Sharks coach John Plumtree has confirmed that while their may certainly be some fatigued Bok players coming back to him this week, Pat Lambie is definitely not one of them. With the talented 22-year-old Lambie having seen less than an hour’s total playing time since his last start, back in August, Plumtree looks set to give him the 80-minute workout he so craves this weekend. [...]
Posts tagged with: Griquas
Lambie set for 80 minutes at last
Lions to repay Griquas “favours”
Lying fourth on the Currie Cup table with just a single round left to play, you’d fancy that the fairytale season that has so far managed to remain just out of the grasp of the Griquas team for the last three or four years may just become a reality this year. The Lions, though, look set to end that dream, in so doing gaining a measure of revenge for the way in which the men from Kimberley have dented their own championship aspirations. [...]
No more Dixon for Sharks
The Sharks came through the Cheetahs encounter fairly well, according to a report on SharksRugby this morning, with the only serious injury being that of Pieter Dixon, who broke his arm early in the match. [...]
Plum fuming at Bok bizarreness
You could probably make a case against John Plumtree for being a hard man to please. [...]
Currie Cup 2012 – Griquas (37) vs Lions (21) F/T
6 Oct 12 13:00 by Richard Ferguson | Currie Cup, Lions, Original Content, Other SA Teams | 53 Comments
The first of four very important rugby matches taking place today is in Kimberley, where the current bottom of the log Griquas hosts the top of the log Lions. [...]
Griquas change three for Lions
The Griquas team to host the Lions in Kimberley this weekend sees three changes from the team that went down to the Cheetahs last weekend. [...]
Time to try something different
The Sharks face a tricky away encounter against Free State in the Currie Cup this weekend and while I’m not often one to make bold predictions ahead of a game, let me err from that strategy this week and put this very clearly: if the Sharks play Riaan Viljoen at flyhalf this weekend, they will lose. [...]
Currie Cup 2012 – Cheetahs (35) vs Griquas (20) F/T
29 Sep 12 13:00 by Richard Ferguson | Cheetahs, Currie Cup, Original Content, Other SA Teams | 1 Comment
Saturday rugby gets under way with two simultaneous Currie Cup matches in the lead up to the Springbok match, with the less important one for Sharks fans being the Cheetahs and Griquas clash. [...]
Griquas strengthened for Bloem trip
Griquas coach Pote Human has been able to include a number of returning players in his squad to face the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein this weekend. After a good run of victories, a heavy loss at Newlands last week has seen the men in peacock-blue needing a win against their neighbours in order to avoid falling out of the play-off race. [...]
Sias back for Cheetahs
27 Sep 12 09:00 by Richard Ferguson | Cheetahs, Currie Cup, In the news, Original Content, Other SA Teams | 2 Comments
The Cheetahs have made a single change for their clash against Griquas this weekend, with Sias Ebersohn’s yo-yoing between the starting team and the bench continuing, with the young flyhalf getting a chance to start again. [...]
Griquas in the hunt
Griquas got some good news following their first loss in four weeks of action, with only one injury concern following the loss, that of wing Richard Lawson. Further to that, they also see three of the most experienced players in their ranks return to the selection frame. [...]
Barnes is back for Griquas
Griquas captain Ryno Barnes has served out the one-match ban he picked up for an elbow charge against the Sharks and duly returns to the starting lineup for this weekend’s game against Western Province, at Newlands. [...]
Mountain looming for Currie Cup stalwarts
There were a number of very interesting developments over the last weekend in a Currie Cup season that has not been short of excitement to date. [...]
Currie Cup 2012 – Griquas (49) vs Blue Bulls (34) F/T
15 Sep 12 14:00 by Richard Ferguson | Bulls, Currie Cup, Original Content, Other SA Teams | 31 Comments
The first of the three Currie Cup encounters today starts us off in Kimberley, where Griquas host the Bulls to kick of the second phase of pool games. Griquas come off two very good wins against the Lions and the Sharks, and will look to make Kimberley a fortress again. [...]
Bulls make backline changes
The Bulls team to face Griquas this weekend has been announced with coach Pine Pienaar making three changes to his team, who are struggling at the bottom of the Currie Cup log at the halfway stage. [...]
