{"id":196742,"date":"2023-03-20T11:52:03","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T09:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/betcentral.onpressidium.com\/?p=196742"},"modified":"2023-03-20T11:52:04","modified_gmt":"2023-03-20T09:52:04","slug":"currie-cup-team-of-the-week-round-2-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/machibet777-affiliate.com\/rugby\/currie-cup-team-of-the-week-round-2-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Currie Cup Team of the Week &#8211; Round 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Players from six of the eight competing sides bring great variety to our <a href=\"https:\/\/machibet777-affiliate.com\/rugby\/currie-cup-team-of-the-week-round-1-4-2023-03-13\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Currie Cup Team of the Week<\/a>, writes Quintin van Jaarsveld.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Friday, the defending champion Pumas pipped the Lions 34-27 in Nelspruit and Western Province outgunned arch-rivals the Bulls 41-33 in Pretoria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sunday saw the Cheetahs wallop the Griffons 52-12 in Welkom and Griquas roar back from 18 points down to record a 48-40 win over the Sharks in Kimberley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Western Province, the Bulls, and the Cheetahs all have four stars in our team with the Pumas, Griquas, and Sharks each having one representative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div   id="7rtdq1biye"    class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div   id="7rtdq1biye"    class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-text-color has-background no-border-radius\" href=\"https:\/\/join.bet.machibet777-affiliate.com\/redirect.aspx?pid=2155&amp;bid=1477&amp;redirectURL=https:\/\/www.bet.machibet777-affiliate.com\/sports\/rugby-union\/\" style=\"background-color:#f2a12a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bet Now: Rugby<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><span class=\"green\">15: Clayton Blommetjies (Western Province) &#8211; Team Of The Week<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A polished performance. Full of running, made a number of line breaks with his speed and agility, finished a thrilling try, and produced an extraordinary 50:22 to pick up the Man of the Match award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><span class=\"green\">14: Ruhan Nel (Western Province)<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Created carnage every time he touched the ball. Created a try for Kade Wolhuter with a brilliant counter-attack that saw him beat three Bulls and took a difficult pass to score a try of his own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><span class=\"green\">13: Diego Appollis (Pumas)<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Pumas\u2019 two-try hero. Pounced on a wayward pass to release Devon Williams for a try, touched down after an excellently executed pre-planned move off a scrum, and delivered a wicked step off his left foot to leave Rynhardt Jonker for dead and score the match-winning try.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><span class=\"green\">12: Harold Vorster (Bulls)<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Central to much of the Bulls\u2019 best work. Had a key hand in Sbu Nkosi\u2019s try, varied his game with a couple of clever grubbers, and even added his weight to the driving maul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><span class=\"green\">11: Munier Hartzenberg (Cheetahs)<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Had a field day in the Free State derby, running in no less than four tries. Luther Obi was outstanding for Griquas as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><span class=\"green\">10: Kade Wolhuter (Western Province)<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A second complete performance in as many weeks. Attacked the line, moved the chains, scored after some superb support play, and punished the Bulls with the boot. Finished with a personal tally of 26 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><span class=\"green\">9: Paul de Wet (Western Province)<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>One of his best showings. His speed to the ball, distribution, and vision were world-class and primarily why Province\u2019s attack flourished as it did. Textbook scrumhalf support play to dot down and architected Nel\u2019s try by beating one defender and drawing another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><span class=\"green\">8: Andisile Ntsila (Cheetahs)<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A standout exhibition of strength and skill. Bumped off defenders, made a great break, and conjured up a cracking chicken-wing offload to put Hartzenberg in for his third try.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><span class=\"green\">7: Dylan Richardson (Sharks)<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Brilliant at the breakdown, winning two crucial penalties on his 5m line, the first when the Sharks were down to 14 men, strong in contact, and scored two late tries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><span class=\"green\">6: Hanru Sirgel (Griquas)<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Changed the complexion of the game when he replaced the injured Niel Otto. Took over the captaincy and led by example, injecting incredible energy and intensity. Steamrolled Thaakir Abrahams to go over for the try that put Griquas in the lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><span class=\"green\">5: Ruan Nortje (Pumas)<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Lived up to his ironman reputation with a loose forward-like work rate. Made a string of carries in the lead-up to Cornal Hendricks\u2019 try, was held up over the line, which would\u2019ve been a deserved try, and was the general of the lineout and driving mauls. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><span class=\"green\">4: Ruan Vermaak (Bulls)<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In the thick of the action. Pure power in the trenches, produced a slick offload to put Zak Burger in for a try and clutch contesting in the lineouts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><span class=\"green\">3: Hencus van Wyk (Cheetahs)<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The man with the orange scrum cap showed off his impressive gas tank in the Welkom heat, relentlessly carrying the ball up, making tackles, and scrummaging well for the full 80 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><span class=\"green\">2: Marko Janse van Rensburg (Cheetahs)<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Top-notch grafting around the park. Had work to do to score the opening try after peeling off a driving maul and set up his captain Victor Sekekete\u2019s try with a beautiful inside pass after having beaten a defender.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><span class=\"green\">1: Gerhard Steenekamp (Bulls)<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>As good as it gets. 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