2015 Currie Cup First Division
| 2015 Currie Cup First Division | |
|---|---|
| Countries | South Africa |
| Date | 29 August – 8 October 2015 |
| Champions | Leopards (1st title) |
| Runners-up | SWD Eagles |
| Matches played | 18 |
| Tries scored | 158 (average 8.8 per match) |
| Top point scorer | Leighton Eksteen (102) |
| Top try scorer | Juan Language (5) |
The 2015 Currie Cup First Division was contested from 29 August to 8 October 2015. The tournament (also known as the Absa Currie Cup First Division for sponsorship reasons) was the second tier of South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competition, featuring teams representing either entire provinces or substantial regions within provinces.
The tournament was won by the Leopards for the first time after they beat the SWD Eagles 44–20 in the final played on 8 October 2015. The Leopards also went through the season unbeaten, winning their five matches in the 2015 Currie Cup qualification that counted towards the First Division and the seven matches player in the First Division proper.
After the season, all six teams joined the eight Premier Division teams and Namibia in an expanded 15-team Currie Cup competition for 2016.[1]
Competition rules and information
[edit]There were six participating teams in the 2015 Currie Cup First Division. The six teams played each other twice over the course of the season, once at home and once away. The first series of fixtures were played as part of the 2015 Currie Cup qualification competition, with all results carried forward to the First Division except for the match against the 2015 Currie Cup Premier Division qualifier, Griquas. A second set of fixtures then followed between the remaining six teams.
Each team received four points for a win and two points for a draw. Bonus points were awarded to teams that scored 4 or more tries in a game, as well as to teams that lost a match by 7 points or less. Teams were ranked by points, then points difference (points scored less points conceded).
The top 4 teams qualified for the title play-offs. In the semi-finals, the team that finished first had home advantage against the team that finished fourth, while the team that finished second had home advantage against the team that finished third. The winners of these semi-finals played each other in the final, at the home venue of the higher-placed team.
Teams
[edit]
Following the 2015 Currie Cup qualification competition, the following six teams were confirmed as the competitors in the 2015 Currie Cup First Division:
| 2015 Currie Cup First Division teams | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Sponsored Name | Stadium/s | Sponsored Name |
| Boland Cavaliers | Boland Cavaliers | Boland Stadium, Wellington | Boland Stadium |
| Border Bulldogs | Border Bulldogs | Buffalo City Stadium, East London | Buffalo City Stadium |
| Falcons | Hino Valke | Barnard Stadium, Kempton Park | Barnard Stadium |
| Griffons | Down Touch Griffons | North West Stadium, Welkom | HT Pelatona Projects Stadium |
| Leopards | Leopards | Olën Park, Potchefstroom | Profert Olën Park |
| SWD Eagles | SWD Eagles | Outeniqua Park, George | Outeniqua Park |
Log
[edit]The final log of the round-robin stage of the 2015 Currie Cup First Division is:[2]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leopards | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 431 | 205 | +226 | 62 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 50 | semi-finals |
| 2 | Griffons | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 332 | 306 | +26 | 46 | 43 | 6 | 2 | 28 | |
| 3 | SWD Eagles | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 269 | 243 | +26 | 33 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 27 | |
| 4 | Falcons | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 306 | 278 | +28 | 45 | 37 | 4 | 2 | 26 | |
| 5 | Boland Cavaliers | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 203 | 435 | −232 | 27 | 61 | 2 | 1 | 13 | |
| 6 | Border Bulldogs | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 211 | 285 | −74 | 23 | 38 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
Rules for classification: 4 points for a win; 2 points for a draw; 1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less; 1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match
The teams' playing records from the 2015 Currie Cup qualification series brought forward to the First Division were as follows:
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leopards | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 216 | 69 | +147 | 31 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 25 |
| 2 | Boland Cavaliers | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 121 | 149 | −28 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| 3 | Falcons | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 115 | 152 | −37 | 15 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| 4 | Griffons | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 151 | 154 | −3 | 20 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| 5 | SWD Eagles | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 102 | 133 | −31 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | Border Bulldogs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 75 | 123 | −48 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
Round-by-round
[edit]The table below shows each team's progression throughout the season.
For each round, each team's cumulative points total is shown with the overall log position in brackets.
