A mouth-watering clash awaits in Kimberley this afternoon.
The table-topping Griquas will want to extend their miraculous unbeaten run to six games, in the process claiming their fourth “big five” scalp. They held on grittily to deny Province last week, but will be tested by a Bulls side strengthened by the return of several stars.
Will the men in peacock blue defy the odds and consign the Bulls to their third away defeat of the season?
Or will the return of players such as Dewald Potgieter, Chilliboy Rallepele and Zane Kirchner make the Bulls too strong to lose to the likes of Griquas?
Kick-off is at 15h00 SA Time.
Griquas: 15 Riaan Viljoen, 14 Egon Seconds, 13 Jaco Bekker, 12 Barry Geel, 11 Bjorn Basson, 10 Naas Olivier, 9 Sarel Pretorius, 8 Jonathan Mokuena (captain), 7 Davon Raubenheimer, 6 Rohan Kitshoff, 5 Jacques Lombard, 4 Nolan Clark, 3 Ruaan du Preez, 2 Simon Westraadt, 1 Steph Roberts.
Replacements: 16 Andries Kruger/Rayno Barnes, 17 Albertus Buckle/Zane Killian, 18 Brendon Snyman/Heinrich Stride, 19 Sean Plaatjies, 20 Dougie Helmuth, 21 Trompie Nontshinga, 22 Gavin Passens.
Blue Bulls: 15 Tiger Mangweni; 14 Gerhard van den Heever, 13 Jaco Pretorius, 12 Stefan Watermeyer, 11 Marius Delport; 10 Francois Brummer, 9 Francois Hougaard; 8 Dewald Potgieter, 7 Jacques Burger, 6 Deon Stegmann, 5 Wilhelm Steenkamp, 4 Flip van der Merwe, 3 Werner Kruger, 2 Derick Kuün (captain), 1 Gurthrö Steenkamp.
Replacements: 16 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 17 Frik Kirsten, 18 Fudge Mabeta, 19 Pedrie Wannenburg, 20 Ruan Snyman, 21 Burton Francis, 22 Zane Kirchner.
Referee: Willie Roos
Assistant referees: Matt Kemp, Marc van Zyl
TMO: Michael Cupido
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I picked Griekwas, but i hope the Bullies takes it and denies the Kwasse a BP
@JarsonX (Insomniac) (Comment 1) : that sounds good, would even out the log and allow the sharks to at least get closer to the kwasse, tho i would not go as far as to say im supporting the bulls 😉
GooooooOOOOOOO Kwassies!! 😀
@war1 (Comment 2) : that is shocking to hear myself say it, but Sharks 1st. Nothing else matters!
Boland 7-0 WP
Griekwas 3-5 Bulls
14-8 Kwasse.
@JarsonX (Insomniac) (Comment 5) : Boland 7-0! 😯
HT 14-13 Kwasse
Try Kwasse!
19-13
7-14 WP
Nother try to Kwasse!!!! 😎
24-13
60 mins left.
and my Bullfan boss sends me a sms asking if im stressing 😆 😈
7-21 WP
nou die pou! Rou die blou!
im starting to worry about next week, but only a little. Sharks will end their reign
Griquas down to 13 men for the last 3 mins.
its twisted
Wannenburg under the poles.
Willie Doos has really ruined the end of this game.
24-25.
FT 24-25. Well done Willie.
good for the Sharks, bad for my SB 😈
the Kwasse is beatable who wouldve thought
@JarsonX (Insomniac) (Comment 20) : Not good for the Sharks. The Kwasse beating all the big sides is good for us cos it will keep us second. When all the Boks are back then we drill them.
WP beat Boland. Bonuspoint win. But pretty crappy game.
@McLovin (Comment 23) : was it televised?
@klempie (Comment 22) : what if they beat us and we end up lower down the grid
@robdylan (Comment 24) : Yip.