draggs]

I have been very pleased with Viljoen at outside half.
His restarts have been very good, caused the Bulls a bit of trouble at times.
Bosman should be back this week, I'd be tempted to bench him and start Lambie, to give him time and allow Meyer some time to recover properly.

 

[Draggs]

Just put the match on: Lions 8 - 20 Griquas, 24 minutes.

 

[TRF_Ezequiel]

And we have the first win for Griquas!!! A 4 try-bonus point to go with it!!! The Lions scored a try with 10 minutes to go and were only trailing by 3 points. A late try by Jean Stemmet (Yes, Draggsy, Stemmet scored) to deny the Lions a BP. Lions did get a BP for the 4 tries though.

Other tries were scored by Jannie Boshoff, Rocco Jansen, Ryno Barnes and Willie le Roux.

For the Lions there were 5-pointers by Volmink (2), Kriel and my fav. scrummie Ross Cronje!

 

[Draggs]

Stemmet, christ, some Dragons fans were convinced he was going to be signed last year.
Good times.

Willie le Roux isn't your typical Saffa wing. Quite skillful, needs refining but he is a good one.

 

[TRF_Ezequiel]

He plays as a full-back mostly. Only when he plays for the Cheetahs franchise, he is moved to the wing to accomodate Hennie "the tortoise" Daniller.

 

[Draggs]

He plays as a full-back mostly. Only when he plays for the Cheetahs franchise, he is moved to the wing to accomodate Hennie "the tortoise" Daniller.

Still a better fullback than Kirchner!

 

[TRF_Ezequiel]

Yes, but who isn't? Even Conrad Jantjes is better.

Only 40 minutes left!!! Sharks-Cheetahs live on Sky Sports 4 so I don't have to go on a scavenger hunt to find a proper stream!

 

[nickdnz]

Just chucked a blind v$250 on this game, Blue Bulls I hope are doing alright.

 

[TRF_Ezequiel]

There it is man! Just finished watching the Sharks-Cheetahs match. It was a real thriller. Some knock-ons from the Sharks who went all out attack but were trailing 21-6 at half time. 4 converted tries in the second half got them a 34-32 win with a bonus point! Cheetahs get 2 log points for the 4 tries and finishing within 7 points.

We've had 2 matches so far, 1 to go, and both losing teams scored 4 tries and 32 points. It says a lot about the excitement in the Currie Cup that, when there's dry weather, matches are unpredictable and fun to watch. 32 points not being enough for a win says something.

Now for WP-Blue Bulls... Will report on that later!

 

[Sker]

So disappointed with that match Eze Flipping hell really we should have won.

 

[TRF_Ezequiel]

Sorry man, I know you support the Cheetahs. Both teams could have won it but you have to agree in the end Natal deserved the win. Too many errors prevented us from taking the lead earlier.

 

[Sker]

Agreed, they did deserve the win, we certainly didn't deserve to win it at the end we also made too many mistakes. Just frustrating to see the Cheetahs keep on doing this, we have a lot of potential but mistakes and our defense costs us games. What did you think about the ref?

 

[TRF_Ezequiel]

The ref was just awful. Bad decisions going both ways though (just to be clear) but he needs to get a grip on things.


- Warning the Cheetahs 3(!) times with potential yellow cards for offside offenses at on defense
- Giving penalties for not rolling away when the player does everything in his power to do so but is stuck (both ways)
- Not paying attention at the scrums
- Several scuffles going unnoticed


We need some new talent, I agree, but what is wrong with the current referees (Jafta, Peyper, Rashivenge) and the knowledge of the law?

Stefan Breytenbach and Lourens van der Merwe are good talented referees though. They do understand and show a lot of potential. We have Mark Lawrence and Jonathan Kaplan who will retire shortly (especially Lawrence is an example for the other referees, he communicates better than anyone).

 

[Sker]

He did look a bit lost I agree, couldn't get a grip on the game at all, it looks like an inexperienced young ref is doing the WP vs Bulls game too, although I could be wrong.

 

[TRF_Ezequiel]

That's Lourens van der Merwe, I don't think he is doing bad. He at least has the ability to keep the players straight and controls the game, like a ref should do.

 

[TRF_Ezequiel]

37-6 already for WP... 4 converted tries, 3 penalties and BB looks devastated.

And another try, JP du Plessis this time... Conversion missed by the Greek. 42-6

 

[Draggs]

Missed the Sharks second half. Good by the sound of it, I would have had a heart attack!