2014 Currie Cup First Division

2014 Currie Cup First Division
CountriesSouth Africa
Date29 August – 17 October 2014
ChampionsGriffons (2nd title)
Runners-upFalcons
Matches played18
Tries scored136
(average 7.6 per match)
Top point scorerElric van Vuuren (88)
Top try scorerTertius Maarman (5)

The 2014 Currie Cup First Division was contested between 29 August and 17 October 2014. The tournament (also known as the Absa Currie Cup First Division for sponsorship reasons) was the second tier of South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competition, featuring teams representing either entire provinces or substantial regions within provinces.

Competition

There were six participating teams in the 2014 Currie Cup First Division. A proposed expansion of the Premier Division to eight teams[1] was initially rejected,[2] but was then subsequently approved on 13 February 2014.[3] This meant that the First Division was reduced to six teams for 2014.

Regular season and title playoffs

The six teams played each other twice over the course of the season, once at home and once away. The first series of fixtures were played as part of the 2014 Currie Cup qualification competition, with all results carried forward to the First Division except for the match against the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division qualifier. A second set of fixtures then followed between the remaining six teams.

Each team received four points for a win and two points for a draw. Bonus points were awarded to teams that scored 4 or more tries in a game, as well as to teams that lost a match by 7 points or less. Teams were ranked by points, then points difference (points scored less points conceded).

The top 4 teams qualified for the title play-offs. In the semifinals, the team that finished first had home advantage against the team that finished fourth, while the team that finished second had home advantage against the team that finished third. The winners of these semi-finals played each other in the final, at the home venue of the higher-placed team.

Promotion

All the teams qualified for the 2015 Currie Cup qualification series, since Griquas, a non-entrenched team, finished in the bottom two of the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division.

Teams

Location of teams in the 2014 Currie Cup First Division

The six participating teams were:

2014 Currie Cup First Division teams
Team Sponsored Name Stadium/s Sponsored Name
Boland Cavaliers Regent Boland Cavaliers Boland Stadium, Wellington Boland Stadium
Border Bulldogs Border Bulldogs Buffalo City Stadium, East London Buffalo City Stadium
Falcons Falcons Barnard Stadium, Kempton Park Barnard Stadium
Griffons Down Touch Griffons North West Stadium, Welkom North West Stadium
Leopards Leopards Olën Park, Potchefstroom Profert Olën Park
SWD Eagles SWD Eagles Outeniqua Park, George Outeniqua Park

Log

The final log of the round-robin stage of the 2014 Currie Cup First Division was:[4]

2014 Currie Cup First Division log
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts Qualification
1 Leopards 10 8 0 2 514 254 +260 75 32 9 1 42 Semi-finals
2 Griffons 10 6 0 4 314 330 −16 41 44 7 1 32
3 SWD Eagles 10 6 0 4 296 317 −21 38 39 5 1 30
4 Falcons 10 5 0 5 303 323 −20 40 43 5 1 26
5 Boland Cavaliers 10 4 0 6 275 278 −3 36 37 6 3 25
6 Border Bulldogs 10 1 0 9 211 411 −200 27 62 2 2 8
Source:
Rules for classification: 4 points for a win; 2 points for a draw; 1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less; 1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match.
All teams will qualify to 2015 Currie Cup qualification.

The teams' playing records from the 2014 Currie Cup qualification series brought forward to the First Division are as follows:

Playing records brought forward
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts
1 Leopards 5 5 0 0 324 108 +216 47 13 5 0 25
2 Griffons 5 3 0 2 159 170 −11 21 23 4 1 17
3 SWD Eagles 5 3 0 2 151 188 −37 21 24 3 0 15
4 Boland Cavaliers 5 2 0 3 137 135 +2 17 18 2 2 12
5 Falcons 5 2 0 3 168 183 −15 22 25 2 0 10
6 Border Bulldogs 5 0 0 5 113 268 −155 15 40 1 1 2
Source:

Fixtures and results

All the results from the 2014 Currie Cup qualification tournament were carried forward into the First Division season. The results against the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division qualifier were discarded.[5]

Round Eight

29 August 2014 Border Bulldogs 19–14 Falcons Buffalo City Stadium, East London  
18:00 Try: Lindani Ndlela  35'
Mihlali Mpafi  49'
Con: Masixole Banda (0/2)
Pen: Masixole Banda  10', 12', 21' (3/6)
Cards: Yanga Xakalashe  72'
Report[6]
Scoreboard[7]
Try: Kyle Hendricks  43'
JP Mostert  74'
Con: Jaun Kotzé  44', 75' (2/2)
Cards: Andrew van Tonder 18' to 28'
Willie Odendaal 49' to 58'
Attendance: 250
Referee: Stuart Berry