| Team Progression – 2015 Currie Cup First Division | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | B/F | R8 | R9 | R10 | R11 | R12 | SF | F |
| Leopards | 25 (1st) | 30 (1st) | 35 (1st) | 40 (1st) | 45 (1st) | 50 (1st) | Won | Won |
| Griffons | 11 (4th) | 16 (3rd) | 21 (2nd) | 22 (3rd) | 27 (2nd) | 28 (2nd) | Lost | — |
| SWD Eagles | 8 (5th) | 9 (5th) | 13 (4th) | 17 (4th) | 22 (4th) | 27 (3rd) | Won | Lost |
| Falcons | 13 (3rd) | 18 (2nd) | 19 (3rd) | 24 (2nd) | 24 (3rd) | 26 (4th) | Lost | — |
| Boland Cavaliers | 13 (2nd) | 13 (4th) | 13 (5th) | 13 (5th) | 13 (5th) | 13 (6th) | — | — |
| Border Bulldogs | 6 (6th) | 6 (6th) | 6 (6th) | 6 (6th) | 7 (6th) | 12 (6th) | — | — |
| Key: | win | draw | loss | bye |
Fixtures and results
[edit]All the results from the 2015 Currie Cup qualification tournament was carried forward into the First Division season. The results against the 2015 Currie Cup Premier Division qualifier – Griquas – was discarded.[3]
The following matches were played in the 2015 Currie Cup First Division:[4]
Round Eight
[edit]The Leopards secured a semi-final spot after beating the SWD Eagles 36–31 in a match in Potchefstroom. Leopards captain Juan Language scored a hat-trick and tighthead prop John-Roy Jenkinson got two tries, while SWD fly-half Leighton Eksteen contributed 16 points with the boot to secure a bonus point for the visitors. The biggest victory of the round came in Welkom, where defending champions the Griffons ran in ten tries in a 62–24 win over the Boland Cavaliers, with Boela Abrahams, Nico Scheepers and Martin Sithole getting a brace each, as did Danwel Demas for the losing side. Friedle Olivier and Jacques Verwey each scored two tries in the Falcons' 48–27 win over the Border Bulldogs to move the side from Kempton Park up to second spot on the log.[5]
| 29 August 2015 | Leopards | 36–31 | SWD Eagles | Olën Park, Potchefstroom | ||
| 14:30 | Try: Juan Language  8', 54', 60' John-Roy Jenkinson 20', 47'Con: Adriaan Engelbrecht  21', 48', 55', 61' (4/5)Pen: Adriaan Engelbrecht (0/1) Drop: Rhyno Smith 34' (1/1)Cards: Rhyno Smith  4' to 15' | Report[5] Scoreboard[6] | Try: Grant le Roux 26' Charles Radebe 63' Clinton Wagman 74'Con: Leighton Eksteen 27', 64' (2/3)Pen: Leighton Eksteen 2', 4', 35', 58' (4/4)Cards: Wayne Khan 38' to 48' | Referee: Rasta Rasivhenge |
| 29 August 2015 | Falcons | 48–27 | Border Bulldogs | Barnard Stadium, Kempton Park | ||
| 15:00 | Try: Jacques Verwey 32', 53' Jaco Snyman 58' Friedle Olivier 64', 70' Johan Pretorius 76' Willie Odendaal 78'Con: Kyle Hendricks (0/1) Anrich Richter 54', 59', 65', 71', 77' (5/6)Pen: Kyle Hendricks (0/1) Drop: Anrich Richter 1' (1/1) | Report[5] Scoreboard[7] | Try: Makazole Mapimpi 21' Sipho Nofemele 46'Con: Masixole Banda 22' (1/2)Pen: Logan Basson 15', 55' (2/2) Masixole Banda 5', 9', 28' (3/4)Cards: Siyamthanda Ngande 69' to 79' | Referee: Ben Crouse |
| 29 August 2015 | Griffons | 62–24 | Boland Cavaliers | HT Pelatona Projects Stadium, Welkom | ||
| 15:00 | Try: Nico Scheepers 6', 72' Boela Abrahams 18', 27' Martin Sithole 38', 46' Boela Serfontein 51' Norman Nelson 65' Enver Brandt 74' Frans Sisita 79'Con: Nico Scheepers (0/2) Franna du Toit 28', 39', 47', 66', 75', 80' (6/8) | Report[5] Scoreboard[8] | Try: Danwel Demas 25', 42' Kenan Cronjé 78'Con: Eric Zana 26', 43', 78' (3/3)Pen: Eric Zana 35' (1/1)Cards: Wayne Wilschut 36' to 47' | Referee: Stephan Geldenhuys |
Round Nine
[edit]The Leopards guaranteed themselves a home semi-final after beating the Boland Cavaliers 47–12 in Wellington. Despite Boland taking the lead in the first minute through a Danwel Demas try, the Leopards responded with seven tries scored by seven different players. One of the try-scorers was Adriaan Engelbrecht, who also converted six of the tries for a personal haul of 17 points. The Griffons moved into the top two after winning their second match in a row, winning 31–16 in East London against bottom side the Border Bulldogs and picking up a bonus point for scoring five tries in the match. Griffons captain Nicky Steyn scored a try in the first half in his 121st and final match for the side from Welkom. In the final match of the round, the SWD Eagles scored a try in the final minute of the match to beat the Falcons 21–17 in George, despite the home team playing the majority of the match with 14 players after the sending off of Clinton Wagman in the 28th minute.[9]
| 4 September 2015 | Border Bulldogs | 16–31 | Griffons | Buffalo City Stadium, East London | ||
| 19:00 | Try: Mihlali Mpafi 48' Lundi Ralarala 74'Con: Logan Basson (0/2) Pen: Masixole Banda 38' (1/1) Logan Basson 44' (1/2)Cards: Lukhanyo Am 55' to 65' | Report[10] Scoreboard[11] | Try: Vincent Maruping 24' Nicky Steyn 35' Marco Klopper 53' Enver Brandt 71' Vuyo Mbotho 80'Con: Franna du Toit 36' (1/2) Nico Scheepers 54', 81' (2/3)Pen: Franna du Toit (0/1) | Referee: Stephan Geldenhuys |
| 4 September 2015 | SWD Eagles | 21–17 | Falcons | Outeniqua Park, George | ||
| 19:00 | Try: Leighton Eksteen 24' Alshaun Bock 80'Con: Leighton Eksteen 81' (1/2)Pen: Leighton Eksteen 6', 23', 39' (3/4)Cards: Clinton Wagman  28' | Report[12] Scoreboard[13] | Try: Jacques Verwey 4' Kyle Hendricks 14' Friedle Olivier 54'Con: Jaun Kotzé 55' (1/3) | Referee: Cwengile Jadezweni |
| 5 September 2015 | Boland Cavaliers | 12–47 | Leopards | Boland Stadium, Wellington | ||
| 15:30 | Try: Danwel Demas 1' Chaney Willemse 62'Con: Eric Zana 63' (1/2)Pen: Eric Zana (0/1) Drop: Warren Seals (0/1) | Report[14] Scoreboard[15] | Try: Rhyno Smith 23' Adriaan Engelbrecht 32' Tyler Fisher 36' Loftus Morrison 42' Juan Language 66' Wilmar Arnoldi 71' Lucian Cupido 78'Con: Adriaan Engelbrecht 24', 33', 37', 43', 67', 72' (6/7) | Referee: Quinton Immelman |
Round Ten
[edit]The Falcons secure a semi-final berth after demolishing the Boland Cavaliers 76–12 in Kempton Park. They scored twelve tries in the victory from ten different try-scorers, with Etienne Taljaard and Shane Kirkwood getting two each, while Jaun Kotzé converted eight of the tries. The Leopards won again, scoring nine tries in a 64–34 victory over the Griffons, who also secure a bonus point by scoring four tries. Schalk Hugo and Tyler Fisher each scored two tries for the Leopards and Adriaan Engelbrecht kicked 17 points for the Leopards. In the other match of the round, the SWD Eagles beat the Border Bulldogs 31–19 in East London. Both teams scored three tries, but 16 points from the boot of SWD Eagles fly-half Leighton Eksteen proved decisive in the match.[16]
