Currie Cup

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Today 1st div

Down Touch Griffons: 15 Dommenic Smit, 14 Granwill Matthys, 13 Keanu Vers, 12 Marquit September, 11 Gurshwinn Wehr, 10 Duan Pretorius, 9 Jaywinn Juries, 8 Soso Xakalashe, 7 Oupa Mohoje, 6 Jean-Jacques Pretorius, 5 Michael Benadie, 4 Hannes Janse van Rensburg, 3 Buhle Nojekwa, 2 Dandre Delport, 1 Stephan de Jager. Replacements: 16 Janus Venter, 17 Mox Mxoli, 18 Etienne Janeke, 19 Wikus Nieuwenhuis, 20 Curtly Ambrose Thomas, 21 Ludio Williams, 22 Ethan Williams, 23 Carel-Jan Coetzee.



Eastern Province: 15 Masixole Banda, 14 Davian Swanepoel, 13 Riaan Arends, 12 Josiah Twum-Baofo, 11 Rodney Damons, 10 Garrick Mattheus, 9 Sachin Toring, 8 Zingisa April, 7 Stefan Willemse, 6 Gerrit Huisamen, 5 Jaco Willemse, 4 Johannes Huisamen, 3 Sive Mazosiwe, 2 Duan du Plessis, 1 Siya Nzuzo. Replacements: 16 Viaan Wolmarans, 17 Rob Lyons, 18 Sibusiso Lali, 19 Lungi Mbiko, 20 Athenkosi Manentsa, 21 Luvo Claassen, 22 Merlynn Pieterse, 23 Mbembe Payi.



Match details: Down Touch Griffons v Eastern Province

Venue: HT Pelatona Projects Stadium, Welkom

Date: Friday, 24 June 2022

Time: 14h00

Referee: Stephan Geldenhuys

Assistant Referees: Ruhan Meiring, Sean Muller

TMO: Egon Seconds

TV: SuperSport

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Pumas and Griffons to drink champagne

[Chilli]

Pumas and Griffons to drink champagne

Kiss of death.

[Chilli]

Griquas and Purple People Eaters.

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Griquas and Purple People Eaters.

You are suppose to back EP.!

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I can only imagine BiLs playing in Welkom.

EP 3-0

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Griffons score on a grass spot 7-3

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Pumas for me. Wouldn't mind either team winning the big one, but a new winner would be good.

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So this is where Oupa Mohoje is playing.

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Watching rugby out of the parking lodge. Longing to my playing days.

13-6 Griffons

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EP backline look quick. Need possession

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and they score. A few Mapimpis running in this EP backs.
13-11

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HT 28-11

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Vok fight, decent one 1st div style

[Chilli]

Griquas and Purple People Eaters.

You are suppose to back EP.!

I didn't know we had a team

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EP fighting hard but their scrum get demolished

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Griffons het hom in die sakkie

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Griffons het hom in die sakkie

[Chilli]

VRYSTAAT

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Congrats to AJ. Born and bred Noord Vrystater!

[average joe]

I guess I should be happy that we at least won something.

[FalseBayFC]

I guess I should be happy that we at least won something.

The Purple People Eaters punch way above their weight at Craven Week. They are one of the . In the eighties as a youngster I spent many happy afternoons at Kings Park watching Natal play them and SWA in the Currie Cup B section. My dad would give us R5 to buy pies, cokes and sweets while he and his mates got tanked up in the sun. Then he'd drive us home after having drunk way too many beers and cane and cokes.

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I guess I should be happy that we at least won something.

The Purple People Eaters punch way above their weight at Craven Week. They are one of the . In the eighties as a youngster I spent many happy afternoons at Kings Park watching Natal play them and SWA in the Currie Cup B section. My dad would give us R5 to buy pies, cokes and sweets while he and his mates got tanked up in the sun. Then he'd drive us home after having drunk way too many beers and cane and cokes.

Was great to saw their CW teams at the final.

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3 all after 12 mins. Kimberley uit sy nate.

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Pumas look stronger in all areas especially in the tight and set pieces, result depends on if their fitness and if their bench is good enough. It's not a big lead and the Pumas are large units, Griquas could come back and win if they can hold on and improve their accuracy a bit.

Still a close match.

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Congrats to AJ. Born and bred Noord Vrystater!

Winning the CC first division is no consolation for this tragedy!

[FalseBayFC]

Pumas fullback Devon Williams is good enough to play in the URC or EPCR. Would be nice to see him at the Lions or Cheetahs.

[FalseBayFC]

Interesting how tactical kicking has evolved. Warrick Gelant has been great with his low angled kicks off his instep. Its great as an attacking kick because the ball often skids and pops for oncoming runners. Difficult to field as a defender. Sacha Mngomezulu was doing the same yesterday for the Junior Boks. It worked great in the windy conditions.

Remember when the high torpedo kick was the standard. Never see that nowadays. I remember watching Hugh Reece Edwards at Northlands Old Boys in the early eighties kicking huge torpedo punts.

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Pumas het hom in die sakkie.

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Pumas fullback Devon Williams is good enough to play in the URC or EPCR. Would be nice to see him at the Lions or Cheetahs.

Sebastiaan de Klerk is a fantastic player.

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Hartzenberg!!

[FalseBayFC]

Pumas fullback Devon Williams is good enough to play in the URC or EPCR. Would be nice to see him at the Lions or Cheetahs.

Sebastiaan de Klerk is a fantastic player.

Also can step up. Munier Hartzenburg too.

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Tinus de Beer will be handy for the Sharks

[bok_viking]

Congrats Pumas , never thought I would see my childhood team get their name on the Currie Cup.

[FalseBayFC]

Congrats Pumas , never thought I would see my childhood team get their name on the Currie Cup.

That's awesome bru! Jimmy Stonehouse and his team deserve that after years of being great professionals. Makes Gert Smal's comments look very lame.

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Pumas were the better side. The two most consistent sides outside the big 5 over the last 2 decades, Pumas definitely much better.

Both teams were provincial level forwards that battled hard, but both had some interesting players in the backs that could go further.

Pumas:
9 September, could be really good if his service was faster, looks a bit old, so probably at his potential already.
15 Williams, obvious play maker and has the talent to play 10.

Others that looked decent but didn't see enough: 14 Tapiwa Mafura, 18 Simon Raw, 21 Snyman.

Griquas:
14 Hartzenberg, should be playing in the Bok Sevens squad looks like a Sevens forward.
21 Mulder, when he got to work the speed of his service got the Griquas attack moving, the speed of his tap and go pens at the end built momentum and kept the Griquas fighting.

Others that looked decent but didn't see enough: 11 Obi.

[bok_viking]

Unfortunately both teams are losing a bunch of players to the bigger teams.

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Unfortunately both teams are losing a bunch of players to the bigger teams.

That is their function, to make the Sharks stronger.

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Unfortunately both teams are losing a bunch of players to the bigger teams.

That is their function, to make the Sharks stronger.

Sharks go for the top Stormers.

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This was pretty special.