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assfly wrote: Tue Sep 01, 2020 12:49 pm I'll believe this when I see a goddamn fixture list.

OomStruisbaai wrote: Sun May 16, 2021 6:03 pm The two biggest SA provinces voting against a double round CC. Want to kill the likes of the Cheetahs, Griquas and Pumas.

WP and Lions supporting the double round.

The Cheetahs played in the CC and PRO14 and used it wisely

assfly wrote: Mon May 17, 2021 6:28 am

OomStruisbaai wrote: Sun May 16, 2021 6:03 pm The two biggest SA provinces voting against a double round CC. Want to kill the likes of the Cheetahs, Griquas and Pumas.

WP and Lions supporting the double round.

The Cheetahs played in the CC and PRO14 and used it wisely

Will be interesting to see how Pro16 and CC are combined. Either way it's not going to be a good look for the Currie Cup with the big three and WP fielding b-teams.

OomStruisbaai wrote: Sun May 16, 2021 6:03 pm The two biggest SA provinces voting against a double round CC. Want to kill the likes of the Cheetahs, Griquas and Pumas.

WP and Lions supporting the double round.

average joe wrote: Mon May 17, 2021 9:11 am No one vote to get out of SR. Your Kiwi friends handed us the trekpas.

Sards wrote: Mon May 17, 2021 1:54 pm You were one of those celebrebrated giving the Kiwis the middle finger

assfly wrote: Mon May 24, 2021 9:58 am Good news lads.

The Currie Cup starts on the 19th of June

Can't wait to see some local rugby again.

Cheetahs urge SA Rugby to stick with congested Currie Cup
Cheetahs urge SA Rugby to stick with congested Currie Cup
Published on May 24, 2021
The Cheetahs were at loggerheads with the Bulls and Sharks at SA Rugby’s annual general meeting last week regarding the Currie Cup format.


It was previously voted that this year’s Currie Cup will be a double round format, meaning teams will play each other twice (home and away) before the playoffs.

But with the competition rescheduled to run from 19 June to the first week of October, a couple of franchises have voiced their concern that tournament won’t be strength-versus-strenght.

It is believed the Bulls and Sharks opposed the double round format at last week’s general meeting, citing that the Currie Cup will overlap with international window which means several of their key players away with the Boks for both the Lions Series and the Rugby Championship.

The Bulls and Sharks tabled a motion for the reversal of the double round in favour of a single round, but the Cheetahs opposed it vehemently before the decision was made to stick with the format as previously voted for.

‘If SA Rugby makes a decision, we keep to it,’ Free State Cheetahs Rugby Union president Jerry Segwaba told Sport24.

‘No exemptions were given to us. The same principle applies now,’ he said with regard to when the Cheetahs had to juggle Currie Cup and PRO14 participation at the same time in 2017 and 2018 because the competitions ran concurrently.

Free State Cheetahs chairman Ryno Opperman said he sympathised with the Bulls and Sharks, but by and large shared Segwaba’s sentiment.

‘It’s true that the Currie Cup will have a double round and the reality is that it’s going to place pressure on some of the teams in terms of depth,’ he said to Sport24.

‘We experienced that challenge first-hand and we have sympathy for it.

‘But there’s a reason why some franchises are in this position. They’re strong entities with strong player bases, so they would be able to still sel

OomStruisbaai wrote: Thu May 27, 2021 4:56 pm Teams

Toyota Cheetahs team: Clayton Blommetjies, Craig Barry, Dries Swanepoel, Frans Steyn, Rosko Specman, Brandon Thomson, Ruan Pienaar (captain), Jeandre Rudolph, Oupa Mohoje, Andisa Ntsila, Rynier Bernardo, Victor Sekekete, Aranos Coetzee, Wilmar Arnoldi, Cameron Dawson. Replacements: Louis van der Westhuizen, Schalk Ferreira, Conraad van Vuuren, Jacques Potgieter, Aidon Davis, Tian Meyer, Howard Mnisi, Duncan Saal.

