2016 Currie Cup Premier Division Explained

2016 Currie Cup Premier Division
Countries:	South Africa
Date:	5 August – 22 October 2016
Count:	5
Relegated:
Matches:	39
Tries:	321
Top Point Scorer:	Tian Schoeman (146)
Top Try Scorer:	Frank Herne, Huw Jones, Howard Mnisi, Kwagga Smith and Jamba Ulengo (7)
Prevseason:	2015
Nextseason:	2017

The 2016 Currie Cup Premier Division was the top tier of the second stage of the 2016 Currie Cup, the 78th edition of this annual South African rugby union competition organised by the South African Rugby Union. It was played between 5 August and 22 October 2016 and featured nine teams that qualified through the 2016 Currie Cup qualification competition.

The competition was won by the for the fifth time in their history; they beat the 36–16 in the final played on 22 October 2016.

The competition was reduced to seven teams for 2017, resulting in the and being relegated to the 2017 Currie Cup First Division.

Competition rules and information

There are nine participating teams in the 2016 Currie Cup Premier Division.

Qualification

See main article: 2016 Currie Cup qualification.

The six franchise teams automatically qualified for the 2016 Currie Cup Premier Division, and were joined by the three highest-placed non-franchise teams from the 2016 Currie Cup qualification stage. Points will not be carried over to the Premier Division.

Regular season and title playoffs

The nine teams that qualified for the Premier Division will play against each other over the course of the competition, either at home or away. Teams will receive four points for a win and two points for a draw. Bonus points will be awarded to teams that score four or more tries in a game, as well as to teams that lose a match by seven points or less. Teams will be ranked by log points, then points difference (points scored less points conceded).

The top four teams will qualify for the semifinals, which will be followed by a final.^[1]

Relegation

In March 2017, the South African Rugby Union decided to reduce the competition to seven teams for 2017 Currie Cup Premier Division. The seven teams with the best record over the past five years were selected to remain in the Premier Division, which resulted in the and being relegated to the 2017 Currie Cup First Division.^[2]

Teams

The teams that qualified for the 2016 Currie Cup Premier Division are:^[1]

Team Listing

2016 Currie Cup Premier Division teams
Team	Sponsored Name	Stadium/s	Sponsored Name
	Vodacom Blue Bulls		Loftus Versfeld
	Boland Cavaliers		Boland Stadium
	Eastern Province Kings		Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium
	Toyota Free State Cheetahs		Free State Stadium
	Xerox Golden Lions		Emirates Airline Park
	Griquas		Griqua Park
	Steval Pumas		Mbombela Stadium
	Cell C Sharks		Growthpoint Kings Park
	DHL Western Province		DHL Newlands

Standings

The final log for the 2016 Currie Cup Premier Division was:

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 – 2016 Currie Cup Premier Division
Team	R1	R2	R3	R4	R1	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	SF	F
	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	5 (1st)	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	10 (1st)	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	14 (2nd)	style="background:#ECECEC;"	14 (2nd)	style="background:#ECECEC;"	14 (2nd)	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	19 (2nd)	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	24 (1st)	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	29 (1st)	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	34 (1st)	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	39 (1st)	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	Won	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	Won
	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	5 (3rd)	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	5 (4th)	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	10 (3rd)	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	11 (4th)	style="background:#ECECEC;"	11 (5th)	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	15 (3rd)	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	20 (3rd)	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	25 (3rd)	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	30 (2nd)	style="background:#ECECEC;"	30 (2nd)	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	Won	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	Lost
	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	1 (4th)	style="background:#ECECEC;"	1 (6th)	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	2 (7th)	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	7 (6th)	style="background:#ECECEC;"	7 (6th)	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	12 (6th)	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	13 (6th)	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	18 (5th)	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	23 (4th)	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	27 (3rd)	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	Lost
	style="background:#ECECEC;"	0 (5th)	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	5 (3rd)	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	7 (4th)	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	12 (3rd)	style="background:#ECECEC;"	12 (4th)	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	12 (5th)	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	17 (5th)	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	17 (6th)	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	22 (5th)	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	26 (4th)	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	Lost
	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	5 (2nd)	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	10 (2nd)	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	15 (1st)	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	19 (1st)	style="background:#ECECEC;"	19 (1st)	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	20 (1st)	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	20 (2nd)	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	25 (2nd)	style="background:#ECECEC;"	25 (3rd)	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	25 (5th)
	style="background:#ECECEC;"	0 (5th)	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	0 (9th)	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	4 (6th)	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	9 (5th)	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	14 (3rd)	style="background:#ECECEC;"	14 (4th)	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	19 (4th)	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	19 (4th)	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	20 (6th)	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	21 (6th)
	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	0 (9th)	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	5 (5th)	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	5 (5th)	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	5 (7th)	style="background:#ECECEC;"	5 (7th)	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	9 (7th)	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	9 (7th)	style="background:#ECECEC;"	9 (7th)	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	10 (7th)	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	12 (7th)
	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	0 (8th)	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	1 (7th)	style="background:#ECECEC;"	1 (9th)	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	3 (8th)	style="background:#ECECEC;"	3 (8th)	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	5 (8th)	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	5 (8th)	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	5 (8th)	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	5 (8th)	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	10 (8th)
	style="background:#ECECEC;"	0 (5th)	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	0 (8th)	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	1 (8th)	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	1 (9th)	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	1 (9th)	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	1 (9th)	style="background:#ECECEC;"	1 (9th)	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	1 (9th)	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	1 (9th)	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	1 (9th)

