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2015 Vodacom Cup – Rd 7 preview

PUBLISHED: April 22, 2015


All eyes will be on Diamantveld High School in Kimberley on Saturday afternoon when the only two unbeaten teams left in the South Section of the 2015 Vodacom Cup clash in a replay of the 2012 final.

GWK Griquas, the defending champions, will host DHL Western Province in a highly-anticipated clash at Diamantveld.

Both these sides are unbeaten after four matches and their performances have been very similar thus far, with a points’ difference of 69 for the visitors from Cape Town and 70 for the home team. DHL Western Province top the South Section log on 19 points though, with GWK Griquas second on 18.

The high-flying SWD Eagles will be looking to for their first away win of the season after already beating the Cell C Sharks XV and Toyota Free State XV in George when they travel up the N2 to take on the EP Kings at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth.

Meanwhile, the KwaZulu-Natalians, at home in Empangeni to the Boland Cavaliers on Saturday afternoon, will be looking to reverse a three-match losing streak when they travel north up the coast.

In the North Section, the Xerox Golden Lions will retake the lead at the top of the standings if they can beat the Leopards XV at Emirates Airline Park in Johannesburg on Saturday afternoon.

Current log leaders, the Vodacom Blue Bulls, have a bye and can slip back to third position if the Steval Pumas record a convincing victory over the Hino Valke at the Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit on Friday evening.

ROUND SEVEN FIXTURES:

Friday, April 24:

Steval Pumas v Hino Valke
Kick-off: 19h00
Venue: Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit
Referee: Archie Sehlako

Border Bulldogs v Toyota Free State XV
Kick-off: 19h00
Venue: BCM Stadium, East London
Referee: Rodney Boneparte

Saturday, April 25:

Xerox Golden Lions v Leopards XV
Kick-off: 14h30
Venue: Emirates Airline Park, Johannesburg
Referee: Jaco Pretorius

Down Touch Griffons v Assupol Limpopo Blue Bulls
Kick-off: 15h00
Venue: HT Pelatona Projects Stadium, Welkom
Referee: Ricus van der Hoven

GWK Griquas v DHL Western Province
Kick-off: 15h00
Venue: Diamantveld High School, Kimberley
Referee: Stephan Geldenhuys

EP Kings v SWD Eagles
Kick-off: 15h00
Venue: Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
Referee: Tahla Ntshakaza

Cell C Sharks XV v Boland Cavaliers
Kick-off: 15h30
Venue: Emgangeni
Referee: Lourens van der Merwe

Byes: Vodacom Blue Bulls, FNB Welwitschias