| 11 September 2015 | Border Bulldogs | 19–31 | SWD Eagles | Buffalo City Stadium, East London | ||
| 19:00 | Try: Onke Dubase 31' Ntando Kebe 48' Masixole Banda 61'Con: Masixole Banda 49', 62' (2/3)Pen: Masixole Banda (0/1) Cards: Yanga Xakalashe 41' to 52' | Report[17] Scoreboard[18] | Try: Alshaun Bock 25' Dillin Snel 50' Brian Skosana 79'Con: Leighton Eksteen 26', 51' (2/3)Pen: Leighton Eksteen 19', 35', 63', 65' (4/5)Cards: Buran Parks 45' to 56' | Referee: Rodney Boneparte |
| 12 September 2015 | Leopards | 64–34 | Griffons | Fanie du Toit Sport Ground, Potchefstroom | ||
| 14:30 | Try: Joe Smith 9' Tyler Fisher 13', 45' Schalk Hugo 43', 66' Bart le Roux 48' Damian Engledoe 50' Adrian Vermeulen 52' Juan Language 75'Con: Adriaan Engelbrecht 10', 14', 44', 46', 49', 51', 53' (7/7) Tiaan Dorfling 67' (1/1) Schalk Hugo (0/1) Pen: Adriaan Engelbrecht 7' (1/1)Cards: Juan Language 63' to 74' Loftus Morrison 72' | Report[19] Scoreboard[20] | Try: Martin Sithole 38' Vuyo Mbotho 58' Wynand Pienaar 71' Khwezi Mkhafu 80'Con: Franna du Toit 39', 59', 72' (3/3) Wynand Pienaar 81' (1/1)Pen: Franna du Toit 2', 16' (2/2) | Referee: Ben Crouse |
| 12 September 2015 | Falcons | 76–12 | Boland Cavaliers | Barnard Stadium, Kempton Park | ||
| 15:00 | Try: Christopher Bosch 5' Etienne Taljaard 8', 48' Anrich Richter 10' Shane Kirkwood 19', 33' Andries Schutte 43' Johan Pretorius 51' Andries Truter 55' Dean Muir 59' JP Mostert 71' Andrew van Wyk 79'Con: Jaun Kotzé 9', 11', 34', 44', 49', 52', 56', 72' (8/12) | Report[21] Scoreboard[22] | Try: Clemen Lewis 24' TC Botha 69'Con: Eric Zana (0/1) Warren Seals 70' (1/1)Cards: Gavin Annandale 57' to 67' | Referee: Pro Legoete |
Round Eleven
[edit]Defending champions the Griffons secured their place in the semi-finals by beating the Falcons 30–21 in a match in Welkom. Despite having three players sin-binned during the course of the match and being down to thirteen players at one stage, the home side won the match and secured a bonus point for scoring five tries in the match, with prop Danie van der Merwe and loose-forward Vincent Maruping getting two tries each. The SWD Eagles finalised the semi-final line-up by beating the Boland Cavaliers 57–14 in Wellington. Charles Radebe and Brian Skosana each got a hat-trick of tries in the victory as the SWD Eagles ran in nine tries to end Boland's play-off hopes. There was nearly a major upset in the top-versus-bottom match as the Leopards needed a late Adriaan Engelbrecht penalty to beat the Border Bulldogs 32–30 in Potchefstroom.[23]
| 19 September 2015 | Leopards | 32–30 | Border Bulldogs | Olën Park, Potchefstroom | ||
| 14:30 | Try: Rhyno Smith 17' Schalk Hugo 31' Francois Robertse 33' Joe Smith 58'Con: Rhyno Smith 18' (1/1) Schalk Hugo 32', 34' (2/2) Adriaan Engelbrecht (0/1) Pen: Adriaan Engelbrecht 74', 78' (2/2)Cards: Adrian Vermeulen 9' to 19' | Report[24] Scoreboard[25] | Try: Oliver Zono 61' Sethu Tom 65' Makazole Mapimpi 68'Con: Oliver Zono 62', 66', 69' (3/3)Pen: Logan Basson 42' (1/2) Oliver Zono 26', 75' (2/2)Cards: Onke Dubase 73' | Referee: Rodney Boneparte |
| 19 September 2015 | Griffons | 30–21 | Falcons | HT Pelatona Projects Stadium, Welkom | ||
| 15:00 | Try: Danie van der Merwe 10', 58' Vincent Maruping 42', 50' Coenie van Wyk 70'Con: Franna du Toit (0/3) Nico Scheepers 59' (1/2)Pen: Franna du Toit (0/1) Nico Scheepers 79' (1/2)Cards: Marco Klopper 30' to 41' Chris Ehlers 35' to 45' Boetie Groenewald 61' to 71' | Report[26] Scoreboard[27] | Try: Etienne Taljaard 19' Johan Pretorius 28' JP Mostert 32'Con: Jaun Kotzé 20', 29', 33' (3/3) | Referee: Pro Legoete |
| 19 September 2015 | Boland Cavaliers | 14–57 | SWD Eagles | Boland Stadium, Wellington | ||
| 15:30 | Try: Danwel Demas 50' Kenan Cronjé 59'Con: Eric Zana 51', 60' (2/2)Pen: Warren Seals (0/2) Cards: Gerrit van Wyk 23' to 33' | Report[28] Scoreboard[29] | Try: Alshaun Bock 20' Brian Skosana 24', 38', 80' Charles Radebe 30', 36', 77' Luzuko Vulindlu 33' Pieter Stemmet 43'Con: Leighton Eksteen 25', 31', 34', 37', 39' (5/7) Tom Kean 81' (1/2) | Referee: Ben Crouse |
Round Twelve
[edit]The Leopards concluded the round-robin stage of their Currie Cup campaign with a perfect record; not only did they win all five of their matches, as well as their five matches in the 2015 Currie Cup qualification series that were brought forward to the First Division, but they also gained a four-try bonus point in each of their ten matches to top the log on 50 points. Tyler Fisher scored two of their six tries in their 36–29 win over a Falcons side that scored five tries of their own. The SWD Eagles finished in third spot on the log with a late try from Kurt Haupt (his second of the match) securing a bonus point for the SWD Eagles in a 27–24 over the Griffons, who finished in second spot. The Border Bulldogs won the match between two sides without a victory to their name since the qualification tournament, beating the Boland Cavaliers 44–20 in East London. Lundi Ralarala and Oliver Zono scored two tries each for the home side, who finished bottom of the log, one point behind the Boland Cavaliers.[30]
| 25 September 2015 | Falcons | 29–36 | Leopards | Barnard Stadium, Kempton Park | ||
| 15:00 | Try: Kyle Hendricks 23' Andrew van Wyk 36' Riaan Arends 45' Reg Muller 67' Shane Kirkwood 77'Con: Anrich Richter 24' (1/3) Jaun Kotzé 78' (1/2)Pen: Anrich Richter (0/1) Cards: Riaan Arends 22' to 32' | Report[31] Scoreboard[32] | Try: Tyler Fisher 12', 50' Francois Robertse 18' Rhyno Smith 33' Malherbe Swart 38' Adrian Vermeulen 62'Con: Schalk Hugo 63' (1/3) Adriaan Engelbrecht 39', 51' (2/3)Cards: Malherbe Swart 66' to 76' Robert Kruger 74' | Referee: AJ Jacobs |
| 25 September 2015 | Border Bulldogs | 44–20 | Boland Cavaliers | Buffalo City Stadium, East London | ||
