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Currie Cup Coach-of-the-Month for September, John Mitchell, made only the one anticipated change to the Lions starting lineup for Saturday’s decisive clash with the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein.
The International Rugby Board has announced the Match Official appointments for the schedule of international matches to be played between October 30 and December 4, 2010.
Springbok Sevens star Lionel Mapoe will stay in Durban and will appeal the court ruling handed down against him by the Bloemfontein High Court on Wednesday.
The disharmony between Springbok coach Peter de Villiers and his assistants Dick Muir and Gary Gold has reached a crescendo with De Villiers seemingly in a desperate search for new assistants before the Springboks embark on their end-of-year Grand Slam tour.
“Intense, close, physical”.
Western Province captain Anton van Zyl could hardly produce a more apt description of the challenge awaiting his side in Saturday’s Currie Cup match against the Blue Bulls at Loftus Versfeld.
Van Zyl and Co won a titanic battle in the trenches against the Bulls 15-12 at Newlands in the first round, but the challenge in Pretoria will no doubt be tougher.
The Sharks may shortly experience a wing crisis similar to the one that was a major headache for Free State in this year’s Currie Cup.
Six armed police officers on Saturday apparently stormed into a restaurant here during a concert by Louise Carver – because of a police cap worn by Schalk Burger.
Sharks No 8 Ryan Kankowski has been suspended from all forms of rugby for one week, after he was found guilty of foul play in last weekend’s Absa Currie Cup loss to the Lions in Johannesburg, the South African Rugby Union (Saru) said on Thursday.
World Cup winning Springbok prop Gurthrö Steenkamp will make a first start for the Vodacom Blue Bulls in the Absa Currie Cup competition when they take on Western Province at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday.
The loss of Springbok wing Jongi Nokwe has forced Free State Cheetahs coach Naka Drotské to name four centres in his backline for Saturday’s Currie Cup crunch match against the Lions.
Sharks coach John Plumtree is considering making a number of changes to his team for Friday’s Currie Cup encounter with the Leopards.
However, he first has to find a new captain now that Stefan Terblanché has been ruled out.
Western Province are looking to call up the experience of JD Moller for what they anticipate will be a concerted Blue Bulls forward onslaught in Saturday’s key Absa Currie Cup match at Loftus.
Free State Cheetahs wing Lionel Mapoe, was on Wednesday ordered by a Bloemfontein Court to report at the Cheetahs by Thursday 15:00.
Counties Manukau loose forward Fritz Lee will appear at a judicial hearing Wednesday for an alleged dangerous tackle during his team’s NPC match against Northland at Pukekohe on Sunday.
Italian Magners League side Benetton Treviso have captured the signature of Western Province’s experienced flyhalf Willem de Waal to add to their growing South African contingent of players.
First-five Matt Berquist will play for the Crusaders in next season’s inaugural Investec Super Rugby competition.
The Vodacom Blue Bulls were dealt a double blow after hearing they will not have the services of utility forward Juandré Kruger and flanker Deon Stegmann until at least the semi-finals of the Absa Currie Cup.
It’s Monday and I feel less than productive at work… so why don’t we design a few INNOVATIVE ways how WE would have handled Peter de Villiers’ review procedure…
Ambitious Western Province paid a dear price for their win over Griquas at the weekend, with a major injury blow ahead of their crucial north-south derby against the Blue Bulls this coming Saturday.
While the 48-32 won over Griquas took WP a giant leap closer to a spot in the play-offs, the hamstring injury of star prop Wikus Blaauw could not have come at a worse time.
Phokeng – Earl Rose has done it again.
The Lions player and his younger brother Jody deserted the Lions camp at the Platinum International Sevens Tournament here and returned to Johannesburg without permission.
The Chiefs announced today that Canterbury lock and 2010 Crusader Isaac Ross will be joining the Chiefs playing squad for the 2011 Super Rugby competition.
Lions (10) 22 / Sharks (10) 20 (Final Score)
The Xerox Lions hosted the Sharks at 17:05 SA Time at Coca-Cola Park, Johannesburg. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1 & HD and on M-Net on TV in SA.
In a nail-biter till the end the Lions came back at the death to score a try through captain Franco van der Merwe and with the sucessful conversion from Elton Jantjies sealingthe win by only 2 points…. final score Lions 22 / 20.
Leopards (13) 26 / Blue Bulls (24) 39 (Final Score)
The Platinum Leopards hosted the Vodacom Blue Bulls at 15:00 SA Time totay. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1 & HD and on M-Net.
The Bulls scored 6 tries to 2 by the Leopards, but the Leopards put up a brave fight against an off-colour Blue Bulls side.
Not good enough Blue Bulls, you face the WP next….
WP (29) 48 / Griquas (3) 32 (Final Score)
The Vodacom Western Province hosted the GWK Griquas at Newlands, Cape Town at 19:10 on Friday 24 September 2010. This is the match threads for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSpor 1 & CSN on TV in SA.
WP never looked in danger to lose this game and scored 7 tries, but Griquas made a good comeback in the second half and scored 5 tries of their own.
2 Players got hat tricks in tries, J J Engelbrecht for WP and Bjorn Basson for Griquas.
The following rugby is on TV in SA oday and this weekend:
The SWD Eagles rugby side threatened on Wednesday to boycott Friday’s Currie Cup First Division rugby match against the Falcons at Outeniqua Park in George unless they are paid.
Here are the Team sheets for the Currie Cup Premier Division clashes of the coming weekend.
Vodacom WP coach Allister Coetzee today announced his team to take on the Griquas at Newlands on Friday 24 September 2010. Kick-off is at 19h10.
Apologies herewith for the hour or so that the site was down today. Apparently our Web Host had updated their Kernel, which caused some problems.
Seems that they’re up and running now.
Blue Bulls (6) 24 / Lions (6) 21 (Final Score)
The Blue Bulls hosted the Lions at Loftus, Pretoria at 17:05 SA Time. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1, M-Net and SuperSport HD in SA.
The Bulls squeeked a win by 3 points whilst Jacques-Louis Potgieter was off with a yellow and the Lions coming back strongly.
South African Rugby Boss Oregan Hoskins has called for calm amid widespread calls for Springboks coach Peter de Villiers to be sacked.
Griquas left it late, with Riaan Viljoen scoring the second of his tries two minutes from time, to secure his side a fortuitous 29-20 win over the Leopards on Friday.
Western Province have sent out ample confirmation that their three match mid-season slump is now well behind them as they hammered the Pumas 62-10 in a one-sided Absa Currie Cup match at the Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit on Friday night.
Pumas (3) 10 / WP (27) 62 (Final Score)
The Pumas hosted WP at Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit at 19:10 SA Time on Friday 17 September. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The game was broadcast live on SuperSport 1 on DSTV in SA.
WP ran in 8 tries, all of which were converted by Willem de Waal (5) and Gary van Aswegen (3)a gainst the solitary try by Elgar Watts of the Pumas.
The Pumas tried hard but came up against a WP side who were doing everything at blistering pace and who were in the mood for blood.
The Blue Bulls, Lions and Western Province are apparently willing to splash the cash to sign Springbok wing Bjorn Basson from Griquas.