Key:	win	draw	loss	bye

Matches

The following matches were played in the 2016 Currie Cup Premier Division:

Round one

The 2016 Currie Cup Premier Division got off to a turbulent start after the reached the 2016 Super Rugby final and requested that the be given a bye in Round One of the competition. In addition, the were liquidated the day before the competition was due to kick off. They were reformed with the help of their local municipal council, but with no coaches or players in place, their Round One match against was also postponed. On the field, the action got underway in Pretoria, where the beat 2015 losing finalists 45–26. They scored six tries, with Tian Schoeman kicking 15 points, while Western Province responded with four tries, all in the final twenty minutes of the match. In the other match played on the Friday evening, the beat the 33–10 in Nelspruit, outscoring the hosts by five tries to one. The biggest victory of the weekend came in the Saturday match, with the beating 44–16 in Wellington, also scoring five tries to one to go top of the log. Fred Zeilinga scored nineteen points in that match, the most by any player in Round One.

Round two

The retained their spot at the top of the Currie Cup after outscoring the by six tries to two in a 43–20 victory in their match in Bloemfontein, while the kept pace with them by also securing a bonus-point victory in their match against, scoring six tries in a 46–24 victory in Durban. The started their title defense in style, with lock Lourens Erasmus scoring a try just 8.5 seconds into their match against the, a new Currie Cup record for the fastest-ever try. The Golden Lions won the match 68–26 to move into third position on the log, scoring ten tries in the process, of which winger Anthony Volmink scored two. In the other match of the weekend, the secured their first win of the season, winning 28–10 in their first match against the in the Currie Cup Premier Division since 1999.

Round three

The secured their third consecutive bonus-points victory against the in Wellington, scoring six tries in a 41–20 win to leap-frog the into top spot on the log. Although the Cheetahs also won their third match in the competition – a 32–25 victory over with fly-half Fred Zeilinga contributing 22 points – their two tries were not enough to secure a bonus point. The remained in third position on the log after a high-scoring victory over the ; two tries from Jamba Ulengo and 19 points from Tian Schoeman's boot helped the side to a 49–35 victory over an EP Kings side who secured their first log point of the season by scoring five tries of their own. In the other match, the lost their first match since the 2014 Currie Cup Final, with Kimberley-based side beating them 30–24.

Round four

The extended their lead at the top of the Currie Cup log to four points after securing a 26–19 victory over the, with fullback Curwin Bosch getting a "full house" – scoring points through all four methods (try, conversion, penalty and drop goal) – for a personal points tally of 21 points. The remained in second position on the log despite having a bye, while the moved ahead of the Blue Bulls following a 60–12 victory over the in Johannesburg, with Selom Gavor scoring two of the Lions' nine tries and fly-half Marnitz Boshoff kicking 15 points. maintained their play-off push with a 41–35 victory over the in Nelspruit, with both teams scoring four tries. Griquas centre Clinton Swart matched Bosch's 21 points in the match, eclipsing Pumas fly-half Francois Brummer's 15 points, while Rudi van Rooyen scored two tries for the visitors. In the other match of the round, moved up to sixth place after beating bottom side 36–6, with Huw Jones getting a hat-trick of tries for the team from Cape Town.

Round One (rescheduled)

A midweek match saw secure their third consecutive victory in the competition to move into third position on the log, while cementing the ' last place. Griquas also picked up a bonus point by virtue of scoring seven tries, with fullback AJ Coertzen getting two.

Round Five

Despite suffering their first defeat of the season to, a bonus point in a 27–34 defeat saw the maintain top spot in the competition. Curwin Bosch was again the Sharks' main points contributor with 18 points through five penalties and converting one of the Sharks' two tries, but Western Province secured the victory after scoring five tries, with outside centre EW Viljoen scoring two in his first start of the season. The made it four wins out of four with a 57–25 win over a team that played their third match in a week, to move to within a single log point of the Sharks, with Nico Lee, Charles Marais and Paul Schoeman each scoring two of the Cheetahs' nine tries. The moved into the top four with a 31–17 victory over Gauteng rivals the, with the help of 16 points from the boot of Tian Schoeman, pushing Griquas into fourth position and the Lions out of the play-off spots into fifth. In the other match of the round, the secured a narrow 25–22 win over the in Wellington to secure their second victory of the season, with the Pumas remaining winless.

Round Six

The moved into top spot on the log after beating the 38–30 in a top-of-the-log clash in Durban. They scored five tries, with Fred Zeilinga successfully converting them all, while 20 points from the boot of Curwin Bosch was not enough for the Sharks, who dropped to second place. The secured their fourth win of the season to remain in third place, scoring six tries in a 41–14 win over the in Nelspruit, with winger Jamba Ulengo scoring a brace. remained in the final semi-final spot after securing a fourth consecutive victory, with 21 points from Clinton Swart and a brace of tries by Elgar Watts helping the team to a 46–22 victory over the . The remained two points behind Griquas after beating 58–32 in the most high-scoring match of the round. They scored eight tries (with Kwagga Smith scoring two) and Jaco van der Walt kicked 18 points, while Jacques Vermeulen scored two tries for Western Province.

Round Seven

The became the first team to secure a semi-final berth after winning their sixth consecutive match, beating the 37–29 in Bloemfontein. The Cheetahs had different try scorers for all five of their tries, while the Golden Lions relied on the boot of Jaco van der Walt, who kicked 16 of his side's points. After two consecutive defeats, the returned to winning ways, securing the first whitewash of the season after beating bottom side 53–0, scoring nine tries in the match. The remained level on log points with the Sharks after scoring a half-century of their own, beating 57–20 in Pretoria. Piet van Zyl scored two if his side's eight tries, while Tian Schoeman kicked 17 points. While Griquas remained in the final semi-final position despite the defeat, fifth-placed closed the gap by beating the 31–23 in Cape Town.

