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)
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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

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

Boland Cavaliers

Border Bulldogs

Falcons

Griffons

Leopards

SWD Eagles

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Location of teams in the 2015 Currie Cup First Division

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

The final log of the round-robin stage of the 2015 Currie Cup First Division is: ^[2]

2015 Currie Cup First Division log

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

Source: ^[2]
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:

Playing records brought forward

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

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Round-by-round

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

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]

For results of the first seven rounds, see 2015 Currie Cup qualification.

The following matches were played in the 2015 Currie Cup First Division: ^[4]

Round Eight

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

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

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

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

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

Semi-finals

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

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

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

Points scorers

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

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

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

The following referees officiated matches in the 2015 Currie Cup First Division:

2015 Currie Cup First Division referees

Referees

Rodney Boneparte • Ben Crouse  • Stephan Geldenhuys • Quinton Immelman  • AJ Jacobs  • Cwengile Jadezweni  • Pro Legoete  • Rasta Rasivhenge

See also

• 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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