Preview: Currie Cup, week 9

Published 3 September 2010 | By grootblousmile

We preview the 4 Currie Cup Premier Division matches for this weekend.

3 Games are played tonight, 1 tomorrow. 

The 4 matches to be played are:

  • GWK Griquas vs Vodacom Free State Cheetahs – GWK Park, Kimberley, Friday 3 September 2010 at 17:00
  • Platinum Leopards vs Barloworld Toyota Pumas – Friday 3 September 2010 at 19:00
  • Xerox Lions vs Vodacom Western Province – Coca-Cola Park, Johannesburg, Friday 3 September 2010 at 19:10
  • Vodacom Blue Bulls vs The Sharks – Loftus, Pretoria, Saturday 4 September 2010 at 19:15

  

GWK Griquas vs Vodacom Free State Cheetahs:

The Griquas host the Cheetahs at GWK Park, Kimberley on Friday 3 September 2010 at 17:00 SA Time. Pity that the match is not broadcast live on TV in SA, it is only streamed live on SuperSport.com, which stream is only accessible to DSTV subscribers.

Griquas will be a tough nut to crack in Kimberley but have suffered a few losses recently.

Bjorn Basson on left wing is their go-to man with no less than 4 tries for him last week against the Sharks and a hattrick of tries the week before. This man has become a try-scoring machine.

The Cheetahs have just come off a marvelous win over WP and must be brimming with confidence. They often impress against the other big unions and consider the Currie Cup as their prime competition in the year.

It is difficult to make a prediction for this game but I will opt to go for the team who demolished WP last week…. Cheetahs by 10.

GWK Griquas

Vodacom Free State Cheetahs
03 September at 17:00
Team: 15. Riaan Viljoen, 14. Rocco Reginald Jansen, 13. Wilmaure Louw, 12. Barry Geel, 11. Bjorn Basson, 10. Naas Olivier (Captain), 9. Sarel Pretorius, 8. Danie Burger Schoeman, 7. Justin Downey, 6. Rohan Kitshoff, 5. Cecil-John Kemp, 4. Luvuyiso Lusaseni, 3. Jean Botha, 2. Ryno Barnes, 1. Steph RobertsReplacements: 16. Simon Westraadt, 17. Jacobus Petrus Adriaanse, 18. Edwin Westley Hewitt, 19. Johan van Deventer, 20. Marnus Hugo, 21. Jean Hermanus Stemmet, 22. Rudi Vogt Team: 15. Hennie Daniller, 14. Philip Snyman, 13. Robert Ebersohn, 12. Meyer Bosman, 11. Jongi Nokwe, 10. Louis Strydom, 9. Tewis de Bruyn, 8. Ashley Johnson, 7. Christoffel Philippus Van der Walt, 6. Hendro Scholtz, 5. Waltie Vermeulen, 4. Francois (FS) Uys, 3. Kobus Calldo, 2. Adriaan Strauss (Captain), 1. Coenie OosthuizenReplacements: 16. Skipper Badenhorst, 17. Willem Petrus (WP) Nel, 18. Izak van der Westhuizen, 19. Kabamba Floors, 20. Tertius Carse, 21. Sias Ebersohn, 22. Riaan Smit

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Platinum Leopards vs Barloworld Toyota Pumas:

Both the Leopards and Pumas have showed some amazing grit and determination this season, although in patches.

The Leopards ran the Bulls close, whereas the Pumas have just come off a dogged win over the Bulls this past weekend.

I predict a Pumas win, even if on Leopards home soil… Pumas by 10.

Platinum Leopards

Barloworld Toyota Pumas
03 September at 19:00
Team: 15. Hendrik Daniel Petrus Dames, 14. Deon Scholtz, 13. Jovan Bowles, 12. Bernd Theisinger, 11. Dumisani Matyeshana, 10. Clayton Durand, 9. Theo Clyde van Wyk, 8. Riaan Swanepoel, 7. RW Kember, 6. Wilhelm Koch (Captain), 5. Bradley Peter Mockford, 4. Anthonie Johannes Gronum, 3. Os Van der Walt, 2. Gavin Williamson, 1. Bennie Geldenhuys Uys

Replacements: 16. Pellow van der Westhuizen, 17. Johan Coetzee, 18. Edrich Linde, 19. Christo van Niekerk, 20. Theuns Kotze, 21. Cecil Dumond, 22. Kempie Rautenbach

 Team: 15. Nicky Kritzinger, 14. Braam Pretorius, 13. Shaun Venter, 12. Ashwin Scott, 11. Allister Kettledas, 10. Elgar Watts, 9. Tian Carel Meyer, 8. Christo le Roux, 7. Torsten van Jaarsveld, 6. Corne Steenkamp, 5. Marius Coetzer, 4. Andries Kruger, 3. Ashley Buys, 2. Hannes Franklin (Captain), 1. Ronnie Uys

Replacements: 16. De-Jay Terblanche, 17. Dawie Steyn, 18. Willem Jacob Serfontein, 19. Jaco Bouwer, 20. Ricardo Croy, 21. Johan Jackson, 22. Vainon Willis

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Xerox Lions vs Vodacom Western Province:

The Lions host WP at the Coke-Tin on Friday 3 September 2010 at 19:10. This game is broadcast live on DSTV in SA.

