{"id":3447,"date":"2011-08-01T10:52:31","date_gmt":"2011-08-01T08:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/?p=3447"},"modified":"2011-08-01T11:05:20","modified_gmt":"2011-08-01T09:05:20","slug":"week-3-of-the-absa-currie-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/week-3-of-the-absa-currie-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 3 of the Absa Currie Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thirty seven tries were scored during a high action weekend of Absa Currie Cup Premier Division action as DHL Western Province, The Sharks, the MTN Golden Lions and GWK Griquas all recorded bonus point victories.<\/p>\n

Adding the 33 tries scored in the three Absa Currie Cup First Division matches on Friday, a total of 70 tries were scored across the country this weekend, amounting to an average of a staggering 10 tries per match.<\/p>\n

In the North\/South-derby at DHL Newlands, the Capetonians simply had too much fire power for the Vodacom Blue Bulls as they won this one-sided encounter by 35-7 on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Earlier on Saturday in Durban, The Sharks stunned the Toyota Free State Cheetahs with a four-try blitz in the opening 20 minutes of their encounter before the visitors launched a fight-back, but it was not enough as the KwaZulu-Natalians won 43-34.<\/p>\n

In Johannesburg, the MTN Golden Lions had to dig deep against a spirited Platinum Leopards, who drew level in the second half before the home team scored three late tries to win by 53-36.<\/p>\n

On Friday evening, GWK Griquas won their first game of the season when they defeated the Ford Pumas by 40-33 in an exciting game in Nelspruit.<\/p>\n

Absa Currie Cup Premier Division Log<\/strong><\/p>\n

Position – Team – P – W – D – L – PF – PA – PD – TF – TA – BPts – Pts<\/strong><\/p>\n

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