Griquas vs Western Province: Currie Cup Live scores Friday 2 June 2023

Griquas vs Western Province: Currie Cup Live scores Friday 2 June 2023 from Kimberley.

They might be seventh and fourth on the log, respectively but Griquas and Western Province are separated by just one point heading into the penultimate round of Currie Cup action.

Griquas vs Western Province: Currie Cup Live scores

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Western Province need to lift themselves after the Stormers’ URC disappointment.

“It was quite grim for a few days,” Backline coach Dawie Snyman told Rugby365.

“The Currie Cup is also a big motivation for us,” he said, adding: “We haven’t done well in this competition the last few seasons [failing to make the play-offs in the 2022 and 2019 seasons, while losing in the semifinals in the 2020-21 and 2021 seasons].”

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Teams

Griquas: 15 George Whitehead, 14 Rosko Specman, 13 Jay-Cee Nel, 12 Tertius Kruger, 11 Luther Obi, 10 Lubabalo Dobela, 9 Johan Mulder, 8 Carl Els, 7 Hanru Sirgel (captain), 6 Thabo Ndimande, 5 Derik Pretorius 4 Dylan Sjöblom, 3 Justin Forwood, 2 Janco Uys, 1 Kudzwai Dube.

Replacement: 16 Sean Swart, 17 Cebo Dlamini, 18 Eddie Davids, 19 Johan Retief, 20 Stephan Smit, 21 Reagan Oranje, 22 Eduard Fouche, 23 Sango Xamlashe.

Western Province: 15 Clayton Blommetjies. 14 Angelo Davids. 13 Ruhan Nel, 12 Juan de Jongh, 11 Leolin Zas, 10 Jurie Matthee, 9 Paul de Wet, 8 Hacjivah Dayimani, 7 Ben-Jason Dixon, 6 Marcel Theunissen, 5 Connor Evans, 4 Adre Smith, 3 Neethling Fouche (captain), 2 Siyabonga Ntubeni, 1 Allister Vermaak.

Replacements: 16 Andre-Hugo Venter. 17 Leon Lyons. 18 Lee-Marvin Mazibuko. 19 Ruben van Heerden. 20 Willie Engelbrecht. 21 Louw Nel. 22 Godlen Masimla, 23 Cornel Smit.

Referee: Griffin Colby

Assistant referees: Aimee Barrett-Theron, Dylen November

TMO: Quinton Immelman