For Griquas to get this far must be the biggest surprise of the Absa Currie Cup in 2009. The most intriguing part is to follow. Playing Western Province and the Blue Bulls away next must be the most daunting task ahead.
I picked the Griquas 2 weeks ago ahead of the Cheetahs for a semi final spot. At this stage my pick looks right on track. If the Cheetahs lose to the Bulls on Saturday it is almost certain that Griquas will be in the semis. But for Griquas to do it for them self they need 2 more bonus points. Having won 8 out of 11 games so far , 2 more wins than the more fancied Blue Bulls, makes it look easy.
GWK Griquas coach Dawie Theron believes his team is good enough to go all the way in the Absa Currie Cup and will not be satisfied with only a semifinal finish after his troops defeated the Xerox Lions 36-31 on Saturday.
But the next 3 games will be tough. If one asked coach Dawie Theron at the beginning of the season how many bonus points he would get in the last 3 games against WP, Blue Bulls and Sharks, one could be excused if you fell to the ground laughing, if he said anything positive.
“We have tough matches against the Vodacom Western Province (away), Vodacom Blue Bulls (away) before we play The Sharks at home, so this( result will definitely give the guys plenty of confidence going into the last three weeks of competition. “Our intentions are not only to make the semi finals, but to win the Absa Currie Cup and this victory will go a long way in achieving that objective.”
The victory for the hosts in Kimberley, ensured that they ended the weekend in third position on the competition standings, and are now only two points behind The Sharks, who are the current log-leaders on 40 points.
“This was definitely our most important victory of the Absa Currie Cup thus far,” said GWK Griquas coach Dawie Theron.
Last Satuday Naas Olivier was the star performer for the GWK Griquas and scored 26 points as the hosts handed the Xerox Lions their sixth defeat of the competition. But it must be said that Naas is by far the most sucsesful flyhalf in the CC this year. With his record of 4 Tries, 29 Conversions, 18 Penalties and a total of 132 Points he is the leading Points Scorer in 2009 and the heart of Griquas team..
Go griqujanne
GBS/Ed
I see we have hit the 30,000 posting mark already !!!!
Congrats old son, to you and Ed both.
And to think that a mere two months ago you and Ed were still exchanging ideas on website designs and studying the business.
Well done !
And a big thank you to all the bloggers, we have some solid and knowledgeable people on here; Morne, Tighthead,Polla, Ashley, Scrumdown JimT, 4man, WilliedieLeeu Puma…….., you name them.
Also to Carol, JL1, Manly, Koos, Disa and the other first bloggers when RT was still in test phase.
And of course, we should really express our heartiest gratitude to Dawn, skoppie, Slappes, Grant10 and all those on Voldy who helped so graciously and unselfishly in promoting this site.
Can’t thank them enough 🙂
Great job GBS and Ed, thx once again for your hard work in creating this nice rugby tavern for us, keep going and get that SA sportblog award next year!!!!!
Also Morne, Scrumdown and Tighthead as nominees for best sport blog journalism.
GO FOR IT !!!!!!
@Pietman – more pietman hoe lyk dinge in korea
OldGriquainSydney must be really chaffed by his team’s performance this year.
GW playing again like they did in the 70’s, great to see our smaller unions coming back into the fold.
@smallies72 –
Hello smallies.
Gaan lekker man dankie, jy daar?
Ek sien jy speel saam met ons krieket, mooi man.
Het jy gekliek op my naam daar op Superbru?
Check bietjie my profile hoor 🙂
Jy kan my en die ander ouens mail ook daar, dit werk lekker, en jy hoef nie jou addie te openbaar nie….
Sal jou n mailtjie gooi daar een of ander tyd, kyk uit vir dit.
Kyk net onder jou mails, dit sal wys as jy pos het.
@smallies72 –
O koek, ek sien nou jy is nie daar op Superbru nie!
Sluit gou aan as jy kan, die poelkode is junkbass, ‘RT pool’.
@Pietman – ek kap ma aan hier in die states.ek moes per ongeluk aangesluit het,ma dis ok sal dit n go gee,ek is half uit voelling met die krieket scene.ma dis dalk tyd om wee by te kom
@smallies72 –
Superbru is maklik, dis maar n raai-raai storie. Ons het almal gister nul gescore, so jy verloor niks as jy nou aansluit nie.
