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.

The top six teams from 2014 – Western Province, Golden Lions, Sharks, Blue Bulls, Free State Cheetahs and Pumas – were guaranteed participation in the 2015 Currie Cup Premier Division, as is the 'anchor' side Eastern Province Kings.^[1]

2014 Currie Cup Premier Division side Griquas, 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 Leopards, Griffons, SWD Eagles, Falcons, Boland Cavaliers and Border Bulldogs – played in a qualifying tournament, with the winner qualifying to the 2015 Currie Cup Premier Division.^[2]

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.^[3] 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.

Boland Cavaliers

Border Bulldogs

Falcons

Griffons

Griquas

Leopards

SWD Eagles

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Location of teams in 2015 Currie Cup qualification

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:^[1]: 2

The final league standings for the 2015 Currie Cup qualification tournament are:^[4]

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.

The following fixtures for the 2015 Currie Cup qualification series were released:^[5]

	12 June 2015	Border Bulldogs	20–13	Griquas	Buffalo City Stadium, East London
	19:00	Try: Sipho Nofemele  49' Lukhanyo Am  55' Makazole Mapimpi  77' Con: Masixole Banda  78' (1/3) Pen: Masixole Banda  3' (1/1) Cards: Buhle Mxunyelwa 41' to 51'	Report[6] Scoreboard[7]	Try: Stephan Kotzé  45' Con: Gouws Prinsloo  46' (1/1) Pen: Gouws Prinsloo  21', 80' (2/3)	Referee: Rodney Boneparte

	12 June 2015	SWD Eagles	17–45	Leopards	Outeniqua Park, George
	19:00	Try: Elric van Vuuren  7' Wayne Khan  62' Con: Elric van Vuuren  8', 63' (2/2) Pen: Elric van Vuuren  1' (1/1) Cards: Janneman Stander 40' to 50'	Report[8] Scoreboard[9]	Try: Joe Smith  22' Wian Fourie  35' Adri Jacobs  47', 53', 79' Sergio Torrens  61' Con: Adriaan Engelbrecht  23', 36', 48', 54', 62', 80' (6/6) Pen: Adriaan Engelbrecht  6' (1/2)	Referee: Francois Pretorius

	13 June 2015	Boland Cavaliers	32–22	Griffons	Malmesbury Sports Grounds, Malmesbury
	15:00	Try: Senan van der Merwe  15', 24' Hanno Kitshoff  22' Wilneth Engelbrecht  36' Con: Eric Zana  16', 23', 37' (3/4) Pen: Eric Zana  10', 62' (2/2) Cards: Hanno Kitshoff 39' to 49'	Report[10] Scoreboard[11]	Try: Rudi Britz  34' Alvin Brandt  42' Tertius Maarman  66' Con: Louis Strydom  43', 67' (2/3) Pen: Louis Strydom  54' (1/1)	Referee: Stephan Geldenhuys

	20 June 2015	Leopards	53–7	Falcons	Olën Park, Potchefstroom
	14:30	Try: Adri Jacobs  5', 44', 51' Rhyno Smith  8' Adrian Vermeulen  48' Loftus Morrison  64' Robert Kruger  80' Con: Adriaan Engelbrecht  6', 9', 49', 52', 65', 81' (6/7) Pen: Adriaan Engelbrecht  15' (1/1) Drop: Rhyno Smith  22' (1/1)	Report[12] Scoreboard[13]	Try: Jaco Oosthuizen  55' Con: Jaun Kotzé  56' (1/1)	Referee: Quinton Immelman

	20 June 2015	Griffons	25–21	SWD Eagles	HT Pelatona Projects Stadium, Welkom
	15:00	Try: Nicky Steyn  27' Elgar Watts  62' Tertius Maarman  71' Con: Elgar Watts  28', 63' (2/3) Pen: Elgar Watts  15' (1/3) Franna du Toit  80' (1/1)	Report[14] Scoreboard[15]	Try: Janneman Stander  7' Alshaun Bock  50', 57' Con: Gerrit Smith  8', 51', 58' (3/3) Pen: Gerrit Smith (0/3) Cards: Dean Hopp 61' to 73'	Referee: Pro Legoete

	20 June 2015	Griquas	48–17	Boland Cavaliers	Griqua Park, Kimberley
	15:00	Try: Carel Greeff  3', 10', 28', 65' Riaan Viljoen  5' Steph Roberts  42' Rudi van Rooyen  72' Jono Janse van Rensburg  78' Con: Francois Brummer  4', 11', 29', 73' (4/7) Riaan Viljoen (0/1) Pen: Francois Brummer (0/1)	Report[16] Scoreboard[17]	Try: Hanno Kitshoff  56' Christian Rust  79' Con: Eric Zana  57', 80' (2/2) Pen: Eric Zana  32' (1/2) Cards: Yves Bashiya  77'	Referee: Stephan Geldenhuys

