Wildeklawer Griquas
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The GWK Griquas are a South Africa
n rugby union
team that participates in the annual Currie Cup
tournament
. Their home ground is Hoffe Park Stadium, known for sponsorship reasons as GWK Park in Kimberley
, and they draw their players from Northern Cape Province. They were previously known as Griqualand West. They have won the Currie Cup
three times, and the Vodacom Cup
three times.
. Five years later, during the 1891 British Lions
tour to South Africa, Griqualand West played the British in Kimberley, and although they lost three points to nil, the British presented them with the Currie Cup - as they thought that Griqualand West produced the best performance out of the provincial games on their tour. The Currie Cup became South Africa's domestic prize, and Griqualand West first won it in 1899. Griqualand West subsequently won the Currie Cup in 1911. After the introduction of official annual championships in 1969, Griqualand West won the final the next season, defeating Northern Transvaal 11 points to 9, to claim their third title. Since then Griquas have not won the Currie Cup.
The majority of Griqualand West supporters hail from the Northern Cape province, most notably in and around Kimberley where the team plays their home games. Griquas average around 12,000 at Currie Cup games played at GWK Park. Playing in turquoise, they are sometimes called the Peacock Blues. GWK Park in Kimberley, like most grounds in Central South Africa, has a very hard playing surface and the locals usually get behind their team, making it one of the least favourite destinations for visiting teams in the country.
Cheetahs
Marnitz Boshoff - Blue Bulls
Eugene Butterworth - Boland Cavaliers
Jacques Coetzee
- Eastern Province Kings
Rynard Landman - Boland Cavaliers
Willie le Roux - Boland Cavaliers
Janro van Niekerk - Boland Cavaliers
Walter Venter - Leopards
PJ Vermeulen - Boland Cavaliers
Lolo Waka - University of Johannesburg
Cheetahs
Jonathan Mokuena Sarel Pretorius
- Cheetahs
Davon Raubenheimer
- Cheetahs
Hendrik Roodt - Lions Earl Rose
(released) Riaan Viljoen
- Sharks
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
n rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
team that participates in the annual Currie Cup
Currie Cup
The Currie Cup tournament is South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competition, played each winter and spring , featuring teams representing either entire provinces or substantial regions within provinces...
tournament
Tournament
A tournament is a competition involving a relatively large number of competitors, all participating in a sport or game. More specifically, the term may be used in either of two overlapping senses:...
. Their home ground is Hoffe Park Stadium, known for sponsorship reasons as GWK Park in Kimberley
Kimberley, Northern Cape
Kimberley is a city in South Africa, and the capital of the Northern Cape. It is located near the confluence of the Vaal and Orange Rivers. The town has considerable historical significance due its diamond mining past and siege during the Second Boer War...
, and they draw their players from Northern Cape Province. They were previously known as Griqualand West. They have won the Currie Cup
Currie Cup
The Currie Cup tournament is South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competition, played each winter and spring , featuring teams representing either entire provinces or substantial regions within provinces...
three times, and the Vodacom Cup
Vodacom Cup
The Vodacom Cup is an annual rugby union competition in South Africa which is contested between February and May. The cup is the third most prestigious competition in rugby union in South Africa, behind Super Rugby and the Currie Cup. It runs at roughly the same time as Super Rugby and serves as an...
three times.
History
The rugby team was established in 1886 in the former British colony of Griqualand WestGriqualand West
Griqualand West is an area of central South Africa with an area of 40,000 km² that now forms part of the Northern Cape Province. It was inhabited by the Griqua people - a semi-nomadic, Afrikaans-speaking nation of mixed-race origin, who established several states outside the expanding frontier...
. Five years later, during the 1891 British Lions
British and Irish Lions
The British and Irish Lions is a rugby union team made up of players from England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales...
tour to South Africa, Griqualand West played the British in Kimberley, and although they lost three points to nil, the British presented them with the Currie Cup - as they thought that Griqualand West produced the best performance out of the provincial games on their tour. The Currie Cup became South Africa's domestic prize, and Griqualand West first won it in 1899. Griqualand West subsequently won the Currie Cup in 1911. After the introduction of official annual championships in 1969, Griqualand West won the final the next season, defeating Northern Transvaal 11 points to 9, to claim their third title. Since then Griquas have not won the Currie Cup.
