Posts Tagged ‘ABSA Currie Cup’

  • Peyper rewarded with Absa Currie Cup final

    Oct 22, 12 • 3174 Views • General News, South AfricaComments Off on Peyper rewarded with Absa Currie Cup final

    Jaco Peyper has been rewarded for his outstanding performances in the 2012 season by being named as referee for Saturday’s Absa Currie Cup final in Durban (kick off 17h00). Peyper, who made his test debut at Tier 1 international level in 2012, will take...

  • ABSA Currie Cup Premier Division Review – Semi-finals

    Oct 22, 12 • 3937 Views • Currie Cup Results, General News, National, South AfricaComments Off on ABSA Currie Cup Premier Division Review – Semi-finals

    THE Sharks will host DHL Western Province in this year’s Absa Currie Cup final after wildly contrasting victories over the Vodacom Blue Bulls and defending champions the MTN Golden Lions respectively in Saturday’s semi-finals. The final – a...

  • ABSA Currie Cup Promotion-Relegation series – Match 1 review

    Oct 22, 12 • 3113 Views • Currie Cup Results, General News, South AfricaComments Off on ABSA Currie Cup Promotion-Relegation series – Match 1 review

    THE Eastern Province Kings will have it all to do in Port Elizabeth on Friday night when they attempt to wipe out a 39-point deficit in the second leg of their Absa Currie Cup promotion-relegation series against the Toyota Free State Cheetahs, following a...

  • ABSA Currie Cup Premier Division Preview – Semi-finals

    Oct 18, 12 • 2716 Views • General News, South AfricaComments Off on ABSA Currie Cup Premier Division Preview – Semi-finals

    DEFENDING champions the MTN Golden Lions will be looking to record a hat-trick of Absa Currie Cup Premier Division victories over DHL Western Province this season when the two sides meet in one of the competition’s semi-finals in Johannesburg on...

  • ABSA Currie Cup Promotion-Relegation Preview – Match 1

    Oct 18, 12 • 3709 Views • General News, South AfricaComments Off on ABSA Currie Cup Promotion-Relegation Preview – Match 1

    THE Eastern Province Kings will travel to Bloemfontein for Friday’s night’s crucial Absa Currie Cup promotion-relegation first-leg match against the Toyota Free State Cheetahs knowing that an unbeaten season thus far, which includes winning the...

  • DHL Western Province U21 team to take on the Sharks

    Oct 18, 12 • 4864 Views • General NewsComments Off on DHL Western Province U21 team to take on the Sharks

    John Dobson, the DHL Western Province Under-21 coach, has announced his team for Saturday afternoon’s semifinal showdown against the Sharks Under-21s in Durban (kick-off 14h05). Dobson has made ten changes to his starting line-up, from the side that...

  • DHL Western Province U19 team to take on the Golden Lions

    Oct 18, 12 • 5744 Views • General News, South AfricaComments Off on DHL Western Province U19 team to take on the Golden Lions

    DHL Western Province Under-19 coach Nazeem Adams has announced his team to take on the MTN Golden Lions U19s at the Markotter Fields in Stellenbosch on Saturday (kick-off 15h00). The log-topping WP Under-19s will take on the fourth-placed Golden Lions in...

  • Absa Currie Cup Awards for Plumtree and Reinach

    Oct 18, 12 • 4665 Views • General News, South AfricaComments Off on Absa Currie Cup Awards for Plumtree and Reinach

    The Sharks dominated the Absa Currie Cup awards for October when their head coach, John Plumtree, and talented scrumhalf Cobus Reinach were named as the Absa Currie Cup Coach and Player of the Month respectively. Other nominees for the two awards included MTN...

