2019 Currie Cup Premier Division

2019 Currie Cup Premier Division
Countries	South Africa
Date	12 July – 7 September 2019
Champions	Free State Cheetahs (6th title)
Runners-up	Golden Lions
Matches played	24
Tries scored	186 (average 7.8 per match)
Top point scorer	Shaun Reynolds (Golden Lions, 93)
Top try scorer	Joseph Dweba (Free State Cheetahs) and Madosh Tambwe (Golden Lions, 7)
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The 2019 Currie Cup Premier Division was the 81st edition of the top tier of the Currie Cup, the premier domestic rugby union competition in South Africa. DirectAxis Financial Services was the tournament sponsor. It was organised by the South African Rugby Union and ran from 12 July to 7 September 2019.

The competition was won by the Free State Cheetahs, who beat the Golden Lions 31–28 in the final played on 7 September 2019.

Competition rules and information

There were seven participating teams in the 2019 Currie Cup Premier Division. They played each other once during the pool stage, either at home or away. ^[1] Teams received four points for a win and two points for a draw. Bonus points were awarded to teams that scored four or more tries in a game, as well as to teams that lost a match by seven points or less. Teams were ranked by log points, then points difference (points scored less points conceded).

The top four teams in the pool stage qualified for the semi finals, which will be followed by a final.

Teams

The teams that competed in the 2019 Currie Cup Premier Division are:

Blue Bulls

Free State Cheetahs

Golden Lions

Griquas

Pumas

Sharks

Western Province

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Location of teams in the 2019 Currie Cup Premier Division

2019 Currie Cup Premier Division teams
Team	Sponsored Name
Blue Bulls	Vodacom Blue Bulls
Free State Cheetahs	Toyota Free State Cheetahs
Golden Lions	Xerox Golden Lions
Griquas	Tafel Lager Griquas
Pumas	Pumas
Sharks	Cell C Sharks
Western Province	DHL Western Province

Regular season

Standings

The current standings in the 2019 Currie Cup Premier Division is: ^[2]

2019 Currie Cup Premier Division standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts
1	Free State Cheetahs	6	4	0	2	234	162	+72	34	21	4	2	22
2	Golden Lions	6	4	0	2	173	174	−1	24	21	4	2	22
3	Griquas	6	4	0	2	178	175	+3	22	24	4	1	21
4	Sharks	6	4	0	2	170	179	−9	20	22	2	1	19
5	Western Province	6	2	0	4	176	146	+30	23	19	2	4	14
6	Blue Bulls	6	2	0	4	143	191	−48	20	25	2	0	10
7	Pumas	6	1	0	5	161	208	−47	19	30	3	2	9

Source: ^[2]

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
Team	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	SF	F
Free State Cheetahs	0 (5th)	5 (2nd)	10 (1st)	11 (3rd)	12 (3rd)	17 (2nd)	22 (1st)	Won	Won
Golden Lions	5 (2nd)	5 (4th)	9 (3rd)	13 (2nd)	15 (1st)	17 (3rd)	22 (2nd)	Won	Lost
Griquas	5 (1st)	10 (1st)	10 (2nd)	15 (1st)	15 (2nd)	19 (1st)	21 (3rd)	Lost	—
Sharks	0 (7th)	5 (5th)	5 (5th)	6 (6th)	10 (5th)	14 (4th)	19 (4th)	Lost	—
Western Province	4 (3rd)	5 (3rd)	7 (4th)	7 (4th)	12 (4th)	13 (5th)	14 (5th)	—	—
Blue Bulls	0 (6th)	1 (7th)	5 (6th)	5 (7th)	9 (6th)	9 (6th)	10 (6th)	—	—
Pumas	2 (4th)	3 (6th)	3 (7th)	7 (5th)	7 (7th)	7 (7th)	9 (7th)	—	—
Key:	win	draw	loss	bye

Matches

The following matches were played in the 2019 Currie Cup Premier Division: ^[3]

Round One

	12 July 2019	Sharks	13–37	Griquas	Jonsson Kings Park, Durban
	19:15	Try: Cameron Wright  63' Con: Curwin Bosch  64' Pen: Curwin Bosch  24', 29'	Scoreboard [4] Report [5]	Try: Zak Burger  1' Michal Haznar  42' Wilmar Arnoldi  69', 74' Con: George Whitehead  3', 43', 71', 75' Pen: George Whitehead  37', 51', 61'	Referee: Marius van der Westhuizen

	13 July 2019	Golden Lions	38–37	Pumas	Emirates Airline Park, Johannesburg
	15:00	Try: Madosh Tambwe  8', 30', 64', 68' Tyrone Green  40' Shaun Reynolds  77' Con: Shaun Reynolds  9', 31', 41', 78'	Scoreboard [6] Report [7]	Try: Carel du Preez  3' Le Roux Roets  19' Etienne Taljaard  49' Morgan Naudé  59' Con: Kobus Marais  4', 21', 50', 60' Pen: Kobus Marais  39', 43', 54'	Referee: Rasta Rasivhenge