| 19:00 | Try: Oliver Zono 11', 81' Michael Makase 24' Lundi Ralarala 57', 71' Makazole Mapimpi 65'Con: Logan Basson 12', 58' (2/3) Oliver Zono 72', 81' (2/3)Pen: Logan Basson 4', 15' (2/3) Oliver Zono (0/1) | Report[33] Scoreboard[34] | Try: Chaney Willemse 6' Eric Zana 13'Con: Warren Seals 7', 14' (2/2)Pen: Warren Seals 41', 60' (2/2) | Referee: Cwengile Jadezweni |
| 25 September 2015 | SWD Eagles | 27–24 | Griffons | Outeniqua Park, George | ||
| 19:00 | Try: Zandré Jordaan 2' Schalk Oelofse 20' Kurt Haupt 52', 79'Con: Leighton Eksteen 21', 53' (2/4)Pen: Leighton Eksteen 8' (1/2)Cards: Brian Skosana 16' to 26' Charles Radebe 33' | Report[35] Scoreboard[36] | Try: Vuyo Mbotho 16' Coenie van Wyk 26'Con: Nico Scheepers 17' (1/2)Pen: Nico Scheepers 36', 65', 81' (3/3)Drop: Coenie van Wyk 69' (1/1)Cards: Coenie van Wyk 28' to 38' Wynand Pienaar 71' to 79' | Referee: Stephan Geldenhuys |
Title Play-Off Games
[edit]Semi-finals
[edit]In a repeat of the 2014 semi-finals, the Leopards hosted the Falcons and the Griffons hosted the SWD Eagles. The Falcons caused an upset in 2014 by beating the Leopards, but the Leopards prevailed on this occasion, despite being outscored three tries to two. Five penalties from centre Adriaan Engelbrecht secured a 29–17 win for the side from Potchefstroom to secure a home final. There, they will face the SWD Eagles, who beat defending champions the Griffons 47–40 in Welkom. Both sides scored five tries in the encounter, but six penalties from SWD Eagles fly-half Leighton Eksteen (who contributed 27 points in the match) decided the semi-final in the away team's favour.[37]
| 2 October 2015 | Leopards | 29–17 | Falcons | Olën Park, Potchefstroom | ||
| 16:00 | Try: Dane van der Westhuyzen 33' Rhyno Smith 75'Con: Adriaan Engelbrecht 34', 76' (2/2)Pen: Adriaan Engelbrecht 1', 6', 14', 37', 67' (5/5) | Report[38] Scoreboard[39] | Try: Etienne Taljaard 29' Grant Janke 47' Johan Pretorius 58'Con: Jaun Kotzé 30' (1/3) | Referee: Cwengile Jadezweni |
| 3 October 2015 | Griffons | 40–47 | SWD Eagles | HT Pelatona Projects Stadium, Welkom | ||
| 15:00 | Try: Martin Sithole 19' Wynand Pienaar 26' Danie van der Merwe 36' Franna du Toit 45' Boetie Groenewald 76'Con: Nico Scheepers 20', 27', 77' (3/5)Pen: Nico Scheepers 9', 11', 60' (3/3) | Report[40] Scoreboard[41] | Try: Wayne Khan 3' Leighton Eksteen 6' Charles Radebe 23' Martin du Toit 33' Andisa Ntsila 56'Con: Leighton Eksteen 4', 57' (2/5)Pen: Leighton Eksteen 15', 39', 53', 64', 70', 75' (6/6) | Referee: Ben Crouse |
Final
[edit]The Leopards won the Currie Cup First Division by overturning a 10–20 half-time deficit to beat the SWD Eagles 44–20 in Potchefstroom. Leopards captain Juan Language scored two tries for the hosts in the second half to aid his side's comeback, also becoming the top scorer in the competition in the process. The top points scorer in the competition was SWD Eagles back Leighton Eksteen, who scored ten of his side's 20 points on the night.[42]
| 8 October 2015 | Leopards | 44–20 | SWD Eagles | Olën Park, Potchefstroom | ||
| 18:00 | Try: Dane van der Westhuyzen 27' Francois Robertse 45' Juan Language 51', 63' Robert Kruger 66' Bart le Roux 80'Con: Adriaan Engelbrecht 28', 46', 67', 81' (4/6)Pen: Adriaan Engelbrecht 15', 72' (2/2) | Report[42] Scoreboard[43] | Try: Alshaun Bock 17' Luzuko Vulindlu 21'Con: Leighton Eksteen 18', 22' (2/2)Pen: Leighton Eksteen 6', 25' (2/2)Drop: Leighton Eksteen (0/1) | Referee: Quinton Immelman |
Honours
[edit]The honour roll for the 2015 Currie Cup First Division was:
| 2015 Currie Cup First Division Honours | |
|---|---|
| Champions: | Leopards (1st title) |
| Top Try Scorer: | Juan Language, Leopards (7) |
| Top Points Scorer: | Leighton Eksteen, SWD Eagles (102) |
Players
[edit]Points scorers
[edit]The following table contain points which were scored in the 2015 Currie Cup First Division:[44]
| All point scorers | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Team | T | C | P | DG | Pts |
| 1 | Leighton Eksteen | SWD Eagles | 2 | 16 | 20 | 0 | 102 |
| 2 | Adriaan Engelbrecht | Leopards | 1 | 25 | 10 | 0 | 85 |
| 3 | Nico Scheepers | Griffons | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 45 |
| 4 | Juan Language | Leopards | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| 5 | Franna du Toit | Griffons | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 31 |
| Oliver Zono | Border Bulldogs | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 31 | |
| 7 | Jaun Kotzé | Falcons | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| 8 | Tyler Fisher | Leopards | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Charles Radebe | SWD Eagles | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | |
| Rhyno Smith | Leopards | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25 |
| Other point scorers | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Team | T | C | P | DG | Pts |
| 11 | Masixole Banda | Border Bulldogs | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 23 |
| 12 | Logan Basson | Border Bulldogs | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 22 |
| 13 | Schalk Hugo | Leopards | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 14 | Alshaun Bock | SWD Eagles | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Danwel Demas | Boland Cavaliers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |
| Johan Pretorius | Falcons | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |
| Anrich Richter | Falcons | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 20 | |
| Martin Sithole | Griffons | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |
| Brian Skosana | SWD Eagles | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |
| Etienne Taljaard | Falcons | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |
| Eric Zana | Boland Cavaliers | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 20 | |