Round Eight

The made it sevens wins in a row after a 52–10 victory over the in Nelspruit. Rayno Benjamin scored a hat-trick of tries in the match with Paul Schoeman getting a brace, as the Cheetahs ensured that they would top the log and have home advantage in the semifinal and possible final. A 48–26 victory by the over the in Wellington meant that they would join the Cheetahs in the play-offs. Hanro Liebenberg scored two of the Blue Bulls' seven tries in their final match of the regular season, while Theuns Kotzé also scored two tries for the home side. The biggest margin of victory came in the match between the and the in Port Elizabeth, with the visitors winning 71–7. Golden Lions captain Kwagga Smith scored a hat-trick, with Howard Mnisi and Jacques Nel each contributing two of the Lions' eleven tries. also won their match against in Kimberley, meaning all four fixtures resulted in away wins. Six different try scorers and 22 points kicked by Robert du Preez saw Western Province move into the top four, behind a team that enjoyed a bye weekend, while Griquas dropped to sixth place despite picking up a bonus point for scoring four tries of their own.

Round Nine

In the first match of the weekend, defending champions the secured a place in the semifinals after beating the 28–16 in Johannesburg. The result meant that the Sharks needed the to get an unlikely victory against a few hours later. Boland ran in four tries to lead 28–20 with 8 minutes to go, but Western Province scored a converted try and a 78th–minute penalty through fly-half Robert du Preez to secure the final semi-final spot in dramatic fashion, winning the match 30–28. The final match on the Friday night saw the travel to the for a match between the bottom two teams on the log, both without a win to their name prior to this match. The Pumas edged the match 38–30, with hooker Frank Herne scoring a hat-trick of tries in his team's only win of the season. The final group match in the competition was a dead rubber; top side outscored by 9 tries to 4 to win 63–26; scrum-half Shaun Venter got a brace, while fly-half Niel Marais contributed 17 points through one try and 6 conversions.

Semi-finals

The maintained their unbeaten record in the season with an emphatic 55–17 victory over the . They scored six tries, with right winger Sergeal Petersen getting a hat-trick, while fly-half Niel Marais added 21 points, successfully kicking three conversions and five penalties in the match. fly-half Tian Schoeman replicated Marais' kicking record in his side's 36–30 victory over in the second semi-final, which ended in dramatic fashion as the Blue Bulls scored a try in the 78th minute through replacement scrum-half Ivan van Zyl – in his first appearance of the season – to overturn Western Province's lead. These results meant that the Free State Cheetahs qualified for their first final since 2009, when they also met the in the final, and their first home final since 2006, when the same two teams drew 28–all after extra time to share the title.

Final

The beat the 36–16 to win the Currie Cup for the fifth time in their history and for the first time since 2007. The first half delivered no tries, with Free State Cheetahs fly-half Niel Marais kicking six penalties against Blue Bulls fly-half Tian Schoeman's three penalties for an 18–9 half-time lead. A converted Clayton Blommetjies try and two more penalties extended the Free State Cheetahs' lead to 31–9 by the 67th minute. A Piet van Zyl try in the 74th minute briefly gave the Blue Bulls some hope, but the Free State Cheetahs responded with a try of their own through Sergeal Petersen just two minutes later to put the result beyond any doubt. Niel Marais contributed 21 points for the home side by kicking seven penalties; a new Currie Cup final record, surpassing the six penalties scored by Thierry Lacroix in the 1995 final and by Patrick Lambie in the 2012 final.

Honours

The honour roll for the 2016 Currie Cup Premier Division was:

2016 Currie Cup Premier Division Honours
Champions:	(5th title)
Top Try Scorers:	Frank Herne, Pumas Huw Jones, Western Province Howard Mnisi, Golden Lions Kwagga Smith, Golden Lions and Jamba Ulengo, Blue Bulls (11)
Top Points Scorer:	Tian Schoeman, Blue Bulls (146)

Players

Squads

The following squads were named for the 2016 Currie Cup Premier Division:

Blue Bulls squad
	Jacobie Adriaanse Arno Botha Nick de Jager Martin Dreyer Lizo Gqoboka Irné Herbst Jason Jenkins John-Roy Jenkinson Jannes Kirsten Hanro Liebenberg Bandise Maku Edgar Marutlulle Nqoba Mxoli Marvin Orie Pierre Schoeman Roelof Smit Eli Snyman RG Snyman Ruan Steenkamp Entienne Swanepoel Jaco Visagie Did not play: Andrew Beerwinkel Clyde Davids Corniel Els Aston Fortuin Neethling Fouché Njabulo Gumede Freddy Ngoza Abongile Nonkontwana Trevor Nyakane Adriaan Strauss Tapiwa Tsomondo Jan van der Merwe Ruben van Heerden
	Bjorn Basson Ulrich Beyers Travis Ismaiel Tony Jantjies Dan Kriel Duncan Matthews Burger Odendaal Rudy Paige Divan Rossouw Tian Schoeman Joshua Stander Jade Stighling Dries Swanepoel Jamba Ulengo Ivan van Zyl Piet van Zyl André Warner Did not play: Alcino Izaacs JT Jackson Jesse Kriel Manie Libbok Kefentse Mahlo Kobus Marais Ganfried May Franco Naudé Luther Obi Marquit September Jan Serfontein
	Nollis Marais