	13 July 2019	Western Province	20–5	Blue Bulls	DHL Newlands, Cape Town
	17:15	Try: Ruhan Nel  25' Juarno Augustus  46' Craig Barry  82' Con: SP Marais  47' Pen: SP Marais  65'	Scoreboard [8] Report [9]	Try: Embrose Papier  6'	Referee: AJ Jacobs

Bye/s: Free State Cheetahs

Round Two

	19 July 2019	Griquas	37–29	Pumas	Tafel Lager Park, Kimberley
	17:00	Try: Anthony Volmink  3', 77' Eduan Keyter  43' Ewald van der Westhuizen  49' André Swarts  62' Con: George Whitehead  5', 44', 63' Pen: George Whitehead  18' Tinus de Beer  74'	Scoreboard [10] Report [11]	Try: Morné Joubert  23' Andrew Beerwinkel  45' Ryan Nell  64' Morgan Naudé  69' Con: Kobus Marais  46', 65' Chris Smith  70' Pen: Kobus Marais  59'	Referee: AJ Jacobs

	19 July 2019	Blue Bulls	27–43	Free State Cheetahs	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
	19:15	Try: Cornal Hendricks  11' Ruan Steenkamp  37' Rosko Specman  54' Johan Grobbelaar  77' Conraad van Vuuren  80' Con: Manie Libbok  38'	Scoreboard [12] Report [13]	Try: Henco Venter  8' Benhard Janse van Rensburg  25', 32' Louis Fouché  51' Jasper Wiese  60' Darren Adonis  73' Con: Tian Schoeman  9', 33', 52', 60', 74' Pen: Tian Schoeman  4'	Referee: Marius van der Westhuizen

	20 July 2019	Sharks	32–27	Western Province	Jonsson Kings Park, Durban
	14:00	Try: Lwazi Mvovo  17' Kobus van Wyk  36' JP Pietersen  41' Craig Burden  71' Con: Curwin Bosch  37', 42', 73' Pen: Curwin Bosch  2', 54'	Scoreboard [14] Report [15]	Try: Jaco Coetzee  24' Ruhan Nel  59' Joshua Stander  77' Con: SP Marais  26', 60', 77' Pen: SP Marais  4', 70'	Referee: Stuart Berry

Bye/s: Golden Lions

Round Three

	26 July 2019	Pumas	17–25	Blue Bulls	Mbombela Stadium, Mbombela
	19:15	Try: Etienne Taljaard  2' Willie Engelbrecht  51' Con: Chris Smith  3' Kobus Marais  52' Pen: Chris Smith  39'	Scoreboard [16] Report [17]	Try: Rosko Specman  6', 23', 70' Con: Marnitz Boshoff  6' Manie Libbok  71' Pen: Marnitz Boshoff  42' Manie Libbok  68'	Referee: Egon Seconds

	27 July 2019	Free State Cheetahs	68–14	Griquas	Toyota Stadium, Bloemfontein
	15:00	Try: Junior Pokomela  4' Henco Venter  20' Joseph Dweba  36', 44' William Small-Smith  38', 65' Dries Swanepoel  50', 75' Rabz Maxwane  59' Louis Fouché  80' Con: Tian Schoeman  6', 21', 37', 40', 51', 61' Louis Fouché  66', 76', 81'	Scoreboard [18] Report [19]	Try: Eduan Keyter  48' Ederies Arendse  54' Con: George Whitehead  48', 55'	Referee: Jaco Peyper

	27 July 2019	Western Province	28–30	Golden Lions	DHL Newlands, Cape Town
	17:15	Try: Scarra Ntubeni  9', 31' Paul de Wet  18' Dillyn Leyds  56' Con: Joshua Stander  10', 19', 32', 57'	Scoreboard [20] Report [21]	Try: Ruben Schoeman  26' Pieter Jansen  50' Tyrone Green  72' Con: Shaun Reynolds  28', 51', 73' Pen: Shaun Reynolds  38', 45', 68'	Referee: Stuart Berry

Bye/s: Sharks

Round Four

	2 August 2019	Free State Cheetahs	22–24	Golden Lions	Toyota Stadium, Bloemfontein
	19:15	Try: Joseph Dweba  11' Walt Steenkamp  18' Marnus van der Merwe  31' Con: Tian Schoeman  13' Benhard Janse van Rensburg  32' Pen: Louis Fouché  72'	Scoreboard [22] Report [23]	Try: Madosh Tambwe  42' Tyrone Green  45' Wandisile Simelane  50' Con: Shaun Reynolds  43', 46', 52' Pen: Shaun Reynolds  79'	Referee: Jaco Peyper

