Springboks
Springbok scrum half Ruan Pienaar will join Ulster at the start of September even though the Springboks won’t have completed the TriNations after agreeing terms with the Sharks.
Sharks coach John Plumtree although resisting to unsettle the team that has performed thus far, has been forced to make a couple of changes due to injuries, and for the most at the same time has stuck to the same starting line up that did duty against the Puma’s in Durban last weekend. Continue reading
Griquas coach Dawie Theron has made two changes to the side which beat the Lions last weekend for Friday night’s Absa Currie Cup match against the Platinum Leopards in Potchefstroom. Continue reading
Vodacom Blue Bulls coach Frans Ludeke made five changes to his starting line up for his side’s Absa Currie Cup clash against the Lions in Johannesburg on Saturday.
Springbok lock Andries Bekker will miss the rest of the 2010 season with a back injury which will require surgery.
Vodacom WP coach Allister Coetzee today announced his team to take on the Barloworld Toyota Pumas at Newlands on Friday 30 July 2010. Kick-off is at 19h10.
The Sharks will have most of their senior players back after a long injury layoff or those returning from Springbok duty, This will however leave Plumtree with many headaches as to who to play or who to rest.
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Deon Stegmann, Blue Bulls livewire openside flanker will be out of action for 4 – 6 weeks with a grade 2 hamstring tear.
Stegmann was injured early in the Bulls vs Cheetahs game on the weekend and was in obvious discomfort as he was helped off the field.
The Springbok selectors have released eleven players to their provinces to play in the Absa Currie Cup during the three-week break from Vodacom Tri-Nations duty. Continue reading
Bulls (16) 23 / Cheetahs (9) 25 (Final Score)
The Vodacom Blue Bulls hosted the Vodacom Free State Cheetahs at Loftus, Pretoria at 17:05 SA Time. This is the match thred for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1 on DSTV in SA.
Free State Cheetahs stole a win after the hooter with a try by Skipper Badenhorst, to draw level and a great pressure conversion by Sias Ebersohn, to win the match.
Griquas 26 / Lions 20 (Final Score)
The GWK Griquas hosted the Xerox Lions in Kimberley at 15:00 SA Time. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1 on DSTV in SA.
Griquas won the match by 26 / 20
THE only thing that is likely to be on Springbok captain John Smit’s mind at the moment is how they can possibly overcome the Wallabies in Brisbane this Saturday, but on his return to Durban, he is set to resume contractual negotiations with the Sharks.
Article with compliments to the Daily News. Continue reading
Lock Juandré Kruger is back for the Vodacom Blue Bulls and ready to take on the Free State Cheetahs in an Absa Currie Cup match to be played at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday.
Adriaan Strauss, the Springbok hooker of the Cheetahs is finally back from injury (shoulder surgery) and immediately gets selected to start at hooker in place of Skipper Badenhorst, who is relegated to the bench.
Altogether 4 changes is made to the team by coach Naka Drotske, all injury related.
The Sharks have opted for consistency as they made only one change to the 22 players that defeatedthe Blue Bulls at the Absa Stadium last weekend.
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Vodacom WP coach Allister Coetzee today announced his team to take on the Platinum Leopards in Potchefstroom on Friday 23 July 2010. Kick-off is at 19h10. Continue reading
Sharks (10) 34 / Blue Bulls (8) 28 (Final Score)
The Sharks hosted the Blue Bulls at ABSA Park, Durban at 17:00 SA Time. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1 on DSTV in SA.
The Sharks get their Currie Cup campaign on track with this bonus point win and the Bulls salvage a bonus point by losing by only 6 points.
The Currie Cup log will be interesting now, with WP the only team with 2 wins.
WP (19) 32 / Lions (0) 0 (Final Score)
The Vodacom Western Province hosted the Xerox Lions at Newlands, Cape Town at 15:00 SA Time. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on DSTV in SA.
WP kept the Lions totally scoreless, winning by 32 / 0 but just barely failed to score 4 tries to earn themselves a bonus point.
AFTER contracting Bulls flyhalf Jacques-Louis Potgieter, the Sharks are set to sign another versatile back who has been on their radar for some time, 25-year-old Meyer Bosman.
The Article with compliments of Craig Lewis and the Daily News
Cheetahs (14) 33 / Griquas (6) 26 (Final Score)
The Vodacom Free State Cheetahs hosted the GWK Griquas in Bloemfontein at 19:10 SA Time. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 2 on DSTV in SA.
The Cheetahs earned their bonus point for tries, with amongst others a hat trick from loosehead prop Coenie Oosthuizen.
Griquas fought back valiantly fro far behind to earn a bonus point for losing by 7 points.
Final score Free State Cheetahs 33 / Griquas 26
Four games are played this weekend, one tonight and three tomorrow.
The games are:
Cheetahs v Griquas, 16 Jul 19:10 (SA Time)
Pumas v Leopards, 17 Jul 15:00 (SA Time)
Western Province v Lions, 17 Jul 15:00 (SA Time)
Sharks v Blue Bulls, 17 Jul 17:05 (SA Time)
The Vodacom Free State Cheetahs host the GWK Griquas at Vodacom Park at 19h00.
Naka Drotske’s men lost their first match of the season, at home against Vodacom Western Province last Saturday, while the team from Kimberley stunned The Sharks last weekend.
The Lions coach for the Currie Cup, John Mitchell, has named his charges to take on WP at home at Newlands in Cape Town.
For once we see some consistency in selection at the Lions, giving them far more chance to have a decent enough Currie Cup campaign.
The Sharks coach John Plumtree sprang a surpise or two as he named the Sharks team to face the Blue Bulls this coming weekend. Continue reading
There are ways to beat Western Province’s defence, but patience is the key.
The coach of the Platinum Leopards, Chaka Willemse, has made two changes to his starting line-up for Saturday’s Absa Currie Cup rugby match against the Pumas in Witbank.
Speedster Lionel Mapoe will only know whether he will be able to join the Sharks and be released from his contract at the end of July.
The team doctor of the Blue Bulls junior teams, Ewoudt van der Linde, has been appointed as team doctor at the Sharks.
The Emerging Springbok, Wilhelm Steenkamp, is back for the Vodacom Blue Bulls in their Absa Currie Cup match against the Sharks in Durban on Saturday.
Vodacom WP coach Allister Coetzee today announced his team to take on the Xerox Lions at Newlands on Saturday 17 July 2010. Kick-off is at 15h00.
With as many as fifteen 2010 Vodacom Super 14 players missing from The Sharks last week, they expect to be bolstered over the coming weeks, starting this week with one, perhaps two more faces to add to their depth. Continue reading
The Springboks have placed an SOS to big Bulls lock Flip van der Merwe to join them for the remainder of the Tri Nations away leg in Australasia.
The Bulls were given a scare when prop Jaco Engels injured his neck at training on Monday.
But X-rays done at a local hospital revealed the damage was minimal and that the burly prop will be ready to take his place again in the training squad later this week.
The 2010 Currie Cup kicked off to an exciting start after 26 tries were scored in the opening weekend of South Africa’s premier domestic rugby competition.
Western Province shook off a slow start to run out convincing winners over the Free State Cheetahs in their opening Currie Cup match of the season played in Bloemfontein on Saturday. Continue reading