Griffons book First Division home Final

The home Final for the Griffons will mark their first since 2014, while they will participate in their third Final in four seasons when they take to the field at HT Pelatona Projects Stadium on Friday.

The Leopards, meanwhile, will battle it out in their third consecutive Final, but this time it will be on foreign territory after having had the luxury of hosting the last two in Potchefstroom.

The Griffons, who suffered only one defeat this season, produced a solid display against the Boland Cavaliers in Welkom, which saw them dominate in almost every facet of the game, with the performance earning them a 32-21 victory.

The defending champions, who led 20-8 at the break, scored four tries to two by the visitors, while flyhalf Gaun Kotze kept the scoreboard ticking with his accurate goal-kicking for a personal total of 12 points. 

The Leopards, meanwhile, held on for a narrow 26-23 victory against the Falcons in Brakpan. The Potchefstroom side started the clash strongly as they scored three tries and converted two, while they limited the hosts to a solitary penalty goal in the first half for an encouraging 19-3 lead.

The Falcons, however, fought back with intent after the break to score two tries, one of which was scored by flyhalf Warren Potgieter, who added two conversions and two more penalty goals to take his tally for the match to 18 points.

The fourth try by the Leopards in the second half, however, was enough to see them through to the Final.

Griffons 32 (20) Boland Cavaliers 21 (8)

The scorers:

Griffons:

Tries: Khwezi Mkhafu, Neil Claassen, Cody-Anthony Basson, Tertius Maarman. 

Cons: Gaun Kotze 3

Pen: Gaun Kotze

Drop Goal: Gaun Kotze

Boland Cavaliers: 

Tries: Elgar Watts, Sergio Torrens

Con: Divan Nel. 

Pens: Divan Nel 3

Falcons 23 (3) Leopards 26 (19)

Falcons:

Tries: Andries Schutte, Warren Potgieter

Cons: Warren Potgieter 2

Pens: Warren Potgieter 3

Leopards:

Tries: Loftus Morrison 2, Juan Language, Gene Willemse

Cons: Gerhard Nortier 3