Boland Cavaliers squad
	Shaun Adendorff Kenan Cronjé Jacques Engelbrecht Francois Esterhuyzen Francois Hanekom Joubert Horn Zandré Jordaan Hanno Kitshoff Clemen Lewis Shaun McDonald Enoch Mnyaka Basil Short Linda Thwala Ockie van Zyl Chadley Wenn SP Wessels Chaney Willemse Wayne Wilschut Did not play: Yves Bashiya Gareth Cilliers JC Genade Ferdie Horn Ludio Williams
	Logan Basson Christopher Bosch Adriaan Carelse Jovelian de Koker Danwel Demas Marnus Hugo Gerhard Jordaan Theuns Kotzé Robbie Louw Ryan Nell Craig Pheiffer Nico Scheepers Sergio Torrens Gerrit van Wyk William van Wyk PJ Vermeulen Did not play: Edwin Sass
	Brent Janse van Rensburg

Eastern Province Kings squad
	David Antonites Martin Bezuidenhout Brandon Brown Cullen Collopy Christiaan de Bruin Schalk Ferreira Sebastian Ferreira Justin Forwood Tazz Fuzani Dirk Grobbelaar Hannes Huisamen Vince Jobo Caylib Oosthuizen Etienne Oosthuizen Dylan Pieterse Barend Potgieter Vukile Sofisa Pieter Stemmet Luke van der Smit Warrick Venter Mike Willemse Did not play: Dolph Botha
	Pieter-Steyn de Wet Jacques Fick Lungelo Gosa JC Greyling Alcino Izaacs Berton Klaasen Kobus Marais Sampie Mastriet Ganfried May Sphu Msutwana Minenhle Mthethwa Waylon Murray Ricky Schroeder Siviwe Soyizwapi Johann Tromp Vian van der Watt
	Barend Pieterse

Free State Cheetahs squad
	Justin Basson Tom Botha Tienie Burger Uzair Cassiem Aranos Coetzee Jacques du Toit Joseph Dweba Elandré Huggett Reniel Hugo Niell Jordaan Armandt Koster Charles Marais Ox Nché Paul Schoeman Boela Serfontein Torsten van Jaarsveld Conraad van Vuuren Henco Venter Carl Wegner Did not play: Luan de Bruin Danie Mienie Oupa Mohojé Gerhard Olivier Boom Prinsloo Neil Rautenbach BG Uys Dennis Visser
	Rayno Benjamin Clayton Blommetjies Maphutha Dolo Sias Ebersohn Nico Lee Niel Marais Tian Meyer Zee Mkhabela Sergeal Petersen Raymond Rhule William Small-Smith Michael van der Spuy Francois Venter Shaun Venter Fred Zeilinga Did not play: Reinhardt Erwee Tertius Kruger Mosolwa Mafuma JP Smith Ruan van Rensburg
	Franco Smith

Golden Lions squad
	Justin Ackerman Ruan Ackermann Fabian Booysen Cyle Brink Robbie Coetzee Bobby de Wee Stephan de Wit Ruan Dreyer JP du Preez Lourens Erasmus Andries Ferreira Corné Fourie Ruaan Lerm MB Lusaseni Malcolm Marx Martin Muller Julian Redelinghuys Ramone Samuels Pieter Scholtz Victor Sekekete Dylan Smith Kwagga Smith Akker van der Merwe Jacques van Rooyen
	JW Bell Marnitz Boshoff Andries Coetzee Ross Cronjé Ashlon Davids Faf de Klerk Selom Gavor Stokkies Hanekom Rohan Janse van Rensburg Sylvian Mahuza Koch Marx Howard Mnisi Jacques Nel Courtnall Skosan Dillon Smit Jaco van der Walt Anthony Volmink
	Johan Ackermann

Griquas squad
	Jonathan Adendorf Marius Fourie Jason Fraser Liam Hendricks Jono Janse van Rensburg Sias Koen Stephan Kotzé AJ le Roux RJ Liebenberg Hilton Lobberts Thabo Mabuza Devon Martinus Steven Meiring Chase Morison Wandile Putuma Steph Roberts Sidney Tobias Steph Vermeulen Wendal Wehr Mzwanele Zito
	Ederies Arendse Alshaun Bock Renier Botha AJ Coertzen Ntabeni Dukisa Johnathan Francke JW Jonker Steven Moir Clinton Swart André Swarts Rudi van Rooyen Elgar Watts Eric Zana Did not play: Tiaan Dorfling
	Peter Engledow

Pumas squad
	Louis Albertse Renaldo Bothma Marné Coetzee François du Toit Carel Greeff Stephan Greeff Lambert Groenewald Wiehan Hay Frank Herne Reuben Johannes Jeremy Jordaan Hugo Kloppers Jacques Kotzé Khwezi Mona Dylan Peterson Marnus Schoeman Brian Shabangu Jannie Stander De-Jay Terblanche Nardus van der Walt Simon Westraadt Did not play: Rassie Jansen van Vuuren Sabelo Nhlapo
	Bernado Botha Francois Brummer Tyler Fisher Deon Helberg Ruwellyn Isbell JP Lewis Kevin Luiters Hoffmann Maritz Marcello Sampson Hennie Skorbinski Heinrich Steyl Emile Temperman Marlou van Niekerk Reynier van Rooyen Justin van Staden Leighton van Wyk Devon Williams Did not play: Johan Herbst Wilmaure Louw
	MJ Mentz

