Three minutes to go, and it looked all over bar the shouting. Then Frederic Michalak’s poor kick failed to penetrate the Western Province defence, and replacement scrumhalf Dewaldt Duvenage hoofed the loose ball and collected to score and break Sharks’ hearts. WP earned their victory, but it must be said a draw would perhaps have [...]
The astonishing resilience of the Blue Bulls means they are now in the business end of the Absa Currie Cup with more than a shouting chance. They thrashed the Pumas 47-12, earning a bonus point in the process, to propel themselves to fourth on the log. They have pushed Western Province into fifth on the [...]
Western Province’s slump in form continued as they were roundly beaten 34-20 by the Free State Cheetahs at Newlands. The Cheetahs earned a bonus point into the bargain, and are now certainties for the semifinals. WP should make it, but they are now unlikely to have a home semi. The Cheetahs were irresistible at times, [...]
The Sharks overcame a brave, determined Griquas outfit in Durban to stay in Currie Cup semifinal contention. It wasn’t easy, as the two teams swapped the lead intermittently, They even had to contend with a 28th-minute floodlight blackout that stopped the match for around 15 minutes. It broke the Griqua momentum, but allowed the Sharks [...]
The Vodacom Blue Bulls have a tough task if they want to keep alive their Absa Currie Cup semifinal hopes when they travel to Johannesburg on Saturday to face the table-topping MTN Golden Lions. On Friday in Cape Town, DHL Western Province host the resurgent Toyota Free State Cheetahs in a tricky encounter for the [...]
Sanity returned to Loftus Versfeld as the Blue Bulls comprehensively outplayed Western Province, giving themselves an outside chance of making the Absa Currie Cup semifinals. This was vintage stuff from the Bulls, who raced into a 20-3 lead and while they were outscored in the second stanza, they would take a 28-20 win over their [...]
Two late tries by the Platinum Leopards gave the scoreline some respectability after they had been dominated for most of second half by an MTN Golden Lions side that were not always at the top of their form. The 43-23 win with a try bonus point in Potchefstroom on Friday night was nevertheless exactly what [...]
The top three teams on the Absa Currie Cup Premier Division log have opened a gap on the chasing pack with five rounds left before the playoffs next month. The MTN Golden Lions, The Sharks and DHL Western Province all won their games this weekend, but in Bloemfontein the supporters were treated to a nail-biter [...]
The MTN Lions look irrepressible, and will take some stopping as they continue to move towards a semifinal slot in the Absa Currie Cup. They overwhelmed a game Griquas side who for many years have been a hoodoo side. The Lions are scarcely recognisable from the side which stumbled and bumbled through the Super XV, [...]
The Vodacom Blue Bulls travel to Bloemfontein where they have to tough task of trying to get their Absa Currie Cup campaign back on track against the resurgent Toyota Free State Cheetahs. The Blue Bulls linger in sixth position on the Absa Currie Cup Premier Division log and will have to get back on the [...]