	27 June 2015	Boland Cavaliers	15–22	Border Bulldogs	Boland Stadium, Wellington
	14:00	Try: Adriaan Carelse  76' Chaney Willemse  79' Con: Christian Rust  77' (1/2) Pen: Eric Zana  14' (1/5) Cards: Clemen Lewis 29' to 39'	Report[18] Scoreboard[19]	Try: Masixole Banda  30', 51' Ntando Kebe  45' Con: Masixole Banda  31', 52' (2/3) Pen: Masixole Banda  36' (1/1)	Referee: Francois Pretorius

	27 June 2015	Falcons	22–17	SWD Eagles	Barnard Stadium, Kempton Park
	14:30	Try: Friedle Olivier  31' Jaco Oosthuizen  68' Coert Cronjé  75' Con: Jaun Kotzé  32', 69' (2/3) Pen: Jaun Kotzé  29' (1/2) Drop: Jaun Kotzé (0/1)	Report[20] Scoreboard[21]	Try: Wayne Khan  39' Christo du Plessis  46' Gerrit Smith  53' Con: Elric van Vuuren  46' (1/3) Pen: Elric van Vuuren (0/1) Cards: Leighton Eksteen 25' to 35' Andisa Ntsila 61' to 71'	Referee: Pro Legoete

	27 June 2015	Leopards	21–48	Griquas	Olën Park, Potchefstroom
	14:30	Try: Rhyno Smith  28' Damian Engledoe  70' Loftus Morrison  79' Con: Adriaan Engelbrecht  29', 71', 80' (3/3) Cards: Marno Redelinghuys 30' to 41'	Report[22] Scoreboard[23]	Try: Riaan Viljoen  11', 23' Johnathan Francke  16' Carel Greeff  18' Hilton Lobberts  34' Clinton Swart  37' Francois Brummer  64' RJ Liebenberg  76' Con: Gouws Prinsloo  12', 24', 38', 65' (4/8) Cards: Tian Meyer 26' to 36'	Referee: Ben Crouse

	3 July 2015	Border Bulldogs	12–13	Falcons	Buffalo City Stadium, East London
	19:00	Pen: Masixole Banda  18' (1/1) Logan Basson  39', 48', 60' (3/3) Cards: Wandile Putuma 55' to 66' Blake Kyd 56' to 66'	Report[24] Scoreboard[25]	Try: penalty try  56' Con: Jaun Kotzé  57' (1/1) Pen: Jaun Kotzé  13', 46' (2/4)	Referee: AJ Jacobs

	3 July 2015	SWD Eagles	28–28	Boland Cavaliers	Outeniqua Park, George
	19:00	Try: Johan Steyn  34' Con: Elric van Vuuren  35' (1/1) Pen: Elric van Vuuren  4', 9', 17', 19', 29', 65', 78' (7/8)	Report[26] Scoreboard[27]	Try: Danwel Demas  38', 59' Yves Bashiya  67' Con: Eric Zana  60', 68' (2/3) Pen: Eric Zana  32', 37' (2/2) Adriaan Carelse  79' (1/1) Cards: Edwin Sass  18'	Referee: Stephan Geldenhuys

	4 July 2015	Griquas	47–20	Griffons	Griqua Park, Kimberley
	15:15	Try: Johnathan Francke  32' Carel Greeff  48' Tian Meyer  51' Ntabeni Dukisa  57' Francois Brummer  60' Hugo Kloppers  70' Martin Bezuidenhout  75' Con: Gouws Prinsloo  33', 49', 52', 61', 71', 76' (6/7)	Report[28] Scoreboard[29]	Try: Vuyo Mbotho  78' Norman Nelson  80' Con: Louis Strydom  79' (1/1) Wynand Pienaar  80' (1/1) Pen: Franna du Toit  7', 31' (2/3) Drop: Tertius Maarman (0/1)	Referee: Lourens van der Merwe

	10 July 2015	SWD Eagles	19–13	Border Bulldogs	Outeniqua Park, George
	19:00	Try: Martin du Toit  7' Leighton Eksteen  10' Christo du Plessis  55' Con: Gerrit Smith  8', 11' (2/3) Pen: Gerrit Smith (0/1) Cards: Dean Hopp 69' to 79' Ashley Buys  79'	Report[30] Scoreboard[31]	Try: Ludwe Booi  73' Con: Logan Basson  74' (1/1) Pen: Logan Basson  4', 46' (2/2)	Referee: Quinton Immelman

	11 July 2015	Boland Cavaliers	29–16	Falcons	Boland Stadium, Wellington
	14:30	Try: Adriaan Carelse  49' Eric Zana  68', 83' Danwel Demas  75' Con: Eric Zana  50', 69', 76' (3/3) Ryno Conradie (0/1) Pen: Eric Zana (0/1) Drop: Adriaan Carelse  16' (1/1)	Report[32] Scoreboard[33]	Try: Marlyn Williams  57' Con: Jaun Kotzé  58' (1/1) Pen: Jaun Kotzé  28', 37', 40' (3/4)	Referee: Rodney Boneparte

