Currie Cup

LIVE MATCH COVERAGE

Golden Lions	16
Western Province	21

Kick-off local time	:	Sat, 20 October 2012 - 19h00
Kick-off	:	Sat, 20 October 2012 - 19h00
Venue	:	Johannesburg
Referee	:	Marius Jonker
Match status	:	Result

	Golden Lions	Western Province
Tries	Michael Rhodes (48min)	Joe Pietersen (72min) and Deon Fourie (79min)
Penalties	Ruan Combrinck (17min), Elton Jantjies (44min), and Elton Jantjies (78min)	Demetri Catrakilis (3min), Demetri Catrakilis (30min), and Joe Pietersen (75min)
Conversions	Elton Jantjies (49min)	Joe Pietersen (80min)
Penalty tries
Yellow cards		Gerhard van den Heever (5min)
Red cards
DGs

Commentary

Minute	Commentary
80	Pietersen adds the CONVERSION and the final whistle goes. Province have snatched victory from the jaws of defeat!
79	TRY! Fourie scores from a driving maul after Taute's kick was deemed straight out after being taken back.
78	Line-out interference by Etzebeth gives Jantjies a chance to regain the lead for the Lions. His PENALTY is good!
75	PENALTY! Pietersen kicks Province into the lead after an electrifying run by De Jongh, the Lions penalised at the breakdown.
73	Pietersen, however, misses the conversion.
72	Province string together nine phases and Pietersen rounds off for a crucial TRY!
70	Ntubeni hacks ahead a loose ball but it rolls over the touchline. The Lions, however, knock-on on their 22m line.
67	James concedes a penalty for taking Habana out without the ball. Pietersen lines up his first kick and pulls it to the right.
64	A pop pass by Roodt to Combrinck doesn't go to hand.
62	The Lions string together 15 phases but run out of numbers. Carstens picks up the loose ball and Pietersen relieves the pressure.
60	Province opt for the line-out but Brache butchers the move with a knock-on. Helberg counters with a kick and chase. He looks to kick the ball further on the fly but misses and Province hack it into touch.
57	Jantjies with a good touchfinder but Province march back with a powerful driving maul, which wins the visitors a kickable penalty.
55	Province's Boks combine to give Aplon some space down the left wing but Helberg saves the day by tackling him into touch metres from the line.
52	The Lions have to dig down deep to repel a Province attack and Bondesio finds touch on half-way.
49	Jantjies adds the CONVERSION!
48	Van den Heever breaks away into the Lions' 22 but the hosts counter through Bondesio who kicks forward. De Jongh knocks on and quick ball sees Rhodes go over for the opening TRY!
47	Habana wins ground with a chip-and-chase but Bondesio makes a good tackle. The Lions pile on the pressure but knock-on in the process.
44	A dominant Lions scrum leads to a turnover and successful Jantjies PENALTY!
42	Van der Merwe puts Mapoe into space with a good offload and away he goes. The ball goes to Kriel but he knocks on, Province again let off the hook.
41	Catrakilis gets the second half of this tense semifinal showdown under way. Coetzee punts the ball down field to Catrakilis whose kick goes out on the full.
40	Nothing comes from a final Province attack as the visitors are forced into touch. That's half-time.
38	Jantjies again misses the kick at goal.
37	Tempers flair amongst the captains so the TMO is called in. Fourie pushed Janse van Rensburg's head into the ground so the penalty is reversed.
35	The Lions get their driving maul going and Steenkamp is caught infringing. Jantjies misses the regulation penalty.
33	It's end-to-end stuff but Province ultimately spill the pill and the Lions win a scrum penalty.
30	The Lions backline jump the gun from the 5m scrum so Catrakilis pops over the PENALTY to regain the lead for Province.
27	Two Lions are down and Province look to make the most of it. Aplon makes a big hit on Jantjies to dislodge the ball. Armand hones in on the line but is stopped just short - he had numbers on his outside. Kriel with the try-saving tackle.
25	Good continuity by the Lions but a little knock-on puts paid to the movement.
22	Combrinck smashes Catrakilis and will line up another long-range effort, Province penalised on the ground. This time it's short and the rain starts to fall.
19	The Lions withstand a Province attack and Jantjies is happy to belt it down field.
17	PENALTY! The Lions pummel Province at the scrum, winning a penalty. Combrinck will go for an ambitious 57m shot at goes ... he's got it!
15	Brache stabs a grubber through for Aplon but the ball rolls into touch 5m from the line. The Lions, boldly, run it. They make 30m before a handling error hands Province an attacking scrum. A bit naive by the Lions.
13	Aplon overcooks his kick this time, opportunity for the Lions but Province poach the line-out. Up goes the box kick and Mapoe knocks on.
11	The Lions run back a high ball but Whiteley knocks on. Still, the Lions are living up to their promise of sticking to their attacking gameplan.
9	The Lions go straight back on the offensive with a good run by Combrinck but Fourie is the first at the breakdown and wins a penalty.
7	Jantjies pulls his kick to the right so Province are let off the hook for now.
5	Van den Heever desperately swats a Lions pass into touch and is duly YELLOW CARDED.
3	Janse van Rensburg is penalised for taking out a player in the line-out. Catrakilis steps up and slots the PENALTY! First blood Province.
2	Visagie can't hold onto a no-look pass from Jantjies which sees Aplon relieve the pressure with the boot.
0	Jantjies gets us under way and the Lions drive Steenkamp into touch.
-2	The teams are out on the field and we are ready for what should be an interesting clash of styles.
-10	The Lions have won the last four encounters against Province, including last year's semifinal at the same venue but with a number of Boks back in the Province side this match could go either way.
-20	The Sharks booked a home Final earlier this evening with a comfortable 20-3 win over the Blue Bulls so the winners of this encounter will travel to Durban for the decider.
-30	Welcome as we count down the minutes to the start of the Currie Cup semifinal between the defending champion Golden Lions and Western Province.

Golden Lions

Players

15	Andries Coetzee
14	Lionel Mapoe
13	Jaco Taute
12	Alwyn Hollenbach
11	Ruan Combrinck
10	Elton Jantjies
9	Michael Bondesio
8	Warren Whiteley
7	Jaco Kriel
6	Cobus Grobbelaar
5	Franco van der Merwe
4	Michael Rhodes
3	Jacobie Adriaanse
2	Callie Visagie
1	JC Janse van Rensburg

Substitutes

22	Deon Helberg
21	Butch James
20	Ross Cronje
19	Derick Minnie
18	Hendrik Roodt
17	CJ van der Linde
16	Bandise Maku

Western Province

Players

15	Gio Aplon
14	Gerhard van den Heever
13	Juan de Jongh
12	Damian de Allende
11	Bryan Habana
10	Demetri Catrakilis
9	Nic Groom
8	Duane Vermeulen
7	Don Armand
6	Deon Fourie
5	De Kock Steenkamp
4	Eben Etzebeth
3	Frans Malherbe
2	Siyabonga Ntubeni
1	Steven Kitshoff

Substitutes

22	Joe Pietersen
21	Marcel Brache
20	Louis Schreuder
19	Jebb Sinclair
18	Wilhelm van der Sluys
17	Brok Harris
16	Deon Carstens

LIVE MATCH COVERAGE

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