The Lions MUST be boyed by the fact that they have now secured the services of John Mitchell for 3 years as well as having just come off 3 consecutive wins.

The team is definately on the improve and some players are sticking their hands up big time… Elton Jantjies and Jaco Taute more so than some others.

WP have now lost 2 on the trot, and badly so and will be desperate to revive their season.

They are still 2nd on the Currie Cup Log though and have looked invincible at times early in the Currie Cup season.

I think that although the Lions are on the improve, a game against No 1 or 2 on the Log might still be a bridge too far at the moment, so I predict a WP win, away from home….. WP by 10.

Xerox Lions

Vodacom Western Province
03 September at 19:10
Team: 15. Jaco Taute, 14. Jannie Boshoff, 13. Waylon Murray, 12. Doppies la Grange, 11. Michael Killian, 10. Elton Thomas Jantjies, 9. Jano Vermaak, 8. Warren Roger Whiteley, 7. Joshua Zac Strauss, 6. Derick Minnie, 5. Franco van der Merwe (Captain), 4. George Earle, 3. Ross Geldenhuys, 2. Martin Bezuidenhout, 1. JC Janse van Rensburg

Replacements: 16. Edgar Marutlulle, 17. Wayne Swart, 18. Johan (Joe) Snyman, 19. Renaldo Bothma, 20. JP Joubert, 21. Burton Francis, 22. Marius Delport

 Team: 15. Conrad Jantjes, 14. JJ Engelbrecht, 13. Tim Whitehead, 12. Paul Bosch, 11. Frikkie Welsh, 10. Willem de Waal, 9. Dewaldt Duvenage, 8. Duane Vermeulen, 7. Nick Koster, 6. Francois Louw, 5. Anton van Zyl (Captain), 4. Adriaan Fondse, 3. Brok Harris, 2. Deon Fourie, 1. JD Moller

Replacements: 16. Callie-Theron Visagie, 17. Wicus Blaauw, 18. Buhle Mxunyelwa, 19. De Kock Steenkamp, 20. Pieter Myburgh, 21. Conrad Hoffmann, 22. Marcel Brache

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Vodacom Blue Bulls vs Sharks:

The Blue Bulls host the Sharks on 4 September 2010 at Loftus and at 19:15 SA Time. The match is broadcast live on DSTV in SA.

What a wonderful match under normal circumstances, pity it will not be attended by too many spectators, due to the Springbok Test just prior to this match.

These 2 rivals will go toe to toe, not an inch given.

The Blue Bulls have been shoddy and less than perfect to say the least in this competition this year, but they are a proud bunch and current Currie Cup and Super 14 champs, so one expects them to be better than they are at present.

The Sharks are a finely tuned machine at the moment, topping the Log with quite some distance between them and the rest.

They have named a very strong unit to take the field and often do very well at Loftus.

I predict a win away from home for the high-riding Sharks….. Sharks by 10.

Vodacom Blue Bulls

The Sharks
04 September at 19:15
Team: 15. Zane Kirchner, 14. Gerhard van den Heever, 13. Jaco Pretorius, 12. Wynand Olivier, 11. Jaco van der Westhuyzen, 10. Jacques-Louis Potgieter, 9. Ruan Snyman, 8. Gerrit-Jan van Velze, 7. Dewald Potgieter, 6. Derick Kuun (capt), 5. Fudge Mabeta, 4. Juandre Kruger, 3. Werner Kruger, 2. Bandise Maku, 1. Dean Greyling

Replacements: 16. Henry Bantjes, 17. Frik Kirsten, 18. Jaco Engels, 19. Wilhelm Steenkamp, 20. CJ Stander, 21. Dustin Jinka, 22. Stefan Watermeyer

 Team: 15. Louis Ludik, 14. Odwa Ndungane, 13. Stefan Terblanche (C), 12. Andries Strauss, 11. Lwazi Mvovo, 10. Patrick Lambie, 9. Charl McLeod, 8. Keegan Daniel, 7. Willem Alberts, 6. Jacques Botes, 5. Alistair Hargreaves, 4. Steven Sykes, 3. Wiehahn Herbst, 2. Bismarck du Plessis, 1. Tendai Mtawarira

Replacements: 16. Craig Burden, 17. Eugene van Staden, 18. Michael Rhodes, 19. Skholiwe Ndlovu, 20. Rory Kockott, 21. Andre Pretorius, 22. Riaan Swanepoel

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