Flood of tries in Vodacom Cup

 

The Blue Bulls got their campaign off to a great start with a 37-13 win (half-time 17-6) over the Falcons at Kempton Park on Friday. 

 

The visitors scored five tries to one, but their errors, lack of execution and creaking scrum cost them a more emphatic win. Still, they will be satisfied with their bonus point, with room for improvement.

 

 

Try: Van Wyk

Con: Kotze

Pens: Kotze 2

 

Tries: Ismaiel, Smit, Gelant, September, Van Wyk

Cons: Marais 3 

Pens: Marais 2

 

 

Falcons: 15 Kyle Hendricks, 14 Etienne Taljaard, 13 Grant Janke, 12 Willie Odendaal, 11 Riaan Arends, 10 Jaun Kotze, 9 Johan Pretorius, 8 Ernst Ladendorf, 7 JP Mostert, 6 Jacques Verwey (captain), 5 Marlyn Williams, 4 Jacques Alberts, 3 Nico Pretorius, 2 Dean Muir, 1 Andries Schutte.

Replacements: 16 Devlin Hope, 17 Katlego Kgame, 18 Shane Kirkwood, 19 Sibongile Njomba, 20 Anrich Richter, 21 Lenience Tambwera, 22 Andrew van Wyk.

 

Blue Bulls: 15 Akona Ndungane, 14 Travis Ismaiel, 13 Marquit September, 12 Warrick Gelant, 11 Jamba Ulengo, 10 Kobus Marais, 9 Ivan van Zyl, 8 Jacques Engelbrecht, 7 Nardus van der Walt, 6 Roelof Smit, 5 Marvin Orie (captain), 4 Rudolph Snyman, 3 Basil Short, 2 Arno van Wyk, 1 Stephanus Genis.

Replacements: 16 Jan Van der Merwe, 17 Hencus van Wyk, 18 Nico Janse van Rensburg, 19 Arno Botha, 20 Kefentse Mahlo, 21 Kurt Webster, 22 Jade Stighling.

 

Referee: Kurt Weaver (USA)

Assistant referees: Local

TMO: Johan Greeff

 

 

Golden Lions No.8 Ruaan Lerm was deservedly named man of the match for his hat-trick of tries during his side’s 53-3 win over Namibia’s Welwitschias in the Hage Geingob Stadium in Windhoek on Friday night.

 

The Golden Lions, last year’s beaten finalists, opened their 2015 campaign with a convincing win over the Namibians who are returning to the Vodacom Cup in a bid to prepare their locally based club players to a higher level of competition ahead of the World Cup starting in September.

 

 

Pen: Davids

 

Tries: Lerm 3, De Wit, De Wee, Engledoe, Hollenbach 2 

Cons: Davids 3, Engledoe 2

 

 

Welwitschias: 15 Russell van Wyk, 14 Phillip Nashikaku, 13 Lesley Klim, 12 Darryl de la Harpe (captain), 11 Johann Tromp, 10 Henrique Olivier, 9 Arthur Bouwer, 8 Rezando Botes, 7 Herman Botha, 6 Thomasau Forbes, 5 Morne Blom, 4 Ulrich Engels, 3 Andries Rousseau, 2 Rathony Becker, 1 Quintin Esterhuizen.

Replacements: 16 Dian Wiese, 17 Jaco Engels, 18 Munio Kasiringua, 19 Morton van Kradenburg, 20 Eneill Buitendag, 21 Shaun Kaizemi, 22 Justin Nel.

 

Golden Lions: 15 Damian Engledoe, 14 Mark Richards, 13 Jacques Nel, 12 Alwyn Hollenbach, 11 Anthony Volmink, 10 Ashlon Davids, 9 Ricky Schroeder (captain), 8 Ruaan Lerm, 7 Ruan Ackermann, 6 Stephan de Wit, 5 Luvuyiso Lusaseni, 4 Bobby De Wee, 3 Pieter Scholtz, 2 Malcolm Marx, 1 Dylan Smith.

Replacements: 16 Ramone Samuels, 17 Clinton Theron, 18 Jean-Pierre Du Preez, 19 Cyle Brink, 20 Lohan Jacobs, 21 Rohan Janse van Rensburg, 22 Vainon Willis.

 

Referee: Lesego Legoete

Assistant referees: Oscar Lambert, Danie Koen

 

 

The Pumas opened their 2015 Vodacom Cup campaign with an emphatic win of 57-18 over the Griffons in the Mbombela Stadium on Friday evening.