  • Toyota Free State Cheetahs U21 team for Currie Cup Semi

    Oct 18, 12 • 3746 Views • General NewsComments Off on Toyota Free State Cheetahs U21 team for Currie Cup Semi

    Semi-Final Toyota Free StatenCheetahs U21 vs Blue Bulls U21 Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria Saturday, 20 October 2012.  Kick-off 17:00 15 Full back Hitchcock Charles 14 Right wing Senatla Seabelo 13 Right centre Louw Hanro 12 Left centre Duma Mzuvukile 11 Left...

  • DHL Western Province named for semi

    Oct 17, 12 • 2831 Views • General News, South AfricaComments Off on DHL Western Province named for semi

    DHL Western Province head coach Allister Coetzee has named his team for Saturday’s Absa Currie Cup semifinal meeting with the defending champion MTN Golden Lions in Johannesburg (19h00). Coetzee has made just four changes to the side that defeated the...

  • Blue Bulls unchanged for Durban semi-final

    Oct 17, 12 • 4676 Views • NationalComments Off on Blue Bulls unchanged for Durban semi-final

    Vodacom Blue Bulls coach Pine Pienaar made no changes to his side that beat the MTN Lions last weekend for their Absa Currie Cup semi-finals clash against The Sharks in Durban. It is the first time this season that Pienaar could name the same 22 on...

  • Toyota Free State Cheetahs ready for the Kings

    Oct 17, 12 • 5829 Views • General News, NationalComments Off on Toyota Free State Cheetahs ready for the Kings

    Morgan Piek – The Toyota Free State Cheetahs find themselves between a rock and a hard place this coming weekend when they face the Eastern Province Kings in an Absa Currie Cup promotion-relegation play-off in Bloemfontein. If the men from Bloemfontein...

  • MTN Golden Lions team announced for semi against Western Province

    Oct 16, 12 • 3101 Views • General News, South AfricaComments Off on MTN Golden Lions team announced for semi against Western Province

    The Golden Lions Rugby Union announced the MTN Golden Lions team to play DHL Western Province on Saturday, 20 October 2012 in the second semi-final match of the 2012 Absa Currie Cup competition, this afternoon. There are eleven changes to the starting line up...

  • Black and White Blackout for Saturday

    Oct 16, 12 • 2732 Views • General News, National, South AfricaComments Off on Black and White Blackout for Saturday

    The Sharks achieved their second last hurdle in the hunt for Currie Cup glory. After a well-executed Absa Currie Cup clash against Griquas on Friday night at Mr Price KINGS PARK, The Sharks have secured the top spot on the log. The Sharks will now host the...

  • ABSA Currie Cup Premier Division Review – Final Round

    Oct 14, 12 • 2885 Views • Currie Cup Results, General News, South AfricaComments Off on ABSA Currie Cup Premier Division Review – Final Round

    THE Sharks and defending champions the MTN Golden Lions will host the Vodacom Blue Bulls and DHL Western Province respectively in this year’s Absa Currie Cup Premier Division semi-finals, after an enthralling final weekend of round-robin matches. GWK...

  • ABSA Currie Cup First Division Review – The Final

    Oct 14, 12 • 4207 Views • Currie Cup Results, General News, South AfricaComments Off on ABSA Currie Cup First Division Review – The Final

    THE Eastern Province Kings are the 2012 Absa Currie Cup First Division champions after a nailbiting 26-25 victory over the Ford Pumas in the final played in Port Elizabeth on Saturday. The one-point margin of victory at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium was a...

  • MTN Golden Lions team to tackle the Blue Bulls

    Oct 11, 12 • 2979 Views • General News, South AfricaComments Off on MTN Golden Lions team to tackle the Blue Bulls

    Vodacom Blue Bulls on Saturday, 13 October 2012 at Coca-Cola Park, this afternoon. There are eight changes to the starting line up who played the Griquas last weekend: 1. CJ van der Linde replaces JC Janse van Rensburg at Loose Head Prop 2. Pat Cilliers (back...

