RECAP: Griquas v Pumas

READERS’ FORUM: Welcome to our live scoring of the South African Preparation match between Griquas and Pumas in Kimberley.

Griquas coach Scott Mathie was happy to reflect on the progress his team has made, as he looked towards the arrival of the Pumas in the wake of their first win of the year – a shut-out of the Eastern Province Elephants last week.

“If we can take the energy from the win over the EP Elephants into this Pumas game and get a solid performance, we will achieve our goals,” Mathie told @rugby365com.

“The key is the development of this group of players – where we come from and where we are going.

“I can see an upwards trajectory. It is important that we continue that [improvement].”

* To read our pre-match predictions, CLICK HERE!

#FULL-TIME! @GriquasRugby 23 (Try, 6 pens) @pumasrugbyunion 22 (2 tries, penalty try, con, pen)https://t.co/ZeOQfQZcx5

— rugby365.com (@rugby365com) March 27, 2021

75 Minutes – Griquas 20-22 Pumas

The scorers

For Griquas:
Try: Kasende,
Pens: De Beer 5

For Pumas:
Tries: Taljaard, Westraadt, Penalty try
Con: Fouche
Pen: Fouche

60 Minutes – Griquas 14-19 Pumas

The scorers

For Griquas:
Try: Kasende,
Pens: De Beer 3

For Pumas:
Tries: Taljaard, Westraadt, Penalty try
Con: Fouche

#LIVE! 60 MINUTES! @GriquasRugby 14 (Try, 3 pens) @pumasrugbyunion 19 (2 tries, penalty try, con) https://t.co/ZeOQfQZcx5

— rugby365.com (@rugby365com) March 27, 2021

50 Minutes – Griquas 11-12 Pumas

The scorers

For Griquas:
Try: Kasende,
Pens: De Beer 2

For Pumas:
Tries: Taljaard, Westraadt
Con: Fouche

44 Minutes –  Griquas 11-5 Pumas

The scorers

For Griquas:
Try: Kasende,
Pens: De Beer 2

For Pumas:
Try: Taljaard

#LIVE: Second half! @GriquasRugby 11 (try, 2 pens) @pumasrugbyunion 0https://t.co/ZeOQfQZcx5

— rugby365.com (@rugby365com) March 27, 2021

HALF TIME: Griquas 11-0 Pumas

The scorers

For Griquas: 
Try: Kasende,
Pens: De Beer 2

For Pumas: 0

#LIVE: HALF-TIME! @GriquasRugby 11 (try, 2 pens) @pumasrugbyunion 0 https://t.co/ZeOQfQZcx5

— rugby365.com (@rugby365com) March 27, 2021

Griquas 8-0 Pumas

The scorers

For Griquas: 
Try: Kasende,
Pen: De Beer

For Pumas:

#LIVE: 20 MINUTES! @GriquasRugby 0 @pumasrugbyunion 0https://t.co/ZeOQfQZcx5

— rugby365.com (@rugby365com) March 27, 2021

#LIVE: KICK-OFF: Tinus de Beer gets the game underway @GriquasRugby versus @pumasrugbyunion https://t.co/ZeOQfQZcx5

— rugby365.com (@rugby365com) March 27, 2021

Teams

Griquas: 15 Masixole Banda, 14 Daniel Kasende, 13 Michal Haznar, 12 Andre Swarts, 11 James Verity-Amm, 10 Tinus de Beer, 9 Stefan Ungerer (captain), 8 Carl Els, 7 Stefan Willemse, 6 Gideon van der Merwe, 5 Cameron Lindsay, 4 Adre Smith, 3 Andries Schutte, 2 Alandre van Rooyen, 1 Nqobisizwe Mxoli.
Replacements – from: 16 Hendrik Luus, 17 Andrew Beerwinkel, 18 Tijde Visser, 19 Ewan Coetzee, 20 Sibabalo Qoma, 21 Ashlon Davids, 22 Johnathan Francke, 23 Enver Brandt, 24 Bandisa Ndlovu, 25 Tiaan van der Merwe, 26 Reagan Oranje.

Pumas squad: Morgan Naude, Jaco Willemse, Simon Westraadt, Pieter van Vuren (captain), Marné Coetzee, Willie Engelbrecht, Daniel Maartens, Francois Kleinhans, Khwezi Mafu, Kwanda Dimaza, Brandon Valentin, Ignasias Prinsloo, Dewald Maritz, Hendrik van Schoor, Phumzile Maqondwana, Devon Williams, Ali Mgijima, Tapiwa Mafura, Erich Cronje, Eddie Fouche, Etienne Taljaard, Ginter Smuts, Wayne van der Bank, Chriswill September, Sebastian de Klerk.

Referee: Cwengile Jadezweni
Assistant referees: Griffin Colby, Mpho Matsaung
TMO: Rasta Rasivhenge