 

The hosts ran in no less than eight tries on the day, with flank Brian Shabangu bagging two five-pointers for the Pumas and flyhalf JC Roos contributing an impressive 20 points in his side’s victory.

 

 

Tries: Botha, Louw, Watermeyer, Roos, Shabangu 2, Sampson, Schoeman

Cons: Roos 6, Van Staden

Pen: Roos

 

Tries: Mboto, Van der Hoogt

Con: Pienaar

Pens: Strydom 2

 

 

Pumas: 15 Heinrich Steyl, 14 Bernardo Botha, 13 Wilmaure Louw, 12 Stefan Watermeyer, 11 Marcello Sampson, 10 JC Roos, 9 Reynier van Rooyen, 8 Jason-Collin Fraser, 7 Lambert Groenewald, 6 Brian Shabangu, 5 Eduan Van Der Walt (captain), 4 Jannie Stander, 3 Khwezi Mona, 2 Jacques Momberg, 1 DJ Terblanche.

Replacements: 16 Swys Du Toit, 17 Drew van Coller, 18 Uzair Cassiem, 19 Marnus Schoeman, 20 Sinovuyo Nyoka, 21 Justin van Staden, 22 Jerome Pretorius.

 

Griffons: 15 Wynand Pienaar, 14 Norman Nelson, 13 Vuyo Mbotho, 12 Bren Marais, 11 Tertius Maarman, 10 Louis Strydom, 9 Boela Abrahams, 8 Nicky Steyn (captain), 7 Johan van der Hoogt, 6 Martin Sithole, 5 Chris Ehlers, 4 Jan Breedt, 3 Heinrich Roelfse, 2 Khwezi Mkhafu, 1 Daniel van der Merwe.

Replacements: 16 Jacques Gnäde, 17 Rudi Britz, 18 Dirk Grobbelaar, 19 Willmar Groenewald, 20 Oshwill Nortje, 21 Colin Herbert, 22 Sheldon Erasmus.

 

Referee: Ben Crouse

Assistant referees: Vusi Msibi, Local

 

 

The Leopards XV have recorded their first victory in this year’s Vodacom Cup competition by beating the Limpopo Blue Bulls 22-9 in their encounter at Profert Olen Park on Saturday afternoon.

 

The Leopards ran in four tries for the bonus point, while the Limpopo-based side could only manage three penalties, but they are nowhere near the whipping boys they were in the past.

 

 

Tries: Montjies, Bezuidenhout, Hayward, Torrens

Con: Gilbert

 

Pens: Beswick 3

 

 

Leopards XV: 15 Hagen Mumba, 14 Jacobus Hayward, 13 Sergio Torrens, 12 Adri Jacobs, 11 Alvino Montjies, 10 Warren Gilbert, 9 Percy Williams, 8 Juan Language (captain), 7 PJ Uys, 6 Jaco Jordaan, 5 Francois Robertse, 4 Sthembiso Mhlongo, 3 Stephan Bezuidenhout, 2 Christiaan Schoonraad, 1 Devon Martinus.

Replacements: 16 Thomas Dreyer, 17 Jean-Pierre Roux, 18 Andries van Blerk, 19 Andrich Nortje, 20 Roelof Scheepers, 21 Kobus du Plessis, 22 Ernest Haarhoff.

 

Limpopo Blue Bulls: 15 Morne van den Berg, 14 Dean Gordon, 13 Jurgen Lochner, 12 Andries Truter, 11 Fanie Raseroka, 10 Anton Beswick, 9 Nico Smuts, 8 Willem Engelbrecht (captain), 7 De Wet Meyer, 6 Pieter Matthews, 5 Isak Deetlefs, 4 Dwane Morrison, 3 Anton Krynauw, 2 Eddie van der Westhuizen, 1 Heinrich Els.

Replacements: 16 Banie Boonzaaier, 17 Peet Vorster, 18 Werner Serfontein, 19 Dwayne Pienaar, 20 Cornelius Rautenbach, 21 Sheldon van den Berg, 22 Theunis Kruger.

 

Referee: Jason Jaftha

Assistant referees: Renier Vermeulen, Local

 

 

1. Golden Lions (1, 1, 5)

2. Pumas (1, 1, 5)

3. Blue Bulls (1, 1, 5)

4. Leopards (1, 1, 5)

5. Limpopo Blue Bulls (1, 0, 0)

6. Falcons (1, 0, 0)

7. Griffons (1, 0, 0)

8. Welwitschias (1, 0, 0)