| 22 | Shane Kirkwood | Falcons | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Makazole Mapimpi | Border Bulldogs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| Vincent Maruping | Griffons | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| Vuyo Mbotho | Griffons | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| Friedle Olivier | Falcons | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| Lundi Ralarala | Border Bulldogs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| Francois Robertse | Leopards | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| Danie van der Merwe | Griffons | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| Jacques Verwey | Falcons | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| 31 | Coenie van Wyk | Griffons | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| 32 | Wynand Pienaar | Griffons | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Warren Seals | Boland Cavaliers | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | |
| 34 | Boela Abrahams | Griffons | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Enver Brandt | Griffons | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Kenan Cronjé | Boland Cavaliers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Kurt Haupt | SWD Eagles | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Kyle Hendricks | Falcons | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| John-Roy Jenkinson | Leopards | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Bart le Roux | Leopards | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| JP Mostert | Falcons | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Joe Smith | Leopards | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Andrew van Wyk | Falcons | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Dane van der Westhuyzen | Leopards | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Adrian Vermeulen | Leopards | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Luzuko Vulindlu | SWD Eagles | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Chaney Willemse | Boland Cavaliers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| 48 | Riaan Arends | Falcons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Wilmar Arnoldi | Leopards | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Christopher Bosch | Falcons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| TC Botha | Boland Cavaliers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Lucian Cupido | Leopards | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Martin du Toit | SWD Eagles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Onke Dubase | Border Bulldogs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Damian Engledoe | Leopards | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Boetie Groenewald | Griffons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Grant Janke | Falcons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Zandré Jordaan | SWD Eagles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Ntando Kebe | Border Bulldogs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wayne Khan | SWD Eagles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Marco Klopper | Griffons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Robert Kruger | Leopards | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Grant le Roux | SWD Eagles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Clemen Lewis | Boland Cavaliers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Michael Makase | Border Bulldogs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Khwezi Mkhafu | Griffons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Loftus Morrison | Leopards | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Mihlali Mpafi | Border Bulldogs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Dean Muir | Falcons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Reg Muller | Falcons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Norman Nelson | Griffons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Sipho Nofemele | Border Bulldogs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Andisa Ntsila | SWD Eagles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Willie Odendaal | Falcons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Schalk Oelofse | SWD Eagles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Andries Schutte | Falcons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Boela Serfontein | Griffons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Frans Sisita | Griffons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Dillin Snel | SWD Eagles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Jaco Snyman | Falcons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Pieter Stemmet | SWD Eagles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Nicky Steyn | Griffons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Malherbe Swart | Leopards | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Sethu Tom | Border Bulldogs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Andries Truter | Falcons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Clinton Wagman | SWD Eagles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 87 | Tiaan Dorfling | Leopards | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Tom Kean | SWD Eagles | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| * Legend: T = Tries, C = Conversions, P = Penalties, DG = Drop Goals, Pts = Points. | |||||||
Appearances
[edit]The player appearance record in the 2015 Currie Cup First Division is as follows:
| Boland Cavaliers | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | GRF | LEO | FNH | SWD | BDR | SF | F | App | Try | Kck | Pts | |
| SP Wessels | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Clemen Lewis | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Keenan Abrahams | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17  | 3 | — | — | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hanno Kitshoff | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | — | — | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gavin Annandale (c) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | — | — | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Freginald Africa | 6 | 6 | 18 | 6 | — | — | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Yves Bashiya | 7 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 4 | — | — | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wayne Wilschut | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | — | — | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jovelian de Koker | 9 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 9 | — | — | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Adriaan Carelse | 10 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 21 | — | — | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ryno Conradie | 11 | 20 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jos Malherbe | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | — | — | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wilneth Engelbrecht | 13 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Danwel Demas | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | — | — | 5 | 4 | 0 | 20 | |
