Category: Currie Cup

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Lions 30 – 26 Cheetahs
Xerox Lions – Tries: Deon van Rensburg, Elton Jantjies, Jannie Boshoff; Conversions: Jantjies (3); Penalties: Jantjies (3).
Free State Cheetahs – Tries: Ashley Johnson, Cobus Kaldo; Conversions: Louis Strydom (1), Meyer Bosman (1); Penalties: Strydom (4).

WP 15 – 12 Blue Bulls
Western Province – Penalties: Willem de Waal (5).
Blue Bulls – Penalties: Jacques-Louis Potgieter (4).

Griquas 58 – 25 Pumas
GWK Griquas – Tries: Riaan Viljoen (2), Sarel Pretorius (2), Cecil Kemp, Frikkie Spies, Rocco Jansen, Rudi Vogt; Conversions: Naas Olivier (6); Penalties: Olivier (2).
Pumas – Tries: Elgar Watts, Shaun Venter, Junior Bester; Conversions: Watts (2); Penalties: Watts (2).

Leopards 6 – 51 Sharks
The Sharks – Tries: Stefan Terblanche (2), Lwazi Mvovo, Patric Cilliers, Willem Alberts, Louis Ludik, Rory Kockott; Conversions: Patrick Lambie (3), Kockott (2);
Penalties: Patrick Lambie (2).
Platinum Leopards – Penalties: Neill Jacobs (2).

Lions 18 – 32 Blue Bulls
Vodacom Blue Bulls – Tries: Gerhard van den Heever, Jacques-Louis Potgieter; Conversions: Potgieter (2); Penalties: Potgieter (6).
Xerox Lions – Tries: Deon van Rensburg, Warren Whiteley; Conversions: Elton Jantjies (1); Penalties: Jantjies (2).

Cheetahs 13 – 25 Sharks
Vodacom Free State Cheetahs – Try: Tewis de Bruyn; Conversion: Louis Strydom; Penalties: Strydom (2).
The Sharks – Tries: Patrick Lambie (2), Eugene van Staden; Conversions: Lambie (2); Penalties: Lambie (2).

Western Province 54 – 13 Pumas
Vodacom Western Province – Tries: Gio Aplon (2), Pieter Louw (2), Anton van Zyl, Lionel Cronje, JJ Engelbrecht; Conversions: Willem de Waal (3), Cronje (2); Penalties: De Waal (3).
Pumas – Tries: Shaun Venter, Torsten van Jaarsveld; Penalty: Elgar Watts.

Leopards 27 – 41 Griquas
Platinum Leopards – Tries: Michael Bondesio (2), Palm Koch; Conversions: Niell Jacobs, Clayton Durand (2); Penalties: Jacobs, Durand.
GWK Griquas – Tries: Bjorn Basson (2), Frikkie Spies, Naas Olivier, Sarel Pretorius; Conversions: Olivier (5), Penalties: Olivier (2).

Bulls 23 – 25 Cheetahs
Vodacom Blue Bulls – Tries: Derick Kuün, Stefan Watermeyer; Conversions: Jacques-Louis Potgieter (2); Penalties: Potgieter (3).
Vodacom Free State Cheetahs – Try: Skipper Badenhorst; Conversion: Sias Ebersohn; Penalties: Louis Strydom (5), Ebersohn.

Griqaus 26 – 20 Lions
GWK Griquas – Tries: Jacobie Adriaanse, Bjorn Basson; Conversions: Naas Olivier (2); Penalties: Olivier (4).
Xerox Lions – Tries: Jano Vermaak, George Earle; Conversions: Herkie Kruger (2); Penalties: Kruger (2).

Leopards 23 – 42 WP
Vodacom Western Province – Tries: Brok Harris, Frikkie Welsh, Paul Bosch, Pieter Louw, Conrad Hoffmann, Pieter Myburgh; Conversions: Willem de Waal (3); Penalties: De Waal (2).
Platinum Leopards – Tries: Deon Scholtz (2), Jovan Bowles; Conversion: Jean Tiedt; Penalty: Tiedt; Drop goal: Neill Jacobs.

Sharks 27 – 17 Pumas
The Sharks – Tries: Keegan Daniel (3), Charl McLeod; Conversions: Patrick Lambie (2); Penalty: Lambie.
Pumas – Tries: Christo Le Roux, Ronnie Uys; Conversions: Ricardo Croy (2); Drop goal: Croy.

With a World Cup and a British and Irish Lions series victory under our belts, South Africa – now the undisputed heartland of rugby – is gearing up for another exciting Absa Currie Cup season.

Eight teams in the Absa Currie Cup Premier League will battle it out over the coming months in a series of gruelling encounters – set to ignite the most intense of rivalries among SA’s finest domestic teams.

We’ve decided to climb into the action, by dedicating the Absa Facebook page to all the rugby fans out there – and giving you the chance to enter exciting competitions and win fantastic prizes.

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