Category: Currie Cup

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Currie Cup Premier Division

Lions 43 – 20 Cheetahs
Western Province 23 – 25 Sharks
Blue Bulls 35 – 20 Griquas

Currie Cup First Division

Eastern Province 20 – 12 Leopards
Griffons 34 – 67 Pumas
Border 32 – 39 Boland
Valke 22 – 47 SWD

Currie Cup Under 21

Western Province 14 – 18 Sharks
Lions 27 – 32 Free State
Blue Bulls 44 – 22 Leopards

Currie Cup Under 19

Western Province 16 – 06 Sharks
Lions 25 – 21 Free State
Bulls 13 – 08 Leopards

Super 15: Reds 17 – 30 Sharks, Crusaders 28 – 13 Bulls

Currie Cup 1st div: EP 56 – 5 Border, Boland 20 – 23 Griffons, Leopards 68 – 35 SWD Eagles, Pumas 36 – 35 Falcons

Club rugby KZN: Durban Collegians 58 – 11 PMB Collegians, Varsity Coll 25 – 17 UKZN PMB, Crusaders 33 – 0 Harlequins, Rhinos 3 – 54 College Rovers

Club rugby Blue Bulls: Tuks 88 – 0 Silver Valke, Police 64 – 8 TUT, Centurion 70 – 10 Harlequins, Naka Bulls 76 – 7 Oostelike Eagles

Club rugby WP: Villager 0 – 25 Durbanville-Bellville, False Bay 12 – 20 Tygerberg

Club rugby Border: Buffalo 19 – 27 Old Selbornians, Fort Hare 30 – 20 East London Police

Club rugby SWD: Progress 13 – 15 Crusaders, All Blacks 16 – 19 Bridgton, Blanco 45 – 6 Silver Stars, Evergreens 24 – 13 Barbarians, Uniondale 28 – 0 George, Groot Brak 28 – 0 Bonnievale United

Club rugby Predator League: Brakpan 66 – 30 Boksburg, Pirates 40 – 3 Benoni, Raiders 7 – 43 NWU Pukke, Wits 27 – 25 Springs, Union 26 – 25 Randfontein, Rustenburg Impala 53 – 10 Roodepoort, Alberton 0 – 83 UJ

Schools: Grey College 29 – 16 Pretoria Boys, Paarl Boys 22 – 7 Oakdale, Paarl Gym 17 – 17 Outeniqua, Maritzburg College 7 – 33 Affies, Grey High 14 – 18 Daniel Pienaar, Kingswood 22 – 14 Winterberg, St. Andrews 38 – 20 Marlow, Florida 18 – 23 Monument, Parktown 9 – 30 Jeppe, Paul Roos 12 – 3 SACS, Rondebosch 12 – 5 Drostdy, Tygerberg 12 – 16 Bishops, Wynberg 12 – 30 Boland Landbou

Thanks to Front Row Grunt for the results

The Lions ended a 12 year Currie Cup trophy drought when they completely outplayed the Springbok-laden Sharks to win 42 – 16 at the Coke Tin.

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Lions 42 (19)
Tries: Michael Killian, Pat Cilliers, Jaco Taute
Conversions: Elton Jantjies (3)
Penalties: Elton Jantjies (5), Jaco Taute
Drop goal: Elton Jantjies

Sharks 16 (6)
Try: Willem Aberts
Conversion: Frederic Michalak
Penalties: Frederic Michalak (3)

MOTM: Elton Jantjies

Sat 22 October 14:30 | Sharks vs Cheetahs (Durban)

Sharks – 15 Pat Lambie, 14 Odwa Ndungane, 13 Stefan Terblanche, 12 Marius Joubert, 11 JP Pietersen, 10 Frederic Michalak, 9 Conrad Hoffmann, 8 Ryan Kankowski, 7 Willem Alberts, 6 Keegan Daniel (c), 5 Ross Skeate, 4 Jean Deysel/Anton Bresler, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 Bismarck du Plessis, 1 Beast Mtawarira.
Replacements: 16 Craig Burden, 17 Eugene van Staden, 18 Marcell Coetzee, 19 Jacques Botes, 20 Ross Cronje, 21 Adi Jacobs, 22 Lwazi Mvovo

Cheetahs – 15 Hennie Daniller, 14 Ryno Benjamin, 13 Robert Ebersohn, 12 Andries Strauss, 11 Cameron Jacobs, 10 Johan Goosen, 9 Piet van Zyl, 8 Boom Prinsloo, 7 Ashley Johnson, 6 Lappies Labuschagne, 5 Izak van der Westhuizen, 4 Philip van der Walt, 3 WP Nel, 2 Adriaan Strauss (c), 1 Marcel van der Merwe.
Replacements: 16 Hercu Liebenberg, 17 Trevor Nyakane, 18 Wilhelm Steenkamp, 19 Johan Wessels, 20 Tewis de Bruyn, 21 Sias Ebersohn, 22 Nico Scheepers.

Sat 22 October 17:00 | Lions vs Western Province (Joburg)

Lions – 15 Jaco Taute, 14 Deon Van Rensburg, 13 Doppies la Grange, 12 Alwyn Hollenbach, 11 Michael Killian, 10 Elton Jantjies, 9 Michael Bondesio, 8 Joshua Strauss (c), 7 Michael Rhodes, 6 Derick Minnie, 5 Franco Van der Merwe, 4 Wikus van Heerden, 3 Pat Cilliers, 2 Bandise Maku, 1 CJ Van der Linde.
Replacements: 16 Martin Bezuidenhout, 17 Jacobie Adriaanse, 18 Warren Whiteley, 19 Cobus Grobbelaar/Jaco Kriel, 20 Butch James, 21 Dylan des Fountain, 22 James Kamana.

WP – 15 Gio Aplon, 14 JJ Engelbrecht, 13 Jaque Fourie, 12 Jean de Villiers, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Demetri Catrakilis, 9 Nic Groom, 8 Nick Koster, 7 Siya Kolisi, 6 Schalk Burger (c), 5 De Kock Steenkamp, 4 Adriaan Fondse, 3 Brok Harris, 2 Tiaan Liebenberg, 1 JC Kritzinger.
Replacements: 16 Deon Fourie, 17 Frans Malherbe, 18 Tertius Daniller, 19 Pieter Louw, 20 Louis Schreuder, 21 Juan de Jongh, 22 Conrad Jantjes.