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.
They have made only two changes to their team with Matt Dobson coming in for the suspended Ryno Barnes, while Jannie Boshoff comes back on the wing, where he missed out last weekend due to an injury concern.
The Bulls have dropped Blommetjies, Sadie and Snyman(rested), giving Visser the fullback jersey once again while Ulrich Beyers gets a second shot in the midfield. Rudi Paige gets his shot to start while Snyman takes a break, but will still see action from the bench. The Bulls are currently bottom of the log and will look for a big push for semi-finals in the second round of action.
Griquas: 15 Willie le Roux, 14 Jannie Boshoff, 13 Jean Stemmet, 12 Walter Venter, 11 Rocco Jansen, 10 Francois Brummer, 9 Marnus Hugo, 8 Leon Karemaker, 7 Wesley Wilkins (captain), 6 Marnus Schoeman, 5 Martin Muller, 4 Rynhardt Landman, 3 Lourens Adriaanse, 2 Matt Dobson, 1 Steph Roberts.
Replacements: 16 Simon Westraadt, 17 Ivann Espag, 18 Frikkie Spies, 19 Justin Downey, 20 Jacques Coetzee, 21 Marnitz Boshoff, 22 Richard Lawson.
Blue Bulls: 15 Jürgen Visser, 14 Akona Ndungane, 13 Ulrich Beyers, 12 Francois Venter, 11 JJ Engelbrecht, 10 Louis Fouché, 9 Rudi Paige, 8 Dewald Potgieter (captain), 7 CJ Stander, 6 Warwick Tecklenburg, 5 Grant Hattingh, 4 Wilhelm Steenkamp, 3 Werner Kruger, 2 Willie Wepener, 1 Dawie Steyn.
Replacements: 16 Bongi Mbonambi, 17 Frik Kirsten, 18 Cornell Hess, 19 Jean Cook, 20 Ruan Snyman, 21 Lionel Cronjé, 22 Jan Serfontein.
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1min and Griquas are leading
5 – 0
Rocco scored a try…
Add to that a penalty…
Griquas 8 – 0 Bulls
6min
Griquas looks full of running
Brummer adds another penalty…
Griquas 11 – 0 Bulls
8min
Venter in for a try…
Griquas 18 – 0 Bulls
10min
Brummer in for a try…
After 32min the Bulls on the scoreboard…
Add to that a penalty…
Griquas 26 – 7 Bulls
32min
Wepner over for Bulls second..
Griquas 26 – 14 Bulls
38min
Wepener with a try. 26-14 now…
Griquas not ending the first half well. Hope they can start the second the way they started the first.
Not able to watch the game now but recording the stream at home so will do so tonight, but according to sarugby.co.za Brummer has a full-house!!!
PK Brummer
Griquas 29 – 14 Bulls
HT
2 nd half
Fouche with the first points of the 2 nd half
Griquas 29 – 17 Bulls
45min
Akona in with a good try…..
Fouche miss the conversion
Griquas 29 – 22 Bulls
48min
NO NO NO! Please don’t let the Bulls win this. Come on Kwas!!!
Stemmit in for a try, bonuspoint try…
Stemmet try!!!
Griquas 34 – 22 Bulls
56min
Schoeman try!!! That’s try number 5 and 41-22 after Brummer converts.
A bouncing ball over the try line.. Schoeman falls on it for another Griquas try
Griquas 41 – 22 Bulls
61min
Werner over for a try…
Fouche converts
Griquas 41 – 29 Bulls
69min
NO!!! BP for the Bulls 🙁
Coetzee over but no try, obstruction…
Brummer penalty!
44-29 now. 15 points between them. Bulls have 6 minutes to score 2 converted tries and a penalty to win this.
Lawson over, started behind their the goal line…..
Griquas 49 – 29 Bulls
76min
CJ Stander try
Griquas 49 – 34 Bulls
FT