Toyota Invitation team (from): Corne Smit (WP), Dillon Smit (Lions), Inni Radebe (OP), Jamba Ulenga (Lions), Jason Alexander (WP), JP Duvenhage (Shimlas), Keegan Johannes (Bulls), Leolin Zass (WP), Richard Kriel (Bulls), Shane Bolton (Shimlas), Tristin Leyds (WP), Dan Jooste (Sharks), Jean Droste (Cheetahs), Jeandre Labuschagne (Sharks), Johan du Toit (WP), Khwezi Mona (Sharks), Kwenzo Bloze (WP), Marnus van der Merwe (Cheetahs), Michael Kumberai (Sharks), Mihlali Mosi (NNMU), Reinier Viljoen (Cheetahs u.20), Roelof Smit (Lions), Ruhan Strauli (Lions), Sazi Sandi (WP), WJ Steenkamp (Bulls)

Chilli wrote: Fri May 28, 2021 5:33 am

OomStruisbaai wrote: Thu May 27, 2021 4:56 pm Teams

Toyota Cheetahs team: Clayton Blommetjies, Craig Barry, Dries Swanepoel, Frans Steyn, Rosko Specman, Brandon Thomson, Ruan Pienaar (captain), Jeandre Rudolph, Oupa Mohoje, Andisa Ntsila, Rynier Bernardo, Victor Sekekete, Aranos Coetzee, Wilmar Arnoldi, Cameron Dawson. Replacements: Louis van der Westhuizen, Schalk Ferreira, Conraad van Vuuren, Jacques Potgieter, Aidon Davis, Tian Meyer, Howard Mnisi, Duncan Saal.

Toyota Invitation team (from): Corne Smit (WP), Dillon Smit (Lions), Inni Radebe (OP), Jamba Ulenga (Lions), Jason Alexander (WP), JP Duvenhage (Shimlas), Keegan Johannes (Bulls), Leolin Zass (WP), Richard Kriel (Bulls), Shane Bolton (Shimlas), Tristin Leyds (WP), Dan Jooste (Sharks), Jean Droste (Cheetahs), Jeandre Labuschagne (Sharks), Johan du Toit (WP), Khwezi Mona (Sharks), Kwenzo Bloze (WP), Marnus van der Merwe (Cheetahs), Michael Kumberai (Sharks), Mihlali Mosi (NNMU), Reinier Viljoen (Cheetahs u.20), Roelof Smit (Lions), Ruhan Strauli (Lions), Sazi Sandi (WP), WJ Steenkamp (Bulls)

Will it be on TV?

OomStruisbaai wrote: Sat May 29, 2021 3:50 pm FT Cheetahs 33-43 Invitation which included current Varsity Cup players

Chilli wrote: Sat May 29, 2021 4:11 pm

OomStruisbaai wrote: Sat May 29, 2021 3:50 pm FT Cheetahs 33-43 Invitation which included current Varsity Cup players

OomStruisbaai wrote: Sat May 29, 2021 4:23 pm

Chilli wrote: Sat May 29, 2021 4:11 pm

OomStruisbaai wrote: Sat May 29, 2021 3:50 pm FT Cheetahs 33-43 Invitation which included current Varsity Cup players

Shimla players which will probably use by the Cheetahs.

The Strauli player must be Rudolph's boy.

Chilli wrote: Sat May 29, 2021 4:11 pm

OomStruisbaai wrote: Sat May 29, 2021 3:50 pm FT Cheetahs 33-43 Invitation which included current Varsity Cup players

assfly wrote: Sun May 30, 2021 4:23 am Cheetahs don't help themselves

How did Steyn get on?

OomStruisbaai wrote: Sun May 30, 2021 4:28 am He looked out of shape. His opposite 12 from Shimlas outplayed him.

assfly wrote: Sun May 30, 2021 4:43 am

OomStruisbaai wrote: Sun May 30, 2021 4:28 am He looked out of shape. His opposite 12 from Shimlas outplayed him.

FFS that's infuriating. A Lions tour around the corner and he's been sitting on his arse for the last few weeks. Should have been loaned to a team playing in the Painbow Cup.

Chilli wrote: Sun May 30, 2021 5:22 am

assfly wrote: Sun May 30, 2021 4:43 am

OomStruisbaai wrote: Sun May 30, 2021 4:28 am He looked out of shape. His opposite 12 from Shimlas outplayed him.

FFS that's infuriating. A Lions tour around the corner and he's been sitting on his arse for the last few weeks. Should have been loaned to a team playing in the Painbow Cup.

Or the Cheetahs should have been included in the RC?

OomStruisbaai wrote: Sun May 30, 2021 7:08 am

Chilli wrote: Sun May 30, 2021 5:22 am

assfly wrote: Sun May 30, 2021 4:43 am

FFS that's infuriating. A Lions tour around the corner and he's been sitting on his arse for the last few weeks. Should have been loaned to a team playing in the Painbow Cup.

Or the Cheetahs should have been included in the RC?

Yes. Frans is a boer first nowadays.

Chilli wrote: Sun May 30, 2021 5:22 am Or the Cheetahs should have been included in the RC?