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Wandisile Simelane is coming of age, gone seems to be the selfishness, trying to do it on his own. His ability to step off the right and the left foot as well as take an outside gap makes him dangerous

PLAYER OF THE WEEK | Super Rugby Unlocked Rd 4
TRY OF THE WEEK | Super Rugby Unlocked Rd 5
Tiaan Swanepoel try against the Sharks

If one look at the quality of the opposition.
It was the Springbok's WC final centre he stepped.
Hadn't seen any centre of any country in the WC done that to him!

Bulls Lions the 2 teams to beat. Their 6 Jan. clash...iI cam't make any predictions. Both have great pacls and backlines. Simelane & Swanepoel coming in the line make Lions dangerous

The Sharks are facing an anxious wait to hear if their Currie Cup match against the Cheetahs on Sunday will go ahead following a troubled week of Covid testing and retesting.

The Sharks’ routine testing earlier this week returned a handful of positive results and that meant they had to have a second round of testing the next day to see if their were further positives — the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) needs to see if the outbreak has been contained or if it is on the increase, and this effects their decision on whether to allow the game in question to go ahead.

If the opposition agrees to the change in dates, this is well within the rules of the competition, and on Thursday the Sharks and Cheetahs might well be discussing something similar.

The problem with moving games is that you can end up playing two games within the space of a week — as will be the case for the Bulls — so playing a game on time is first prize.

https://www.iol.co.za/sport/rugby/curri ... ba1ce0be89

Western Province: 15 Damian Willemse, 14 Sergeal Petersen, 13 Dan du Plessis, 12 Rikus Pretorius, 11 Angelo Davids, 10 Tim Swiel, 9 Herschel Jantjies, 8 Juarno Augustus, 7 Johan du Toit, 6 Siya Kolisi (captain), 5 JD Schickerling, 4 Chris van Zyl, 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Bongi Mbonambi, 1 Steven Kitshoff.
Replacements – from: 16 Chad Solomon, 17 Kwenzo Blose, 18 Sazi Sandi, 19 David Meihuizen, 20 Jaco Coetzee, 21 Paul de Wet, 22 Ruhan Nel, 23 Tristan Leyds, 24 Ernst van Rhyn, 25 Chris Schreuder, 26 Leolin Zas.

Date: Saturday, December 26
Venue: Newlands, Cape Town
Kick-off: 16.30 (14.30 GMT)
Referee: AJ Jacobs
Assistant referees: Cwengile Jadezweni, Divan Uys
TMO: Joey Klaaste-Salmans

Cheetahs: 15 Clayton Blommetjies, 14 William Small-Smith, 13 Dries Swanepoel, 12 Frans Steyn, 11 Rosko Specman, 10 Reinhardt Fortuin, 9 Ruben de Haas, 8 Jeandré Rudolph, 7 Teboho Mohojé, 6 Andisa Ntsila, 5 Reniel Hugo, 4 Carl Wegner (captain), 3 Khutha Mchunu, 2 Marnus van der Merwe, 1 Boan Venter.
Replacement: 16 Louis van der Westhuizen, 17 Cameron Dawson, 18 Conraad van Vuuren, 19 Victor Sekekete, 20 Chris Massyn, 21 Tian Meyer, 22 Howard Mnisi, 23 Rhyno Smith.

Date: Sunday, December 27
Venue: Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein
Kick-off: 16.30 (14.30 GMT)
Referee: Marius van der Westhuizen
Assistant referees: Aimee Barrett-Theron, Griffin Colby
TMO: Jaco Peyper

The Sharks will field a team in Bloemfontein on Sunday, come what may!

Despite the cloud of doubt over an outbreak of COVID-19 cases in the Sharks camp, they will fulfil their Currie Cup Round Five fixture.

Eduard Coetzee, the Sharks Chief Executive Officer, confirmed to @rugby365com that they have delayed the announcement of their team till Friday – due to some “late fitness results”.

The Sharks went through their routine COVID-19 testing earlier this week, then returned a handful of positive results and had a second round of testing.

However, regardless of the outcome of the second batch of tests, the Sharks will field a team on Sunday.