29 August 2014 SWD Eagles 29–21 Leopards Outeniqua Park, George  
19:00 Try: Martin du Toit  36'
Alshaun Bock  51'
Con: Elric van Vuuren  37', 52' (2/2)
Pen: Elric van Vuuren  13', 26', 61', 64', 69' (5/5)
Cards: Shaun Raubenheimer 42' to 52'
Daniel Roberts 57' to 68'
Report[6]
Scoreboard[8]
Try: Morné Hanekom  11'44'
Con: André Pretorius  45' (1/2)
Pen: André Pretorius  21', 35', 54' (3/3)
Referee: Pro Legoete


30 August 2014 Boland Cavaliers 19–27 Griffons Boland Stadium, Wellington  
16:00 Try: Richard Lawson  3'
Zandré Jordaan  26'
Clemen Lewis  66'
Con: Morné Hugo  4' (1/2)
Eric Zana  67' (1/1)
Pen: Morné Hugo (0/1)
Report[6]
Scoreboard[9]
Try: Boela Abrahams  20'
Norman Nelson  32'
Frans Sisita  50'
Con: Louis Strydom  21', 33', 51' (3/3)
Pen: Louis Strydom  43' (1/3)
Franna du Toit  80' (1/1)
Cards: Frans Sisita 15' to 25'
Attendance: 520
Referee: Lourens van der Merwe

Round Nine

6 September 2014 Leopards 54–32 Boland Cavaliers Olën Park, Potchefstroom  
15:00 Try: George Tossel  6'50'
Hoffmann Maritz  22'32'40'
Johan Deysel  52'74'
Jacques Vermaak  65'
Con: André Pretorius  7', 33', 40', 51', 53', 66', 75' (7/8)
Cards: Rhyk Welgemoed  79'
Report[10]
Scoreboard[11]
Try: Richard Lawson  13'
Jovelian de Koker  36'
Strand Kruger  63'
Christian Rust  70'
Con: Morné Hugo  14' (1/2)
Eric Zana  64', 71' (2/2)
Pen: Morné Hugo  10', 30' (2/4)
Referee: Federico Anselmi


6 September 2014 Falcons 24–19 SWD Eagles Barnard Stadium, Kempton Park  
16:00 Try: Coert Cronjé  70'
Bruce Muller  74'
Con: Jaun Kotzé  75' (1/2)
Pen: Jaun Kotzé  12', 39', 47', 55' (4/4)
Report[10]
Scoreboard[12]
Try: Alshaun Bock  23'
Con: Elric van Vuuren  24' (1/1)
Pen: Elric van Vuuren  3', 19', 50', 63' (4/4)
Cards: Peet van der Walt 21' to 31'
Referee: Rasta Rasivhenge


6 September 2014 Griffons 37–32 Border Bulldogs North West Stadium, Welkom  
15:00 Try: Japie Nel  1'54'
Aubrey McDonald  10'
Nicky Steyn  40'
Joe van der Hoogt  71'
Con: Louis Strydom  2', 40' (2/4)
Franna du Toit  72' (1/1)
Pen: Louis Strydom  35', 42' (2/2)
Cards: Japie Nel  75'
Report[10]
Scoreboard[13]
Try: Lithabile Mgwadleka  24'
Masixole Banda  31'
Lundi Ralarala  50'
Rynardt van Wyk  68'
Con: Hansie Graaff  25' (1/2)
Masixole Banda  31', 51' (2/2)
Pen: Masixole Banda  8' (1/1)
Hansie Graaff  39' (1/2)
Referee: Marius Jonker

Round Ten

12 September 2014 SWD Eagles 31–22 Border Bulldogs Outeniqua Park, George  
19:00 Try: Alshaun Bock  10'
Daniel Roberts  23'63'
Buran Parks  29'
Dwayne Kelly  38'
Con: Elric van Vuuren  24', 30', 39' (3/5)
Pen: Elric van Vuuren (0/1)
Drop: Alshaun Bock (0/1)
Cards: Ashley Buys  75'
Report[14]
Scoreboard[15]
Try: Lithabile Mgwadleka  14'
Makazole Mapimpi  32'
Lundi Ralarala  42'
Con: Masixole Banda  15', 33' (2/3)
Pen: Masixole Banda  61' (1/3)
Referee: Lourens van der Merwe


