We have 1 match on Friday 10 September and 3 matches on Saturday 11 September, with only the match between WP and the Leopards not broadcast on TV in SA.
The games are:
- Pumas vs Sharks – Witbank at 19:10 SA Time on 10 September
- Lions vs Griquas – Coca-Cola Park, Johannesburg at 15:00 SA Time on 11 September
- WP vs Leopards – Newlands, Cape Town at 17:00 SA Time on 11 September
- Cheetahs vs Blue Bulls – Vodacom Park, Bloemfontein at 17:05 SA Time on 11 September
Barloworld Toyota Pumas vs Sharks – 19:10 SA Time, 10 September:
The Pumas will have to be at their absolute best to give this one a full go, they will have to show character like against the Blue Bulls 2 weeks ago at Mbombela because they face the frontrunners on the Log, who have just come off a humbling cut-back-down-to-size loss against those same Bulls.
The 1st match between these 2 Unions this year was a Sharks rout on the Pumas.
The Sharks will be angry, they will want to take their last week loss out on the Pumas and fix a lot of what went wrong in the 2nd half last week.
My prediction is simple, the Pumas will experience the wrath of the Sharks…. Sharks by 25.
Barloworld Toyota Pumas |
Sharks |
| 10 September at 19:10 | |
| Team: 15. Johan Jackson, 14. Braam Pretorius, 13. Tiaan Marx, 12. Ashwin Scott, 11. Allister Kettledas, 10. Elgar Watts, 9. Tian Carel Meyer, 8. Christo le Roux, 7. Torsten van Jaarsveld, 6. Corne Steenkamp, 5. Marius Coetzer, 4. Andries Kruger, 3. Ashley Buys, 2. Hannes Franklin (Captain), 1. Ronnie Uys
Replacements: 16. De-Jay Terblanche, 17. Dawie Steyn, 18. Willem Jacob Serfontein, 19. Jaco Bouwer, 20. Ricardo Croy, 21. Siviwe Wilmot Magaba, 22. Martin Sithole |
Team: 15. Stefan Terblanche (Captain), 14. Odwa Ndungane, 13. Andries Strauss, 12. Riaan Swanepoel, 11. Lwazi Mvovo, 10. Patrick Lambie, 9. Charl McLeod, 8. Ryan Kankowski, 7. Willem Alberts, 6. Jacques Botes, 5. Alistair Hargreaves, 4. Steven Sykes, 3. Eugene van Staden, 2. Craig Burden, 1. Pat Cilliers
Replacements: 16. Kyle Lorran Cooper, 17. Wiehahn Jovan Herbst, 18. Michael Rhodes, 19. Skholiwe Ndlovu, 20. Rory Kockott, 21. André Pretorius, 22. Louis Ludik |
Referee: Lourens van der Merwe (SARRA)
Assistant Referees: M Kemp (AR 1), S Breytenbach (AR 2)
TMO: J Meuwesen
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Xerox Lions vs GWK Griquas – 15:00 SA Time, 11 September:
Can the Lions string a few together now, after beating the Cheetahs and WP so well?
Under John Mitchell the temptation is to say yes, undoubtably so at home against the Griquas!
The key here for me is that the Lions are now cleverly opting for consistence in selection, with players who are now really starting to believe that they can beat anybody.
The Griquas on the other hand are once again looking like falling by the wayside in the 2nd part of the Currie Cup and one important selection or rather exclusion from selection worries me – that of Sarel Pretorius.
I predict a Lions win….. Lions by 15 PLUS.
Xerox Lions |
GWK Griquas |
| 11 September at 15:00 | |
| Team: 15. Jaco Taute, 14. Jannie Boshoff, 13. Waylon Murray, 12. Doppies la Grange, 11. Michael Killian, 10. Elton Thomas Jantjies, 9. Jano Vermaak, 8. Warren Roger Whiteley, 7. Joshua Zac Strauss, 6. Derick Minnie, 5. Franco van der Merwe (Captain), 4. Johan (Joe) Snyman, 3. Ross Geldenhuys, 2. Martin Bezuidenhout, 1. JC Janse van Rensburg
Replacements: 16. Edgar Marutlulle, 17. Wayne Swart, 18. David Bulbring, 19. Renaldo Bothma, 20. JP Joubert, 21. Burton Francis, 22. Marius Delport |
Team: 15. Riaan Viljoen, 14. Rocco Reginald Jansen, 13. Wilmaure Louw, 12. Barry Geel, 11. Bjorn Basson, 10. Naas Olivier (Captain), 9. Marnus Hugo, 8. Davon Raubenheimer, 7. Justin Downey, 6. Johan van Deventer, 5. Cecil-John Kemp, 4. Luvuyiso Lusaseni, 3. Jean Botha, 2. Simon Westraadt, 1. Steph Roberts
Replacements: 16. Ryno Barnes, 17. Jacobus Petrus Adriaanse, 18. Edwin Westley Hewitt, 19. Danie Burger Schoeman, 20. Sarel Pretorius, 21. Jean Hermanus Stemmet, 22. Rudi Vogt |
Referee: Jaco Peyper (SARRA)
Assistant referees: Q Immelman (AR 1), M de Villiers (AR 2)
TMO: JC Fortuin
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Vodacom Western Province vs Platinum Leopards – 17:00 SA Time, 11 September:
WP is hurting people, they’ve been slapped around for 3 weeks in a row now and they will be seeking a direction to avenge this pain.
The Leopards have showed moments is heart and glimpses of dogged determination this season and have an astute coach with a wonderful vision for his team but there is one important hamper to success and that is enough quality personnel!
WP on the other hand have a few Springboks back, who will want to prove that they are better than those who did duty in their absense. A couple of strange decision in the run-on side, most notably at fullback and wing, but this team should do the trick.
