The two pace setters in the Absa Currie Cup First Division, Regent Boland Cavaliers and the EP Kings, both play at home on Friday and will be looking to increase the gap between them and the other teams on the log.
Boland host the Valke in Wellington at 15:00, after which EP Kings take on the Tasol Solar Griffons in Port Elizabeth at 19:00. The third game in the Absa Currie Cup First Division is also at 19:00 on Friday, when the SWD Eagles and Border Bulldogs square off in George.
The Valke had a bye last weekend and will face a tough task against the unbeaten Cavaliers in Wellington. The Bolanders were impressive in their victory in Welkom over the Griffons and will be a difficult opponent at home.
In Port Elizabeth, the Tasol Solar Griffons will be looking to repeat their victory last season over the eventual Absa Currie Cup First Division champions, although that win was in Welkom after the EP Kings narrowly won the corresponding fixture at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium a few weeks before.
The Border Bulldogs travel to George to face last year’s Absa Currie Cup First Division runners up, a week after the team from East London got a big hiding from their Eastern Cape neighbours.
All the Weekend’s Rugby Fixtures:
- Friday 29 July: Regent Boland Cavaliers vs Valke, kick-off at 15:00 in Boland Stadium, Wellington. Referee: Joey Salmans
- Friday 29 July: EP Kings vs Tasol Solar Griffons, kick-off at 19:00 in Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth. Referee: Pro Legoete
- Friday 29 July: SWD Eagles vs Border Bulldogs, kick-off at 19:00 in Outeniqua Park, George. Referee: Lourens van der Merwe
- Friday 29 July: Ford Pumas vs GWK Griquas, kick-off at 19:00 in the Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit. Referee: Marius Jonker
- Saturday 30 July: South Africa vs New Zealand, kick off at 09:35 in Wellington.
- Saturday 30 July: The Sharks vs Toyota Free State Cheetahs, kick-off at 15:00 in Mr Price Kings Park, Durban. Referee: Jason Jaftha
- Saturday 30 July: DHL Western Province vs Vodacom Blue Bulls, kick-off at 17:05 in DHL Newlands, Cape Town. Referee: Craig Joubert
- Saturday 30 July: MTN Golden Lions vs Platinum Leopards, kick-off at 17:00 in Coca-Cola Park, Johannesburg. Referee: Sindile Mayende
Last year in Absa Currie Cup First Division:
- 24 July – Boland won against Valke 53-10 in Kempton Park
- 3 September – Boland won against Valke 41-21 in Wellington
- 23 July – EP Kings won against Griffons 26-25 in Port Elizabeth
- 3 September – Griffons won against EP Kings 27-18 in Welkom
- 23 July – SWD won against Border 33-12 in George
- 3 September – SWD won against Border 17-7 in East London
