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Currie Cup 2012

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qwerty51

qwerty51

Stirling Mortlock (74)
What's the status on Bekker, Vermeulen, Duvenhage, Elstadt injuries? Could they be back for the final? Are Grant and FLouw also not available (overseas?)
 
PaarlBok

PaarlBok

Rod McCall (65)
qwerty51 said:
What's the status on Bekker, Vermeulen, Duvenhage, Elstadt injuries? Could they be back for the final? Are Grant and FLouw also not available (overseas?)
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Elstadt start practising this week and the only one maybe back for the final. Grant is on loan to Japan and will be back for the S15, Flo is at Bath, gone.
 
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Andrew Slack (58)
PaarlBok said:
Elstadt start practising this week and the only one maybe back for the final. Grant is on loan to Japan and will be back for the S15, Flo is at Bath, gone.
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Grant was poor last year. Although he was injured if I remember correctly? Came back undercooked for the semi right?

Elstadt has an opportunity to push for the Boks.
 
PaarlBok

PaarlBok

Rod McCall (65)
WP have three teams playing in the CC semis:

Senior in Bobbejaansberg:
Western Province:
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 (captain), 5 De Kock Steenkamp, 4 Adriaan Fondse, 3 Brok Harris, 2 Tiaan Liebenberg, 1 JC Kritzinger

Substitutes: 16 Deon Fourie, 17 Frans Malherbe, 18 Tertius Daniller, 19 Pieter Louw, 20 Louis Schreuder, 21 Juan de Jongh, 22 Conrad Jantjes

U21s have an Aussie flavour, playing at Florida Park on friday against the Sharks:
WP site
U21's excited by Florida Park clash
Semifinal time is upon us and whilst the DHL WP U19 and Currie Cup sides will be heading to Johannesburg, coach John Dobson and his U21 team will be in Cape Town hosting a semifinal at the unusual venue of Florida Park.
Ahead of the clash with the Sharks on Saturday, Dobson was satisfied with his team's preparations. He said: “We are happy with preparations so far. We had a good win against the Valke last week and it gave us the chance to try somethings before the semi. We are missing a few guys through injury and some are in the senior team, which is not ideal but we are looking forward to the clash.”

The last time these two teams clashes it was Saturday's visitors who came out 23-17 victors at a tightly fought game in Durban. Dobson, feels that his side need to improve on that performance if they are going to book their spot in the final.

He said: “The last time we played against the Sharks we were disappointed to lose the game. We were leading and we let it slip. They have a very good loose-forward trio who are excellent at competing for the ball at the breakdown and they like to keep the ball in hand. We are confident though that we can get the desired result this Saturday.”

With Allister Coetzee's men up in Gauteng for their semi, the U21's were unable to use DHL Newlands for their semifinal. However, the team have opted to play their game at Florida Park and Dobson is really excited of playing at a new home venue this weekend.

“When we were deciding where we were going to play this game, many of the guys suggested Florida Park and were keen on the idea. We decided to go ahead and play there and the team as a whole is very excited by the prospect of playing there. We have a training session there on Thursday and we hope that the fans come out to show their support for us this weekend.”

DHL WP's U21 clash with the Sharks kicks off at 17h30. Entrance to the game is free, so come down and show your support for our future stars in the semifinal.

DHL WP U21: Ryan Nell, JP du Plessis, Berton Klaasen, Michael van der Spuy, Tshotsho Mbovane, Kurt Coleman, Fred Muller, Nizaam Carr, Helmut Lehmann (C), Reuben Johannes, Reniel Hugo, Eben Etzebeth, Ruan Smith, Rob Herring, Brummer Badenhorst

Reserves: Scarra Ntubeni, JP Smith, ^ Roux, Wilhelm van der Sluys, Grant Hattingh, Andries Truter, Sam Lane
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Great team this, Klaasen, vd Spuy, Coleman,Carr played for the senior side till the Bokke return and players like Etzebeth, Mbovane are pretty special talents

WP U19s also Bobbejaansberg
DHL WP U19: Craig Barry, Nathan Nel, Patrick Howard, Kobus van Wyk, Kazlo Holtzhauzen, Dillyn Leyds, Gerhard Jordaan, Rayn Smid, Cobus Nel (C), Beyers de Villiers, Gerbrandt Grobler, Lungelo Chonco, Etienne Swanepoel, Renier Marais, Justin Ackerman

Reserves: Stephan Coetzee, Neil Snoer, Tshepo Motale, Renier Ehlers, Carlo Theron, Hilton Mudariki, Warren Seals, Devon Williams
 
PaarlBok

PaarlBok

Rod McCall (65)
Semi teams
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22

Sharks v Free State Cheetahs, Durban - 14:30

Sharks:
15. Patrick 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 (captain), 5. Ross Skeate, 4. Jean Deysel/Anton Bresler, 3. Jannie du Plessis, 2. Bismarck du Plessis, 1. Tendai "Beast" Mtawarira

Substitutes: 16. Craig Burden, 17. Eugene van Staden, 18. Marcell Coetzee, 19. Jacques Botes, 20. Ross Cronje, 21. Adrian Jacobs, 22. Lwazi Mvovo

Free State 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 Pieter Labuschagne, 5 Izak van der Westhuizen, 4 Philip van der Walt, 3 WP Nel, 2 Adriaan Strauss (captain), 1 Marcel van der Merwe

Substitutes: 16 Hercu Liebenberg, 17 Trevor Nyakane, 18 Wilhelm Steenkamp, 19 Johan Wessels, 20 Tewis de Bruyn, 21 Sias Ebersohn, 22 Nico Scheepers

