DHL Western Province just cannot seem to shake the flyhalf bogey that has followed them since Super Rugby as yet another rookie will make his senior professional debut for the Cape side.
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DHL Western Province just cannot seem to shake the flyhalf bogey that has followed them since Super Rugby as yet another rookie will make his senior professional debut for the Cape side.
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The Sharks started the defence of their Absa Currie Cup title in emphatic fashion against the Vodacom Blue Bulls in Durban on Saturday, while GWK Griquas almost caused an upset in Cape Town.
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The defending champs will host the Blue Bulls in the feature game of the weekend.
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A young DHL WP team will host the ever-dangerous Griquas in Cape Town in their first round.
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The Toyota Cheetahs will want to start their Currie Cup campaign off with a bang as they host the Leopards in Bloemfontein.
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The 2011 ABSA Currie Cup kicks off in Johannesburg where the Golden Lions will seek revenge against the Pumas.
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Forget that backroom politics, it is time for this Lions side to stand up now.
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It did not take one of the top unions long to publicly state how they view the Currie Cup.
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DHL Western Province has selected a very inexperienced team to take on Griquas this weekend in Round 1 of the ABSA Currie Cup.
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Stefan Terblanche will move back to his familiar position at fullback for the Sharks while Marius Joubert will make his debut for the Durban team at outside center.
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The Lions have announced their team for the CC opener v the Pumas.
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After recovering from injury, Andries Strauss is back at inside center and will lead the Cheetahs in their match against the Leopards.
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Vodacom Blue Bulls coach Pine Pienaar included three Springboks in his side for Saturday’s opening fixture in Absa’s Currie Cup competition against the Natal Sharks in Durban.
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Booze or rugby glory. Make your pick. That was the choice put to the Leopards players by their coach, Leon Boshoff, who does not believe there is place for alcohol in a professional player’s career.
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As focus now shifts the the oldest domestic competition in the world, JJ Harmse contemplates who will walk away as ABSA Currie Cup champions in a Rugby World Cup year.
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Despite losing out to a bigger paycheque on offer from the Blue Bulls for Johann Sadie and JJ Engelbrecht, WP coach Allister Coetzee remains in a positive mood.
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For rugby in South Africa to remain strong, SA Rugby needs to take a tough stance against unions.
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In what I am sure won’t be the last we will hear on this issue, SA Rugby has decided that the Currie Cup premier division will only be contested by the top 6 teams in the country.
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If anything, the Sharks Currie Cup success has allowed me to revisit a favourite old topic of mine.
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The difference between a team totally reliant on individual performances, and a team reliant on total team-effort, is a Currie Cup title.
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You’ve got to hand it to those Sharks. They put on a great show, and we’re not even talking about the rugby.
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Sharks’ tight five, speed just too good My predictions of the Currie Cup play-offs were certainly way off the mark and as I humbly strip the egg-white off my cheeks and rub the yolk out of my eyes I have to say: Well done to the Sharks! DAN RETIEF on the final.
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The Barloworld Toyota Pumas and the Platinum Leopards survived the threat of relegation on Friday evening and will compete in next year’s Absa Currie Cup Premier Division.
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“As brutal, as intense as any top tier Test match I have refereed.” That was the opinion of Craig Joubert, the man with the best view of the Currie Cup final between the Sharks and Western Province. “The defensive hits going in were huge – the commitment was incredible.”
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Patrick Lambie produced a performance of epic proportions to help the Sharks to a well-deserved 30-10 win over Western Province in the Currie Cup Final in Durban on Saturday.
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Forget all the cliches you have heard this week. It is going to be ‘war’ between the Sharks and Western Province in Durban on Saturday.
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Ok seeing as we are all being so politically correct (the true South African virtue) and no-one is willing to say so, let me lead the chorus:
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UPDATE: LEOPARDS, PUMAS STAY IN CC PREMIER LEAGUE Before the Sharks and Western Province go head-to-head in the domestic showpiece in Durban on Saturday, two other very important games will take place – the final legs of the Currie Cup promotion-relegation series.
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