Griquas unchanged for Cheetahs clash
Griquas coach Abre Minnie has named an unchanged line-up from the team that beat the Blue Bulls last week for his side’s crucial Currie Cup showdown with the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein on Saturday.
“The team has been successful against the Bulls and with nobody injured there was no reason to make any changes,” Minnie said on Wednesday.
“Of course we also want to keep that winning momentum.
“It is nice to have the same squad available for two consecutive games.”
Griquas, sixth in the standings, need a bonus-point victory to have any chance of reaching the playoffs.
Even if they win, they will rely on other results to progress.
The Bulls and Western Province must lose against minnows the Leopards and the Pumas respectively for Griquas to reach the semifinals.
If the Bulls do win, Griquas must hope they score less than three tries against the Leopards at Loftus Versfeld on Friday.
They must also hope that the Pumas are able to upset Western Province at Newlands.
Although this is an unlikely sequence of events Griquas will nevertheless give their all against their central rivals who will be out to secure a home semifinal by putting Minnie’s charges away.
Griquas: 15 Rudi Vogt, 14 Dusty Noble, 13 Wilmaure Louw, 12 Matthew Rosslee, 11 Rocco Jansen, 10 Riaan Viljoen, 9 Sarel Pretorius, 8 Leon Karemaker, 7 Justin Downey, 6 Jonathan Mokuena (captain), 5 George Earle, 4 Hendrik Roodt, 3 Lourens Adriaanse, 2 Ryno Barnes, 1 Ivann Espag.
Replacements: 16 Simon Westraadt, 17 Steph Roberts, 18 Jaco Nepgen, 19 Burger Schoeman, 20 Marnus Hugo, 21 Earl Rose, 22 Fabian Juries.
Date: Saturday, October 15
Venue: Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein
Kick-off: 15.00 (13.00 GMT)
Referee: Marius Jonker
Assistant referees: Sindile Mayende, DeGoede Haasbroek
TMO: Gerrie Coetzee
