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MESSAGE

PRESIDENT OF SA RUGBY

Welcome to this exciting meeting in the Carling Currie Cup, which remains the premier provincial competition on the South African rugby landscape as we have started the process of re-aligning the local season.

As the oldest provincial rugby competition in the world, the Carling Currie Cup has always provided a magnificent pathway for players to show they have what it takes to step up to high-intensity action at the top level.

This year, more than ever before, we are looking forward to our teams unearthing the next generation of Springbok stars by providing playing opportunities to the best local talent.

The Carling Currie Cup is about respectful rivalry, provincial passion, ambition, pride and community, with local support always at very high levels.

promises to be an exciting and challenging double round of action, culminating in the playoffs late in June.

I’d also like to thank our broadcast partner, SuperSport, and our tournament sponsor, Carling Black Label, for their continued support, as well as all the team partners who invest in the local game, ensuring we can deliver a top-class product week in and week out.

Thank you also to everyone who has worked hard behind the scenes to make the 2022 edition of the Carling Currie Cup happen, all the players and staff and all other important stakeholders.

MARK ALEXANDER

President: SA Rugby

And then, there is the drama and intrigue associated with the Carling Currie Cup – will be Vodacom Bulls continue their domination of the last two seasons, or will a new team step up to lift the coveted gold trophy in June?

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CONTENTS

MATCH PREVIEW | 10

MAJOR MATCH UP | 20

10 14 20 23 24

MATCH PREVIEW

CELL C SHARKS VS DHL WESTERN PROVINCE KICK OFF 20H00

MAJOR MATCH UP KOK V ZWELENDABA

FIXTURES & LOG CURRIE CUP

SPONSORS THE SHARKS

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MATCH PREVIEW

GUNNING FOR TWO IN A ROW WORDS: ALBERT HEENOP

The Cell C Sharks are eager to try secure a second consecutive home win, when they take on Western Province tonight, in this extremely tough 2022 edition of the Carling Currie Cup… Following their hard-fought win against Griquas a fortnight ago, the Cell C Sharks are currently occupying fifth spot on the 2022 Carling Currie Cup ladder, but with a game in hand.

It’s very early days yet, however one doesn’t need a clairvoyant to spell out that success in this year’s domestic competition will require tons of resolve.

For franchises like the Cell C Sharks, who are participating simultaneously in both the Carling Currie Cup and the United Rugby Championship, player resources will be stretched over the next five months, and the side competing in the Carling Currie Cup, in particular, will find the going tough against sides who are at liberty to select all their first-choice players.

This was exactly the case during the Cell C Sharks’ first outing in the all-new Carling Currie Cup, two weeks ago, when they 10 CELL C SHARKS VS DHL WESTERN PROVINCE

came up against a full-strength Griquas unit that pushed the encounter right down to the wire.

That the men in black and white were able to emerge with not only a valuable 24-23 victory but also heaps of credit, is a feather in the cap of Etienne Fynn’s charges. And, it proved that the Durban-based franchise indeed boasts impressive depth throughout their ranks.

The Cell C Sharks, who enjoyed a slender 10-6 lead at the half, were understandably rusty too - Griquas already had a Carling Currie Cup game, against the Cheetahs, under the belt - yet they managed to find the necessary composure and purpose as the contest wore on to grind out the win in the end.

The going cannot be expected to get any easier tonight, as the Cell C Sharks host Western Province at Hollywoodbets Kings

Park for another important Carling Currie Cup clash.

The visitors from Cape Town have arrived in town with a 50 percent success rate to date, and are presently in third position on the table, but having played one more game than the Cell C Sharks.

Province opened their account last month with an impressive 48-36 victory over the Lions, but four days later suffered a telling 21-40 defeat at the hands of the Bulls at home in Cape Town.

Given that it’s a second home game on the trot for the Durbanites, they will once again not be satisfied with anything less than a win.

Despite the restrictions in terms of selection, Fynn has once more been able to assemble a potent team for tonight’s encounter.

ONE DOESN’T NEED A CLAIRVOYANT TO SPELL OUT THAT SUCCESS IN THIS YEAR’S DOMESTIC COMPETITION WILL REQUIRE TONS OF RESOLVE. Skippered by Marius Louw at inside centre, the starting lineup sees the return to action of Springboks Curwin Bosch and Sikhumbuzo Notshe, at flyhalf and No 8 respectively, following injury layoffs, while utility back Inny Radebe has returned from the Eastern Cape to take up position at fullback.

There certainly is ample firepower in this Cell C Sharks’ lineup for them to back themselves for another valuable triumph on home soil.

The necessity for victory becomes even more apparent considering that the boys have three tough away assignments awaiting them over the next month and a half.

On the 19th of this month they will be

heading upcountry to take on the Lions in Johannesburg, before tackling the Pumas in Nelspruit and the Bulls at Loftus Versfeld on March 4 and 16 respectively.

