Dawie Theron has made two changes to the Griqua starting line-up for the provincial team’s eagerly-anticipated fourth-round Absa Currie Cup fixture against joint log-leaders Western Province at Absa Park, Kimberley, on Saturday afternoon.
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Sarel Pretorius has been preferred at starting scrumhalf in the place of Tobie Botes who this time out has been named among the replacements. At left-wing Bjorn Basson is unwell, the experienced Gavin Passens has been moved from right-wing to left and Egon Seconds will make his starting line-up debut for Griquas against his former province.
MJ Mentz comes in for Seconds on the replacements bench, while one of Rohan Kitshoff or Bees van Dyk will do duty in the place of the injured reserve hooker Dean Hopp.
In spite of this being one of those typical David v Goliath encounters and Griquas last having defeated Western Province years ago in the Currie Cup competition, the home team’s encouraging overall performance in their 9-9 draw against the Boland Cavaliers at a very wet Boland Stadium in Wellington, last Friday, has given the injury decimated Griqua squad fresh heart going into Saturday’s huge encounter.
Whatever the match outcome, Griquas are determined to again lift their game – this time against their oldest provincial rivals.
The team: Riaan Viljoen, Egon Seconds, Jaco Bekker, Herkie Kruger (captain), Gavin Passens, Conrad Barnard, Sarel Pretorius, Heinrich Stride, Stephan Gerber, Frans Viljoen, Jacques Lombaard, Wayne van Heerden, Ruaan du Preez, James van der Walt and Albertus Buckle.
Replacements (16-22 Rohan Kitshoff or Bees van Dyk, Steph Roberts, Cilliers Coetzer, Gareth Krause, Tobie Botes, Lafras Uys and MJ Mentz.
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Good winger, Seconds. Would love to have him in black and white
>>Frist Griqaus start for Seconds
Rob?
@robdylan (Comment 1) :
Only until JPP and Odwa are back though
@walter van transvaal.co.za (Comment 2) :
I beat you by about 10seconds on that. 🙂
It has been corrected. 😉
@KSA Shark © (Comment 4) : even brilliant people like myself are not above the occasional typo… sheesh 😉
I will be hoping Egon does well…
Wylie Human instead of Seconds… let me think???
Its a no brainer Rassie… Wylie is the MAN! (NOT) 👿
If memory serves me well, Seconds has done his fair share of damage to the Sharks scoreline in the past.
He will be geed up for this game, Im sure he will receive extra attention.
@wpw (Comment 6) : Wylie needed to complete his set, dude…
Seconds has scored 50 tries in about 5/6 CC seasons and is still only 27 years old. 😯
@wpw (Comment 9) : flipping hell…
@wpw (Comment 9) :
50 CC tries? Are you sure, the all time record was in the 60s for a while
okay, you are right, here is the list
77
(*) Johan Daniels Kavaliers/Lions
70 Breyton Paulse Western Province
65 Chris Badenhorst Free State
58 André Joubert Free State/Natal
51 Gerrie Germishuys Free State/Transvaal
51 Carel du Plessis Western Province/Transvaal
51 Niel Burger Western Province
51 Jan-Harm van Wyk Free State/Pumas
50 Egon Seconds Western Province
I read it in last night’s argus newspaper…
Let me try to find the list…
Maybe i should refresh every few minutes…
Thanks for the list Walter…