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