	3 August 2019	Pumas	27–20	Sharks	Mbombela Stadium, Mbombela
	15:00	Try: Francois Kleinhans  40' Simon Westraadt  56' Con: Chris Smith  41' Pen: Chris Smith  3', 25', 38', 47', 76'	Scoreboard [24] Report [25]	Try: Lwazi Mvovo  11' Kobus van Wyk  17' Curwin Bosch  29' Con: Curwin Bosch  17' Pen: Curwin Bosch  53'	Referee: Cwengile Jadezweni

	3 August 2019	Blue Bulls	15–37	Griquas	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
	17:15	Try: Rosko Specman  4' Marco van Staden  54' Con: Manie Libbok  5' Pen: Manie Libbok  14'	Scoreboard [26] Report [27]	Try: Zak Burger  18', 28' Eduan Keyter  50' Victor Sekekete  76' Con: George Whitehead  19', 30', 52', 77' Pen: George Whitehead  33', 39', 67'	Referee: Divan Uys

Bye/s: Western Province

Round Five

	9 August 2019	Western Province	45–14	Pumas	DHL Newlands, Cape Town
	15:00	Try: Sergeal Petersen  14' Sikhumbuzo Notshe  18' Seabelo Senatla  22', 35' Justin Phillips  31' Ernst van Rhyn  52' Ruhan Nel  79' Con: Joshua Stander  23', 31', 36' Jean-Luc du Plessis  53', 80'	Scoreboard [28] Report [29]	Try: Alwayno Visagie  5' Chris Smith  76' Con: Chris Smith  6', 77'	Referee: AJ Jacobs

	10 August 2019	Sharks	27–20	Free State Cheetahs	Jonsson Kings Park, Durban
	15:00	Try: Lwazi Mvovo  11' Aphelele Fassi  40' Kobus van Wyk  78' Con: Curwin Bosch  13', 41' Rhyno Smith  79' Pen: Curwin Bosch  4'	Scoreboard [30] Report [31]	Try: Joseph Dweba  15' Benhard Janse van Rensburg  32' Carel-Jan Coetzee  69' Con: Louis Fouché  33' Pen: Louis Fouché  50'	Referee: Rasta Rasivhenge

	10 August 2019	Golden Lions	26–31	Blue Bulls	Emirates Airline Park, Johannesburg
	17:15	Try: Shaun Reynolds  25' Pieter Jansen  51' Stean Pienaar  68' Con: Shaun Reynolds  53', 69'	Scoreboard [32] Report [33]	Try: Cornal Hendricks  0' Dayan van der Westhuizen  9' Manie Libbok  45' Con: Manie Libbok  10', 46' Pen: Manie Libbok  30', 34', 56', 75'	Referee: Cwengile Jadezweni

Bye/s: Griquas

Round Six

	16 August 2019	Griquas	27–23	Western Province	Tafel Lager Park, Kimberley
	19:15	Try: Ederies Arendse  1', 57' Eduan Keyter  33' Con: George Whitehead  3', 34', 58' Pen: George Whitehead  47', 68'	Scoreboard [34] Report [35]	Try: Seabelo Senatla  51', 79' Nama Xaba  75' Con: SP Marais  75' Pen: SP Marais  24', 41'	Referee: Rasta Rasivhenge

	17 August 2019	Pumas	37–43	Free State Cheetahs	Mbombela Stadium, Mbombela
	14:00	Try: Alwayno Visagie  9', 22', 71' Devon Williams  25' Jeandré Rudolph  58' Con: Chris Smith  10', 26', 72' Pen: Chris Smith  16', 46'	Scoreboard [36] Report [37]	Try: Benhard Janse van Rensburg  4', 50' Clayton Blommetjies  29' Ruan Pienaar  43' Jasper Wiese  47' Louis Fouché  66' Con: Louis Fouché  5', 29', 44', 48', 51' Pen: Louis Fouché  56'	Referee: Cwengile Jadezweni

	18 August 2019	Golden Lions	28–30	Sharks	Emirates Airline Park, Johannesburg
	14:00	Try: Shaun Reynolds  3', 62' Tyrone Green  45' Marnus Schoeman  74' Con: Shaun Reynolds  4' Pen: Shaun Reynolds  27', 55'	Scoreboard [38] Report [39]	Try: Jeremy Ward  15', 69' Sanele Nohamba  21' Con: Sanele Nohamba  17', 22' Rhyno Smith  70' Pen: Sanele Nohamba  7', 50' Drop: Boeta Chamberlain  35'	Referee: Marius van der Westhuizen

Bye/s: Blue Bulls

Round Seven

	24 August 2019	Griquas	26–27	Golden Lions	Tafel Lager Park, Kimberley
	15:00	Try: Gideon van der Merwe  39', 69' AJ le Roux  50' Wilmar Arnoldi  61' Con: George Whitehead  40', 63' Chriswill September  51'	Scoreboard [40] Report [41]	Try: Stean Pienaar  6', 66' Tyrone Green  23' Madosh Tambwe  36' Con: Shaun Reynolds  7', 37' Pen: Shaun Reynolds  74'	Referee: AJ Jacobs