  • ABSA Currie Cup Premier Division Preview – Final Round

    Oct 11, 12 • 2777 Views • General News, South AfricaComments Off on ABSA Currie Cup Premier Division Preview – Final Round

    THE final round of the Absa Currie Cup Premier Division is shaping up to be one of the most intriguing in years, with the spectre of possible relegation hanging over the same four teams who are still in the running for the two remaining semi-final places. In...

  • Sharks U19 & U21 teams to play the Leopards

    Oct 11, 12 • 3553 Views • South AfricaComments Off on Sharks U19 & U21 teams to play the Leopards

    Absa Under 19 Competition  Sharks U19 vs Leopards U19 Mr Price KINGS PARK Friday 12 October, 2012 @ 15h00 Sharks U19s 15. Sean Robinson 14. Kotaro Matsushima 13. Tyler Fisher 12. Garath Meikle 11. Alcino Izaacs 10. Robert du Preez (Capt) 9. Cameron...

  • DHL Western Province U21 team to take on the Border Bulldogs

    Oct 11, 12 • 3605 Views • General News, National, South AfricaComments Off on DHL Western Province U21 team to take on the Border Bulldogs

    John  Dobson, the DHL Western Province Under-21 coach, has announced his team to take on the Border Bulldogs at Buffalo City Stadium in East London on Friday (kick-off 17h00). Dobson has benefited from the return of DHL WP’s seven Castle Rugby...

  • DHL Western Province U19 team to take on the SWD

    Oct 11, 12 • 3200 Views • General News, South AfricaComments Off on DHL Western Province U19 team to take on the SWD

    DHL Western Province Under-19 coach Nazeem Adams has announced his team to take on the SWD Eagles at Outeniqua Park in George on Friday afternoon (kick-off 15h00). A win on Friday will secure a top-of-the-log finish for Adams’ charges, the side having...

  • Sharks named to face the Griquas in Durban

    Oct 10, 12 • 4613 Views • South AfricaComments Off on Sharks named to face the Griquas in Durban

    Absa Currie Cup The Sharks vs Griquas Mr Price KINGS PARK Friday 12 October, 2012 @ 19:10 The Sharks 15. Louis Ludik 14. Odwa Ndungane 13. Paul Jordaan 12. Tim Whitehead 11. JP Pietersen 10. Patrick Lambie 9. Cobus Reinach 8. Keegan Daniel (Captain 7. Jean...

  • Toyota FS Cheetahs U19 & U21 teams to face the Blue Bulls

    Oct 10, 12 • 2697 Views • General News, NationalComments Off on Toyota FS Cheetahs U19 & U21 teams to face the Blue Bulls

    Toyota Free State Cheetahs U19 vs Blue Bulls U19 Saturday, 13 October 2012, 13:00 Shimla Park, Bloemfontein 15 Full back Van Tonder Meyer 14 Right wing Erasmus Sheldon 13 Right centre Kruger Tertuis 12 Left centre Kruger Tertuis 11 Left wing Laubscher Rual 10...

  • DHL Western Province named to face the Cheetahs at Newlands

    Oct 10, 12 • 2999 Views • General News, National, South AfricaComments Off on DHL Western Province named to face the Cheetahs at Newlands

    DHL Western Province head coach Allister Coetzee has brought back all his Springboks for Saturday’s must-win Absa Currie Cup clash against the Toyota Free State Cheetahs at DHL Newlands (17h05). Coetzee has made eight changes to his starting line-up...

  • Griquas team to take on the Sharks

    Oct 10, 12 • 3401 Views • General News, National, South AfricaComments Off on Griquas team to take on the Sharks

    GWK Griquas team vs The Sharks, ABSA Currie Cup, Friday 12 October 2012 at 19:10 at Mr Price Kings Park, Durban. 1. Steph Roberts 2. Ryno Barnes (Captain) 3. Lourens Adriaanse 4. Ligtoring Landman 5. Martin Muller 6. Marnus Schoeman 7. Justin Downey 8. Leon...