Griquas stay on top
Sat, 18 Jul 2009 17:52
Griquas, leaders after the opening week, are still sitting pretty at the top of the Currie Cup standings after they recorded their second win - a 36-11 defeat of the Leopards in Kimberley on Saturday.
Nippy scrumhalf Sarel Pretorius helped himself to two tries in the process.
The half time score was 19-8 for the home side.
The Griquas again showed why they have been consistently among the top six teams in the country and they had the maturity - gained through experience at this level - that the men from Potchefstroom still do not possess.
The visitors tried hard and competed at times, but bad tackling, disorder in the line-outs and aimless kicking were their downfall on the day.
It was clear that they weren't as sharp for this level as the home side.
The Leopards started out well and looked like causing an upset at stages, especially with flyhalf Clayton Durand's accurate goal kicking on the day.
But the Leopards shot themselves in the foot through some aimless kicking downfield, which only resulted in the Griquas' dangerous backs - like Eagon Seconds, Sarel Pretorius and Riaan Viljoen - running from all angles on the field.
RW Kember performed admirably for the visitors, especially on the defence, and it was clear that lock Rudi Mathee for one was sorely missed.
The Leopards scored one try through wing Colin Lloyd.
Scorers:
For Griquas:
Tries: Pretorius 2, Seconds, Kitshoff
Cons: Olivier 2
Pens: Olivier 3
DG: Viljoen
Leopards:
Try: Lloyd
Pens: Durand 2
Teams:
Griquas: 15 Rian Viljoen, 14 Egon Seconds, 13 Wilmaure Louw, 12 Barry Geel, 11 Bjorn Basson, 10 Naas Olivier, 9 Sarel Pretorius, 8 Sean Plaatjies, 7 Devon Raubenheimer, 6 Jonathan Mokuena
(captain), 5 Jacques Lombaard, 4 Brendon Snyman, 3 Bees Roux, 2 Andries Kruger, 1 Albertus Buckle.
Replacements: 16 Ryno Barnes, 17 Steph Roberts, 18 Nolan Clarke, 19 Rohan Kitshoff, 20 Jaco Bekker, 21 Dewald Pretorius, 22 Gavin Passens.
Leopards: 15 Russel Jeacocks, 14 Colin Lloyd, 13 Deon van Rensburg, 12 Japie Nel, 11 Shuaib Samaai, 10 Clayton Durand, 9 Michael Bondesio, 8 Christo van Niekerk, 7 RW Kember, 6 Wilhelm Koch (captain), 5 Rynard Landman, 4 Anthonie Gronum, 3 Barend van der Walt, 2 Gavin Williamson, 1 Nardus Lombaard.
Replacements: 16 Marthinus van der Westhuizen, 17 Dietlov Coetzee, 18 Andre Swanepoel, 19 Bennie Adams, 20 Jean Tiedt, 21 Jovan van Zyl, 22 Jan Bowles.
Referee: Jaco Peyper
Assistant referees: Matt Kemp/Lourens van der Merwe, Marco van Zyl
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