	24 August 2019	Free State Cheetahs	38–33	Western Province	Toyota Stadium, Bloemfontein
	17:15	Try: William Small-Smith  26' Joseph Dweba  39' Tian Meyer  48' Darren Adonis  52' Ox Nché  61' Jasper Wiese  71' Con: Tian Schoeman  40', 49', 53', 62'	Scoreboard [42] Report [43]	Try: Wilco Louw  23' Dillyn Leyds  37' Scarra Ntubeni  44' Con: SP Marais  24', 38', 46' Pen: SP Marais  4', 11', 15', 22'	Referee: Marius van der Westhuizen

	24 August 2019	Blue Bulls	40–48	Sharks	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
	19:30	Try: Johnny Kôtze  9' Lizo Gqoboka  18' Manie Libbok  30' Cornal Hendricks  50' Ruan Steenkamp  67' Tim Agaba  80' Con: Manie Libbok  10', 19', 31', 51' Vaughen Isaacs  81'	Scoreboard [44] Report [45]	Try: Thomas du Toit  26' Jacques Vermeulen  33' André Esterhuizen  41' Jeremy Ward  43' Kobus van Wyk  46' Rhyno Smith  73' Con: Sanele Nohamba  27', 34', 42', 44', 47' Rhyno Smith  75' Pen: Sanele Nohamba  8', 14'	Referee: Rasta Rasivhenge

Bye/s: Pumas

Play-offs

Title play-offs

Semi-finals

	31 August 2019	Golden Lions	34–19	Griquas	Emirates Airline Park, Johannesburg
	14:00	Try: Madosh Tambwe  6' Stean Pienaar  15' Hacjivah Dayimani  40' Marnus Schoeman  75' Con: Shaun Reynolds  7', 16', 41', 77' Pen: Shaun Reynolds  60', 70'	Scoreboard [46]	Try: Chris Smit  12' Con: George Whitehead  14' Pen: George Whitehead  21', 26', 57', 69'	Referee: Cwengile Jadezweni

	31 August 2019	Free State Cheetahs	51–30	Sharks	Toyota Stadium, Bloemfontein
	17:00	Try: Junior Pokomela  12', 69' William Small-Smith  46' Ruan Pienaar  57' Joseph Dweba  61' Ox Nché  73' Jasper Wiese  76' Con: Ruan Pienaar  59', 62', 70', 74', 77' Pen: Tian Schoeman  5', 17'	Scoreboard [47]	Try: Curwin Bosch  1', 66' Sanele Nohamba  20' Lwazi Mvovo  37' Con: Curwin Bosch  2', 67' Pen: Curwin Bosch  32', 43'	Referee: AJ Jacobs

Final

	7 September 2019	Free State Cheetahs	31–28	Golden Lions	Toyota Stadium, Bloemfontein
	17:00	Try: Joseph Dweba  10' William Small-Smith  25' Clayton Blommetjies  29' Walt Steenkamp  36' Con: Ruan Pienaar  12', 26', 30', 38' Pen: Ruan Pienaar  17'	Scoreboard [48]	Try: Wandisile Simelane  14' Dillon Smit  70' James Venter  74', 80' Con: Shaun Reynolds  15', 71', 75', 80'	Referee: Marius van der Westhuizen

Relegation play-off

	6 September 2019	Pumas	49–5	Griffons	Mbombela Stadium, Mbombela
	17:00	Try: Marko Janse van Rensburg (2) Ashlon Davids Luther Obi (2) Alwayno Visagie Con: Chris Smith (3) Devon Williams Kobus Marais Pen: Chris Smith (3)	Scoreboard [49]	Try: Danrich Visagie	Referee: Cwengile Jadezweni

• Pumas remained in the Currie Cup Premier Division for 2020.
• Griffons remained in the Currie Cup First Division for 2020.

Honours

The honour roll for the 2019 Currie Cup Premier Division was:

2019 Currie Cup Premier Division
Champions:	Free State Cheetahs (6th title)
Top points scorer:	Shaun Reynolds, Golden Lions (93)
Top try scorers:	Joseph Dweba, Free State Cheetahs Madosh Tambwe, Golden Lions (7)

Players

The squads and player appearance and scoring statistics for the 2019 Currie Cup Premier Division are as follows:

Blue Bulls [50]
Name	WPr	FSC	PMA	GRQ	LIO	SHA	SF	F		App	Try	Con	Pen	DG	Pts
Simphiwe Matanzima	1	1	1	1			—	—		4	0	0	0	0	0
Jaco Visagie	2	2	2	2	16		—	—		5	0	0	0	0	0
Conraad van Vuuren	3	18	18	18	18	18	—	—		6	1	0	0	0	5
Ruan Nortjé	4	5	5	5	5	5	—	—		6	0	0	0	0	0
Lood de Jager	5						—	—		1	0	0	0	0	0
Ruan Steenkamp	6	6	6	6		20	—	—		5	2	0	0	0	10
Wian Vosloo	7		20	20	7	7	—	—		5	0	0	0	0	0
Tim Agaba	8	8	8	8	8	8	—	—		6	1	0	0	0	5
Embrose Papier	9	9	9	9	21	21	—	—		6	1	0	0	0	5
Manie Libbok	10	10	22	10	10	10	—	—		6	2	9	6	0	46
Rosko Specman	11	11	11	11	11	11	—	—		6	5	0	0	0	25
Burger Odendaal	12						—	—		1	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Kôtze	13	12	12	12	13	13	—	—		6	1	0	0	0	5
Cornal Hendricks	14	14	14	14	14	14	—	—		6	3	0	0	0	15
Divan Rossouw	15	15	15	15	15	15	—	—		6	0	0	0	0	0
Johan Grobbelaar	16	16	16	16	2	2	—	—		6	1	0	0	0	5
Matthys Basson	17						—	—		1	0	0	0	0	0
Dayan van der Westhuizen	18	17	17	17	1	17	—	—		5	1	0	0	0	5
Jean Droste	19			19	20	19	—	—		3	0	0	0	0	0
Roelof Smit	20	7					—	—		2	0	0	0	0	0
Ivan van Zyl	21	21			9	9	—	—		4	0	0	0	0	0
Marnitz Boshoff	22	22	10	22	22		—	—		3	0	1	1	0	5
Dylan Sage	23	13	13	13	12	12	—	—		6	0	0	0	0	0
Wiehahn Herbst		3	3	3	3	3	—	—		5	0	0	0	0	0
Andries Ferreira		4	4		4	4	—	—		4	0	0	0	0	0
Adré Smith		19	19	4	19		—	—		4	0	0	0	0	0
Marco van Staden		20	7	7		6	—	—		4	1	0	0	0	5
Jade Stighling		23	23				—	—		1	0	0	0	0	0
André Warner			21	21			—	—		2	0	0	0	0	0
Stedman Gans				23	23	23	—	—		3	0	0	0	0	0
Fred Eksteen					6		—	—		1	0	0	0	0	0
Madot Mabokela					17		—	—		1	0	0	0	0	0
Lizo Gqoboka						1	—	—		1	1	0	0	0	5
Corniel Els						16	—	—		1	0	0	0	0	0
Vaughen Isaacs						22	—	—		1	0	1	0	0	2
Total										6	20	11	7	0	143

Free State Cheetahs [51]
Name	BUL	GRQ	LIO	SHA	PMA	WPr	SHA	LIO		App	Try	Con	Pen	DG	Pts
Ox Nché	1	17	1	17	17	17	1	1		7	2	0	0	0	10
Joseph Dweba	2	2	2	2	16	2	2	2		8	7	0	0	0	35
Aranos Coetzee	3	3	3	3	18	18				6	0	0	0	0	0
Sintu Manjezi	4	4	4	4	19	4	4	4		8	0	0	0	0	0
Walt Steenkamp	5	5	5	19	4	5	5	5		8	2	0	0	0	10
Junior Pokomela	6	6	7	6	7	6	6	7		8	3	0	0	0	15
Abongile Nonkontwana	7	7	20	7	20	7	7	21		8	0	0	0	0	0
Henco Venter	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8		8	2	0	0	0	10
Tian Meyer	9	9	9	9	11	11	11	11		8	1	0	0	0	5
Tian Schoeman	10	10	10			10	10	10		6	0	16	3	0	41
Rabz Maxwane	11	11	11	11						4	1	0	0	0	5
Dries Swanepoel	12	12	12	12	12	22	12	12		8	2	0	0	0	10
Benhard Janse van Rensburg	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13		8	5	1	0	0	27
William Small-Smith	14	14			14	12	14	14		6	5	0	0	0	25
Louis Fouché	15	23	23	10	10	23	22	22		8	3	9	3	0	42
Jacques du Toit	16	16	16	16	2	16	16	16		8	0	0	0	0	0
Charles Marais	17	1	17	1				17		5	0	0	0	0	0
Reinach Venter	18	18	18				18	18		5	0	0	0	0	0
JP du Preez	19	19	19	5	5	19	19	19		7	0	0	0	0	0
Jasper Wiese	20			21	21	21	20	20		6	4	0	0	0	20
Gerhard Olivier	21	21	21	20	6	20	21	6		8	0	0	0	0	0
Dian Badenhorst	22	22		22	22					2	0	0	0	0	0
Darren Adonis	23	15	15			14	23	23		6	2	0	0	0	10
Marnus van der Merwe		20	6							2	1	0	0	0	5
Tapiwa Mafura			14		23					1	0	0	0	0	0
Ruan Pienaar			22	23	9	9	9	9		6	2	9	1	0	31
Carel-Jan Coetzee				14						1	1	0	0	0	5
Clayton Blommetjies				15	15	15	15	15		5	2	0	0	0	10
Erich de Jager				18	3		3	3		4	0	0	0	0	0
Schalk van der Merwe					1	1	17			3	0	0	0	0	0
Boan Venter						3				1	0	0	0	0	0
Total										8	45	35	7	0	316

