Archive for the 'Currie Cup' Category

Springbok team to face the Scots

Peter de Villiers named an unchanged team to play against Scotland at Murrayfield on Saturday. Both Adrian Jacobs and Bakkies Botha have recovered from their injuries.
The team (Test Caps in brackets):
1. Beast Mtawarira (8)
2. […]

Sharks claim the Currie up

The sharks have ended their 12 year  drought in the Currie Cup by beating the Blue Bulls 14 - 9 on Saturday in Durban.
The men from Durban – who had World Cup-winning skipper John Smit playing off the bench, a sure sign of their quality and depth across the board – led 7-3 at half-time, […]

The men from Potchefstroom, the Platinum Leapords are back with the big boys in the Currie Cup Premier division after beating the Valke twice in a row.
“The Leopards – who finished the regular part of the First Division season in first place, before losing to the Griffons in the final on October 10 – beat […]

South Africa’s premier Union Rugby competition, the ABSA Currie Cup is set to welcome a new team into their midst.
“The Leopards took a giant leap towards inclusion in South Africa’s top echelon when they edged the Falcons 29-24 in their First Round promotion/relegation match in Brakpan on Friday.
The Leopards, who will take a handy advantage […]

It’s the Absa Currie Cup Final most people anticipated; it’s the Sharks against the Vodacom Blue Bulls in Durban and the men in light blue could not be any more determined to go one better after their semifinal win over the defending champion Vodacom Free State Cheetahs.
The Bulls beat the Cheetahs 31-19 in a hard-fought […]

Currie Cup - Fight till the end

It seems that the the remaining two spots for the semi-finals of the Currie Cup will go down to the wire, after this weekend’s happenings both on and off the field.
“Yes, when Western Province and the Lions go head-to-head just after 17.00 (South African time) on Saturday, October 4, there will be one spot in […]

Currie Cup Round Up

What an exciting Currie Cup weekend it was once again! In Wellington Vodacom Western Province battled to a 23 - 7 victory over the Boland Kavaliers on poor field conditions and failed to gain their vital bonus point to stay in contention for the semi-finals.
“The pre-match withdrawal of captain Jean de Villiers with a stomach […]

Currie Cup Round Up

Vodacom Western Province moved into the fourth place on the Currie Cup log by beating Wildeklawer Griquas 30 - 18 at Newlands on Friday night. The Cape Town -based team were the only team over the weekend to win their home game.
The Vodacom Blue Bulls did Vodacom WP a huge favour on Saturday evening when […]

Ricky Januarie DUI case postponed

It seems that Ricky Januarie will be able to play the rest of the year since his driving under the influence of alcohol case has been postponed to 29 January 2009.
“Januarie, who was arrested by police in the early hours of Sunday morning in Durbanville near Cape Town, has been named to play for Western […]

Currie Cup Round Up

The Sharks moved to the top of the Currie Cup log on Saturday bu beating the Vodacom Freestate Cheetahs 22 -10.
“The Vodacom Blue Bulls, the Xerox Lions and Vodacom Western Province all joined the Sharks in celebrating wins, with the majority of all Absa Currie Cup teams sporting ‘No to Racism’ slogans on their chests […]