After losing their first game of the season in Bloemfontein last weekend, the Platinum Leopards will be looking to turn things around when they host last year’s runners up, DHL Western Province, in Potchefstroom on Friday evening.
The visitors to North West drew their first game of the season, last weekend in Cape Town against GWK Griquas, which wasn’t the greatest way to start the 2011 competition and had their die hard fans up in arms.
Allister Coetzee, coach of DHL WP, said: “There is no such thing as easy games in the Absa Currie Cup. We will have to be at our best to beat the Leopards – they have some very good players, good structures and a good coaching team.
“We also have to fix the mistakes we made against Griquas last weekend. We’ve laid the foundation with a young team and know which areas we have to work on. But like I said, the Leopards will test us, especially up front, and we can’t afford to give anything less than our level best on the field.”
Date: Friday, 22 July
Kick-off: 19:10
Venue: Profert Olën Park, Potchefstroom
Referee: Lesego Legoete
The last time these teams met in Absa Currie Cup: 11 September 2010, DHL WP won by 59-17 in Cape Town
This weekend’s Currie Cup matches:
- Ford Pumas vs The Sharks: Friday, 22 July 19:00 at the Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit
- Platinum Leopards vs DHL Western Province: Friday, 22 July 19:10 at the Profert Olën Park, Potchefstroom
- GWK Griquas vs MTN Golden Lions: Saturday, 23 July 15:00 at the GWK Park, Kimberley
- Vodacom Blue Bulls vs Toyota Free State Cheetahs: Saturday, 23 July 17:05 at Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
- Tasol Solar Griffons vs Regent Boland Cavaliers: Friday, 22 July 15:00a at the orth West Stadium, Welkom
- Border Bulldogs vs EP Kings: Friday, 22 July 19:00 at the Buffalo City Stadium, East London