Golden Lions [52]
Name	PMA	WPr	FSC	BUL	SHA	GRQ	GRQ	FSC		App	Try	Con	Pen	DG	Pts
Dylan Smith	1					17	17	1		4	0	0	0	0	0
Jan-Henning Campher	2		16	16	16	16	16	16		7	0	0	0	0	0
Johannes Jonker	3	3	3	3		18	18	18		7	0	0	0	0	0
Rhyno Herbst	4			19	19					3	0	0	0	0	0
Reinhard Nothnagel	5		19	5						3	0	0	0	0	0
Marnus Schoeman	6	6	6	6	21	6	6	6		8	2	0	0	0	10
Vincent Tshituka	7	7	7	20						4	0	0	0	0	0
James Venter	8	20	20	21	6			23		6	2	0	0	0	10
Ross Cronjé	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9		8	0	0	0	0	0
Shaun Reynolds	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10		8	4	23	9	0	93
Stean Pienaar	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11		8	4	0	0	0	20
Wayne van der Bank	12									1	0	0	0	0	0
Wandisile Simelane	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13		8	2	0	0	0	10
Madosh Tambwe	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14		8	7	0	0	0	35
Tyrone Green	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15		8	5	0	0	0	25
Pieter Jansen	16	2	2	2	2	2	2	2		8	2	0	0	0	10
Sti Sithole	17	1	1	1	1	1	1			7	0	0	0	0	0
Jacobie Adriaanse	18	18	18		18	3	3	3		7	0	0	0	0	0
Ruben Schoeman	19	4	4	4	4	4	4	4		8	1	0	0	0	5
Len Massyn	20	21	21	7	7	20	20	20		7	0	0	0	0	0
Dillon Smit	21	22	22	22	22	21	21	21		8	1	0	0	0	5
Manuel Rass	22	23	23		12					4	0	0	0	0	0
Jan-Louis la Grange	23	12	12			22	22	22		6	0	0	0	0	0
Marvin Orie		5				5	5	5		4	0	0	0	0	0
Hacjivah Dayimani		8	8	8	8	8	8	8		7	1	0	0	0	5
PJ Botha		16								1	0	0	0	0	0
Leo Kruger		17	17	17						3	0	0	0	0	0
Wilhelm van der Sluys		19	5		5	19	19	19		6	0	0	0	0	0
Eddie Fouché				12						1	0	0	0	0	0
Chergin Fillies				18						1	0	0	0	0	0
Duncan Matthews				23	23	12	12	12		5	0	0	0	0	0
Frans van Wyk					3					1	0	0	0	0	0
Nathan McBeth					17			17		1	0	0	0	0	0
Cyle Brink					20	7	7	7		4	0	0	0	0	0
Jamba Ulengo						23	23			2	0	0	0	0	0
penalty try										–	1	–	–	–	7
Total										8	32	23	9	0	235

Griquas [53]
Name	SHA	PMA	FSC	BUL	WPr	LIO	LIO	F		App	Try	Con	Pen	DG	Pts
Khwezi Mona	1	1	1	1	1		1	—		6	0	0	0	0	0
AJ le Roux	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	—		7	1	0	0	0	5
Ewald van der Westhuizen	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	—		7	1	0	0	0	5
Ian Groenewald	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	—		7	0	0	0	0	0
Victor Sekekete	5	5	18	5	5	5	5	—		7	1	0	0	0	5
Gideon van der Merwe	6	6	6	6	19	6	6	—		7	2	0	0	0	10
Sias Koen	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	—		7	0	0	0	0	0
Niell Jordaan	8	8	8	8	8	8	19	—		7	0	0	0	0	0
Zak Burger	9	9	9	9	9			—		5	3	0	0	0	15
George Whitehead	10	10	15	10	10	10	10	—		7	0	19	13	0	77
Enver Brandt	11							—		1	0	0	0	0	0
André Swarts	12	12		12	12	12		—		5	1	0	0	0	5
Michal Haznar	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	—		7	1	0	0	0	5
Ederies Arendse	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	—		7	3	0	0	0	15
Anthony Volmink	15	15		15	15	15	15	—		6	2	0	0	0	10
Wilmar Arnoldi	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	—		7	3	0	0	0	15
Nqoba Mxoli	17	17	17	17	17	1	17	—		6	0	0	0	0	0
Johan Momsen	18	18	5	18	18	18	18	—		6	0	0	0	0	0
Zandré Jordaan	19	19	19	19	6		8	—		5	0	0	0	0	0
Chriswill September	20	20	20	20	20	9	20	—		6	0	1	0	0	2
Tinus de Beer	21	21	10				21	—		3	0	0	1	0	3
Eduan Keyter	22	11	13	11	11	11	11	—		7	4	0	0	0	20
NJ Oosthuizen	23					17		—		2	0	0	0	0	0
Bjorn Basson		22	11		22	22	22	—		3	0	0	0	0	0
Ruan Kramer		23	23	23	23	23	23	—		6	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Smit			21	21	21	21	12	—		3	1	0	0	0	5
Grant Hermanus			22					—		1	0	0	0	0	0
Godfrey Ramaboea				22				—		1	0	0	0	0	0
Conway Pretorius						19		—		1	0	0	0	0	0
Christiaan Meyer						20	9	—		2	0	0	0	0	0
Total										7	23	20	14	0	197

