 Ebersohn steals victory at LoftusSias Ebersohn showed tremendous nerve and grit to send through a sideline conversion after the final whistle to give the Cheetahs a nail-biting victory over the Blue Bulls at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday night. read...
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 Griquas quest for home domination continuesGriquas' coach has made no bones about his team’s intention of being unbeaten at home in this Currie Cup season, and his team put another building block in place towards that when they beat the Lions. read...
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 Western Province power on in PotchSeveral players who learned their rugby in the North-West province returned to torment their old union as Western Province powered to a 42-23 win over the Leopards at Olen Park in Potchefstroom on Friday night. read...
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 Daniel hat-trick helps Sharks to winKeegan Daniel scored three tries to help the Sharks to a hard-fought 27-17 win (half-time 10-17) over the Pumas in their Absa Currie Cup match at Absa Stadium in Durban on Friday. read...
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 Mvovo powers Sharks to victoryThe Sharks bounced back from their defeat last weekend at the hands of Griquas to record a comprehensive bonus-point 34-28 victory over the Vodacom Blue Bulls in their Absa Currie Cup game on Saturday. read...
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 Watts hat-trick sees Pumas homeElgar Watts scored a hat-trick to help the Pumas to a nailbiting 37-32 (halftime 19-12) victory over the Leopards in a Currie Cup Premier Division match played at the Puma Stadium in Witbank on Saturday. read...
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 WP’s challenge takes shapeWestern Province powered to an easy 32-0 win over the Lions that enabled their Absa Currie Cup campaign to start taking shape at Newlands on Saturday afternoon. read...
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 WP beat Cheetahs in openerWestern Province shook off a slow start to run out convincing 25-11 (halftime 16-8) winners over the Free State Cheetahs in their opening Currie Cup match of the season played in Bloemfontein on Saturday. read...
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 Griquas show class, down SharksThe GWK Griquas showed that they would be a force to be reckoned with in this year’s Absa Currie Cup Premier Division as they downed the Sharks 40-34 (halftime 8-22) at GWK Park in Kimberley on Saturday. read...
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 Lions savage Leopards The Lions set about exorcising the memory of their disastrous Super 14 campaign thanks to a comprehensive 43-13 win over the Leopards in their Absa Currie Cup Premier Division match in Rustenburg on Friday. read...
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 Easy win for Bulls, but still work to doThe Vodacom Blue Bulls started their defence of their Absa Currie Cup title in impressive fashion, but strolled their way through the second half to beat the Pumas 38-15 at Loftus Versfeld. read...
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 Bulls complete the 'double'The Blue Bulls added the Currie Cup to the Super 14 trophy as they beat the Cheetahs 36-24 in a frenzied, all-action 2009 Absa Currie Cup Final played at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday night. read...
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 Unchanged Blue Bulls ready for battleBlue Bulls coach Frans Ludeke announced an unchanged starting line-up and bench from the team that beat WP in the semifinal for Saturday's Currie Cup final against the Free State Cheetahs at Loftus. read...
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 Brussow ready for big oneThe biggest rugby match in existence! That is how Free State Cheetahs flank Heinrich Brüssow views Saturday’s Currie Cup final against the Blue Bulls in Pretoria. read...
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 Bulls take the week offThe Blue Bulls will be given a few days’ rest to ensure that they are at their best for next Saturday’s Currie Cup final against the Free State Cheetahs. read...
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 Bulls scrum will suffer - OllieFormer Springbok prop Ollie le Roux has predicted that the Free State Cheetahs’ props will get the upper hand against the Blue Bulls in the Currie Cup final. read...
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 Loftus decider after coastal heartbreakFor the first time in recent memory it was the teams who finished third and fourth on the Currie Cup log and who had to play their semifinals away from home who advanced to the season finale. read...
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 Super Steyn breaks Province heartsSo many of the Blue Bulls players have shown their champion qualities recently that it is hard to pinpoint exactly which other moment in the past few seasons was most reminiscent of their 21-19 Currie Cup semi read...
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 Cheetahs shock the Sharks in DurbanIn an ill-tempered match which at times almost reached boiling point, the Cheetahs shocked the Sharks in the dying seconds to beat them 23-21 in their Absa Currie Cup semifinal in Durban on Saturday. read...