| Eric Zana | 15 | 15 | 15 | 22 | 15 | — | — | 5 | 1 | 15 | 20 | |
| Chadley Wenn | 16 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Deacon Chowles | 17 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chaney Willemse | 18 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | — | — | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | |
| Kenan Cronjé | 19 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 19 | — | — | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | |
| Marnus Hugo | 20 | 20 | 20 | 9 | 20 | — | — | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Warren Seals | 21 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 10 | — | — | 5 | 0 | 12 | 12 | |
| Senan van der Merwe | 22 | 11 | 11 | — | — | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Edwin Sass | 12 | 21 | 13 | — | — | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| JC Genade | 16 | 16 | 16 | — | — | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Herman Bailey | 17 | 17 | 17 | — | — | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Arno Fortuin | 22 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Hennie Daniller | 12 | 15 | 22 | — | — | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ashton Constant | 16 | 3 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| TC Botha | 19 | 18 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Gerrit van Wyk | 22 | 11 | 11 | — | — | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 5 | 11 | 27 | 82 | ||||||||
| Border Bulldogs | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | FNH | GRF | SWD | LEO | BOL | SF | F | App | Try | Kck | Pts | |
| Buhle Mxunyelwa | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | — | — | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mihlali Mpafi | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Yanga Xakalashe | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lindokuhle Welemu | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | — | — | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wandile Putuma | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | — | — | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Onke Dubase | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | — | — | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Siya Mdaka (c) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | — | — | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Dutton | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | — | — | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ntando Kebe | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | — | — | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Masixole Banda | 10 | 10 | 15 | 22 | 22 | — | — | 5 | 1 | 18 | 23 | |
| Sipho Nofemele | 11 | 11 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Lukhanyo Am | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | — | — | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lundi Ralarala | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | — | — | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | |
| Makazole Mapimpi | 14 | 11 | 11 | 11 | — | — | 4 | 3 | 0 | 15 | ||
| Logan Basson | 15 | 15 | 22 | 15 | 15 | — | — | 5 | 0 | 22 | 22 | |
| Josh Kota | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | — | — | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blake Kyd | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | — | — | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Siyamthanda Ngande | 18 | 18 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Nkosi Nofuma | 19 | 19 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bangi Kobese | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | — | — | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thembani Mkokeli | 21 | 21 | 10 | — | — | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Michael Makase | 22 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | — | — | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Oliver Zono | 22 | 10 | 10 | — | — | 2 | 3 | 16 | 31 | |||
| Johannes Jonker | 18 | 18 | 18 | — | — | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Siya November | 19 | 19 | 5 | — | — | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Sethu Tom | 21 | 21 | 21 | — | — | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Total | 5 | 16 | 56 | 136 | ||||||||
| Falcons | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | BDR | SWD | BOL | GRF | LEO | SF | F | App | Try | Kck | Pts | |
| Andries Schutte | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Dean Muir | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Nico Pretorius | 3 | 3 | 17 | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Isak Deetlefs | 4 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 5 | — | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jacques Alberts | 5 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 5 | — | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| JP Mostert (c) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | — | 6 | 2 | 0 | 10 | |
| Jacques Verwey | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | — | 6 | 3 | 0 | 15 | |
| Friedle Olivier | 8 | 8 | 19 | 19 | — | 4 | 3 | 0 | 15 | |||
| Jaco Snyman | 9 | 9 | 20 | 20 | 9 | 9 | — | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Anrich Richter | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | — | 6 | 1 | 15 | 20 | |
