2015 Currie Cup qualification

The 2015 Currie Cup qualification tournament was a competition organised by the South African Rugby Union which featured seven teams and was played between 12 June and 25 July 2015. The winner of the tournament would qualify for the 2015 Currie Cup Premier Division, while the remaining six teams would play in the 2015 Currie Cup First Division.

For the second season in succession, Griquas won the tournament to earn a place in the Premier Division.

Competition rules and information

The top six teams from 2014 – , , , , and – were guaranteed participation in the 2015 Currie Cup Premier Division, as is the 'anchor' side .

2014 Currie Cup Premier Division side , by virtue of finishing outside the top six in the Premier Division, as well as the teams from the 2014 Currie Cup First Division – the , , , , and – played in a qualifying tournament, with the winner qualifying to the 2015 Currie Cup Premier Division.

The seven teams played each other once over the course of the qualification, either at home or away. Teams 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 log points, then points difference (points scored less points conceded).

The top team qualified for the 2015 Currie Cup Premier Division, while the other six teams qualified for the 2015 Currie Cup First Division.

In November 2014, the Kenya RFU revealed that they were in negotiations with SARU to enter a team in the competition. However, they withdrew from the 2015 Vodacom Cup due to financial considerations and were not included in the Currie Cup fixtures when those were released.

Teams

The same seven teams that took part in the 2014 Currie Cup qualification tournament also played in the 2015 edition.

The following teams took part in the 2015 Currie Cup qualification tournament:

2015 Currie Cup qualification teams Team Sponsored Name Stadium/s Sponsored Name Regent Boland Cavaliers Boland Stadium Border Bulldogs Buffalo City Stadium Falcons Barnard Stadium Down Touch Griffons HT Pelatona Projects Stadium ORC Griquas Griqua Park Leopards Profert Olën Park SWD Eagles Outeniqua Park

Log The final league standings for the 2015 Currie Cup qualification tournament are:

Round-by-round

The table below shows a team's progression throughout the season.

For each round, each team's cumulative points total is shown with the overall log position in brackets.

Team Progression – 2015 Currie Cup qualification Team R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 1 (4th) 6 (2nd) 11 (1st) 16 (1st) 16 (1st) 21 (1st) 26 (1st) 5 (1st) 10 (1st) 10 (2nd) 10 (2nd) 15 (2nd) 20 (1st) 25 (2nd) 0 (5th) 0 (7th) 4 (6th) 8 (5th) 8 (6th) 9 (6th) 14 (3rd) 5 (2nd) 5 (3rd) 6 (4th) 8 (4th) 13 (3rd) 13 (3rd) 13 (4th) 0 (6th) 4 (5th) 4 (5th) 4 (6th) 5 (7th) 10 (4th) 11 (5th) 4 (3rd) 4 (4th) 8 (3rd) 9 (3rd) 10 (4th) 10 (5th) 10 (6th) 0 (7th) 1 (6th) 2 (7th) 4 (7th) 8 (5th) 8 (7th) 8 (7th)Key: win draw loss bye

Fixtures and results

The following fixtures for the 2015 Currie Cup qualification series were released:

Round One

Round Two

Round Three

Round Four

Round Five

Round Six

Round Seven

Honours

The honour roll for the 2015 Currie Cup qualification tournament was as follows:

2015 Currie Cup qualification honours Promoted: Top Try Scorer: Carel Greeff, (10) Top Points Scorer: Adriaan Engelbrecht, (62)

Players

Player statistics

The following table contain points which were scored in the 2015 Currie Cup qualification tournament:

