In Currie Cup Round 9 action over the weekend, the unbeaten Cheetahs smashed the winless Valke, the Blue Bulls overpowered Griquas, Western Province demolished Boland and The Sharks overcame the Golden Lions.
Currie Cup Round 9 Results:
Aug 31: Cheetahs v Valke, Bloemfontein [80-33]
Sept 01: Blue Bulls v Griquas, Pretoria [46-03]
Sept 01: WP vs Boland, Newlands [62-10]
Sept 01: Sharks v Lions, Durban [21-03]
Currie Cup Table:
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Round 9 Games:
Fri 31 Sept: Free State Cheetahs 80 v 33 Valke – Bloem
Prediction: Cheetahs by 15
Result: Cheetahs by 47
Scorers:
Cheetahs [80]:
Tries: Strauss (4), Fredericks (3), Passens (2), Scholtz (2), Fortuin
Conversions: De Waal (7), De Bruyn (3)
Falcons [33]:
Tries: Matsaung, Krause, Arlow, Viljoen, Bernard
Conversions: Schutte (4)
Sat 01 Sept: Blue Bulls 46 v 03 Griquas – Loftus Versfeld
Prediction: Bulls by 10
Result: Bulls by 43
Scorers:
Blue Bulls [46]:
Tries: Engels, Stegmann, Hougaard, Nel, Mametsa, Delport
Conversions: Hougaard (5)
Penalties: Hougaard
Dropgoal: Hougaard
Griquas [03]:
Penalty: Barnard
Sat 01 Sept: Western Province 62 v 10 Boland – Newlands
Prediction: WP by 5
Result: WP by 52
Scorers:
Western Province [62]:
Tries: Grant, Naqelevuki (3), Paulse (2), Harris (2), Louw
Conversions: Olivier (5), Jantjes, Aplon
Penalty: Olivier
Boland Cavaliers [10]:
Tries: Dollie, Papier
Sat 01 Sept: The Sharks 21 v 03 Golden Lions – Durban
Prediction: Sharks by 5
Result: Sharks by 18
Scorers:
Sharks [21]:
Tries: Ndungane, Kankowski
Conversion: Kockott
Penalties: Kockott (3)
Golden Lions [03]:
Penalty: Strydom
Next Week’s Fixtures:
Fri Sept 07: Boland vs Valke – Boland, 5.30pm
Sat Sept 08: Lions vs Blue Bulls – Ellis Park, 3.45pm
Sat Sept 08: Griquas vs Cheetahs – Kimberley, 3.45pm
Sat Sept 08: Western Province vs Sharks – Newlands, 5.05pm
wp look to be on the up despite all their injury problems.