Pumas [54]
Name	LIO	GRQ	BUL	SHA	WPr	FSC	SF	F		App	Try	Con	Pen	DG	Pts
Andrew Beerwinkel	1	1	1	1	1	1	—	—		6	1	0	0	0	5
Marko Janse van Rensburg	2	2	2	2	2	2	—	—		6	0	0	0	0	0
Marné Coetzee	3	3	3	3	3	3	—	—		6	0	0	0	0	0
Le Roux Roets	4	4	4	4	4	4	—	—		6	1	0	0	0	5
Stefan Willemse	5	5	5	5	5	5	—	—		6	0	0	0	0	0
Jeandré Rudolph	6	6	8	8	8	6	—	—		6	1	0	0	0	5
Carel du Preez	7	7				7	—	—		3	1	0	0	0	5
Willie Engelbrecht	8	8	7	7	7	8	—	—		6	1	0	0	0	5
Reynier van Rooyen	9	9	20				—	—		3	0	0	0	0	0
Kobus Marais	10	10	21	21	21	21	—	—		6	0	7	4	0	26
Etienne Taljaard	11	11	11	11	11		—	—		5	2	0	0	0	10
Ryan Nell	12	13	13	13	12		—	—		5	1	0	0	0	5
Neil Maritz	13						—	—		1	0	0	0	0	0
Morné Joubert	14	14	14	14	14	14	—	—		6	1	0	0	0	5
Devon Williams	15	15	15	15	15	15	—	—		6	1	0	0	0	5
Corniel Els	16						—	—		1	0	0	0	0	0
Wikus Groenewald	17						—	—		1	0	0	0	0	0
Hilton Lobberts	18	18	18	18	18	18	—	—		6	0	0	0	0	0
Phumzile Maqondwana	19	19	19	19	19	19	—	—		6	0	0	0	0	0
Ashlon Davids	20	20	9	9	9	9	—	—		6	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Smith	21	21	10	10	10	10	—	—		6	1	8	8	0	45
Henko Marais	22	12	12	12		12	—	—		5	0	0	0	0	0
Morgan Naudé	23	23	23	23	23		—	—		5	2	0	0	0	10
Simon Westraadt		16	16	16	16	16	—	—		5	1	0	0	0	5
De-Jay Terblanche		17	17	17	17	17	—	—		5	0	0	0	0	0
Alwayno Visagie		22	22	22	13	13	—	—		5	4	0	0	0	20
Francois Kleinhans			6	6	6		—	—		3	1	0	0	0	5
Ginter Smuts				20	20	20	—	—		3	0	0	0	0	0
Ruwellyn Isbell					22	22	—	—		2	0	0	0	0	0
Luther Obi						11	—	—		1	0	0	0	0	0
Ngoni Chidoma						23	—	—		1	0	0	0	0	0
Total										6	19	15	12	0	161

Sharks [55]
Name	GRQ	WPr	PMA	FSC	LIO	BUL	FSC	F		App	Try	Con	Pen	DG	Pts
Juan Schoeman	1	1	1	17	17			—		5	0	0	0	0	0
Kerron van Vuuren	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	—		7	0	0	0	0	0
Coenie Oosthuizen	3	3	3	3		3	3	—		6	0	0	0	0	0
Ruben van Heerden	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	—		7	0	0	0	0	0
Hyron Andrews	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	—		7	0	0	0	0	0
Luke Stringer	6	6	6					—		3	0	0	0	0	0
Jacques Vermeulen	7	7	20	7	7	7	7	—		7	1	0	0	0	5
Tera Mtembu	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	—		7	0	0	0	0	0
Cameron Wright	9	9	9	21	21	21	21	—		7	1	0	0	0	5
Curwin Bosch	10	10	10	10			10	—		5	3	9	8	1	60
Lwazi Mvovo	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	—		7	4	0	0	0	20
Jeremy Ward	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	—		7	3	0	0	0	15
JP Pietersen	13	13	13	13	13	23	23	—		7	1	0	0	0	5
Kobus van Wyk	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	—		7	4	0	0	0	20
Aphelele Fassi	15	23	23	15	15	15	15	—		7	1	0	0	0	5
Craig Burden	16	16	16	16				—		4	1	0	0	0	5
Mzamo Majola	17	17	17	1	1	17	17	—		7	0	0	0	0	0
John-Hubert Meyer	18	18	18	18	3	18	18	—		7	0	0	0	0	0
Gideon Koegelenberg	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	—		7	0	0	0	0	0
Phepsi Buthelezi	20	20	7	6	6	6	6	—		7	0	0	0	0	0
Sanele Nohamba	21	21	21	9	9	9	9	—		7	2	7	4	0	36
Marius Louw	22	22	22	22				—		4	0	0	0	0	0
Rhyno Smith	23	15	15	23	22	22	22	—		7	1	3	0	0	11
Evan Roos				20	20			—		2	0	0	0	0	0
Boeta Chamberlain					10	10		—		2	0	0	0	1	3
Dylan Richardson					16	16	16	—		3	0	0	0	0	0
Khutha Mchunu					18			—		1	0	0	0	0	0
Leolin Zas					23			—		1	0	0	0	0	0
Thomas du Toit						1	1	—		2	1	0	0	0	5
André Esterhuizen						12	12	—		2	1	0	0	0	5
Andisa Ntsila						20	20	—		2	0	0	0	0	0
Total										7	24	19	12	2	200