	11 July 2015	Griffons	20–24	Leopards	HT Pelatona Projects Stadium, Welkom
	15:00	Try: Tertius Maarman  15' Vuyo Mbotho  17' Con: Louis Strydom  16', 18' (2/2) Pen: Louis Strydom  35', 43' (2/2)	Report[34] Scoreboard[35]	Try: Adrian Vermeulen  10' Tyler Fisher  23' Hanco Venter  49' Damian Engledoe  53' Con: Adriaan Engelbrecht  50', 54' (2/4)	Referee: Jaco van Heerden

	18 July 2015	Falcons	33–57	Griquas	Barnard Stadium, Kempton Park
	14:30	Try: Kyle Hendricks  11', 59', 65', 77' Arno Poley  70' Con: Jaun Kotzé  12', 60', 66', 71' (4/5) Cards: Jaun Kotzé 35' to 45'	Report[36] Scoreboard[37]	Try: AJ Coertzen  3', 24' Carel Greeff  33', 56' Tian Meyer  36' Johnathan Francke  38' Ntabeni Dukisa  41' Clinton Swart  46' Jono Janse van Rensburg  81' Con: Gouws Prinsloo  4', 34', 37', 39', 47', 57' (6/8) Riaan Viljoen (0/1)	Referee: Jaco van Heerden

	18 July 2015	Leopards	61–17	Boland Cavaliers	Olën Park, Potchefstroom
	14:30	Try: Dillon Smit  4', 20' Ashlon Davids  8' Rhyno Smith  26', 77' Tyler Fisher  34' Adrian Vermeulen  41' Sizo Maseko  65' Damian Engledoe  80' Con: Adriaan Engelbrecht  5', 9', 21', 35', 42', 66', 78', 81' (8/9) Cards: Tyler Fisher 68' to 78'	Report[38] Scoreboard[39]	Try: Arno Fortuin  32' Danwel Demas  37' Eric Zana  59' Con: Eric Zana (0/2) Christian Rust  60' (1/1) Pen: Eric Zana (0/2) Cards: Arno Fortuin  74'	Referee: Quinton Immelman

	18 July 2015	Griffons	43–20	Border Bulldogs	HT Pelatona Projects Stadium, Welkom
	15:00	Try: Tertius Maarman  2' Nicky Steyn  26', 41' Alvin Brandt  59' Japie Nel  70' Vuyo Mbotho  79' Con: Franna du Toit  3', 42' (2/3) Louis Strydom  60', 71', 80' (3/3) Pen: Franna du Toit  34' (1/1)	Report[40] Scoreboard[41]	Try: penalty try  50' Michael Makase  76' Con: Oliver Zono  51', 77' (2/2) Pen: Logan Basson  17', 20' (2/3)	Referee: Pro Legoete

	24 July 2015	Falcons	57–41	Griffons	Barnard Stadium, Kempton Park
	15:00	Try: Coert Cronjé  1', 39' Anrich Richter  10' Grant Janke  15', 60' Ernst Ladendorf  37' Jaun Kotzé  41' Kyle Hendricks  70' Friedle Olivier  80' Con: Jaun Kotzé  1', 10', 15', 37', 42', 61' (6/9)	Report[42] Scoreboard[43]	Try: Alvin Brandt  21', 75' Enver Brandt  28' Joe van der Hoogt  45', 54' Nicky Steyn  63' Con: Louis Strydom  21', 46', 55', 64' (4/5) Wynand Pienaar (0/1) Pen: Louis Strydom  34' (1/1)	Attendance: 50 Referee: Rodney Boneparte

	25 July 2015	Border Bulldogs	8–33	Leopards	Buffalo City Stadium, East London
	14:00	Try: Michael Makase  2' Con: Masixole Banda (0/1) Pen: Masixole Banda (0/1) Logan Basson  69' (1/1)	Report[44] Scoreboard[45]	Try: Hanco Venter  14' Loftus Morrison  33' Joe Smith  49', 65' Wian Fourie  79' Con: Adriaan Engelbrecht  15', 34', 66' (3/4) Rhyno Smith  80' (1/1)	Referee: Francois Pretorius

	25 July 2015	Griquas	41–21	SWD Eagles	Griqua Park, Kimberley
	15:00	Try: Carel Greeff  24', 48' Michael van der Spuy  37' Ntabeni Dukisa  41' AJ Coertzen  75' Martin Bezuidenhout  77' Con: Gouws Prinsloo  38', 42', 49', 78' (4/6) Pen: Gouws Prinsloo  66' (1/1)	Report[46] Scoreboard[47]	Try: Gerrit Smith  28' Luzuko Vulindlu  62' Con: Gerrit Smith  63' (1/2) Pen: Gerrit Smith  12', 32', 40' (3/4)	Referee: Marius van der Westhuizen

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

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The following table contain points which were scored in the 2015 Currie Cup qualification tournament:^[55]

The following table contains all the cards handed out during the tournament:^[56]

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

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

• 2015 Currie Cup Premier Division
• 2015 Currie Cup First Division
• 2015 Vodacom Cup
• 2015 Under-21 Provincial Championship Group A
• 2015 Under-21 Provincial Championship Group B
• 2015 Under-19 Provincial Championship Group A
• 2015 Under-19 Provincial Championship Group B