Sharks squad
	Lourens Adriaanse JC Astle Ruan Botha Dale Chadwick Keegan Daniel Jean Deysel Jean Droste Jean-Luc du Preez Thomas du Toit Francois Kleinhans Stephan Lewies Khaya Majola Franco Marais John-Hubert Meyer Tera Mtembu Etienne Oosthuizen Chiliboy Ralepelle Juan Schoeman Philip van der Walt Did not play: Hyron Andrews Stephan Coetzee Dan du Preez Johan du Toit Tendai Mtawarira Coenie Oosthuizen
	Lukhanyo Am Garth April Curwin Bosch Michael Claassens André Esterhuizen Patrick Lambie Neil Maritz Wandile Mjekevu Lwazi Mvovo Odwa Ndungane Inny Radebe S'bura Sithole Rhyno Smith Stefan Ungerer Hanco Venter Heimar Williams Did not play: Benhard Janse van Rensburg Morné Joubert Marius Louw S'busiso Nkosi Cobus Reinach
	Robert du Preez

Western Province squad
	Eital Bredenkamp Nizaam Carr Jan de Klerk Rynhardt Elstadt Martin Ferreira JC Janse van Rensburg Oli Kebble Wilco Louw Bongi Mbonambi Sikhumbuzo Notshe Scarra Ntubeni Neil Rautenbach David Ribbans JD Schickerling Sti Sithole JP Smith Chad Solomon Kobus van Dyk Jurie van Vuuren Chris van Zyl Alistair Vermaak Jacques Vermeulen Mike Willemse Stefan Willemse Did not play: Beyers de Villiers Janco Venter
	Damian de Allende Juan de Jongh Daniël du Plessis Robert du Preez Dewaldt Duvenage Huw Jones Werner Kok Cheslin Kolbe Johnny Kôtze Godlen Masimla Khanyo Ngcukana Jaco Taute Brandon Thomson Scott van Breda Kobus van Wyk Jano Vermaak EW Viljoen Leolin Zas Did not play: Justin Phillips
	John Dobson

Appearances and points

Blue Bulls
Name									SF	F	App	Try	Kck	Pts
	1	1	17		1		1		23	23	7	0	0	0
Jaco Visagie	2	2	2	2	2	16	2	16	2	2	10	0	0	0
	3	3	3								3	0	0	0
Jason Jenkins	4	4					18	18	18	4	6	2	0	10
Marvin Orie	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	10	2	0	10
Ruan Steenkamp	6	6	6	6	6	6					6	1	0	5
Jannes Kirsten	7	7	7	7			19	19	7	7	8	2	0	10
Arno Botha (c)	8	8	8	8	7				8	8	7	0	0	0
Piet van Zyl	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9		20	9	4	0	20
Tian Schoeman	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	2	136	146
Jamba Ulengo	11	14	14	11	11	11	11	14	11	11	10	7	0	35
	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	1	0	5
	13			13	13	13	13	13	13	13	8	0	0	0
Jade Stighling	14										1	1	0	5
Bjorn Basson	15	11	11				22	11	22	22	7	4	0	20
Bandise Maku	16			16	16	2	16	2	16	16	7	0	0	0
Nqoba Mxoli	17										1	0	0	0
Eli Snyman	18										1	0	0	0
	19	19	20	19	8	8	8	8	19	19	10	3	0	15
André Warner	20	20	21	20	20	20	20				7	0	0	0
Tony Jantjies	21										1	0	0	0
Dan Kriel	22	13	13								3	0	0	0
Ulrich Beyers		15		22	22	15	15	15	15	15	8	3	0	15
		16	16								2	0	0	0
Martin Dreyer		17		17	17	17	3	17	17	17	8	0	0	0
RG Snyman		18	4	4	4	4	4	4	4		8	1	0	5
Joshua Stander		21	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	8	2	6	16
Duncan Matthews		22	15	15	15						4	0	0	0
Lizo Gqoboka			1	1		1		1	1	1	6	1	0	5
			18	3	3	3		3	3	3	7	0	0	0
Irné Herbst			19			18					2	0	0	0
Travis Ismaiel				14	14	14	14		14	14	6	3	0	15
Nick de Jager				18	18	7	7	7		18	6	2	0	10
Roelof Smit					19	19	6	6	6	6	6	1	0	5
Divan Rossouw						22		22			2	0	0	0
							17				1	0	0	0
Rudy Paige								20	9	9	3	0	0	0
Ivan van Zyl									20		1	1	0	5
											–	1	–	5
Total											10	44	142	362

Andrew Beerwinkel, Clyde Davids, Corniel Els, Aston Fortuin, Neethling Fouché, Njabulo Gumede, Alcino Izaacs, JT Jackson, Jesse Kriel, Manie Libbok, Kefentse Mahlo, Kobus Marais, Ganfried May, Franco Naudé, Freddy Ngoza, Abongile Nonkontwana, Trevor Nyakane, Luther Obi, Marquit September, Jan Serfontein, Adriaan Strauss, Tapiwa Tsomondo, Jan van der Merwe and Ruben van Heerden were named in the Currie Cup Premier Division squad, but not included in a matchday squad.