The Cell C Sharks return to Hollywoodbets Kings Park only on March 23, when they will host the Toyota Cheetahs to mark the halfway stage of their Carling Currie Cup campaign.

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@TheSharks

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CELL C SHARKS

HEAD COACH ETIENNE FYNN

MANAGER

LUSANDA MTIYA

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INNY RADEBE

15

YAW PENXE

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WERNER KOK

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(C) MARIUS LOUW

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MARNUS POTGIETER

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CURWIN BOSCH

10

CAMERON WRIGHT

09

SIKHUMBUZO NOTSHE

08

MPILO GUMEDE

07

JAMES VENTER

06

RENIEL HUGO

05

EMILE VAN HEERDEN

04

LOURENS ADRIAANSE

03

FEZ MBATHA

02

KHWEZI MONA

01

DAN JOOSTE

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DIAN BLEULER

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HANRO JACOBS

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LE ROUX ROETS

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THEMBELANI BHOLI

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OJ NOA

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SANELE NOHAMBA

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MURRAY KOSTER

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KICK OFF 20H00 REFEREE GRIFFIN COLBY

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SERGEAL PETERSEN

4

ANDRE MANUEL

3

MNOMBO ZWELENDABA

2

CORNEL SMIT

1

LEOLIN ZAS

0

TIM SWIEL (C)

9

GODLEN MASIMLA

8

KEKE MORABE

7

SIMON MILLER

6

ROELOF SMIT

5

DAVID MEIHUIZEN

4

CONNOR EVANS

3

LEE-MARVIN MAZIBUKO

2

CHAD SOLOMON

1

ALI VERMAAK

6

JACQUES GOOSEN

7

KWENZO BLOSE

8

CORNE WEILBACH

9

HILTON LOBBERTS

0

HANNES GOUS

1

THOMAS BURSEY

2

KADE WOLHUTER

3

ETHAN JAMES ASSISTANT REFEREES CWENGILE JADEZWENI & ZUKILE MADIKIZELA TMO EGON SECONDS

HEAD COACH

JEROME PAARWATER

MANAGER

GREG HECHTER

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MAJOR MATCHUP

KOK V ZWELENDABA Named World Rugby Sevens Player of the Year in 2015, as well top tackler in the series, Werner Kok claimed bronze with the Blitzboks at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Following stints with WP and Top 14 champions Toulouse in 2018 and 2019 respectively, Kok signed with the Cell C Sharks in 2020.

Since then, this live-wire three-quarter, who is equally at home at centre or on the wing, has brought heaps of energy and enthusiasm to the back division. Famous for his long blond locks, Kok has been particularly industrious in midfield of late, exhibiting with panache his characteristic defensive character.

Outside centre Mnombo Zwelendaba is one of an exciting clutch of young talent coming through in the Western Province ranks.

The 21-year-old was a star member of the Junior Springbok squad that won the bronze medal at the 2019 World Rugby U-20 Championship in Argentina.

Educated at the famous Selborne College in East London, Zwelendaba was already named in the Stormers squad for the Super Rugby Unlocked tournament in 2020, and, following some injury problems, celebrated his Carling Currie Cup debut for WP against the Lions during the opening round of this year’s domestic competition.

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CURRIE CUP LOG TEAM BULLS

P

W

D

L

PD

PTS

2

2

0

0

33

10

NEW NATION PUMAS

2

1

0

1

27

5

DHL WESTERN PROVINCE

2

1

0

1

-7

5

TOYOTA CHEETAHS

1

1

0

0

10

4

CELL C SHARKS

1

1

0

0

1

4

TAFEL LAGER GRIQUAS

2

0

0

0

-11

1

SIGMA LIONS

2

0

0

0

-53

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CURRIE CUP FIXTURES / RESULTS R0UND 2

WED, 19 JAN

CELL C SHARKS VS TAFEL LAGER GRIQUAS | 24-23

R0UND 3

WED, 2 FEB

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SAT, 19 FEB

SIGMA LIONS VS CELL C SHARKS

R0UND 5

FRI, 4 MAR

NEW NATION PUMAS VS CELL C SHARKS

R0UND 6

WED, 16 MAR

VODACOM BULLS VS CELL C SHARKS

R0UND 7

WED, 23 MAR

CELL C SHARKS VS TOYOTA CHEETAHS

R0UND 8

WED, 6 APR

TAFEL LAGER GRIQUAS VS CELL C SHARKS

R0UND 9

SAT, 16 APR

CELL C SHARKS VS VODACOM BULLS

R0UND 10

SAT, 7 MAY

CELL C SHARKS VS NEW NATION PUMAS

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SAT, 14 MAY

TOYOTA CHEETAHS VS CELL C SHARKS

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SAT, 4 JUNE

CELL C SHARKS VS SIGMA LIONS

R0UND 14

SAT, 11 JUNE

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