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Ford Pumas 33 (7) GWK Griquas 40 (34)

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Five tries in the last 25 minutes of the first half were enough for GWK Griquas to put away the Ford Pumas at the Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit, despite the home team never giving up in a thrilling match on Friday evening. The team from Kimberley won by 40-33.

In total 10 tries were scored in this match, which Griquas all but sealed before the break, when they lead by 34-7. It was a first victory of the season for the team from the Northern Cape, following their draw against DHL Western Province in the first round and heavy defeat to the MTN Golden Lions in Kimberley last weekend.

With midfielder Jean Stemmet grabbing a brace of tries, GWK Griquas showed they wanted to get their Absa Currie Cup campaign back on track. An early try by Ford Pumas flyhalf Coenie van Wyk might have had fans of the Peacock Blues frowning, but after that, the men from Kimberley blitzed their opponents.

The Ford Pumas never gave up though and got two bonus points from the game – for scoring more than four tries and for losing with seven points or less.

Scorers:

  • Ford Pumas – Tries: Coenie van Wyk, JW Jonker, Corné Steenkamp, Hendrik van der Nest (2). Conversions: Tiaan Marx (3), Van Wyk.
  • GWK Griquas – Tries: Richard Lawson, Jean Stemmet (2), Dusty Noble, Barry Geel. Conversions: Earl Rose, Rudi Vogt (2). Penalty goals: Riaan Viljoen, Vogt (2).

Teams:

  • Ford Pumas: 15 MJ Mentz, 14 Deon Scholtz, 13 JW Jonker, 12 Tiaan Marx, 11 Shandré Frolick, 10 Coenie van Wyk, 9 Shaun Venter, 8 Christo le Roux, 7 Jaco Bouwer, 6 Corné Steenkamp (captain), 5 Marius Coetzer, 4 Willem Serfontein, 3 Ashley Buys, 2 Marthinus van der Westhuizen, 1 Dawie Steyn. Replacements: 16 Torsten van Jaarsveld, 17 De-Jay Terblanche, 18 Eduan van der Walt, 19 Reginald Kember, 20 Hendrik van der Nest, 21 Dewald Pretorius, 22 Carl Bezuidenhout.
  • GWK Griquas: 15 Riaan Viljoen, 14 Richard Lawson, 13 Jean Stemmet, 12 Barry Geel, 11 Dusty Noble, 10 Earl Rose, 9 Marnus Hugo, 8 Jonathan Mokuena (captain), 7 Davon Raubenheimer, 6 Justin Downey, 5 Martin Muller, 4 Hendrik Roodt, 3 Lourens Adriaanse, 2 Ryno Barnes, 1 Steph Roberts. Replacements: 16 Matthew Dobson, 17 Jean Botha, 18 Frikkie Spies, 19 Burger Schoeman, 20 Warren Malgas, 21 Matthew Rosslee, 22 Rudi Vogt.

Absa Currie Cup Premier Division Log

Position – Team – P – W – D – L – PF – PA – PD – TF – TA – BPts – Pts

  1. – MTN Golden Lions – 3 – 3 – 0 – 0 – 133 – 74 – 59 – 19 – 9 – 2 – 14
  2. – The Sharks – 3 – 3 – 0 – 0 – 101 – 72 – 29 – 11 – 6 – 2 – 14
  3. – DHL Western Province – 3 – 2 – 1 – 0 – 108 – 42 – 66 – 11 – 3 – 2 – 12
  4. – Toyota Free State Cheetahs – 3 – 1 – 0 – 2 – 104 – 88 – 16 – 13 – 10 – 3 – 7
  5. – GWK Griquas – 3 – 1 – 1 – 1 – 77 – 108 – -31 – 8 – 15 – 1 – 7
  6. – Ford Pumas – 3 – 0 – 0 – 3 – 82 – 94 – -12 – 9 – 10 – 4 – 4
  7. – Vodacom Blue Bulls – 3 – 1 – 0 – 2 – 56 – 100 – -44 – 5 – 11 – 0 – 4
  8. – Platinum Leopards – 3 – 0 – 0 – 3 – 57 – 140 – -83 – 7 – 19 – 1 – 1
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