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!
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
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
HALF TIME: Griquas 11-0 Pumas
The scorers
For Griquas:
Try: Kasende,
Pens: De Beer 2
For Pumas: 0
Griquas 8-0 Pumas
The scorers
For Griquas:
Try: Kasende,
Pen: De Beer
For Pumas:
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