2004 Currie Cup Premier Division Explained

2004 Currie Cup Premier Division
Countries:	South Africa
Date:	2 July – 23 October 2004
Count:	21
Matches:	59
Tries:	431
Top Point Scorer:	Willem de Waal (192)
Top Try Scorer:	Ettienne Botha (18)
Prevseason:	2003
Nextseason:	2005

The 2004 Absa Currie Cup Premier Division season was the 66th season in the competition since it started in 1889. It was won by the, who defeated the 42-33 in the final at Loftus Versfeld on 23 October 2004. It was the first of three consecutive finals contested between the Blue Bulls and Free State Cheetahs. André Watson became the first-ever official to referee seven Currie Cup finals.^[1]

Competition

There were 8 participating teams in the 2004 Currie Cup Premier Division. These teams played each other twice over the course of the season, once at home and once away

Teams received four points for a win and two points for a draw. Bonus points were awarded to teams that score 4 or more tries in a game, as well as to teams losing a match by 7 points or less. Teams were ranked by log points.

The top 4 teams qualified for the title play-offs. In the semi-finals, the team that finished first had home advantage against the team that finished fourth, while the team that finished second had home advantage against the team that finished third. The winners of these semi-finals played each other in the final, at the home venue of the higher-placed team.

Teams

2004 Currie Cup Premier Division teams
Team	Sponsored Name	Stadium/s	Sponsored Name
	Blue Bulls		Securicor Loftus
	Free State Cheetahs		Vodacom Park
	Golden Lions		Ellis Park Stadium
	Griquas		ABSA Park
	@lantic Pumas		@lantic Stadium
	Sharks		ABSA Stadium
	SWD Eagles		Outeniqua Park
	Western Province		Newlands Stadium

Fixtures and results

Regular season

Round Fourteen

Title Play-Off Games

Final

Points scorers

The following table contain only points which have been scored in competitive games in the 2004 Currie Cup Premier Division.