13 September 2014 Griffons 37–31 Leopards North West Stadium, Welkom  
14:00 Try: Boela Abrahams  8'42'
Vuyo Mbotho  28'
Aubrey McDonald  77'
Wynand Pienaar  83'
Con: Louis Strydom  29' (1/3)
Franna du Toit  78', 84' (2/2)
Pen: Louis Strydom  7' (1/1)
Franna du Toit  70' (1/1)
Report[14]
Scoreboard[16]
Try: Rhyk Welgemoed  20'
Johan Deysel  49'
Sylvian Mahuza  59'
HP Swart  64'
Con: André Pretorius  21', 50', 60', 65' (4/4)
Pen: André Pretorius  62' (1/2)
Referee: Marius van der Westhuizen


13 September 2014 Boland Cavaliers 25–32 Falcons Boland Stadium, Wellington  
16:00 Try: Albert Trytsman  23'
Eric Zana  31'73'
Strand Kruger  58'
Con: Morné Hugo  24' (1/2)
Eric Zana (0/2)
Pen: Morné Hugo  10' (1/1)
Cards: Eric Zana 18' to 28'
Report[14]
Scoreboard[17]
Try: Jacques Verwey  5'
penalty try  18'
Kyle Hendricks  20'34'
Bruce Muller  78'
Con: Jaun Kotzé  6', 19' (2/4)
Kyle Hendricks (0/1)
Pen: Jaun Kotzé  28' (1/1)
Attendance: 450
Referee: Pro Legoete

Round Eleven

Abandoned after 58 minutes 19 September 2014 Border Bulldogs 19–34 Leopards Buffalo City Stadium, East London  
17:00 Try: Rynardt van Wyk  13'39'
Makazole Mapimpi  55'
Con: Masixole Banda  14', 40' (2/3)
Report[18]
Scoreboard[19]
Try: Rhyk Welgemoed  3'
André Pretorius  9'
Rhyno Smith  17'
Adri Jacobs  21'50'
Johan Deysel  26'
Con: André Pretorius  4', 10' (2/6)
Attendance: 500
Referee: Jaco Peyper


20 September 2014 SWD Eagles 24–35 Boland Cavaliers Outeniqua Park, George  
13:00 Try: Leighton Eksteen  35'
Brian Skosana  53'
Mzwanele Zito  81'
Con: Elric van Vuuren  36', 54', 82' (3/3)
Pen: Elric van Vuuren  40' (1/2)
Report[20]
Scoreboard[21]
Try: Zandré Jordaan  11'
Cheswin Williams  28'
Danwel Demas  56'68'
Con: Eric Zana  12', 29', 69' (3/4)
Pen: Eric Zana  61', 67' (2/3)
Drop: Eric Zana  20' (1/1)
Earl Lewis (0/1)
Referee: Ben Crouse


20 September 2014 Falcons 36–27 Griffons Barnard Stadium, Kempton Park  
15:00 Try: Shane Kirkwood  16'
Dirk Dippenaar  38'
Kyle Hendricks  41'
Friedle Olivier  73'
Con: Jaun Kotzé  42', 74' (2/4)
Pen: Jaun Kotzé  25', 53', 62', 69' (4/4)
Report[20]
Scoreboard[22]
Try: Tertius Maarman  8'48'
Vuyo Mbotho  66'
Con: Franna du Toit  9', 49' (2/2)
Louis Strydom  67' (1/1)
Pen: Franna du Toit  33', 56' (2/2)
Cards: Aubrey McDonald 37' to 48'
Referee: Federico Anselmi

Round Twelve

26 September 2014 Boland Cavaliers 27–6 Border Bulldogs Boland Stadium, Wellington  
16:00 Try: Earl Lewis  47'
Danwel Demas  52'
Ulrich Pretorius  63'
Cheswin Williams  70'
Con: Eric Zana  48', 53' (2/4)
Pen: Eric Zana  5' (1/1)
Report[23]
Scoreboard[24]
Pen: Masixole Banda  19', 23' (2/4)
Drop: Masixole Banda (0/1)
Cards: Lundi Ralarala 46' to 56'
Referee: Pro Legoete


27 September 2014 Leopards 50–29 Falcons Olën Park, Potchefstroom  
14:15 Try: Sergio Torrens  5'
HP Swart  14'
penalty try  30'
Sylvian Mahuza  41'
Deon Carney  54'
Dillon Smit  57'70'
Adri Jacobs  64'
Con: André Pretorius (0/1)
Rhyno Smith  15', 31', 42', 58', 65' (5/7)
Cards: HP Swart 24' to 35'
Joe Smith 35' to 43'
Report[23]
Scoreboard[25]
Try: Jacques Verwey  25'
penalty try  34'
Dirk Dippenaar  38'
Anrich Richter  51'
Andrew van Tonder  61'
Con: Jaun Kotzé  35', 52' (2/5)
Cards: Marlyn Williams 30' to 41'
Thulani Ngidi  73'
Referee: Marius Jonker