Western Province [56]
Name	BUL	SHA	LIO	PMA	GRQ	FSC	SF	F		App	Try	Con	Pen	DG	Pts
Corné Fourie	1	1	1	1	1	1	—	—		6	0	0	0	0	0
Scarra Ntubeni	2	2	2	2		2	—	—		5	3	0	0	0	15
Wilco Louw	3	3	18	3		3	—	—		5	1	0	0	0	5
Salmaan Moerat	4	4	4	19	4	4	—	—		6	0	0	0	0	0
Chris van Zyl	5	5	5	5	5	5	—	—		6	0	0	0	0	0
Jaco Coetzee	6	8	20				—	—		3	1	0	0	0	5
Ernst van Rhyn	7	6	6	7	6	6	—	—		6	1	0	0	0	5
Juarno Augustus	8					20	—	—		2	1	0	0	0	5
Justin Phillips	9	9		9	9	9	—	—		5	1	0	0	0	5
Jean-Luc du Plessis	10	10		22		22	—	—		4	0	2	0	0	4
Edwill van der Merwe	11	11	11	23	23		—	—		5	0	0	0	0	0
Dan Kriel	12	12	12	12	12		—	—		5	0	0	0	0	0
Ruhan Nel	13	13	13	13	13	13	—	—		6	3	0	0	0	15
Seabelo Senatla	14	14	14	11	11	23	—	—		6	4	0	0	0	20
SP Marais	15	15			15	11	—	—		4	0	8	9	0	43
Chad Solomon	16	16	16	16	2	16	—	—		5	0	0	0	0	0
Kwenzo Blose	17	17	17	17	17	17	—	—		6	0	0	0	0	0
Carlü Sadie	18	18	3		3		—	—		4	0	0	0	0	0
JD Schickerling	19	7	7	4	7	7	—	—		6	0	0	0	0	0
Sikhumbuzo Notshe	20	20	8	8	8	8	—	—		6	1	0	0	0	5
Godlen Masimla	21	21	21	21			—	—		4	0	0	0	0	0
Joshua Stander	22	22	10	10	10		—	—		5	1	7	0	0	19
Craig Barry	23	23					—	—		2	1	0	0	0	5
David Meihuizen		19	19		19		—	—		2	0	0	0	0	0
Paul de Wet			9		21	21	—	—		3	1	0	0	0	5
Dillyn Leyds			15	15		15	—	—		3	2	0	0	0	10
Marno Redelinghuys			22				—	—		0	0	0	0	0	0
Sergeal Petersen			23	14	14	14	—	—		4	1	0	0	0	5
Siya Kolisi				6			—	—		1	0	0	0	0	0
Neethling Fouché				18	18	18	—	—		3	0	0	0	0	0
Nama Xaba				20	20	19	—	—		3	1	0	0	0	5
Schalk Erasmus					16		—	—		1	0	0	0	0	0
Damian Willemse					22	10	—	—		2	0	0	0	0	0
Rikus Pretorius						12	—	—		1	0	0	0	0	0
Total										6	23	17	9	0	176

(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 23. 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, "Con" to the number of conversions kicked, "Pen" to the number of penalties kicked, "DG" to the number of drop goals kicked and "Pts" refer to the total number of points scored by the player.

Referees

The following referees officiated matches in the 2019 Currie Cup Premier Division:

2019 Currie Cup Premier Division referees

Stuart Berry • AJ Jacobs • Cwengile Jadezweni • Jaco Peyper • Rasta Rasivhenge • Egon Seconds • Divan Uys • Marius van der Westhuizen

See also

• 2019 Currie Cup First Division
• 2019 Rugby Challenge

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External links

• SARU website