Griquas (3) 3 / WP (12) 50 (Final Score)
GWK Griquas hosted WP at GWK Park, Kimberley at 15:00. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The Game was broadcast live on M-Net and SuperSport 1 in SA.
The 1st Half was a hard and uncompromising affair with Willem de Waal giving WP the edge with a few converted penalties, but the 2nd half was a different affair, WP running Griquas ragged and ending the game on fire.
WP scored 6 tries in the process…. they will be hard to beat next weekend at Newlands… beware Blue Bulls!
Scores:
Griquas: 1 Penalty Naas Olivier
WP: 4 Penalties & 3 Conversions Willem de Waal, 1 Try Juan de Jongh, 1 Try Deon Fourie, 1 Try Conrad Jantjes, 1 Try Gio Aplon, 1 Try Pieter Louw, 1 Try & 1 Conversion Lionel Cronje
Teams:
Western Province: 15. Conrad Jantjes, 14. Gio Aplon, 13. Juan de Jongh, 12. Paul Bosch, 11. Frikkie Welsh, 10. Willem de Waal, 9. Dewaldt Duvenage, 8. Duane Vermeulen, 7. Francois Louw, 6. Pieter Louw, 5. Anton van Zyl (Captain), 4. Adriaan Fondse, 3. Brok Harris, 2. Tiaan Liebenberg, 1. JD Moller
Replacements: 16. Deon Fourie, 17. Wicus Blaauw, 18. Buhle Mxunyelwa, 19. De Kock Steenkamp, 20. Nick Koster, 21. Conrad Hoffmann, 22. Lionel Cronje
Griquas: 15. Riaan Viljoen, 14. Richard Lawson, 13. Wilmaure Louw, 12. Barry Geel, 11. Bjorn Basson, 10. Naas Olivier (capt.), 9. Sarel Pretorius, 8. Burger Schoeman, 7. Davon Raubenheimer, 6. Johan van Deventer, 5. Cecil Kemp, 4. Frikkie Spies, 3. Jean Botha, 2. Ryno Barnes, 1. Albertus Buckle.
Replacements: 16. Simon Westraadt, 17. Jacobie Adriaanse, 18. Gerhard Human, 19. Michael Passaporte/Leon Karemaker, 20. Marnus Hugo, 21. Matthew Rosslee, 22.Rocco Jansen
GWK Park, Kimberley. Kick off: 15h00
Saturday, 07 August 2010
Referee: Sandile Mayende (SARRA)
Assistant referees: F Veldsman (Boland), D Haasbroek (Griquas)
TMO: Shaun Veldsman (Boland)
Griquas not a team tobe taken lightly.
This will be an interesting battle to watch….. with Griquas always just bubbling under the surface of the top 5 or 6 Teams…
Chaka Willemse, coach of the Leopards, last night at the aftermatch press interviews highlighted the conundrum that the teams below No 6 on the Currie Cup Premier Division Log is faced with…. he says the following:
1. If you do not make it to be in the TOP SIX, it means you have to play Promotion / Relegation matches to stay or exit the Premier Division. This means you cannot easily contract players near the end of a season because which players or upcoming players from a TOP 8 Union wants to sign for a Union which might not play in the Premier Division next season? That is one hell of a hamper to a team!
2. When prompted what his vision is for the Leopards, he said the most important part is to let the players believe that if they can be competative for the 1st 20 minutes, then they can be competative for the next 20 minutes and for the next 20 and for the last 20… a game like last night’s game goes a long way in helping towards that.
3. When asked how he intends coaching from hereon in, he was surprisingly fresh and deliberate as well as liberating in his explanation. He said that when he became coach at the Leopards, he wrote down a number of things he wanted and still wants to achieve… and he still reads those notes every day. He says he does not mould his style of coaching on one of the greats like Heyneke Meyer or any of the others, he wants to be a good coach in his own right, not a Heyneke clone. He likes an all round game but he says he likes a “speedy” type of game. Important factors are not only to create opportunities, which the Leopards certainly did last night, but to keep on improving the percentage success ratio of converting those opportunities into completed points.
4. He was frank with us and honest… a decent guy and a stand-up example to his players and Union.
You might ask me, what has Chaka and the Leopards got to do with this afternoon’s game? Well Griquas is in much the same boat, with less resources than their bigger brother Unions…. but with one very large advantage over the Leopards… and that is that they constantly make the TOP SIX, which enables them to contract much better…. as we clearly see with the stars they have developed (Bjorn Basson, Riaan Viljoen, Sarel Pretorius.. ect) and with the possible stars they are able to purchase (Mathew Rosslee, Rocco Janzen).
Here’s hoping that the Griquas can make the semi’s… it will be good for them and for rugby in SA… and in the same breath, Gooooooooo Leopards, last night’s discussion was an eye-opener!
That commentator said its a nice day for a speedo or bikini, the temp is 24 there, is he out of his mind, that is not warm.
3@ Treehugger:
Arnold Geerts, the commentator you speak about, has the habit of making some very feeble jokes…
OK, doppie charged.. and the billies is open… wonderfull bowl of sweets also lined up…
Minute silence for the helicopter death of Andre van Wyk… an ex-Griqua player
Game on!
WP with a great start of pace.
WP 5m out, then a turnover for Kwas…
5m scrum WP
Scrum goes down, has to be reset
Another reset and then a free kick for Kwas
Riaan Viljoen kicks it a mile!
WP running hard but Kwas defence holds well
Penalty WP… will De Waal kick it over in his 100th Currie Cup game?
Over
WP 3 / 0
Attempted droppie by Riaan Viljoen, missed right
Lineout 7m from WP line… Kwas ran and held the ball well
Another attempted droppie by Viljoen, from halfway, missed left
High tackle by Duane Vermeulen….
Oi, he gets a yellow… that is a bit harsh!
cheetah score?
I’ve got Griekwas to win by 3 🙂
3 / 3
22@ bos_otter:
Blinde bok… of in Ingels “No Idea”!… hehehe
Get it?? NO EYE DEAR….
Kwas now on WP 5m line, their scrum
@ grootblousmile:
Jockbok having a go on Keo becuase they do not bother to put up match threads.
Bit quiet here….What is everyone waiting for?
Almost…. Lawson bundled out right at the line
@ grootblousmile:lol..ty GBS. Ek luister na die wp vs kwassies game opo radio sonder grense, maar kry niks oor die cheetah game nie
@ grootblousmile:
What sweets do you have ? i have Maynards soft fruit chews and their jelly beans which must have some kind of drug in them cos they addictive.
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