Fixtures and teamsheets for the sixth round of the 2008 Currie Cup.
Fri 25 July – 7pm – Cheetahs v Valke – Bloemfontein
Cheetahs- 15 Bevin Fortuin, 14 Eddie Fredericks, 13 JW Jonker, 12 Robert Ebersohn, 11 Jongi Nokwe, 10 Chris Rossouw, 9 Tewis de Bruyn, 8 Schalk van der Merwe, 7 Kabamba Floors, 6 Heinrich Brüssow, 5 Barend Pieterse (c), 4 David de Villiers, 3 Kobus Calldo, 2 Adriaan Strauss, 1 Wian du Preez.
Subs: 16 Richardt Strauss, 17 Phillip Lemmer, 18 Flip van der Merwe, 19 Duanne Vermeulen, 20 Neil Powell, 21 Wilton Pietersen, 22 Fabian Juries.
Valke – 15 Riaan Smit, 14 Dewald Pretorius, 13 Rouan Cloete, 12 Hanno Coetzee (c), 11 Nicky Kritzinger, 10 Len Olivier, 9 Gerrie Odendaal, 8 Sean Plaatjies, 7 Warren Perkins, 6 Reg Muller, 5 Marius Coetzer, 4 Wouter Moore, 3 Nico Pretorius, 2 Ryno Barnes, 1 Gavin Whittingham.
Subs: 16 Jody Jeneker, 17 Frik Venter, 18 Reggie Perkins, 19 Emile Verster, 20 Freddie van Zyl, 21 Johan Jackson, 22 Jeff Perkins.
Sat 26 July – 3pm – Western Province v Boland – Cape Town
Western Province – 15 Gio Aplon, 14 Joe Pietersen, 13 Dylan Des Fountain, 12 Gcobani Bobo (c), 11 Wylie Human, 10 Willem de Waal, 9 Bolla Conradie, 8 Justin Melck, 7 AJ Venter, 6 Francois Louw, 5 Ross Skeate, 4 Adriaan Fondse, 3 Brian Mujati, 2 Schalk Brits, 1 Wicus Blaauw.
Subs: 16 Deon Fourie, 17 Schalk Ferreira, 18 Brok Harris, 19 Nick Koster, 20 Dewald Duvenhage, 21 Peter Grant, 22 Morgan Newman.
Boland – 15 Justin Peach, 14 John Daniels, 13 Deon Scholtz, 12 Kobus Meintjies, 11 Renfred Dazel, 10 Elgar Watts, 9 Marnus Hugo, 8 Dries van Schalkwyk, 7 Henley du Plessis (c), 6 Zolani Mofu, 5 Bradley Mockford, 4 Frikkie Spies, 3 WP Nel, 2 Pieter Wium, 1 Jean Botha.
Subs: 16 Clement Lewis, 17 Janro van Niekerk, 18 Jacobie Adriaanse, 19 Whalied Heyns, 20 Frankie Horne, 21 Neil Papier, 22 Stefan Basson.
Sat 26 July – 5pm – Sharks v Lions – Durban
Sharks – 15 Stefan Terblanche, 14 Chris Jordaan, 13 Waylon Murray, 12 Bradley Barritt, 11 Odwa Ndungane, 10 Frederic Michalak/Ruan Pienaar, 9 Scott Mathie/Ruan Pienaar, 8 Ryan Kankowski, 7 Jean Deysel, 6 Jacques Botes, 5 Johann Muller (c), 4 Albert van den Berg, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 Skipper Badenhorst, 1 Deon Carstens.
Subs: 16 Craig Burden, 17 Tendai “Beast†Mtawarira, 18 Steven Sykes, 19 Keegan Daniel, 20 Charl McLeod/Scott Mathie, 21 Riaan Swanepoel, 22 Andries Strauss.
Lions – 15 Louis Ludik, 14 Heini Gordon, 13 Jaco Pretorius, 12 Doppies la Grange, 11 Ryno Benjamin, 10 Earl Rose, 9 Jano Vermaak, 8 Willem Alberts, 7 Franco van der Merwe, 6 Cobus Grobbelaar (c), 5 Gerhard Mostert, 4 Dewald Senekal, 3 Lawrence Sephaka, 2 Willie Wepener, 1 Heinke van der Merwe.
Subs: 16 Ethienne Reynecke, 17 Gert Muller, 18 Anton van Zyl, 19 Justin Wheeler, 20 Chris Jonck, 21 Michael Killian, 22 Dusty Noble.
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