All point scorers
No	Player	Team	T	C	P	DG	Pts<	-- Pos	Player	Team	Try	Con	Pen	DG	Pts-->
1			1	29	36	7	192
2			2	41	27	5	188
3			1	30	26	0	143
4	Nel Fourie		0	30	25	1	138
5			0	25	29	0	137
6			2	27	11	0	97
7			2	18	16	0	94
8			4	15	14	0	92
9			18	0	0	0	90
10			0	15	8	4	66
11	Egon Seconds		13	0	0	0	65
11			2	14	9	0	65
13			12	0	0	0	60
13			3	9	9	0	60
15	Morné Steyn		2	17	3	0	53
16			10	0	0	0	50
16	Bryan Habana		10	0	0	0	50
18			9	0	0	0	45
18	John Daniels		9	0	0	0	45
20			8	0	0	0	40
21			7	2	0	0	39
22			1	6	7	0	38
23	Johan Roets		7	1	0	0	37
23			4	4	3	0	37
25			0	6	8	0	36
26			7	0	0	0	35
26			7	0	0	0	35
28	Chumani Booi		6	2	0	0	34
29			6	0	0	0	30
	Anton Pitout		6	0	0	0	30
			6	0	0	0	30
	Henno Mentz		6	0	0	0	30
			6	0	0	0	30
			6	0	0	0	30
35	Gareth Wright		0	6	5	0	27
36	Jaque Fourie		5	0	0	0	25
			5	0	0	0	25
			5	0	0	0	25
			5	0	0	0	25
	Schalk Brits		5	0	0	0	25
			5	0	0	0	25
42			4	0	0	1	23
43	Jaco Gouws		4	1	0	0	22
44			4	0	0	0	20
			4	0	0	0	20
			4	0	0	0	20
			4	0	0	0	20
	Izak Saayman		4	0	0	0	20
			4	0	0	0	20
			4	0	0	0	20
			4	0	0	0	20
52	Earl Rose		2	3	1	0	19
53			3	0	0	0	15
			3	0	0	0	15
			3	0	0	0	15
	David Hendricks		3	0	0	0	15
	De Wet Barry		3	0	0	0	15
			3	0	0	0	15
			3	0	0	0	15
			3	0	0	0	15
	Josh Fowles		3	0	0	0	15
	Juan Smith		3	0	0	0	15
			3	0	0	0	15
	Pieter Rossouw		3	0	0	0	15
			3	0	0	0	15
	Schalk van der Merwe		3	0	0	0	15
			3	0	0	0	15
			3	0	0	0	15
			3	0	0	0	15
70	Corné Krige		2	0	0	1	13
71			2	0	0	0	10
			2	0	0	0	10
			2	0	0	0	10
	Danwel Demas		2	0	0	0	10
	Deon Kayser		2	0	0	0	10
			2	0	0	0	10
			2	0	0	0	10
	Gary Botha		2	0	0	0	10
	Grant Rees		2	0	0	0	10
			2	0	0	0	10
			2	0	0	0	10
			2	0	0	0	10
	Neil de Kock		2	0	0	0	10
			2	0	0	0	10
	Paul Delport		2	0	0	0	10
			2	0	0	0	10
			2	0	0	0	10
	Rayno Gerber		2	0	0	0	10
			2	0	0	0	10
	Roland Reid		2	0	0	0	10
	Rudi Durandt		2	0	0	0	10
	Sam Gerber		2	0	0	0	10
			2	0	0	0	10
			2	0	0	0	10
			2	0	0	0	10
	Tim Dlulane		2	0	0	0	10
	Warren Britz		2	0	0	0	10
	Craig Davidson		1	1	0	1	10
99			1	2	0	0	9
			0	0	3	0	9
	Donovan Raw		0	3	1	0	9
102			1	0	0	0	5
	Albertus Mulder		1	0	0	0	5
	Alten Hulme		1	0	0	0	5
			1	0	0	0	5
			1	0	0	0	5
	BJ Botha		1	0	0	0	5
			1	0	0	0	5
			1	0	0	0	5
			1	0	0	0	5
			1	0	0	0	5
			1	0	0	0	5
			1	0	0	0	5
			1	0	0	0	5
	Daan Human		1	0	0	0	5
			1	0	0	0	5
			1	0	0	0	5
			1	0	0	0	5
	Dawid Brits		1	0	0	0	5
			1	0	0	0	5
			1	0	0	0	5
			1	0	0	0	5
			1	0	0	0	5
	Francois van Schouwenburg		1	0	0	0	5
			1	0	0	0	5
	Gcobani Bobo		1	0	0	0	5
	Geo Cronjé		1	0	0	0	5
			1	0	0	0	5
	Gus Theron		1	0	0	0	5
	Heinrich Kok		1	0	0	0	5
	Isak Job		1	0	0	0	5
	Jaco Booysen		1	0	0	0	5
			1	0	0	0	5
			1	0	0	0	5
			1	0	0	0	5
			1	0	0	0	5
			1	0	0	0	5
			1	0	0	0	5
			1	0	0	0	5
			1	0	0	0	5
			1	0	0	0	5
			1	0	0	0	5
			1	0	0	0	5
			1	0	0	0	5
	Morne Kruger		1	0	0	0	5
			1	0	0	0	5
	Naka Drotské		1	0	0	0	5
	Neil Visagie		1	0	0	0	5
	Neil Fullard		1	0	0	0	5
	Nico Breedt		1	0	0	0	5
			1	0	0	0	5
			1	0	0	0	5
	Riaan Thomas		1	0	0	0	5
			1	0	0	0	5
	Rodger Smith		1	0	0	0	5
	Ross Skeate		1	0	0	0	5
			1	0	0	0	5
	Sasha Marot		1	0	0	0	5
	Showan Smith		1	0	0	0	5
			1	0	0	0	5
	Trevor Hall		1	0	0	0	5
			1	0	0	0	5
			1	0	0	0	5
			1	0	0	0	5
			1	0	0	0	5
		0	1	1	0	5
167			0	0	0	1	3
168	MJ Smith		0	1	0	0	2
			0	1	0	0	2
			0	1	0	0	2
			0	1	0	0	2
172	Penalty try	—	3	0	0	0	15

Legend: T = Tries, C = Conversions, P = Penalties, DG = Drop Goals, Pts = Points

Cards

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

Cards
Player	Team		<	-- Player	Team	Red	Yel-->
		1	1
		1	0
		1	0
		1	0
		1	0
		1	0
Danie Thiart		0	2
		0	2
Riaan Thomas		0	2
		0	2
		0	2
		0	1
		0	1
		0	1
		0	1
		0	1
		0	1
Connie Botha		0	1
		0	1
		0	1
		0	1
Egon Seconds		0	1
		0	1
		0	1
		0	1
		0	1
		0	1
Izak Saayman		0	1
John Daniels		0	1
		0	1
Pat Barnard		0	1
		0	1
Pieter Dixon		0	1
		0	1
Rob Linde		0	1
Schalk van der Merwe		0	1
		0	1
		0	1
		0	1
		0	1
		0	1
		0	1

Legend: = Red card (Sent off for the rest of the game), = Yellow card (Sent off for 10 minutes)

Notes and References

Web site: Watson to referee record seventh final . espnscrum.com . 18 October 2004 . 19 June 2014.