The curtain raiser to the main game of the weekend should make for an interesting ‘battle of central South Africa’ as Griquas host neighbors, the Free State Cheetahs, in Kimberley to break the points deadlock they currently set on.
Griquas came back down to earth last weekend after the Bulls showed them a thing or two, this after they defeated the Sharks in Kimberley just two weeks prior to that. This is another ideal opportunity for the men from the big hole to claim another top scalp.
The Cheetahs though have this ability to put a minnow team in its place, and Griquas might find life hard as they attempt to overcome the Cheetahs’ raw power. Ashley Johnson adds much needed experience to the Cheetahs loose trio, and with a decent pack could release their potent back line.
The game kicks off at 15h00
Griquas: 15. Rudi Vogt, 14. Riaan Viljoen, 13. Jean Stemmet, 12. Barry Geel, 11. Dusty Noble, 10. Earl Rose, 9. Sarel Pretorius, 8. Jonathan Mokuena (Captain), 7. Davon Raubenheimer, 6. Justin Downey, 5. Martin Muller, 4. Hendrik Roodt, 3. Lourens Adriaanse, 2. Ryno Barnes, 1. Ivann Espag
Replacements: 16. Simon Westraadt, 17. Kevin Stevens, 18. Frikkie Spies, 19. Marnus Schoeman, 20. Marnus Hugo, 21. Hanno Coetzee, 22. Wilmaure Louw
Cheetahs: 15. Riaan Smit, 14. Philip Snyman, 13. Robert Ebersohn, 12. Corné Uys, 11. Cameron Jacobs, 10. Sias Ebersohn, 9. Tewis de Bruyn, 8. Ashley Johnson, 7. Pieter Labuschagne, 6. Johan Wessels, 5. Izak van der Westhuizen, 4. Francois (FS) Uys, 3. WP Nel, 2. Adriaan Strauss (Captain), 1. Coenie Oosthuizen
Replacements: 16. Hercu Liebenberg, 17. Marcel Van Der Merwe, 18. Wilhelm Steenkamp, 19. Boom Prinsloo, 20. Piet van Zyl, 21. Johan Goosen, 22. Philip Burger
GRIIIIIIEEEEEEKSTAAAAAAAAAT!!!!!!
Cheetahs should take this though:-(
Kwas 0 – 0 Staat
6min
I can’t see this one. Saving TV time for the Sharks game.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 5) :
PK
Griquas 3 – 0 Cheetahs
16 min
Must be a boring game..
Penalty for Cheetahs and they opp to go for line out…
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 8) : Basically
Griquas steel the ball on the ground… And then do it again… FS loosing ground… Back on halfway…
Scrum… Griquas Penalty and Rose don’t kick it out but FS knocks on….
Griquas on the attack and take the penalty at goal..
Vogt doing the kicking.
PK Vogt
Griquas 6 – 0 Cheetahs
23 min
Griquas 6 – 0 Cheetahs
24 minutes
SP steels the ball under Johnson’s feet @ scrum…
Rose play american football and score’s after the hooter goes for obstruction…
Sias Eberson try…
Sias converts
Griquas 6 – 7 Cheetahs
29 min
Riaan Smit with a good run down the middel but could not get the pass to the next guy..
Excellent try that.
Van Zyl score …
Looks like the Staat are too hot to handle at the moment.
Sias converts
Griquas 6 – 14 Cheetahs
34 min
That was a proper FS try running from their own half with some good handling….
Back in FS 22… Penalty for Grieks…
PK Vogt
Griquas 9 – 15 Cheetahs
37 min
Griquas 9 – 15 Cheetahs
HALF TIME
@Franshark (Comment 28) : 9 – 14
Not that it really matters.
PK Sias
Griquas 9 – 17 Cheetahs
44 min
PK Sias
Griquas 9 – 20 Cheetahs
47 min
@McLovin (Comment 29) :
Sias going for a drop but left from the post…
Riaan Viljoen with a good handoff, but the pass not going to the next player… 5meters from Cheetahs line…
Cheetahs penalized @ scrum, Grieks take scrum 5meters from FS line…
Ball lost, ball gets kicked thru and now its a FS penalty…
FS getting a lot off penalty s against them… Now for interfering in the line out…
Steenkamp back in after a long absence due to injuries…
Scrappy game this..
20min
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 39) : and its getting worse the later it gets…
@Franshark (Comment 41) :
I was watching the U21 game.. and it was so much more entertaining..
Wow, didn’t expect that..
Yellow card for Marcel van der Merwe..
Marcel vd Merwe gets a YC for deliberate infringement..
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 42) : What was the score?
@Franshark (Comment 45) :
Lions 18 – 24 Sharks
Tight head fore Griquas…
Time left?
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 46) : Great stuff, last time I checked it was 11 all..
Great win…
@JarsonX (Comment 48) : 12 min
Griquas gets a penalty and Rose does not kick it out…
What a brilliant try!!
@Franshark (Comment 50) :
Riaan Viljoen with a good run and dummy and score…
Rose Converts
Griquas 16 – 20 Cheetahs
71 min
Go Kwasse!!!
Stemit Try….
Got Cheetahs by 1
Rose Converts
Griquas 23 – 20 Cheetahs
73 min
@JarsonX (Comment 58) : Got Kwasse by 5 or so…
That was clear obstruction taking out 2 defenders…. Bad mistake by the Ref…
@McLovin (Comment 60) :
What a turnaround..
That yellow card costing Cheetahs plenty!
Griquas on a roll now… Viljoen giving FS a hard time…
T/o kwasse.knock on and scrum to cheetahs.
4 min
game is alive for this last 10min now…
Only 20.62% picked the Kwasse on SB.
3N FL. 531/8001 and 1/2 Thanks Rich.
Wonder if straeuli is having a look at johan wessels for next season?or if the sharks are/have thrown their name into the mix for unions wanting to sign brussow?
Vd merwe is 129kg.big unit!
Penalty Cheets
Can still get a margin point
Griquas TO, 5 meters out from FS line… Out in touch
What a finish though by stemmet .excellent dummy kick and body swerve.
Scrum on cheetahs line
Last move, Cheetahs scrum ball… FS make sure its an uncontested scrum….
Only 6 points between 1st & 6th on the log.
Soon to change though.
FS to go all of 90 meters to score… Times up…
Half way now
22 meter now
Griq gets the ball on the ground 10meters from their line…aLl over
That was close.
Griquas 23 – 20 Cheetahs
FULL TIME
Great stuff Kwasse!!
Guess all the talk will be about stemmet’s try.
@bergshark (Comment 85) : The ref won’t be receiving many xmas cards from Bloem this year.
@McLovin:might be getting some mail this week though,from naka (evil)