I predict an absolute rout for WP, if not then WP have some worries to face…. WP by 30 PLUS.
Vodacom Western Province |
Platinum Leopards |
| 11 September at 17:00 | |
| Team: 15. Conrad Hoffmann, 14. Conrad Jantjes, 13. Juan de Jongh, 12. Jean de Villiers, 11. Gio Aplon, 10. Lionel Cronje, 9. Dewaldt Duvenage, 8. Duane Vermeulen, 7. Nick Koster, 6. Francois Louw, 5. Anton van Zyl (Captain), 4. Adriaan Fondse, 3. Brok Harris, 2. Deon Fourie, 1. JD Moller
Replacements: 16. Callie-Theron Visagie, 17. Wicus Blaauw, 18. JC Kritzinger, 19. De Kock Steenkamp, 20. Yaasir Hartzenberg, 21. Willem de Waal, 22. Paul Bosch |
Team: 15. Hendrik Daniel Petrus Dames, 14. Deon Scholtz, 13. Jovan Bowles, 12. Cecil Dumond, 11. Dumisani Matyeshana, 10. Clayton Durand, 9. Theo Clyde van Wyk, 8. Riaan Swanepoel, 7. RW Kember, 6. Wilhelm Koch (Captain), 5. Bradley Peter Mockford, 4. Anthonie Johannes Gronum, 3. Johan Coetzee, 2. Pellow van der Westhuizen, 1. Bennie Geldenhuys Uys
Replacements: 16. Gavin Williamson, 17. Os Van der Walt, 18. Edrich Linde, 19. Christo van Niekerk, 20. Theuns Kotze, 21. Neill Jacobs, 22. Kempie Rautenbach |
Referee: Sandile Mayende (SARRA)
Assistant referees: F Veldsman (AR1), E Daniels (AR2)
TMO: n/a
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Vodacom Free State Cheetahs vs Vodacom Blue Bulls – 17:05 SA Time, 11 September:
This is undoubtably the match of the week, with both rivals and last season’s finalists lying on the same amount of Log points, in No 3 and 4 position respectively.
The Cheetahs are at home, but without their captain Juan Smith but having come off a wonderful win against WP 2 weeks ago and a bit of an unflattering win last week against Griquas.
The Blue Bulls welcomes back a few Bokke but still have to do without captain Gary Botha and that little fetching marvel, Deon Stegmann. In addition they are without Dewald Potgieter due to injury and probably more importantly without Wynand Olivier who’s been forced out due to the Blanket Ban on contracted Springboks.
This is going to be hard and brutal and to predict a winner here is like doing a coin-flip, it can go either way.
I predict a slight advantage to the home side…. Cheetahs by 3.
Vodacom Free State Cheetahs |
Vodacom Blue Bulls |
| 11 September at 17:05 | |
| Team: 15. Hennie Daniller, 14. Philip Snyman, 13. Robert Ebersohn, 12. Meyer Bosman, 11. Jongi Nokwe, 10. Louis Strydom, 9. Tewis de Bruyn, 8. Ashley Johnson, 7. Christoffel Philippus Van der Walt, 6. Hendro Scholtz, 5. Waltie Vermeulen, 4. Francois (FS) Uys, 3. Kobus Calldo, 2. Adriaan Strauss (Captain), 1. Coenie Oosthuizen
Replacements: 16. Skipper Badenhorst, 17. Willem Petrus (WP) Nel, 18. Izak van der Westhuizen, 19. Kabamba Floors, 20. Tertius Carse, 21. Sias Ebersohn, 22. Corné Uys |
Team: 15. Zane Kirchner, 14. Gerhard van den Heever, 13. Jaco Pretorius, 12. Stefan Watermeyer, 11. Jaco van der Westhuyzen, 10. Jacques-Louis Potgieter, 9. Francois Hougaard, 8. Gerrit-Jan van Velze, 7. Christiaan Johan Stander, 6. Derick Kuun (Captain), 5. Petrus Johannes Juandre Kruger, 4. Flip van der Merwe, 3. Werner Kruger, 2. Chiliboy Ralepelle, 1. Dean Greyling
Replacements: 16. Gary Botha, 17. Rossouw De Klerk, 18. Wilhelm Steenkamp, 19. Okkie Kruger, 20. Dustin Jinka, 21. Stephan Dippenaar, 22. Jaco Engels |
Referee: Jason Jaftha (SARRA)
Assistant referees: M Mdashe (AR 1), R Rossouw (AR 2)
TMO: S Veldsman
SHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARKS
Hmm, referee appointments seem somewhat odd.
I think you’ve got it correct re the Bulls game. It could be brutal and tight.
Ok folks, talk later… have to be on my bicycle….
Gbs,
Think Sharks should win but not sure if it will be by that much.
Just hope we win it that is enough for me. Maybe with a bonus that would be better, but a win would be just fine.
SHARKSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Puma wrote:
That is the spirit..
@ Winston:6 – Yeah, for sure Winston…hahahaha.
We should win it but hope with a bonus, but first the win.
SHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARKS
LIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONS
CHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEETAAAAAAAAAAHS
WPWPWPWPWPWPWPWPWPWPWPWPWPWPWPWPWPWPWP
Just joking,
Sharks by 18
Lions by 12
WP by 17
Cheetahs vs Bulls dont know
It’s weekend !!!! Go BUUUUUUULLS !!!!!!!!!!!
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10@ Blouste:
Now that is a seriously good comment!!
‘n paar seriously goeie spanne op die ooomblik in die CC.
TERLOOPS, kan enige iemand vir my se wat goster by WP se captains run gebeur het? Blykbaar sou Jantjies na 15 skyf en Engelbracht op vleul opdraf as Hoffman nie die oefening kon deuraak nie….
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