Griquas (27) 48 / Blue Bulls (22) 44 (Final Score)

GWK Griquas and the Vodacom Blue Bulls did battle at GWK Park, Kimberley at 15:00 SA Time.

This was the live match discussion Article.

The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1, SHD & M-Net on TV in SA.

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The Griquas effectively ended the Blue Bulls aspirations to make the final four in the race for the Currie Cup, with this 4-point win.

Scorers:

Griquas:

• Penalties – Rudi Vogt (2)
• Drop Goals – 0
• Tries – Rudi Vogt (1), Rocco Jansen (2), Dusty Noble (1), Mathew Rosslee (2)
  
• Conversions – Rudi Vogt (6)

Blue Bulls:

• Penalties – Louis Fouché (1)
• Drop Goals – Louis Fouché (1)
• Tries – Bjorn Basson (2), Akona Ndungane (1), Jano Vermaak (1), Jacques Potgieter (2)
  
• Conversions – Louis Fouché (4)

Teams:

Griquas: 15 Rudi Vogt, 14 Dusty Noble, 13 Wilmaure Louw, 12 Matthew Rosslee, 11 Rocco Jansen, 10 Riaan Viljoen, 9 Sarel Pretorius, 8 Leon Karemaker, 7 Justin Downey, 6 Jonathan Mokuena (captain), 5 George Earle, 4 Hendrik Roodt, 3 Lourens Adriaanse, 2 Ryno Barnes, 1 Ivann Espag.
Replacements:16 Simon Westraadt, 17 Steph Roberts, 18 Jaco Nepgen, 19 Burger Schoeman, 20 Marnus Hugo, 21 Earl Rose, 22 Monty Dumond/Fabian Juries.

Blue Bulls: 15 Gerhard van Heever, 14 Akona Ndungane, 13 Wynand Olivier, 12 Francois Venter, 11 Bjorn Basson, 10 Louis Fouché, 9 Jano Vermaak, 8 CJ Stander, 7 Jacques Potgieter, 6 Deon Stegmann, 5 Juandré Kruger, 4 Flip van der Merwe, 3 Werner Kruger, 2 Gary Botha (captain), 1 Dean Greyling.
Replacements: 16 Willie Wepener, 17 Frik Kirsten, 18 Gerrit-Jan van Velze, 19 Arno Botha, 20 Dustin Jinka, 21 Francois Brummer, 22 Warwick Tecklenburg.

Referee: Lourens van der Merwe 
Assistant referees: Sindile Mayende, DeGoede Haasbroek
TMO: JC Fortuin