The majority of Griqualand West supporters hail from the Northern Cape province, most notably in and around Kimberley where the team plays their home games. Griquas average around 12,000 at Currie Cup games played at GWK Park. Playing in turquoise, they are sometimes called the Peacock Blues. GWK Park in Kimberley, like most grounds in Central South Africa, has a very hard playing surface and the locals usually get behind their team, making it one of the least favourite destinations for visiting teams in the country.
Current squad
In for 2012
Enrico Acker - CheetahsFree State Cheetahs
The Free State Cheetahs , currently named the Toyota Free State Cheetahs, for sponsorship reasons, are a South African rugby union team that participates in the annual Currie Cup tournament. They are governed by the Free State Rugby Union and are based at the 37,076-capacity Vodacom Park in...
Marnitz Boshoff -
Blue BullsBlue Bulls
The Blue Bulls, for sponsorship reasons known as the Vodacom Blue Bulls, or more popularly by their Afrikaans name die Blou Bulle, are a South African rugby union team that participates in the annual Currie Cup tournament...
Eugene Butterworth -
Boland CavaliersBoland Cavaliers
The Boland Cavaliers , are a South African rugby union team that participates in the annual Currie Cup tournament...
Jacques Coetzee
Jacques Coetzee
Jacques Coetzee is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with the .He played for the in youth competitions, but moved to the in 2007. He played for them for four seasons, during which time he also represented the Royal XV in a game during the 2009 British and Irish Lions tour to...
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Eastern Province KingsEastern Province Kings
The Eastern Province Kings are a South African rugby union team that participates in the annual Currie Cup and Vodacom Cup tournaments and are governed by the Eastern Province Rugby Union...
Rynard Landman -
Boland CavaliersBoland Cavaliers
The Boland Cavaliers , are a South African rugby union team that participates in the annual Currie Cup tournament...
Willie le Roux -
Boland CavaliersBoland Cavaliers
The Boland Cavaliers , are a South African rugby union team that participates in the annual Currie Cup tournament...
Janro van Niekerk -
Boland CavaliersBoland Cavaliers
The Boland Cavaliers , are a South African rugby union team that participates in the annual Currie Cup tournament...
Walter Venter -
LeopardsLeopards (rugby team)
The Leopards, are a South African rugby union team that participates in the annual Currie Cup tournament. They play out of Potchefstroom at Olën Park as well as the Royal Bafokeng Stadium in Rustenburg...
PJ Vermeulen -
Boland CavaliersBoland Cavaliers
The Boland Cavaliers , are a South African rugby union team that participates in the annual Currie Cup tournament...
Lolo Waka -
University of JohannesburgUniversity of Johannesburg
The University of Johannesburg came into existence on 1 January 2005 as the result of a merger between the Technikon Witwatersrand and the Rand Afrikaans University . Prior to the merger, the Daveyton and Soweto campuses of the former Vista University had been incorporated into RAU...
Out for 2012
Barry Geel - CheetahsFree State Cheetahs
The Free State Cheetahs , currently named the Toyota Free State Cheetahs, for sponsorship reasons, are a South African rugby union team that participates in the annual Currie Cup tournament. They are governed by the Free State Rugby Union and are based at the 37,076-capacity Vodacom Park in...
Jonathan Mokuena Sarel Pretorius
Sarel Pretorius
Sarel Johannes Pretorius is a South African rugby player who plays Super Rugby at half back for the NSW Waratahs. He plays in the Currie Cup for Wildeklawer Griquas and made his Super Rugby debut for the Cheetahs in 2009 against the Western Force. In 2010 and 2011 he played in every match...
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CheetahsFree State Cheetahs
The Free State Cheetahs , currently named the Toyota Free State Cheetahs, for sponsorship reasons, are a South African rugby union team that participates in the annual Currie Cup tournament. They are governed by the Free State Rugby Union and are based at the 37,076-capacity Vodacom Park in...
Davon Raubenheimer
Davon Raubenheimer
Davon Raubenheimer is a professional rugby union rugby player. His first cap was earned playing for the Springboks in 2009...
