Friday 30 October 2009 sees the 2 final promotion / relegation games between SWD Eagles vs Platinum Leopards and Boland Cavalliers vs Pumas, respectively.

We had 2 extremely close first round matches, both encounters ending in a 1-point win for Boland Cavalliers and also for the Platinum Leopards.

It is anybody’s guess who will advance or remain in the Currie Cup Premier Division.

The two teams with the most log points after completion of the two promotion/relegation matches will play in the Currie Cup Premier Division in the following season. In the event of an equal number of log points, the winner will be determined as follows:

1. The best nett points’ difference – i.e. points for minus points against, and if equal,
2. The team who scored the most tries, and if equal,
3. The status quo will remain.

Current standings (under headings points difference, tries scored and points):

Leopards v Eagles:
Leopards +5 … 6 … 5
Eagles -5 … 5 … 2

Boland v Pumas:
Boland +1 … 5 … 5
Pumas -1 … 5 … 2

Teams for the 2 games:

SWD Eagles v Leopards, (Outeniqua Park, George – Kick-off: 16.00, 14.00 GMT)

SWD Eagles: 15 Bevin Fortuin (captain), 14 Norman Nelson, 13 Bobbie Joubert, 12 Joe Breytenbach, 11 Baldwin McBean, 10 Ricardo Croy, 9 Dougie Hellmuth, 8 Jacques Engelbrecht, 7 Shawn Raubenheimer, 6 Victor Joubert, 5 Henry Grimes, 4 Lubabalo Mtyanda, 3 Tiaan de Kock, 2 Wayne Bennett, 1 Jaco Terblanche.
Replacements: 16 Junior Leota, 17 Anton van der Westhuizen, 18 Hein Potgieter, 19 Wickus Liebenberg, 20 Jandré Blom, 21 Sinethemba Zweni, 22 Jandré du Plessis.

Leopards: 15 Danie Dames, 14 Jovan Bowles, 13 Deon van Rensburg, 12 Basil de Doncker, 11 Shuaib Samaai, 10 Cecil Dumond, 9 Michael Bondesio, 8 RW Kember, 7 Bennie Adams, 6 Wilhelm Koch/Christo van Niekerk (captain), 5 Edrich Linde, 4 Rynard Landman, 3 Barend van der Walt, 2 Gavin Williamson, 1 Nardus Lombard.
Replacements: 16 Marthinus van der Westhuizen, 17 Divan Kotzé, 18 Antonie Gronum, 19 Christo van Niekerk/Riaan Swanepoel, 20 Theo van Wyk, 21 Clayton Durand, 22 Colin Lloyd.

Referee: Jaco Peyper
Assistant referees: Gareth Lloyd-Jones, Marc van Zyl
TMO: Johann Meuwesen

Pumas v Boland Cavaliers, (Puma Stadium, Witbank – Kick-off: 18.00, 16.00 GMT)

Pumas: 15 MJ Mentz, 14 Braam Pretorius, 13 Shaun Venter, 12 Hyron Thysse, 11 Allister Ketteldas, 10 Tiaan Marx, 9 Jacques Coetzee, 8 Doppies le Roux, 7 Pieter Meyer, 6 Jaco Bouwer, 5 Marius Coetzer, 4 Eduaan van der Walt, 3 Ashley Buys, 2 Hannes Franklin (captain), 1 Ronnie Uys.
Replacements: 16 Corn Steenkamp, 17 Dawie Steyn, 18 Dee-Jay Terblanche, 19 Savage van Heerden, 20 Martin Sithole, 21 Juan Visser, 22 Ashwin Scott.

Boland Cavaliers: 15 Justin Peach, 14 Hayden Groepes, 13 PJ Vermeulen, 12 Cornal Hendricks, 11 Deon Scholtz, 10 Elgar Watts, 9 Danie van der Merwe, 8 Junior Bester, 7 Hilton Lobberts, 6 Zandré Jordaan, 5 George Earl, 4 Rito Hlungwane (captain), 3 Jacobie Adriaanse, 2 Harry Vermaas, 1 Janro van Niekerk.
Replacements: 16 Clemen Lewis, 17 Michael de Neuilly-Rice, 18 Angelo Brinkhuys, 19 David Hendricks, 20 Marnus Hugo, 21 Dewey Swartbooi, 22 Danré Gerber.

Referee: Pro Legoete
Assistant referees: Tiaan Jonker, Ben Crouse
TMO: Michael Cupido