The Cheetahs have confirmed their line-up for a midweek fixture against the Griffons, with the match offering a number of fringe players, mostly from Griquas, the opportunity to stake a claim for Super Rugby selection for the central franchise. [...]
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Cheetahs name side for second warm-up
Human is new Griquas coach
Former Blue Bulls coach Pote Human has been appointed head coach for Griquas for the next three years. [...]
Griquas freshen up for Pumas
Griquas have opted to make a few rotational changes to their side to face the Pumas in the Currie Cup this weekend, with two stalwart forwards, Justin Downey and Hendrik Roodt, given a breather this week after carrying a heavy workload all season. [...]
My Bok B-Team
13 Sep 11 15:37 by Richard Ferguson | Bulls, Cheetahs, Currie Cup, Lions, Original Content, Other SA Teams, Sharks, WP | 89 Comments
Looking at the Currie Cup at the moment, a lot of people are calling it a watered down version, and rightly so, all the Springboks are away at the World Cup. But think about it, where were the Boks last year? They were all playing Tri Nations and only came back for the play-off games. So this is the future of the Currie Cup, the current players are the future Springboks in the making. [...]
Viljoen left at home for Griquas clash
7 Sep 11 14:58 by Richard Ferguson | Currie Cup, Lions, Original Content, Other SA Teams | 13 Comments
Griquas have named their team to face the Lions in Johannesburg in the Friday night fixture, and will see more backline shuffling after Riaan Viljoen has been left at home. [...]
New Griquas pivot to face Province
Griquas coach Abre Minnie has been forced into malking a number of backline changes ahead of his team’s match against Western Province tomorrow, with key injuries hampering the side’s ability to field their best team consistently. [...]
Pretorius returns for Griquas
Top Super Rugby try-scorer, scrumhalf Sarel Pretorius, will start for Griquas against the Blue Bulls on Friday as he marks his return from injury. Pretorius will make his first appearance of the Currie Cup season in a strong Griquas side. [...]
Griquas team to face the Sharks
Griquas have named their team to face the Sharks in Kimberley on Friday night, with a few changes to the side that beat the Pumas last weekend, a game that could have gone either way had the Griquas team not built up quite such a big lead. [...]
Jansen, Pretorius MIA for Griquas
Already weakened by the continued absence of star playmaker Sarel Pretorius, Griquas coach Abrie Minnie has been dealt a further blow ahead of his side’s round 2 Currie Cup clash against the Lions. [...]
The ones that got away
14 Jul 11 07:49 by robdylan | Currie Cup, Lions, Original Content, Other SA Teams, Sharks | 13 Comments
The Sharks side for the Currie Cup match against the Blue Bulls will be named later today and is expected to contain somewhere in the regions of 14 players who have come through the Sharks Academy and age-group ranks. Perhaps more impressive, though, is the number of players named in other Currie Cup sides that have also attended the Academy. [...]
Orange Griquas team to face WP
The Griquas team announced to face Western Province on Saturday has an orange tinge to it, as a lot of the stand out players from the Cheetahs Super Rugby campaign run out in blue this weekend. [...]
Big step up for Rick
Former Sharks age-group scrumhalf Shannon Rick has been picked up by Griquas for the Currie Cup season and looks set to start against Western Province this weekend. Sarel Pretorius is struggling with a knee injury and is unlikely to be fit. [...]
Downey named to face former team
Former Sharks loose forward Justin Downey will face his old teammates for the first time on Friday as he continues his good run in the Griquas number 7 jersey. [...]
Griquas the side to watch
One would expect them to be in disarray, given that their regular coach has just left to take up the Baby Bok job and most of their “big name” stars are in the Cheetahs squad, but Griquas are showing some ominous form ahead of the 2011 Vodacom Cup. [...]
Downey makes his move
Justin Downey has confirmed exclusively to Sharksworld that he will sign a year’s contract with Griquas later this week. [...]