27 September 2014 Griffons 27–42 SWD Eagles North West Stadium, Welkom  
15:00 Try: Tertius Maarman  20'77'
Wynand Pienaar  52'
Chris Ehlers  69'
Con: Franna du Toit  53', 70' (2/4)
Pen: Franna du Toit  18' (1/1)
Report[23]
Scoreboard[26]
Try: Dwayne Kelly  7'24'
Elric van Vuuren  27'
Roy Godfrey  43'
Junior Bester  48'
Brian Skosana  71'
Con: Elric van Vuuren  8', 25', 28', 44', 49', 72' (6/6)
Attendance: 200
Referee: Quinton Immelman

Title Play-Off Games

Semi-finals

3 October 2014 Griffons 45–43 SWD Eagles North West Stadium, Welkom  
13:30 Try: Tertius Maarman  36'
Chris Ehlers  48'
Norman Nelson  54'66'
Wynand Pienaar  68'
Con: Louis Strydom  37', 49', 55', 69' (4/5)
Pen: Louis Strydom  19', 23' (2/3)
Drop: Louis Strydom  42', 82' (2/3)
Scoreboard[27] Try: Clinton Wagman  25'56'
Christo du Plessis  51'
Ashwin Scott  60'
Con: Elric van Vuuren  26', 52', 57', 61' (4/4)
Pen: Elric van Vuuren  9', 15', 40', 47', 78' (5/5)
Referee: Ben Crouse


3 October 2014 Leopards 24–31 Falcons Olën Park, Potchefstroom  
16:00 Try: Rhyno Smith  7'32'
Sylvian Mahuza  25'75'
Con: André Pretorius  8', 26' (2/3)
Rhyno Smith (0/1)
Drop: Rhyno Smith (0/1)
Scoreboard[28] Try: JP Mostert  10'
Dirk Dippenaar  14'21'
Anrich Richter  50'
Bruce Muller  67'
Con: Jaun Kotzé  11', 15', 68' (3/5)
Cards: Bruce Muller  74'
Referee: Quinton Immelman

Following the match between the Leopards and the Falcons, the former lodged a complaint with the South African Rugby Union regarding the eligibility of Falcons fly-half Clinton Swart. The Leopards argued that Swart was only eligible for the final two matches of the Currie Cup First Division competition and therefore not eligible to play in the semi-finals. However, SARU Judicial Officer Rob Stelzner SC, ruled that Swart fulfilled the eligibility criteria and rejected the complaint.[29]

Final

17 October 2014 Griffons 23–21 Falcons North West Stadium, Welkom  
15:30 Try: Boela Abrahams  15'
Norman Nelson  43'
Con: Louis Strydom  16', 44' (2/2)
Pen: Louis Strydom  5', 40' (2/4)
Drop: Louis Strydom (0/1)
Boela Abrahams  73' (1/1)
Report
Scoreboard[30]
Try: Jacques Verwey  29'
Anrich Richter  53'
Con: Jaun Kotzé  30' (1/2)
Pen: Jaun Kotzé  8', 12' (2/2)
Drop: Jaun Kotzé (0/1)
Clinton Swart  24' (1/2)
Referee: Ben Crouse

Honours

 2014 Absa Currie Cup
First Division Champions 
Griffons
2nd title

Players

Player statistics

The following table contains points which have been scored in the 2014 Currie Cup First Division and excludes points scored in the 2014 Currie Cup qualification series:[31]