Golden Lions v Western Province, Johannesburg - 17:00

Golden 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 (captain), 7 Michael Rhodes, 6 Derick Minnie, 5 Franco van der Merwe, 4 Wikus van Heerden, 3 Patric Cilliers, 2 Bandise Maku, 1 CJ Van der Linde

Substitutes: 16 Martin Bezuidenhout, 17 Jacobie Adriaanse, 18 Warren Whiteley, 19 Cobus Grobbelaar/Jaco Kriel, 20 Butch James, 21 Dylan Des Fountain, 22 James Kamana

Western Province:
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 (captain), 5 De Kock Steenkamp, 4 Adriaan Fondse, 3 Brok Harris, 2 Tiaan Liebenberg, 1 JC Kritzinger

Substitutes: 16 Deon Fourie, 17 Frans Malherbe, 18 Tertius Daniller, 19 Pieter Louw, 20 Louis Schreuder, 21 Juan de Jongh, 22 Conrad Jantjes
 
PaarlBok

PaarlBok

Rod McCall (65)
Few new names in the teams and some real talent coming through.

Sharks:
Substitutes: 18. Marcell Coetzee,

Free State Cheetahs:
, 11 Cameron Jacobs, 10 Johan Goosen, 9 Piet van Zyl, 8 Boom Prinsloo,
Substitutes: 16 Hercu Liebenberg, 17 Trevor Nyakane, 19 Johan Wessels, 22 Nico Scheepers

Golden Lions v Western Province, Johannesburg - 17:00

Western Province:
10 Demetri Catrakilis, 9 Nic Groom, 7 Siya Kolisi,

Substitutes: 17 Frans Malherbe, 18 Tertius Daniller
 
PaarlBok

PaarlBok

Rod McCall (65)
Coaches Prematch Talk
Johannesburg - Lions coach John Mitchell says his side are ready for anything Western Province might throw at them in their Currie Cup semi-final in Johannesburg on Saturday.

Mitchell has proven to be a wily character and he said his team would have a few surprises in their bag of tricks in an effort to outwit the visitors.

"At the end of the day they will come with a lot of resistance but ultimately we are equipped for them and we're ready for it," Mitchell said.

"So it's about us applying what we want to do and we've got some subtle things in our game plan.

"We haven't gone too far away from [our game plan], but we have a few subtle things that we are looking to introduce."

Province will be at full strength after coach Allister Coetzee named six Rugby World Cup Springboks for the clash, with Schalk Burger, Bryan Habana, Jean de Villiers, Jaque Fourie, Juan de Jongh and Gio Aplon all included on the team sheet.

"They haven't changed too much from what they've been doing," Mitchell said.

"They're a good attacking side and they are probably less predictable than the other sides because they like to play both sides on attack.

"They are like any side - if they can generate momentum then they can get what they want.

"Clearly their backline would have been strengthened and you can't ignore the impact of Schalk as an individual, but I reckon I have about three of them in the back row, so it is three against one."

Coetzee said it would be important for his charges to hold possession if they wanted to reach the final.

"There are no bonus points at stake in knockout rugby, so it's important that we keep possession," said Coetzee.

"We have selected a quality bench and we've done well this season in terms of bringing on players who make an impact."

The other semi-final tussle will see defending Currie Cup champions the Sharks taking on the Free State Cheetahs in Durban earlier in the day.

The coastal side have the best defensive record in this season's competition, while the Free Staters have the best try-scoring record.

The Cheetahs' attacking ability has not gone unnoticed in Durban with Sharks coach John Plumtree stressing the importance of his team's defence.

"They scored a few against us in Bloemfontein [in the league phase], so we understand that they get very excited about attack and they've got some outstanding attacking players," Plumtree said.

"Obviously that's a huge focus for us in terms of going through [to the final]."

Plumtree, however, said they would not compromise on other areas of their game by giving impetus only to defence.

"We want to attack well, we want our set-pieces to function and we need our kicking game," he said.

"So it's just about getting all the areas good and not one area great and others poor."

Cheetahs coach Naka Drotske said, while the Sharks were bolstered by the return of seven returning Springboks, his charges were familiar with their own game plan as they had played together the whole season.

Drotske said it would be key not to give momentum to the Sharks' big ball-carrying forwards like Willem Alberts, Bismarck du Plessis and Jean Deysel.

"There are two important things we need to do against the Sharks," he said.

"First of all we don't want to give players like Willem Alberts and Bismarck momentum and we can't give them turnover ball."
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potjiekos

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12:35 scores level.....

WP 3 - Golden Lions 3

Both teams are full of running today!! Go Proooo...vince !!
 
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potjiekos

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19:16

Elton Jantjes converting them at will.... C'mon Province some discipline would help....

Wp 3 - Lions 9
 
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potjiekos

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24:40

Shhwweeeeet Catrakilis..... Bangs a three pointer from way out!

WP 6 - GL 9
 
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potjiekos

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35:49

Jaco Taute runs in to dot down behind the sticks, after a sweeping backline move.... Jantjes converts the two pointer...

WP 19 - GL 9
 
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potjiekos

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Halftime score...

WP 12- GL 19

Summary:

Players not giving any yardage.... Full of running...Tendency to go off their feet at the breakdown, ref has issued a team warning to Schalk Burger... We might still see a yellow being issued by Jaco Peyper in the second half..... Golden Lions playing intelleigent rugby.... Running of the ball, giving the ball a great deal of width... Province showing less composure.
 
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