All point scorers No Player Team T C P DG Pts 1 Adriaan Engelbrecht Leopards 0 28 2 0 62 2 Jaun Kotzé Falcons 1 15 6 0 53 Eric Zana Boland Cavaliers 3 10 6 0 53 4 Gouws Prinsloo Griquas 0 21 3 0 51 5 Carel Greeff Griquas 10 0 0 0 50 6 Elric van Vuuren SWD Eagles 1 4 8 0 37 7 Louis Strydom Griffons 0 12 4 0 36 8 Gerrit Smith SWD Eagles 2 6 3 0 31 9 Adri Jacobs Leopards 6 0 0 0 30 10 Logan Basson Border Bulldogs 0 1 8 0 26 11 Masixole Banda Border Bulldogs 2 3 3 0 25 Kyle Hendricks Falcons 5 0 0 0 25 Rhyno Smith Leopards 4 1 0 1 25 14 Alvin Brandt Griffons 4 0 0 0 20 Danwel Demas Boland Cavaliers 4 0 0 0 20 Tertius Maarman Griffons 4 0 0 0 20 Nicky Steyn Griffons 4 0 0 0 20 18 Francois Brummer Griquas 2 4 0 0 18 19 Adriaan Carelse Boland Cavaliers 2 0 1 1 16 Franna du Toit Griffons 0 2 4 0 16 21 AJ Coertzen Griquas 3 0 0 0 15 Coert Cronjé Falcons 3 0 0 0 15 Ntabeni Dukisa Griquas 3 0 0 0 15 Damian Engledoe Leopards 3 0 0 0 15 Johnathan Francke Griquas 3 0 0 0 15 Vuyo Mbotho Griffons 3 0 0 0 15 Loftus Morrison Leopards 3 0 0 0 15 Joe Smith Leopards 3 0 0 0 15 Adrian Vermeulen Leopards 3 0 0 0 15 Riaan Viljoen Griquas 3 0 0 0 15 31 Elgar Watts Griffons 1 2 1 0 12 32 Martin Bezuidenhout Griquas 2 0 0 0 10 Alshaun Bock SWD Eagles 2 0 0 0 10 Christo du Plessis SWD Eagles 2 0 0 0 10 Tyler Fisher Leopards 2 0 0 0 10 Wian Fourie Leopards 2 0 0 0 10 Grant Janke Falcons 2 0 0 0 10 Jono Janse van Rensburg Griquas 2 0 0 0 10 Wayne Khan SWD Eagles 2 0 0 0 10 Hanno Kitshoff Boland Cavaliers 2 0 0 0 10 Michael Makase Border Bulldogs 2 0 0 0 10 Tian Meyer Griquas 2 0 0 0 10 Friedle Olivier Falcons 2 0 0 0 10 Jaco Oosthuizen Falcons 2 0 0 0 10 Dillon Smit Leopards 2 0 0 0 10 Clinton Swart Griquas 2 0 0 0 10 Joe van der Hoogt Griffons 2 0 0 0 10 Senan van der Merwe Boland Cavaliers 2 0 0 0 10 Hanco Venter Leopards 2 0 0 0 10 50 Christian Rust Boland Cavaliers 1 2 0 0 9 51 Lukhanyo Am Border Bulldogs 1 0 0 0 5 Yves Bashiya Boland Cavaliers 1 0 0 0 5 Ludwe Booi Border Bulldogs 1 0 0 0 5 Enver Brandt Griffons 1 0 0 0 5 Rudi Britz Griffons 1 0 0 0 5 Ashlon Davids Leopards 1 0 0 0 5 Martin du Toit SWD Eagles 1 0 0 0 5 Leighton Eksteen SWD Eagles 1 0 0 0 5 Wilneth Engelbrecht Boland Cavaliers 1 0 0 0 5 Arno Fortuin Boland Cavaliers 1 0 0 0 5 Ntando Kebe Border Bulldogs 1 0 0 0 5 Hugo Kloppers Griquas 1 0 0 0 5 Stephan Kotzé Griquas 1 0 0 0 5 Robert Kruger Leopards 1 0 0 0 5 Ernst Ladendorf Falcons 1 0 0 0 5 RJ Liebenberg Griquas 1 0 0 0 5 Hilton Lobberts Griquas 1 0 0 0 5 Makazole Mapimpi Border Bulldogs 1 0 0 0 5 Sizo Maseko Leopards 1 0 0 0 5 Japie Nel Griffons 1 0 0 0 5 Norman Nelson Griffons 1 0 0 0 5 Sipho Nofemele Border Bulldogs 1 0 0 0 5 Arno Poley Falcons 1 0 0 0 5 Anrich Richter Falcons 1 0 0 0 5 Steph Roberts Griquas 1 0 0 0 5 Janneman Stander SWD Eagles 1 0 0 0 5 Johan Steyn SWD Eagles 1 0 0 0 5 Sergio Torrens Leopards 1 0 0 0 5 Michael van der Spuy Griquas 1 0 0 0 5 Rudi van Rooyen Griquas 1 0 0 0 5 Luzuko Vulindlu SWD Eagles 1 0 0 0 5 Chaney Willemse Boland Cavaliers 1 0 0 0 5 Marlyn Williams Falcons 1 0 0 0 5 84 Oliver Zono Border Bulldogs 0 2 0 0 4 85 Wynand Pienaar Griffons 0 1 0 0 2 — penalty try Border Bulldogs 1 0 0 0 5 Falcons 1 0 0 0 5 * Legend: T = Tries, C = Conversions, P = Penalties, DG = Drop Goals, Pts = Points.

Discipline

The following table contains all the cards handed out during the tournament:

Cards Player Team Dean Hopp SWD Eagles 0 2 Yves Bashiya Boland Cavaliers 0 1 Ashley Buys SWD Eagles 0 1 Leighton Eksteen SWD Eagles 0 1 Tyler Fisher Leopards 0 1 Arno Fortuin Boland Cavaliers 0 1 Hanno Kitshoff Boland Cavaliers 0 1 Jaun Kotzé Boland Cavaliers 0 1 Blake Kyd Border Bulldogs 0 1 Clemen Lewis Boland Cavaliers 0 1 Tian Meyer Griquas 0 1 Buhle Mxunyelwa Border Bulldogs 0 1 Andila Ntsila SWD Eagles 0 1 Wandile Putuma Border Bulldogs 0 1 Marno Redelinghuys Leopards 0 1 Edwin Sass Boland Cavaliers 0 1 Janneman Stander SWD Eagles 0 1 * Legend: = Sent off, = Sin-binned

Referees

The following referees officiated matches in the 2015 Currie Cup qualification series:

Rodney Boneparte Ben Crouse Stephan Geldenhuys Quinton Immelman AJ Jacobs Pro Legoete Francois Pretorius Lourens van der Merwe Marius van der Westhuizen Jaco van Heerden

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