“We have already drafted in a group of our Under-21 players,” Coetzee told this website.

“The National Institute for Communicable Diseases appears to be happy with our protocols,” the Sharks boss said.

https://rugby365.com/tournaments/currie ... will-play/

that WP backline looks much better.WP will go all out for the bonus point - more than 3 tries than opponents

It seems SA rugby is going back to the days of flair in the backs, and not the stodgy gym fucks crowding the backlines of the last 20 years. Good

The REAL CC log
POS. TEAM: PL | W | L | D | PF | PA | DIFF | TF | TA | PTS
1. LIONS: 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 71 | 37 | 11 | 6 | 17
2. BULLS: 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 91 | 65 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 12
3. SHARKS: 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 89 | 66 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 9
4. WP: 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 67 | 58 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 7
5. CHEETAHS: 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 71 | 110 | -39 | 8 | 14 | 4
6. PUMAS: 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 77 | 125 | -48 | 10 | 18 | 5
7. GRIQUAS: 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 42 | -8 | 5 | 6 | 4

Jensrsa wrote: ↑Thu Dec 24, 2020 8:22 am Western Province: 15 Damian Willemse, 14 Sergeal Petersen, 13 Dan du Plessis, 12 Rikus Pretorius, 11 Angelo Davids, 10 Tim Swiel, 9 Herschel Jantjies, 8 Juarno Augustus, 7 Johan du Toit, 6 Siya Kolisi (captain), 5 JD Schickerling, 4 Chris van Zyl, 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Bongi Mbonambi, 1 Steven Kitshoff.
Replacements – from: 16 Chad Solomon, 17 Kwenzo Blose, 18 Sazi Sandi, 19 David Meihuizen, 20 Jaco Coetzee, 21 Paul de Wet, 22 Ruhan Nel, 23 Tristan Leyds, 24 Ernst van Rhyn, 25 Chris Schreuder, 26 Leolin Zas.

Date: Saturday, December 26
Venue: Newlands, Cape Town
Kick-off: 16.30 (14.30 GMT)
Referee: AJ Jacobs
Assistant referees: Cwengile Jadezweni, Divan Uys
TMO: Joey Klaaste-Salmans

Griquas: 15 James Verity-Amm, 14 Eduan Keyter, 13 Berton Klaasen, 12 Andre Swarts, 11 Enver Brandt, 10 Tinus de Beer, 9 Zak Burger (captain), 8 Johan Momsen, 7 Stefan Willemse, 6 Gideon van der Merwe, 5 Cameron Lindsay, 4 Adre Smith, 3 John-Roy Jenkinson, 2 Alandre van Rooyen, 1 Andrew Beerwinkel
Substitutes: 16 HJ Luus, 17 Mox Mxoli, 18 Tijde Visser, 19 Ewan Coetzee, 20 Siba Qoma, 21 CJ Velleman, 22 Ashlon Davids, 23 Daniel Kasende, 24 Bandisa Ndlovu, 25 Raegan Oranje

FT: WP 34-17 Griquas

Good move on the log by WP but do they really play to their full potential? I mean when one look at their potent line up, I thought that they would score 6 tries more than Griquas and that would have given them 2 bonus points.

Two dubious tries - WP vs Griquas Currie Cup 2020

To be fair to Mbonambi (and the ref), Sevu Reece (Crusaders) scored a similar try against the Lions in Super Rugby in 2019 and the then TMO awarded the try as he wasn't held - https://youtu.be/rGq3FcBaLQw . SA rugby law guru, the late Paul Dobson, agreed with the decision - https://rugby365.com/laws-referees/law- ... ns/154568/

HT: Cheetahs 27-10 Sharks

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FT: Cheetahs 37-10 Sharks


Cheetahs 3 yellow cards but the Sharks would have lost even if the Cheetahs had 15 yellow cards. At the same time

Great win for Cheetahs rugby. Showed a lot of desire and grit. Sharks looked very disjointed maybe due to not practicing enough as a result of Covid protocols? Dissapointing by them. Tight five struggled again.

beachboy wrote: ↑Sun Dec 27, 2020 5:45 pm Great win for Cheetahs rugby. Showed a lot of desire and grit. Sharks looked very disjointed maybe due to not practicing enough as a result of Covid protocols? Dissapointing by them. Tight five struggled again.