Boland Cavaliers
Name									SF	F	App	Try	Kck	Pts
SP Wessels	1	1	1	18	17	1	1				7	0	0	0
Clemen Lewis	2		16	16	2	2	2	2			7	1	0	5
Basil Short	3	3	3	3		17	3	1			7	0	0	0
Shaun McDonald	4	4	4	7	7	7	4	4			8	0	0	0
Hanno Kitshoff	5	5	5	4	4	4	20	5			8	0	0	0
Kenan Cronjé	6	6	20	20	20		6				6	1	0	5
	7	7	7		8	8	7	7			7	1	0	5
Zandré Jordaan	8	8	8			19	8	8			6	2	0	10
Marnus Hugo	9	9	9	21	9	9	9	9			8	0	0	0
	10	10	10	15	15	10	15	15			8	3	2	17
Danwel Demas	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	14			8	3	0	15
	12	12	13	13	13	12	12				7	1	0	5
Ryan Nell (c)	13	13	12	12	12						5	1	0	5
Sergio Torrens	14	14	14	14		14		22			6	2	0	10
Nico Scheepers	15	15	15								3	0	22	22
Chadley Wenn	16	2									2	0	0	0
Francois Hanekom	17	17	18	1			18	3			6	1	0	5
Joubert Horn	18	18	19	5	5	5	5	20			8	1	0	5
Chaney Willemse	19	19									2	0	0	0
	20	20	21								3	0	0	0
William van Wyk	21	21									1	0	0	0
Craig Pheiffer	22	22				21					2	1	0	5
		16	2	2	16	16	16	16			6	0	0	0
			6	6	6	6		6			5	2	0	10
Enoch Mnyaka			17	17	3	3	17	17			6	0	0	0
Theuns Kotzé			22	10	10	15	10	10			6	2	33	43
Wayne Wilschut				8	19	18	19	19			4	1	0	5
Gerhard Jordaan				9	21	20	21	21			4	0	0	0
Ockie van Zyl				19	18						1	0	0	0
Gerrit van Wyk				22	14		13	13			4	0	0	0
Linda Thwala					1			18			2	0	0	0
Robbie Louw					22	13	22				3	1	0	5
Logan Basson						22	14	11			3	0	0	0
PJ Vermeulen								12			1	0	0	0
Total											8	24	57	177

Yves Bashiya, Gareth Cilliers, JC Genade, Ferdie Horn, Edwin Sass and Ludio Williams were named in the Currie Cup Premier Division squad, but not included in a matchday squad.

Eastern Province Kings
Name									SF	F	App	Try	Kck	Pts
Schalk Ferreira (c)	1										1	0	0	0
Mike Willemse	2	2	2		2						4	1	0	5
Vukile Sofisa	3	3	3		3	17	17	3			7	0	0	0
Tazz Fuzani	4	4	4					4			4	0	0	0
	5	5					4				3	0	0	0
Vince Jobo	6	6	6		6	6	19				6	1	0	5
	7	7	5		5	5	5	7			7	0	0	0
	8	8	8		8	8	8	8			7	0	0	0
Ricky Schroeder	9	9	9		9	9	9	9			7	1	0	5
Kobus Marais	10	10	10		21						4	0	21	21
	11	11	11		11	11	11	11			7	1	0	5
Waylon Murray	12	12				12	12	12			5	0	0	0
Johann Tromp	13	15	15		15		15	15			6	3	0	15
Alcino Izaacs	14			11		22	14				4	2	0	10
	15	14	14	22	14	14		14			7	1	0	5
Martin Bezuidenhout	16	16	16	2	16	2	2	2			8	1	0	5
Justin Forwood	17	1	1		1	3	1				6	0	0	0
	18			8							2	0	0	0
Brandon Brown	19		20	7	19	7	7	6			7	1	0	5
Jacques Fick	20	20		9							2	0	0	0
Berton Klaasen	21	13	12		12	13	13	13			7	2	0	10
Lungelo Gosa	22	22	21	10		15	21	22			7	0	9	9
Barend Potgieter		17	17	1	17	1		1			6	0	0	0
Etienne Oosthuizen		18	7	18	7	18	18	18			7	0	0	0
		19	19	6		19	6	19			6	0	0	0
Minenhle Mthethwa		21		14		21					3	0	0	0
JC Greyling			13	12	13		22				4	1	0	5
Dylan Pieterse			18	5	4	4		5			5	0	0	0
Ganfried May			22	15	22						3	0	0	0
Pieter Stemmet				3			3	17			3	0	0	0
				4	18						2	0	0	0
Sphu Msutwana				13							1	0	0	0
Warrick Venter				16		16		16			2	0	0	0
				17							1	0	0	0
Cullen Collopy				19			16	20			2	1	0	5
Vian van der Watt				20	20	20	20	21			5	0	0	0
				21	10	10	10	10			5	0	27	27
Total											8	16	57	137

Dolph Botha was named in the Currie Cup Premier Division squad, but not included in a matchday squad.

