SWD (20) 32 / Leopards (13) 28 (Final Score)

The SWD Eagles hosted the Platinum Leopards at Outeniqua Park, George in the last of their 2 Promotion / Relegation games to see who will stay or advance to the Currie Cup Premier Division. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1 on DSTv in SA.

The SWD Eagles won the match by 32 / 28 but loses the battle for promotion to the Premier Division….

Scores:

SWD: 2 Conversions & 1 Penalty Ambrose Barends, 1 Try Henry Grimes, 1 Try Hans Grobler, 1 Try Jacques Engelbrecht, 1 Try Shaun Raubenheimer, 1 Try Jaco Terblanche

Leopards: 3 Penalties & 1 Conversion Clayton Durand, 1 Try RW Kember, 1 Try & 1 Conversion Sarel Marais, 1 Try Walter Venter

Teams:

SWD Eagles: 15 Jandré Blom, 14 Bobby Joubert, 13 Sinethemba Zweni, 12 Bevin Fortuin (captain), 11 Joe Breytenbach, 10 Ambrose Barends, 9 Dougie Hellmuth, 8 Jacques Engelbrecht, 7 Shaun Raubenheimer, 6 Lyndon Hartnick, 5 Henry Grimes, 4 Hendrik Eksteen, 3 Wikus Harmse, 2 Johannes Grobler, 1 Jacobus Terblanche.
Replacements: 16 Jandre de Beer, 17 Anton van der Westhuizen, 18 Lubabalo Mtyanda, 19 Danzel Manuel, 20 Eric Zana, 21 Deroy Rhoode, Marchell Potts.

Leopards: 15 Danie Dames, 14 Dumisani Matyeshana, 13 Cornelius Rautenbach, 12 Walter Venter, 11 Colin Lloyd, 10 Clayton Durand, 9 Michael Bondesio, 8 Reginald Kember, 7 Wilhelm Koch (captain), 6 Victor Joubert, 5 Draad Linde, 4 Christo van Niekerk, 3 Eric Coetzee, 2 Gavin Williamson, 1 Bennie Uys.
Replacements: 16 Stoffel Duvenhage, 17 Divan Kotze, 18 Brad Mockford, 19 Bennie Adams, 20 Theo van Wyk, 21 Joubert Engelbrecht, 22 Sarel Marais