Sharks forward pack was poor and there backs got no real opportunities

Next:

02 Jan | Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit
14:00: Pumas vs Lions

02 Jan | Jonsson Kings Park, Durban
16:30: Sharks vs Griquas

02 Jan | Toyota Stadium, Bloemfontein
19:00: Cheetahs vs Western Province

Swys in Supersport said the Sharks were disrupted covid protocols before and after arival but it is also so much easier to play in Bloem without spectators

Opened up the race:
Bulls (35): Lions (H), Pumas (A)
WP (31): Cheetahs (A), Sharks (H)
Lions (29): Pumas (A), Bulls (A)
Sharks (28): Griquas (H), WP (A)
Cheetahs (26): WP (H), Griquas (A)

ZuluBoy wrote: ↑Sun Dec 27, 2020 6:28 pm Swys in Supersport said the Sharks were disrupted covid protocols before and after arival but it is also so much easier to play in Bloem without spectators

Up front they struggled without Tank, Andrews and playing Richardson at #2

Jensrsa wrote: ↑Sun Dec 27, 2020 6:48 pm

ZuluBoy wrote: ↑Sun Dec 27, 2020 6:28 pm Swys in Supersport said the Sharks were disrupted covid protocols before and after arival but it is also so much easier to play in Bloem without spectators

Up front they struggled without Tank, Andrews and playing Richardson at #2

Richardson played hooker today?

Chilli wrote: ↑Sun Dec 27, 2020 7:47 pm

Jensrsa wrote: ↑Sun Dec 27, 2020 6:48 pm

ZuluBoy wrote: ↑Sun Dec 27, 2020 6:28 pm Swys in Supersport said the Sharks were disrupted covid protocols before and after arival but it is also so much easier to play in Bloem without spectators

Up front they struggled without Tank, Andrews and playing Richardson at #2

Richardson played hooker today?

No, at 6. The hooker was poor. Meant they struggled with Richardson not playing at #2

The Department of Sport, Arts and Culture confirmed on Tuesday that professional sport may continue, although all matches have to be concluded be 8pm in adherence with the nationwide curfew of 9pm.

The clash between the Cheetahs and Western Province at the Toyota Stadium will now start at 4.30 – instead of the initial time of 7pm – in line with the adjusted Level 3 lockdown regulations announced on Monday night.

The two matches on Saturday will now start at 4.30pm and both will be broadcast live on SuperSport.

The Cheetahs’ home game against WP will be on the SuperSport Grandstand and Rugby channels (201 and 211), while the match between the Sharks and Griquas in Durban will play out on SuperSport’s Action channel (210).

The game between the Pumas and Lions in Nelspruit will continue as scheduled at 2pm and will be broadcast live on the SuperSport Grandstand and Rugby channels.

https://www.sarugbymag.co.za/rugby-sche ... trictions/

Next:

02 Jan | Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit
14:00: Pumas vs Lions

02 Jan | Jonsson Kings Park, Durban
16:30: Sharks vs Griquas

02 Jan | Toyota Stadium, Bloemfontein
16:30: Cheetahs vs Western Province

Those earlier timetables suitable for all thanks for the notice

ZuluBoy wrote: ↑Tue Dec 29, 2020 2:38 pm Those earlier timeframes suitable for all thanks for the notice

02 Jan | Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit
14:00: Pumas vs Lions

water break every 10 minutes?

Monk Zombie wrote: ↑Tue Dec 29, 2020 2:54 pm

ZuluBoy wrote: ↑Tue Dec 29, 2020 2:38 pm Those earlier timeframes suitable for all thanks for the notice

02 Jan | Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit
14:00: Pumas vs Lions

water break every 10 minutes?