Free State Cheetahs
Name									SF	F	App	Try	Kck	Pts
Ox Nché	1	1	17	1	1	1	17	1	1	17	10	2	0	10
Joseph Dweba	2										1	0	0	0
Tom Botha	3	3	18	3	3	3					6	1	0	5
Carl Wegner	4	4	4	4							4	0	0	0
Reniel Hugo	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	10	1	0	5
Paul Schoeman	6	6	6	6	6	6	6		6	6	9	4	0	20
Uzair Cassiem	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	10	4	0	20
Niell Jordaan	8	8	8	8	20	8	8	8	8	8	10	1	0	5
Shaun Venter	9	20	21	20	21	9	9	9	9	9	10	5	0	25
Fred Zeilinga	10	10	10	10	10	21	21	21	21	21	9	0	90	90
Raymond Rhule	11	11	11	11	11	11		11	11	11	9	3	0	15
	12	12	12	12		12	22	22			7	2	0	10
Francois Venter (c)	13	13					13	13	13	13	6	3	0	15
	14						14		14	14	4	5	0	25
	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	10	3	0	15
Jacques du Toit	16	16	2	16	16	16	2	2	16	16	10	0	0	0
Charles Marais	17	17	1	17	17	17	1	17	17	1	10	2	0	10
Justin Basson	18	18	19	18	4	4	4	4	4	4	9	0	0	0
Henco Venter	19	19	20	19	8			6	19	19	8	1	0	5
Tian Meyer	20	9	9	9	9	20			20	20	8	3	0	15
Sias Ebersohn	21										1	0	0	0
Rayno Benjamin	22	14	14	14	14	14	11	14	22	22	10	6	0	30
		2	16	2	2	2		16	2	2	8	1	0	5
Niel Marais		21	22	21	22	10	10	10	10	10	8	2	82	92
Maphutha Dolo		22									1	0	0	0
Aranos Coetzee			3				3	3	3	3	5	0	0	0
Nico Lee			13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	8	4	0	20
				22	12	22					3	1	0	5
Armandt Koster					18	18	18		18	18	5	0	0	0
Tienie Burger					19	19	19	19			3	0	0	0
Elandré Huggett							16				1	1	0	5
Zee Mkhabela							20	20			2	0	0	0
								18			1	0	0	0
									23	23	2	0	0	0
											–	2	–	10
Total											10	57	172	457

Luan de Bruin, Reinhardt Erwee, Tertius Kruger, Mosolwa Mafuma, Danie Mienie, Oupa Mohojé, Gerhard Olivier, Boom Prinsloo, Neil Rautenbach, JP Smith, BG Uys, Ruan van Rensburg and Dennis Visser were named in the Currie Cup Premier Division squad, but not included in a matchday squad.

Golden Lions
Name									SF	F	App	Try	Kck	Pts
Corné Fourie	1	17	1	17					17		5	1	0	5
	2	2		16	16	16			16		6	2	0	10
	3	3		3	17			17	1		6	0	0	0
Martin Muller	4		5	4		18					4	0	0	0
	5	5		5	5				19		5	1	0	5
Stephan de Wit	6	6	6					20			4	0	0	0
Cyle Brink	7	7	19	7	19	7	19	7	7		9	2	0	10
Ruan Ackermann	8	8	4	8	7	19	7	4	4		9	1	0	5
Ross Cronjé	9	9	20	9	9	9	20	9	9		9	0	0	0
	10	10		21	10	10	10	10	10		8	1	63	68
	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11		9	5	0	25
Howard Mnisi	12	12	12	12	22	22	12	13			8	7	0	35
	13	13							22		3	0	0	0
Koch Marx	14		21				14		14		4	2	0	10
Sylvian Mahuza	15	15					15	22	23		5	5	0	25
Ramone Samuels	16	16	2								3	0	0	0
Justin Ackerman	17										1	0	0	0
MB Lusaseni	18	4									2	0	0	0
	19		7	18							3	1	0	5
Dillon Smit	20	20	9	20			9	21			6	1	0	5
	21	21	10	10							4	1	30	35
Jacques Nel	22	22	13	22	13	13	13	14	13		9	4	0	20
Dylan Smith		1	17	1	1	1	1	1			7	1	0	5
		14		14							2	0	0	0
Bobby de Wee		18	18				5	5	5		5	0	0	0
Ruaan Lerm		19	8		20	20	8	8	20		7	1	0	5
Pieter Scholtz			3			17					2	0	0	0
Selom Gavor			14		14	14					3	2	0	10
			15	15	15	15	22	15	15		7	1	19	24
Robbie Coetzee			16	2	2	2	16	2			6	2	0	10
JW Bell			22								1	1	0	5
Kwagga Smith				6	6	6	6	6	6		6	7	0	35
				13	12	12	21	12	12		6	2	0	10
Fabian Booysen				19	8	8	18	19	8		6	0	0	0
Ruan Dreyer					3	3	17	3	18		5	0	0	0
JP du Preez					4	4	4	18			4	1	0	5
					18	5					2	0	0	0
Ashlon Davids					21	21					1	0	0	0
Malcolm Marx							2	16	2		3	0	0	0
							3		3		2	0	0	0
Faf de Klerk									21		1	0	0	0
Total											9	52	112	372

Griquas
Name									SF	F	App	Try	Kck	Pts
Steph Roberts	1	1	1	1			1	1			6	0	0	0
Marius Fourie	2	16	16	16	16	16	16	2			8	0	0	0
Stephan Kotzé	3	3	3	3		3	3				6	1	0	5
Mzwanele Zito	4	4	4		18	4		5			6	0	0	0
	5	5	5	5	5	5	8	7			8	1	0	5
Wendal Wehr	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6			8	2	0	10
RJ Liebenberg (c)	7										1	0	0	0
Jason Fraser	8	8	8	8	8	8	19	8			8	1	0	5
	9	9	9	9	9	9	9				7	5	0	25
Clinton Swart	10	12	12	12	12	12	12				7	1	82	87
Alshaun Bock	11	11	11	11	11	11		11			7	4	0	20
	12	13	13		13	13	13	13			7	1	0	5
JW Jonker	13	14	14	13			14				5	2	0	10
Ederies Arendse	14			14	14	14	11	14			6	2	0	10
AJ Coertzen	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15			8	4	0	20
AJ le Roux	16	2	2	2	2	2	2				7	0	0	0
Devon Martinus	17	17		17	1	17	17	17			7	0	0	0
Liam Hendricks	18		17		17	1		3			5	0	0	0
Sias Koen	19	7	7	7	7	7	7				7	0	0	0
Steph Vermeulen	20	18									2	0	0	0
Renier Botha	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	9			8	1	0	5
Elgar Watts	22	10	10	10	10	10	10	10			8	2	0	10
Thabo Mabuza		19		19	19			19			4	0	0	0
André Swarts		21	21	21	21	21	21	12			6	2	16	26
Eric Zana		22	22	22	22	22	22	20			7	1	2	7
			18				4				2	0	0	0
Steven Meiring			19	18				18			3	0	0	0
Wandile Putuma				4	4	18	5				4	2	0	10
Chase Morison					3						1	0	0	0
						19	18	4			3	1	0	5
Sidney Tobias								16			1	0	0	0
Steven Moir								21			1	0	0	0
Ntabeni Dukisa								22			1	0	0	0
Total											8	33	100	265