| Coert Cronjé | 11 | 22 | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Willie Odendaal | 12 | 12 | 22 | 12 | 21 | 12 | — | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Christopher Bosch | 13 | 13 | 13 | — | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Grant Janke | 14 | 11 | 13 | 13 | — | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Kyle Hendricks | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | — | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Themba Thabethe | 16 | 16 | 16 | — | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Thulani Ngidi | 17 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | — | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Shane Kirkwood | 18 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | — | 6 | 3 | 0 | 15 | |
| Reg Muller | 19 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | — | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Johan Pretorius | 20 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 20 | — | 6 | 4 | 0 | 20 | |
| Andrew van Wyk | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 12 | 21 | — | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | |
| Arno Poley | 22 | 22 | 14 | — | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jaun Kotzé | 15 | 15 | 15 | 22 | 15 | — | 5 | 0 | 28 | 28 | ||
| Barend Steyn | 16 | 16 | 16 | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Etienne Taljaard | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | — | 4 | 4 | 0 | 20 | |||
| Andries Truter | 12 | 13 | — | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| Dandré van der Westhuizen | 17 | 17 | 17 | — | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Riaan Arends | 22 | 14 | — | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| Marlyn Williams | 18 | 18 | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Ernst Ladendorf | 19 | 19 | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 6 | 33 | 43 | 208 | ||||||||
| Griffons | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | BOL | BDR | LEO | FNH | SWD | SF | F | App | Try | Kck | Pts | |
| Rudi Britz | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Khwezi Mkhafu | 2 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 2 | — | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Heinrich Roelfse | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 17 | — | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marco Kruger | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 18 | — | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe van der Hoogt | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Martin Sithole | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | — | 6 | 4 | 0 | 20 | |
| Vincent Maruping | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | — | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | ||
| Nicky Steyn (c) | 8 | 8 | — | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| Boela Abrahams | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | — | 6 | 2 | 0 | 10 | |
| Franna du Toit | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 21 | 10 | — | 5 | 1 | 26 | 31 | |
| Enver Brandt | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | — | 6 | 2 | 0 | 10 | |
| Japie Nel | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | — | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vuyo Mbotho | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | — | 6 | 3 | 0 | 15 | |
| Norman Nelson | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | — | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Nico Scheepers | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | — | 6 | 2 | 35 | 45 | |
| Marco Klopper | 16 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 16 | 16 | — | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Danie van der Merwe | 17 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | 6 | 3 | 0 | 15 | |
| Boela Serfontein | 18 | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Frans Sisita | 19 | 19 | 21 | — | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Sino Nyoka | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | — | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wynand Pienaar | 21 | 21 | 21 | 15 | 15 | — | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||
| Tertius Maarman | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | — | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Ehlers | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | — | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hennie Venter | 16 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ockie van Zyl | 18 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | — | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gerard Baard | 17 | 17 | 3 | 1 | — | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jan Breedt | 18 | 18 | 18 | — | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Boetie Groenewald | 19 | 19 | 6 | 19 | — | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Coenie van Wyk | 21 | 10 | — | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | |||||
| Dirk Grobbelaar | 8 | 8 | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Pieter Matthews | 19 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 6 | 31 | 63 | 218 | ||||||||
| Leopards | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | SWD | BOL | GRF | BDR | FNH | SF | F | App | Try | Kck | Pts | |
| Joe Smith | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 10 | |
| Dane van der Westhuyzen | 2 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 10 | |
| John-Roy Jenkinson | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 10 | |
| Robert Kruger | 4 | 18 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Stairs Mhlongo | 5 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Juan Language (c) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 35 | |
| Loftus Morrison | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Marno Redelinghuys | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Malherbe Swart | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Johnny Welthagen | 10 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Tyler Fisher | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 25 | |
| Adriaan Engelbrecht | 12 | 12 | 12 | 21 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 80 | 85 | |
| Adrian Vermeulen | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 10 | |
