Official Currie Cup Thread 2016

APRIL

7 - ORC Griquas vs Down Touch Griffons (Griqua Park, Kimberley) - 19:00
8 - Xerox Golden Lions vs Border Bulldogs (Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg) - 15:00
8 - DHL Western Province vs Vodacom Blue Bulls (Newlands Stadium, Cape Town) - 16:15
8 - Steval Pumas vs Hino Valke (Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit) - 19:00
9 - Cell C Sharks XV vs Boland Kavaliers (Kings Park Stadium, Durban) - 15:00
15 - Border Bulldogs vs Cell C Sharks XV (Buffalo City Stadium,East London) - 19:00
15 - SWD Eagles vs Steval Pumas (Outeniqua Park,George) - 19:00
16 - Vodacom Blue Bulls vs Toyota Free State XV (Loftus Versfeld,Pretoria) - 14:15
16 - Down Touch Griffons vs Leopards (North West Stadium,Welkom) - 15:00
16 - Hino Valke vs ORC Griquas (Barnard Stadium,Kempton Park) - 15:00
16 - Windhoek Draught Welwitschias vs Xerox Golden Lions (Hage Geingob,Windhoek) - 15:00
16 - Boland Kavaliers vs EP Kings (Boland Stadium,Wellington) - 16:00
22 - Toyota Free State XV vs DHL Western Province (Toyota Stadium,Bloemfontein) - 15:00
22 - Leopards vs Hino Valke (Olen Park,Potchefstroom) - 19:00
22 - Steval Pumas vs Boland Kavaliers (Mbombela Stadium,Nelspruit) - 19:00
23 - EP Kings vs Border Bulldogs (Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium,Port Elizabeth) - 15:00
23 - Xerox Golden Lions vs Vodacom Blue Bulls (Alberton) - 15:00
23 - ORC Griquas vs SWD Eagles (Griqua Park, Kimberley) - 15:00
23 - Cell C Sharks XV vs Windhoek Draught Welwitschias (Kings Park Stadium,Durban) - 15:00
27 - Hino Valke vs Down Touch Griffons (Barnard Stadium,Kempton Park) - 15:00
27 - SWD Eagles vs Leopards (Outeniqua Park,George) - 17:05
29 - Boland Kavaliers vs ORC Griquas (Boland Stadium,Wellington) - 14:30
30 - Border Bulldogs vs Steval Pumas (Buffalo City Stadium,East London) - 14:30
30 - Windhoek Draught Welwitschias vs EP Kings (Hage Geingob,Windhoek) - 15:00
30 - DHL Western Province vs Xerox Golden Lions (Newlands Stadium,Cape Town) - 16:15

MAY

6 - Down Touch Griffons vs SWD Eagles (North West Stadium,Welkom) - 17:00
6 - EP Kings vs Vodacom Blue Bulls (Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth) - 18:00
7 - Leopards vs Boland Kavaliers (Olen Park,Potchefstroom) - 14:30
7 - Xerox Golden Lions vs Toyota Free State XV (Ellis Park Stadium,Johannesburg) - 15:00
7 - ORC Griquas vs Border Bulldogs (Griqua Park, Kimberley) - 15:00
7 - Steval Pumas vs Windhoek Draught Welwitschias (Mbombela Stadium,Nelspruit) - 15:00
7 - Cell C Sharks XV vs DHL Western Province (Kings Park Stadium,Durban) - 17:30
13 - Vodacom Blue Bulls vs Steval Pumas (Loftus Versfeld,Pretoria) - 15:00
13 - Border Bulldogs vs Leopards (Buffalo City Stadium,East London) - 19:00
13 - SWD Eagles vs Hino Valke (Outeniqua Park,George) - 19:00
14 - Toyota Free State XV vs Cell C Sharks XV (Toyota Stadium,Bloemfontein) - 14:15
14 - Boland Kavaliers vs Down Touch Griffons (Boland Stadium,Wellington) - 15:00
14 - Windhoek Draught Welwitschias vs ORC Griquas (Hage Geingob,Windhoek) - 15:00
14 - DHL Western Province vs EP Kings (Newlands Stadium,Cape Town) - 15:00
20 - Hino Valke vs Boland Kavaliers (Barnard Stadium,Kempton Park) - 15:00
20 - EP Kings vs Toyota Free State XV (Kings Park Stadium,Durban) - 17:00
20 - Steval Pumas vs DHL Western Province (Mbombela Stadium,Nelspruit) - 19:00
21 - Leopards vs Windhoek Draught Welwitschias (Olen Park,Potchefstroom) - 12:30
21 - Down Touch Griffons vs Border Bulldogs (North West Stadium,Welkom) - 15:00
21 - ORC Griquas vs Vodacom Blue Bulls (Griqua Park, Kimberley) - 15:00
21 - Cell C Sharks XV vs Xerox Golden Lions (Kings Park Stadium,Durban) - 15:00
27 - Boland Kavaliers vs SWD Eagles (Boland Stadium,Wellington) - 15:00
27 - Toyota Free State XV vs Steval Pumas (Toyota Stadium,Bloemfontein) - 15:00
27 - Border Bulldogs vs Hino Valke (Buffalo City Stadium,East London) - 19:00
28 - DHL Western Province vs ORC Griquas (Newlands Stadium,Cape Town) - 12:15
28 - Vodacom Blue Bulls vs Leopards (Loftus Versfeld,Pretoria) - 14:15
28 - Xerox Golden Lions vs EP Kings (Ellis Park Stadium,Johannesburg) - 15:00
28 - Windhoek Draught Welwitschias vs Down Touch Griffons (Hage Geingob,Windhoek) - 15:00