It s Raining Friday and Saturday
22 grade Sat 2 uur - cloudy , dis nice vir rugby
Google Weather Mombela 7 day forecast

Someone likes fishing as the weather app or google weather are part and parcel of the fishermen

Western Province: 15 Damian Willemse, 14 Sergeal Petersen, 13 Dan du Plessis, 12 Rikus Pretorius, 11 Angelo Davids, 10 Tim Swiel, 9 Herschel Jantjies, 8 Juarno Augustus, 7 Johan du Toit, 6 Jaco Coetzee, 5 David Meihuizen, 4 JD Schickerling, 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Bongi Mbonambi, 1 Steven Kitshoff (captain).
Replacements – from: 16 Scarra Ntubeni, 17 Kwenzo Blose, 18 Neethling Fouche, 19 Chris van Zyl, 20 Marcel Theunissen, 21 Paul de Wet, 22 Ruhan Nel, 23 Tristan Leyds, 24 Leon Lyons, 25 Chad Solomon, 26 Ben-Jason Dixon.

Date: Saturday, January 2
Venue: Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein
Kick-off: 16.30 (14.30)
Referee: TBC
Assistant referees: TBC
TMO: TBC

Yaw Penxe has impressed me

Yaw Penxe - Border Speedster

Seeing those tries he scored in Pro14 one can only imagine what he will do in a stronger team like the Sharks

ZuluBoy wrote: ↑Wed Dec 30, 2020 8:10 pm Seeing those tries he scored in Pro14 one can only imagine what he will do in a stronger team like the Sharks

Not this season....unless the Sharks pack suddenly grows a spine.

Jensrsa wrote: ↑Wed Dec 30, 2020 10:07 am Western Province: 15 Damian Willemse, 14 Sergeal Petersen, 13 Dan du Plessis, 12 Rikus Pretorius, 11 Angelo Davids, 10 Tim Swiel, 9 Herschel Jantjies, 8 Juarno Augustus, 7 Johan du Toit, 6 Jaco Coetzee, 5 David Meihuizen, 4 JD Schickerling, 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Bongi Mbonambi, 1 Steven Kitshoff (captain).
Replacements – from: 16 Scarra Ntubeni, 17 Kwenzo Blose, 18 Neethling Fouche, 19 Chris van Zyl, 20 Marcel Theunissen, 21 Paul de Wet, 22 Ruhan Nel, 23 Tristan Leyds, 24 Leon Lyons, 25 Chad Solomon, 26 Ben-Jason Dixon.

Date: Saturday, January 2
Venue: Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein
Kick-off: 16.30 (14.30)
Referee: TBC
Assistant referees: TBC
TMO: TBC

Cheetahs: 15 Clayton Blommetjies, 14 Rhyno Smith, 13 Dries Swanepoel, 12 Frans Steyn, 11 Rosko Specman, 10 Reinhardt Fortuin, 9 Ruben de Haas, 8 Jeandré Rudolph, 7 Oupa Mohoje, 6 Andisa Ntsila, 5 Reniel Hugo, 4 Carl Wegner (captain), 3 Khutha Mchunu, 2 Wilmar Arnoldi, 1 Boan Venter.
Replacements: 16 Marnus van der Merwe, 17 Erich de Jager, 18 Conraad van Vuuren, 19 Victor Sekekete, 20 Chris Massyn, 21 George Cronje, 22 Howard Mnisi, 23 Tian Meyer.

Lions – 15 Tiaan Swanepoel, 14 Stean Pienaar, 13 Wandisile Simelane, 12 Dan Kriel, 11 Courtnall Skosan, 10 Elton Jantjies (c), 9 Andre Warner, 8 Len Massyn, 7 Vincent Tshituka, 6 Jaco Kriel, 5 Marvin Orie, 4 Willem Alberts, 3 Wiehahn Herbst, 2 Jaco Visagie, 1 Dylan Smith.
Subs: 16 Jan-Henning Campher, 17 Ruan Dreyer, 18 Carlu Sadie, 19 Reinhard Nothnagel, 20 Wilhelm van der Sluys, 21 Morne van den Berg, 22 Manuel Rass, 23 Marnus Schoeman.