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 Sharks approaching Cheetahs clash as final“Don’t save your money for the final because this is already our final.” That was the wake-up call from Sharks coach John Plumtree ahead of Saturday’s Currie Cup semifinal against the Cheetahs in Durban. read...
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 Pocket rockets ready for battleThe battle of the pocket rockets. That is what will be on the menu in Saturday’s Currie Cup semifinal at Newlands when Western Province’s turbo-charged wing Gio Aplon squares up to Bryan Habana. read...
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 WP forced into a massive gambleThe injury to Tonderai Chavhanga has forced Western Province into a massive gamble in their team selection for the Absa Currie Cup semifinal against the Blue Bulls at Newlands. read...
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 Naka changes fourFree State Cheetahs coach Naka Drotske made four changes to last weekend's starting line-up for Saturday's Currie Cup semifinal against the Sharks in Durban. read...
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 Nothing loose about this trio - Spies Pierre Spies is satisfied that he and his loose forward teammates know one another well enough for cohesion not to be a problem in Saturday’s Currie Cup semifinal against Western Province at Newlands. read...
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 Bulls bring back more Boks for semiSpringboks Pierre Spies and Bryan Habana are fit and have been included in the Vodacom Blue Bulls starting side for the Absa Currie Cup semifinal against Vodacom Western Province at Newlands on Saturday read...
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 Van Dyk cited for biting LouwXerox Lions hooker Hans van Dyk has been cited for allegedly biting WP flanker Francois Louw on the forearm during the first half of an Currie Cup Premier Division match in Johannesburg on Saturday. read...
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 SA Rugby to investigate biting allegationVodacom Western Province flanker Francois Louw was alleged to have been bitten on the forearm during the first half of the Absa Currie Cup Premier Division match between the Xerox Lions and Vodacom WP. read...
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 WP holds no fear for the BullsThe Blue Bulls do not fear Newlands or Western Province. In fact, it is the Currie Cup semifinal they were secretly hoping for because their previous visit to the stadium left a sour taste in their mouths. read...
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 Bismarck set to miss semifinalThe Sharks achieved their purpose of clinching the top spot finish in the Absa Currie Cup that will ensure a home final should they get there - but they have much to think about this week. read...
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 Inspired Lions push WP into secondAn inspired second-half showing by the Lions took them to a 27-25 (halftime 17-20) victory over Western Province in their Currie Cup match in Johannesburg on Saturday. read...
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 Sharks put Griquas out of Currie CupThe Sharks convincingly defeated Griquas 45-30 (halftime 28-11) to take five points they wanted from a remarkable eleven-try Absa Currie Cup match in Kimberley on Saturday. read...
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Cheetahs sneak into semisThe Free State Cheetahs sneaked into the Currie Cup semifinals when they beat the Boland Cavaliers 55-10 (halftime 33-3) in their final league match played at Boland Stadium in Wellington on Saturday. read...
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 Blue Bulls lock up third placeThe Bulls assured themselves of third place on the Currie Cup log when they beat the Leopards 61-24 (halftime 21-17) in their final round-robin match played in Rustenburg on Friday. read...
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 WP close to full-strengthWere it not for the eye injury to Brok Harris and the extra week that Schalk Burger requires to recover from his cracked rib, Western Province could claim to be at full-strength for Saturday’s read...
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 Good and bad news for SharksThere is good and bad news for Sharks fans ahead of their team’s trip to Kimberley for Saturday’s important final ABSA Currie Cup league match against Griquas. read...
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 Spies, Habana ruled outThe Vodacom Blue Bulls’ Bryan Habana and Pierre Spies will not play against the Leopards in Rustenburg on Friday owing to injuries that they picked up against Griquas at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday. read...
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 WP go top, secure home semiWestern Province assured themselves of a Currie Cup home semifinal when they laboured to a seven-try, 50-7 (halftime 24-0) win over the Boland Cavaliers read...
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 Cheetahs keep Cup hopes aliveThe Free State Cheetahs moved into fifth place on the Currie Cup log following a 60-17 (halftime 20-10) win over the Leopards in the first Premier Division match of the penultimate weekend read...
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 Blue Bulls hang on against CheetahsThe Blue Bulls solidified their semifinal ambitions with a nailbiting 30-27 (halftime 23-10) win over the Free State Cheetahs in a Premier Division match played in Pretoria on Saturday read...
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