JUNE

3 - EP Kings vs Cell C Sharks XV (Kings Park Stadium,Durban) - 19:00
4 - Down Touch Griffons vs Vodacom Blue Bulls (North West Stadium,Welkom) - 13:00
4 - Steval Pumas vs Xerox Golden Lions (Mbombela Stadium,Nelspruit) - 15:00
4 - ORC Griquas vs Toyota Free State XV (Griqua Park, Kimberley) - 17:05
4 - Leopards vs DHL Western Province (Olen Park,Potchefstroom) - 19:00
10 - Vodacom Blue Bulls vs Cell C Sharks XV (Loftus Versfeld,Pretoria) - 19:00
10 - SWD Eagles vs Border Bulldogs (Outeniqua Park,George) - 19:00
11 - Hino Valke vs Windhoek Draught Welwitschias (Barnard Stadium,Kempton Park) - 14:10
11 - Xerox Golden Lions vs ORC Griquas (Ellis Park Stadium,Johannesburg) - 15:00
16 - Border Bulldogs vs Boland Kavaliers (Buffalo City Stadium,East London) - 15:00
17 - Toyota Free State XV vs Leopards (Toyota Stadium,Bloemfontein) - 15:00
17 - Vodacom Blue Bulls vs Hino Valke (Loftus Versfeld,Pretoria) - 17:00
18 - Cell C Sharks XV vs Steval Pumas (Kings Park Stadium,Durban) - 13:00
18 - DHL Western Province vs Down Touch Griffons (Newlands Stadium,Cape Town) - 15:00
18 - Windhoek Draught Welwitschias vs SWD Eagles (Hage Geingob,Windhoek) - 17:00
24 - SWD Eagles vs Vodacom Blue Bulls (Outeniqua Park,George) - 19:00
25 - Hino Valke vs DHL Western Province (Barnard Stadium,Kempton Park) - 13:00
25 - Down Touch Griffons vs Toyota Free State XV (North West Stadium,Welkom) - 14:10
25 - ORC Griquas vs Cell C Sharks XV (Griqua Park, Kimberley) - 15:00
25 - Steval Pumas vs EP Kings (Mbombela Stadium,Nelspruit) - 15:00
25 - Leopards vs Xerox Golden Lions (Olen Park,Potchefstroom) - 15:30
25 - Boland Kavaliers vs Windhoek Draught Welwitschias (Boland Stadium,Wellington) - 16:00