All point scorers
No Player Team T C P DG Pts
1 Elric van Vuuren SWD Eagles 1 19 15 0 88
2 Jaun Kotzé Falcons 0 13 11 0 59
3 Louis Strydom Griffons 0 13 8 2 56
4 André Pretorius Leopards 1 16 4 0 49
5 Masixole Banda Border Bulldogs 1 6 7 0 38
Eric Zana Boland Cavaliers 2 8 3 1 38
7 Franna du Toit Griffons 0 7 5 0 29
8 Tertius Maarman Griffons 5 0 0 0 25
Rhyno Smith Leopards 3 5 0 0 25
10 Boela Abrahams Griffons 4 0 0 1 23
11 Johan Deysel Leopards 4 0 0 0 20
Dirk Dippenaar Falcons 4 0 0 0 20
Kyle Hendricks Falcons 4 0 0 0 20
Sylvian Mahuza Leopards 4 0 0 0 20
Norman Nelson Griffons 4 0 0 0 20
16 Alshaun Bock SWD Eagles 3 0 0 0 15
Danwel Demas Boland Cavaliers 3 0 0 0 15
Morné Hugo Boland Cavaliers 0 3 3 0 15
Adri Jacobs Leopards 3 0 0 0 15
Dwayne Kelly SWD Eagles 3 0 0 0 15
Hoffmann Maritz Leopards 3 0 0 0 15
Bruce Muller Falcons 3 0 0 0 15
Wynand Pienaar Griffons 3 0 0 0 15
Anrich Richter Falcons 3 0 0 0 15
Rynardt van Wyk Border Bulldogs 3 0 0 0 15
Jacques Verwey Falcons 3 0 0 0 15
27 Chris Ehlers Griffons 2 0 0 0 10
Morné Hanekom Leopards 2 0 0 0 10
Zandré Jordaan Boland Cavaliers 2 0 0 0 10
Strand Kruger Boland Cavaliers 2 0 0 0 10
Richard Lawson Boland Cavaliers 2 0 0 0 10
Makazole Mapimpi Border Bulldogs 2 0 0 0 10
Vuyo Mbotho Griffons 2 0 0 0 10
Aubrey McDonald Griffons 2 0 0 0 10
Lithabile Mgwadleka Border Bulldogs 2 0 0 0 10
JP Mostert Falcons 2 0 0 0 10
Japie Nel Griffons 2 0 0 0 10
Lundi Ralarala Border Bulldogs 2 0 0 0 10
Daniel Roberts SWD Eagles 2 0 0 0 10
Brian Skosana SWD Eagles 2 0 0 0 10
Dillon Smit Leopards 2 0 0 0 10
HP Swart Leopards 2 0 0 0 10
George Tossel Leopards 2 0 0 0 10
Clinton Wagman SWD Eagles 2 0 0 0 10
Rhyk Welgemoed Leopards 2 0 0 0 10
Cheswin Williams Boland Cavaliers 2 0 0 0 10
47 Junior Bester SWD Eagles 1 0 0 0 5
Deon Carney Leopards 1 0 0 0 5
Coert Cronjé Falcons 1 0 0 0 5
Jovelian de Koker Boland Cavaliers 1 0 0 0 5
Christo du Plessis SWD Eagles 1 0 0 0 5
Martin du Toit SWD Eagles 1 0 0 0 5
Leighton Eksteen SWD Eagles 1 0 0 0 5
Roy Godfrey SWD Eagles 1 0 0 0 5
Hansie Graaff Border Bulldogs 0 1 1 0 5
Shane Kirkwood Falcons 1 0 0 0 5
Clemen Lewis Boland Cavaliers 1 0 0 0 5
Earl Lewis Boland Cavaliers 1 0 0 0 5
Mihlali Mpafi Border Bulldogs 1 0 0 0 5
Lindani Ndlela Border Bulldogs 1 0 0 0 5
Friedle Olivier Falcons 1 0 0 0 5
Buran Parks SWD Eagles 1 0 0 0 5
Ulrich Pretorius Boland Cavaliers 1 0 0 0 5
Christian Rust Boland Cavaliers 1 0 0 0 5
Ashwin Scott SWD Eagles 1 0 0 0 5
Frans Sisita Griffons 1 0 0 0 5
Nicky Steyn Griffons 1 0 0 0 5
Sergio Torrens Leopards 1 0 0 0 5
Albert Trytsman Boland Cavaliers 1 0 0 0 5
Joe van der Hoogt Griffons 1 0 0 0 5
Andrew van Tonder Falcons 1 0 0 0 5
Jacques Vermaak Leopards 1 0 0 0 5
Mzwanele Zito SWD Eagles 1 0 0 0 5
74 Clinton Swart Falcons 0 0 0 1 3
penalty try Falcons 2 0 0 0 10
Leopards 1 0 0 0 5
* Legend: T = Tries, C = Conversions, P = Penalties, DG = Drop Goals, Pts = Points.

Squad Lists

The teams released the following squad lists:

Boland Cavaliers[32]

Forwards

Backs

Coach

  • Abé Davids / Dewey Swartbooi

Border Bulldogs[33]

Forwards

Backs

Coach

  • André Human

Falcons[34]

Forwards

Backs

Coach

  • Johan du Toit

Griffons[35]

Forwards

Backs

Coach

  • Oersond Gorgonzola

Leopards[36]

Forwards

Backs

Coach

SWD Eagles[37]

See also

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