Xerox Golden Lions head coach Johan Ackermann has made just one change to the match day squad that thumped the Free State Cheetahs in round 10 of the Currie Cup for the semi-final clash against the Cell-C Sharks at Ellis Park this weekend.
The full media release from the GLRU reads:
Xerox Golden Lions head coach Johan Ackermann has named his 22-man side to take on the Cell C Sharks in an Absa Currie Cup semi-final at Ellis Park on Saturday.
Ackermann has opted largely for consistency going into the match, making just one change to the team which beat the Toyota Free State Cheetahs 47-7 last weekend.
The single change sees Kwagga Smith included as cover off the wood.
The match will kick-off at 14:30 SA Time.
Xerox Golden Lions: 15 Jaco van der Walt, 14 Ruan Combrinck, 13 Lionel Mapoe, 12 Howard Mnisi, 11 Courtnall Skosan, 10 Marnitz Boshoff, 9 Ross Cronje, 8 Warren Whiteley (Captain), 7 Derick Minnie, 6 Jaco Kriel, 5 Franco Mostert, 4 Martin Muller, 3 Ruan Dreyer, 2 Robbie Coetzee, 1 Schalk van der Merwe
Replacements: 16 Armand van der Merwe, 17 Julian Redelinghuys, 18 Willie Britz, 19 Warwick Tecklenburg, 20 Kwagga Smith, 21 Mark Richards, 22 Harold Vorster.
Tickets for the game will be dirt cheap
R40-R100
The prices for the other game is between R90-R250… which is pretty reasonable.
Hmmm I am in Jhb next weekend
I hope the tickets wont be that much more.
That loose trio should alone be enough to beat the sharks.
A lot of wind is being made about Warren Whitely and Nizaam Carr, and while I believe they are great players, my man is Jaco Kriel. That guy is a superb rugby player and would have been on everyone’s lips if he was playing for one of the “big three”
and then there is Kwagga on the bench…waiting
If you in JHB next week go watch the game in a pub as the final will mos be at Newlands man 😉
I also rate Kriel massively, but true to tradition he is to small and short to be a Bok..
Gena_ZA wrote:
Because the Bulls finished 4th on the log and the Lions second, the final will be at Ellis Park.
3 @ MacroBlouBul:
5 @ Gena_ZA:
Warren and Nizaam are different types of player imo.
I think Nizaam would probaly fit better into the National side’s style of play, but I honestly believe that Warren would add more to the team in terms of his ability to keep the ball alive.
They’re both excellent players though.
Kriel is a great player. Fast, strong and explosive. Unfortunately (for Kriel) SA has a plethora of world class loose forwards.
@ Scrumdown:
We do, it is quite difficult, Even if Vermeulen is the stand out no8 by a distance, Schalk and Alberts would both do a good job there as well.
The debate takes a whole new shape when you consider “how they will fit in” in the national set up.
Just a shame the Kwagga is so small, he has the heart of a Lion
8 @ MacroBlouBul:
There was debate on another website as to whether Kwagga wouldn’t be better utilised as a centre given his size.
What do you think of that suggestion?
@ Scrumdown:
its a blerrie tough one. Wiki lists him as 80kg and there is nowhere you can hide that except in a back three conbo.
I suspect he was sent to the blitzbokke to develop his skill set for a possible future move?
Unfortunately he will be forever assigned as an impact player… which honestly isnt really even that bad.
@ Scrumdown:
Could be a brilliant move. Bobo was a loose forward and became a pretty decent center. Beast was a loose forward, and became a half decent loosehead. But given his size, Kwagga will never be a top loose forward, but he does bring so much energy and innovation to the side when he comes on, and for a “small” guy, he is very hard to bring down.
@ Lion4ever:
A Boland Coetzee look-alike, and just as gritty and energetic. He is still young, who knows.
@ Pietman:
YES oom Piet, hoop jy het n lekker holiday gehad.
13 @ MacroBlouBul:
Oom Piet is permanent op vakansie.
@ MacroBlouBul:
Dankie! Ja, was lekker innie Kaap en Namakwaland, wereld is pragtig en wyn steeds heerlik.
Maar nou is dit weer sandvreettyd vir n wyle.
Hoe gaan dit daar in jou kant van die baai?
Terloops, jou span gaan more wen…
@ Scrumdown:
En ek het lekker Karoolam geeet, twee diamant dorpers op Prins Albert gekoop en een op Garies, afvalle en al…en alles amper self opgeeet in 3 weke se tyd !
@ MacroBlouBul:
Wou by ou Martin op Hartenbos aangaan oppad terug van die Karoo, maar tyd het my ingehaal. Gedink daaraan om jou te kontak via GBS indien ek dit maak, kon ons n vinnige Windhoek of twee gesuig het.(Ek was lank vertraag op Oudtshoorn met gebarste waterpyp.)
Maar ons hou daai tydelik op ys vir volgende keer.
@ Pietman:
Ek is bly jy kon darem bietjie kwaliteit tyd kry,
Nee dinge gaan goed hier, darem amper weer somer.
Ons lewe in hoop haha maar PW moet iets verskriklik doen om die game te verloor.
@ Pietman:
Sal lekker gewees het, maar ons kan dit n ander tyd maak!
MacroBlouBul wrote:
Einde Januarie, DV. Ek het darem nog vleis oor in die vrieskas vir n braai ook
@ MacroBlouBul:
“PW moet iets verskriklik doen om die game te verloor.”
Elstadt sal dit doen, en vir Pollard 12 punte skenk terwyl WP met 14 man speel!
16 @ Pietman:
Het laas naweek n lekker CAO skaap ribbertjie op die kole gesit.
Vrou het gebraai terwyl Lions vir die Cheetahs opgevrommel het.
Was n flippin lekker middag gewees.
Where is the GreatBlueUndertaker on this lovely Friday morning?
@ Pietman:
Bring vir my ook vleis saam 😛
@ Scrumdown:
Lekker om jou te sien bruvva!
Hoessit innie nuwe huis, darem meer veilig?
Nee hel, ek is siek geeet aan skaapvleis, genuine, n vraat van myself gemaak. sal bietjie moet uitvars met hoender en vis totdat ek weer in die reenboogland kom. Te veel gedrink ook (volgens die vrou…).
MacroBlouBul wrote:
Is reg so. Hou jy net die bier en Chardonnay koud, los die res vir my, ek het genoeg hout ook.
@ Pietman:
Nice maar daar is altyd nadele.
In n kompleks is n mens se buurmense mos NABY. En flip die ou mense langsaam kan maar party hou.
Elke Donderdag maak hulle vuur en speel musiek tot so 11uur die aand.
Pietman wrote:
Lyk my jou vrou en myne dink maar die selfde goed.
Pietman wrote:
klink goed!
Scrumdown wrote:
Ek het n Skotsman in die dupleks gehad langs my in Constantiapark toe ek in Snorstad ingetrek het, daai ou pis soggens harder as n transportdonkie, reg langs my kop deur n 10cm binnemuurtjie, ek was nooit laat vir werk nie.
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