JULY

1 - EP Kings vs ORC Griquas (Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth) - 18:00
1 - Vodacom Blue Bulls vs Boland Kavaliers (Loftus Versfeld,Pretoria) - 19:00
2 - Toyota Free State XV vs Hino Valke (Toyota Stadium,Bloemfontein) - 12:05
2 - Xerox Golden Lions vs Down Touch Griffons (Ellis Park Stadium,Johannesburg) - 14:05
2 - Windhoek Draught Welwitschias vs Border Bulldogs (Hage Geingob,Windhoek) - 15:00
2 - DHL Western Province vs SWD Eagles (Newlands Stadium,Cape Town) - 15:00
2 - Cell C Sharks XV vs Leopards (Kings Park Stadium,Durban) - 17:00
7 - ORC Griquas vs Steval Pumas (Griqua Park, Kimberley) - 19:00
8 - SWD Eagles vs Toyota Free State XV (Outeniqua Park,George) - 19:00
9 - Border Bulldogs vs Vodacom Blue Bulls (Buffalo City Stadium,East London) - 15:00
9 - Leopards vs EP Kings (Olen Park,Potchefstroom) - 15:00
9 - Hino Valke vs Xerox Golden Lions (Barnard Stadium,Kempton Park) - 15:00
9 - Boland Kavaliers vs DHL Western Province (Boland Stadium,Wellington) - 16:00
15 - Cell C Sharks XV vs Hino Valke (Kings Park Stadium,Durban) - 16:15
15 - EP Kings vs Down Touch Griffons (Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth) - 18:00
16 - Vodacom Blue Bulls vs Windhoek Draught Welwitschias (Loftus Versfeld,Pretoria) - 13:00
16 - DHL Western Province vs Border Bulldogs (Newlands Stadium,Cape Town) - 14:15
16 - Xerox Golden Lions vs SWD Eagles (Roodeport) - 15:00
16 - Steval Pumas vs Leopards (Mbombela Stadium,Nelspruit) - 15:00
16 - Toyota Free State XV vs Boland Kavaliers (Toyota Stadium,Bloemfontein) - 16:15
22 - SWD Eagles vs Cell C Sharks XV (Outeniqua Park,George) - 19:00
23 - Down Touch Griffons vs Steval Pumas (North West Stadium,Welkom) - 13:00
23 - Hino Valke vs EP Kings (Barnard Stadium,Kempton Park) - 15:00
23 - Windhoek Draught Welwitschias vs DHL Western Province (Hage Geingob,Windhoek) - 15:00
23 - Leopards vs ORC Griquas (Olen Park,Potchefstroom) - 15:30
23 - Boland Kavaliers vs Xerox Golden Lions (Boland Stadium,Wellington) - 16:00
23 - Border Bulldogs vs Toyota Free State XV (Buffalo City Stadium,East London) - 17:00
 
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WP overpower Blue Bulls at Newlands

Cape Town - There were handling errors aplenty from both sides as Western Province edged the Blue Bulls 30-16 in the first round of Currie Cup qualifiers at Newlands on Friday.

The home side scored three tries to just one from the Blue Bulls and they had carved out a 20-16 half-time lead.

The opening two WP tries came in quick succession.

First Daniel du Plessis crossed the whitewash and then, soon after, his midfield partner Tim Whitehead scored with a good finish.
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Lekker Province.

I didn't get to watch the game, but as I understand the rugby was lacklustre.

According to Fleck, he is going to give Daniel du Plessis a chance next week in the Stormers line-up.
 
Valke hold on for hard-fought win
The Hino Valke scored the only tries of the contest as they held on for a hard-fought 12-9 (half-time 7-6) win over the Stevel Pumas in their provincial tournament match at the Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit on Friday.

The Valke scored a try in each half with the Pumas only able to answer with three penalties from flyhalf Justin van Staden, although the third of his three-pointers did secure a losing bonus-point for the hosts.

The single log point would have been disappointing for the Pumas who would have expected to make full use of home advantage to beat the Valke.
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dufaq! why am i only finding out now about the currie cup starting in april???

how is this a good decision for the currie cup?
 
faniedry said:
Is it not the other way around? The Vodacom Cup is dropped because the Currie Cup was extended?
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Yes, SARU has restructured the domestic competition, again. We have the Currie Cup, the expanded competition, and the Currie Cup Premier Division.
 
This,

http://www.sport24.co.za/Rugby/new-currie-cup-format-explained-20151214

In all, there will be 166 Currie Cup matches played compared to 76 in 2015 - with every team facing each other in the first stage of the competition which will conclude on July 23.

Irrespective of how well they perform in that first stage, the six South African Super Rugby unions - the Golden Lions, Western Province, Blue Bulls, Free State Cheetahs, Sharks and EP Kings - will automatically move on to the "Premier Division" with the three non-franchise teams with the greatest number of log points joining them.

The remaining six teams will then contest the "First Division" title.

What this essentially means is that the first stage of the competition will be nothing more than a glorified Vodacom Cup. The top unions will have their best players playing Super Rugby, but winning or losing won’t matter at all as they are guaranteed entry into the Premier Division no matter what position they finish on the log.
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Glad to see my beloved Province take the win over the Golden Lions. I see that the Kings also did well.
 
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