Waar is jy, Vrystaat of US?
@smallies72 –
Sal later bietjie praat, gaan gou iets eet en dan kantoor toe, dis 1:30nm hier.
@Pietman – ek is n ou kovsie 91 oesjaar ma bly in die suid-vrystaat
@smallies72 –
Lekker wereld.
Ek het laas daar oorgeslaap, op Trompsburg…..net moosa koud gewees.
Dan kom jy en ou Komphela uit dielfde wereld, hy is op Stilfontein 🙂
Dis mos sy kiesafdeling.
Ek sien die ou se kantooradres is nog daar, Unionstraat 10.
@smallies72 –
Jy en Loosehead was dan saam daar op Kovies, hoor by hom, jy sal sy foto sien op die gallery.
@smallies72 –
Koos hier op RT ook, ouditkunde gedoen op Kovsies, daai tyd rond.
@Pietman – ek het sy kiekie gekyk hy lyk moerse bekend wil nog by hom uitvind
@smallies72 –
Sal jou sy mail addie gee op Superbru, sodra jy daar is.
Hy woon in Durbanville nou.
Koos is ook daar, woon in Brisbane nou.
Kom van Kroonstad af.
@Pietman – ek is nog meer af.op die oranje rivier se wal my huis is so 800m van die rivier en ja dit word lekker koud hier ma die dae is lekker in die winter
@smallies72 –
Daar ook al geslaap, by daai motel naby die Shell Garage, Gariepdam.
Boer jy daar?
Klink so, want jy is vroeg op!
Looshead sal netnou hier wees.
Hy het Shimlas gespeel in 1991 rond, sy bynaam was ‘Soutie’.
Koos, jy hier, ek sien jy loer?
Praat met Smallies en Loosehead, klink julle ken dalk mekaar.
18 @Pietman – Howzit Pete, soek bietjie leesstof vir ons! Ek vermoed hulle is effe jonger as ek…
Sien nou JL Potgieter skuif terug Pretoria toe volgende jaar! Wonder wie de hel gaan ons nou op 10 speel?
@Pietman – Ja ek is in daai omgewing werk op n gevangenis plaas hier by n melkery en boer so in my p-tyd
@Koos –
Sal jou stuur, kan nie op hierdie Koreeanse masjientjie nie copy en paste nie….weet nie hoe nie.
Ek is tans besig met navorsing oor die ou griekwaspan, en sommige vergete Springbokke soos Chris Dirks, Bobby Johns, Faan Conradie, Donovan Twiname….. manne wat nerens gelys is nie omdat hulle nooit in n toets gespeel het nie.
#10?
Seker Earl Rose of De Wet Ras dalks…Ek dink Earl sal n aanbod verwelkom, glo nie hy is baie gelukkig daar by die Leeuwens nie.
So nie moet julle Lionel Cronje speel, daar is drie van hulle, Cronjes, twee in Natal ook!
So wat is julle probleem?
@Pietman – shimlas 91 was n bulspan het die puk lelik afgestof in die interver so iets soos 55-15 met waksie prinsloo smiley naka ens in die span.het rau ook gevreet
@smallies72 –
O, ok, dink ek weet waar.
Sal jou kom loer as ek later vanjaar opry na GBS-hulle toe, kan ons n bier drink daar by die dam.
Julle het mos darem lekker skaapvleis daar, en doringhout….. 🙂
@Koos – Dis nou die kans om sias en lional op te skyf
@smallies72 –
Dink Loosehead was die enigste Engelsprekende in daai span!
Hansie het ook toe gespeel, agsteman,
Brenden ook, as ek reg onthou…..
Koos sal beter weet.
Heyt, ek moet sleep, gou die soutmyntjie gaan oopsluit.
Praat later innie dag weer.
Tjeers.
@Pietman – ek is nader aan aliwal-noord as gariep 30 van a-n 90 van gariep
@smallies72 –
Sal nader na die tyd praat, ek sal soek, moenie komkommer..
Howzit Piet, Koos,
Wat se julle? Smallies, I’m from the other side of Aliwal, but I forget, where is the border between Eastern Cape and Free State, isn’t it Aliwal North?
@Pietman – Ja brendan en jannie de beer as ook eben von gerike as ek reg is ruan mcounb ok hy was n monster
@Manlybok – Aliwal sits on the river and the river is the border
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