| Rowayne Beukman | 14 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Rhyno Smith | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 25 | |
| Wilmar Arnoldi | 16 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Bart le Roux | 17 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 10 | |
| Francois Robertse | 18 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 15 | |
| Jaco Jordaan | 19 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hanco Venter | 20 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Warren Gilbert | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Lucian Cupido | 22 | 22 | 22 | 11 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Schalk Hugo | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 21 | ||
| Damian Engledoe | 14 | 14 | 22 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Tiaan Dorfling | 20 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Sizo Maseko | 14 | 22 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Walt Steenkamp | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Percy Williams | 20 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jaco Hayward | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Total | 7 | 39 | 93 | 288 | ||||||||
| SWD Eagles | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | LEO | FNH | BDR | BOL | GRF | SF | F | App | Try | Kck | Pts | |
| Layle Delo | 1 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Marius Fourie | 2 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dean Hopp | 3 | 19 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Peet van der Walt | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Grant le Roux | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wayne Khan | 6 | 6 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Davon Raubenheimer (c) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zandré Jordaan | 8 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Johan Steyn | 9 | 9 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Martin du Toit | 10 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Charles Radebe | 11 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 25 | ||
| Luzuko Vulindlu | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 10 | |
| Kirsten Heyns | 13 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Clinton Wagman | 14 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Leighton Eksteen | 15 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 92 | 102 | |
| Kurt Haupt | 16 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 10 | |
| Pieter Stemmet | 17 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Juandré Digue | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mzwanele Zito | 19 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Christo du Plessis | 20 | 8 | 20 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dillin Snel | 21 | 21 | 9 | 21 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Daniel Roberts | 22 | 22 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 22 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lyndon Hartnick | 8 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Alshaun Bock | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 20 | ||
| Schalk Oelofse | 18 | 18 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Buran Parks | 20 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Tom Kean | 21 | 22 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Brian Skosana | 22 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 20 | |||
| Andisa Ntsila | 8 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Mzo Dyantyi | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Creswin Josephs | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Total | 7 | 28 | 94 | 234 | ||||||||
For each team, (c) denotes the team captain. For each match, the player's squad number is shown. Starting players are numbered 1 to 15, while the replacements are numbered 16 to 22. If a replacement made an appearance in the match, it is indicated by . "App" refers to the number of appearances made by the player, "Try" to the number of tries scored by the player, "Kck" to the number of points scored via kicks (conversions, penalties or drop goals) and "Pts" refer to the total number of points scored by the player.
Discipline
[edit]The following table contains all the cards handed out during the tournament:[45]
| Sendings-off and multiple sin-binnings | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Team | | |
| Clinton Wagman | SWD Eagles | 1 | 0 |
| Single sin-binnings | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Team | | |
| Lukhanyo Am | Border Bulldogs | 0 | 1 |
| Gavin Annandale | Boland Cavaliers | 0 | 1 |
| Riaan Arends | Falcons | 0 | 1 |
| Onke Dubase | Border Bulldogs | 0 | 1 |
| Chris Ehlers | Griffons | 0 | 1 |
| Boetie Groenewald | Griffons | 0 | 1 |
| Wayne Khan | SWD Eagles | 0 | 1 |
| Marco Klopper | Griffons | 0 | 1 |
| Robert Kruger | Leopards | 0 | 1 |
| Juan Language | Leopards | 0 | 1 |
| Loftus Morrison | Leopards | 0 | 1 |
| Siyamthanda Ngande | Border Bulldogs | 0 | 1 |
| Buran Parks | SWD Eagles | 0 | 1 |
| Wynand Pienaar | Griffons | 0 | 1 |
| Charles Radebe | SWD Eagles | 0 | 1 |
| Brian Skosana | SWD Eagles | 0 | 1 |
| Rhyno Smith | Leopards | 0 | 1 |
| Malherbe Swart | Leopards | 0 | 1 |
| Coenie van Wyk | Griffons | 0 | 1 |
| Gerrit van Wyk | Boland Cavaliers | 0 | 1 |
| Adrian Vermeulen | Leopards | 0 | 1 |
| Wayne Wilschut | Boland Cavaliers | 0 | 1 |
| Yanga Xakalashe | Border Bulldogs | 0 | 1 |
| * Legend: = Sent off, = Sin-binned | |||
Referees
[edit]The following referees officiated matches in the 2015 Currie Cup First Division:
| Referees | Rodney Boneparte • Ben Crouse • Stephan Geldenhuys • Quinton Immelman • AJ Jacobs • Cwengile Jadezweni • Pro Legoete • Rasta Rasivhenge | |
See also
[edit]- 2015 Currie Cup Premier Division
- 2015 Currie Cup qualification
- 2015 Vodacom Cup
- 2015 Under-21 Provincial Championship Group A
- 2015 Under-21 Provincial Championship Group B
- 2015 Under-19 Provincial Championship Group A
- 2015 Under-19 Provincial Championship Group B
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