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CheetahsFree State Cheetahs
The Free State Cheetahs , currently named the Toyota Free State Cheetahs, for sponsorship reasons, are a South African rugby union team that participates in the annual Currie Cup tournament. They are governed by the Free State Rugby Union and are based at the 37,076-capacity Vodacom Park in...
Hendrik Roodt -
Lions Earl RoseEarl Rose
Earl Rose is a South African rugby union player who, although keen on fly-half, features primarily at fullback. He first came to prominence with the surprising inclusion in Springbok coach Peter de Villiers's 42-man training squad in 2008...
(released) Riaan Viljoen
Riaan Viljoen
Riaan Viljoen is a professional South African rugby union rugby player. He was born in Carletonville, South Africa and his first tour with the Springboks was to France, Italy, Ireland and England in late 2009 where he played in one test against Italy on 21 November 2009 and two touring matches...
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SharksNatal Sharks
The Natal Sharks are a South African rugby union team that participate in the annual Currie Cup and Super Rugby tournaments. The Sharks home stadium is Kings Park. They draw most of their players from the KwaZulu-Natal Province. The Sharks are the current representative team of the Natal rugby...
Currie Cup
| Season | Winners | Score | Runner-up | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18991 | Griqualand West | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 1911 | Griqualand West | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 1970 | Griqualand West | 11 - 9 | Northern Transvaal Blue Bulls The Blue Bulls, for sponsorship reasons known as the Vodacom Blue Bulls, or more popularly by their Afrikaans name die Blou Bulle, are a South African rugby union team that participates in the annual Currie Cup tournament... |
De Beers De Beers De Beers is a family of companies that dominate the diamond, diamond mining, diamond trading and industrial diamond manufacturing sectors. De Beers is active in every category of industrial diamond mining: open-pit, underground, large-scale alluvial, coastal and deep sea... , Kimberley Kimberley, Northern Cape Kimberley is a city in South Africa, and the capital of the Northern Cape. It is located near the confluence of the Vaal and Orange Rivers. The town has considerable historical significance due its diamond mining past and siege during the Second Boer War... |
Vodacom Cup
| Season | Winners | Score | Runner-up | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Griquas | 33 - 29 | Blue Bulls Blue Bulls The Blue Bulls, for sponsorship reasons known as the Vodacom Blue Bulls, or more popularly by their Afrikaans name die Blou Bulle, are a South African rugby union team that participates in the annual Currie Cup tournament... |
Kimberley Kimberley, Northern Cape Kimberley is a city in South Africa, and the capital of the Northern Cape. It is located near the confluence of the Vaal and Orange Rivers. The town has considerable historical significance due its diamond mining past and siege during the Second Boer War... |
| 2005 | Griquas | 27 - 25 | Leopards | Kimberley Kimberley, Northern Cape Kimberley is a city in South Africa, and the capital of the Northern Cape. It is located near the confluence of the Vaal and Orange Rivers. The town has considerable historical significance due its diamond mining past and siege during the Second Boer War... |
| 2007 | Griquas | 57 - 0 | Golden Lions Golden Lions The Golden Lions is a provincial rugby team based in Johannesburg, South Africa. The team was originally known as Transvaal, before changes to the political landscape in South Africa forced a name change to the Gauteng Lions, before again being changed to the Golden Lions. For sponsorship reason... |
Kimberley Kimberley, Northern Cape Kimberley is a city in South Africa, and the capital of the Northern Cape. It is located near the confluence of the Vaal and Orange Rivers. The town has considerable historical significance due its diamond mining past and siege during the Second Boer War... |
| 2009 | Griquas | 28 - 19 | Blue Bulls Blue Bulls The Blue Bulls, for sponsorship reasons known as the Vodacom Blue Bulls, or more popularly by their Afrikaans name die Blou Bulle, are a South African rugby union team that participates in the annual Currie Cup tournament... |
Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria Pretoria Pretoria is a city located in the northern part of Gauteng Province, South Africa. It is one of the country's three capital cities, serving as the executive and de facto national capital; the others are Cape Town, the legislative capital, and Bloemfontein, the judicial capital.Pretoria is... |