Date: Saturday, January 2
Venue: Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit
Kick-off: 14.00 (12.00 GMT)
Referee: AJ Jacobs
Assistant Referees: Paul Mente, Morne Ferreira
TMO: Johan Greeff

Sharks: 15 Aphelele Fassi, 14 Werner Kok, 13 Lukhanyo Am (captain), 12 Jeremy Ward, 11 Yaw Penxe, 10 Curwin Bosch, 9 Jaden Hendrikse, 8 Sikhumbuzo Notshe, 7 Thembelani Bholi, 6 Henco Venter, 5 Ruben van Heerden, 4 JJ van der Mescht, 3 Michael Kumbirai, 2 Fez Mbatha, 1 Ox Nche.
Replacements: 16 Dan Jooste, 17 Khwezi Mona, 18 Hanru Jacobs, 19 Aston Fortuin, 20 Dylan Richardson, 21 Sanele Nohamba, 22 Mannie Libbok, 23 Anthony Volmink.

Griquas: 15 James Verity-Amm, 14 Eduan Keyter, 13 Berton Klaasen, 12 Andre Swarts, 11 Enver Brandt, 10 Tinus de Beer, 9 Zak Burger (captain), 8 Johan Momsen, 7 Stefan Willemse, 6 Gideon van der Merwe, 5 Cameron Lindsay, 4 Ewan Coetzee, 3 John-Roy Jenkinson, 2 Alandre van Rooyen, 1 Andrew Beerwinkel.
Replacements – from: 16 CJ Conradie, 17 Mox Mxoli, 18 Tijde Visser, 19 Adre Smith, 20 Siba Qoma, 21 Ashlon Davids, 22 Johnathan Francke, 23 Daniel Kasende, 24 Bandisa Ndlovu, 25 Raegan Oranje.

Date: Saturday, January 2
Venue: Kings Park, Durban
Kick-off: 16.30 (14.30 GMT)
Referee: Cwengile Jadezweni
Assistant Referees: Aimee Barrett-Theron and Divan Uys
TMO: Marius Jonker

That is a strong Lions team. It seems as if they want to go all out and pick up a lead and then bring their replacements on to give the A teamers a breather as they play the Bulls on Wednesday

Jensrsa wrote: ↑Thu Dec 31, 2020 1:45 pm Lions – 15 Tiaan Swanepoel, 14 Stean Pienaar, 13 Wandisile Simelane, 12 Dan Kriel, 11 Courtnall Skosan, 10 Elton Jantjies (c), 9 Andre Warner, 8 Len Massyn, 7 Vincent Tshituka, 6 Jaco Kriel, 5 Marvin Orie, 4 Willem Alberts, 3 Wiehahn Herbst, 2 Jaco Visagie, 1 Dylan Smith.
Subs: 16 Jan-Henning Campher, 17 Ruan Dreyer, 18 Carlu Sadie, 19 Reinhard Nothnagel, 20 Wilhelm van der Sluys, 21 Morne van den Berg, 22 Manuel Rass, 23 Marnus Schoeman.

Date: Saturday, January 2
Venue: Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit
Kick-off: 14.00 (12.00 GMT)
Referee: AJ Jacobs
Assistant Referees: Paul Mente, Morne Ferreira
TMO: Johan Greeff

Pumas: 15 Tapiwa Mafura, 14 Luther Obi, 13 Erich Cronje, 12 Ali Mgijima, 11 Etienne Taljaard, 10 Devon Williams, 9 Ginter Smuts, 8 Willie Engelbrecht, 7 Phumzile Maqondwana, 6 Daniel Maartens, 5 Pieter Jansen van Vuren (captain), 4 Darrien Landsberg, 3 Ignatius Prinsloo, 2 Simon Westraadt, 1 Morgan Naude.
Replacements: 16 AJ le Roux, 17 Eduan Swart, 18 Brandon Valentyn, 19 Francois Kleinhans, 20 Chriswill September, 21 Tiaan Botes, 22 Alwayno Visagie, 23 Wayne van der Bank.

ZuluBoy wrote: ↑Thu Dec 31, 2020 3:35 pm That is a strong Lions team. It seems as if they want to go all out and pick up a lead and then bring their replacements on to give the A teamers a breather as they play the Bulls on Wednesday

Would be my read of the selection