Tiaan Dorfling was named in the Currie Cup Premier Division squad, but not included in a matchday squad.

Pumas
Name									SF	F	App	Try	Kck	Pts
Khwezi Mona	1	1				1	1				4	1	0	5
Frank Herne	2	16	2	2	2	2	2	2			8	7	0	35
	3	17	1	1	1	17	17	1			8	0	0	0
Stephan Greeff	4				18	4	4				4	0	0	0
Hugo Kloppers (c)	5	5	18	5		18		18			6	0	0	0
	6	6	6	6							4	1	0	5
	7			19	7	7	7				5	0	0	0
Carel Greeff	8	19	19		19	19	19	7			7	0	0	0
Reynier van Rooyen	9	9									2	0	0	0
	10	10	10	10	10	10	10				7	0	46	46
	11	11									2	0	0	0
Marlou van Niekerk	12	12	21	21	12						5	1	0	5
	13	13	13		13	12	12				6	0	0	0
JP Lewis	14	14	11	11	11	11	11	11			8	3	0	15
	15	15									2	1	0	5
	16	2									2	0	0	0
Jacques Kotzé	17		17	17							3	0	0	0
Wiehan Hay	18	4	4	18	4						5	0	0	0
Dylan Peterson	19										1	0	0	0
	20	20	9	9	9	9	20	9			8	0	0	0
Deon Helberg	21	21						21			3	0	0	0
Devon Williams	22	22	15	15	15	15	21	15			8	1	6	11
Louis Albertse		3	3		17	3	3	3			6	0	0	0
		7	7	7							3	0	0	0
Renaldo Bothma		8	8	8	8	8	8	8			7	2	0	10
Jannie Stander		18	5	4	5	5	5	5			7	1	0	5
Leighton van Wyk			12	12	21			12			4	1	0	5
Bernado Botha			14	14	14						3	0	0	0
			16	16	16	16	16	16			6	0	0	0
Kevin Luiters			20	20	20	20	9	20			6	2	0	10
Tyler Fisher			22	13		22	22	14			5	1	0	5
Marné Coetzee				3	3			17			3	0	0	0
				22	22	14	14	22			5	1	0	5
Brian Shabangu					6	6	6	6			4	1	0	5
						13	13	13			3	0	0	0
Heinrich Steyl						21	15	10			3	0	6	6
Jeremy Jordaan							18	4			2	0	0	0
								19			1	0	0	0
Total											8	24	58	178

Johan Herbst, Rassie Jansen van Vuuren, Wilmaure Louw and Sabelo Nhlapo were named in the Currie Cup Premier Division squad, but not included in a matchday squad.

Sharks
Name									SF	F	App	Try	Kck	Pts
Dale Chadwick	1	1	1								3	0	0	0
Franco Marais	2	2	16	2	2	2	16	16			8	2	0	10
	3							3			2	0	0	0
Etienne Oosthuizen	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4			8	2	0	10
Stephan Lewies	5	5						18			3	0	0	0
Keegan Daniel (c)	6	6	6	6	6			8			6	0	0	0
	7			7	7	7	7	7			6	2	0	10
	8	7	8	8	8	8					6	0	0	0
	9	20			20	20	9	9			6	2	0	10
Curwin Bosch	10	15	15	15	15	15	15	15			8	1	101	106
S'bura Sithole	11	11	11	21	11	11					6	2	0	10
	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12			8	4	0	20
Lukhanyo Am	13	13		13	13	13	13	13			7	0	0	0
Neil Maritz	14	14					22	22			4	0	0	0
Odwa Ndungane	15		14	14	14	14					5	2	0	10
	16	16	2	16	16	16	2	2			8	2	0	10
Thomas du Toit	17	3	3	3	3	3	1	1			8	1	0	5
Ruan Botha	18	18	5	5	5	5	5	5			8	2	0	10
Tera Mtembu	19	8	7								3	1	0	5
Stefan Ungerer	20	9	9	9	9	9	20	20			8	1	0	5
Inny Radebe	21	10	10	10	10	10	10	10			8	2	0	10
Heimar Williams	22	21	13		21						4	0	0	0
		17	17	17	17	17	3	17			7	0	0	0
Jean Deysel		19	19	19	19		19				5	1	0	5
Rhyno Smith		22		22	22	22	14	14			6	1	0	5
JC Astle			18	18							2	0	0	0
Hanco Venter			20	20							2	1	0	5
			21			21	11	11			4	1	0	5
Garth April			22					21			2	0	2	2
Lwazi Mvovo				11							1	0	0	0
Juan Schoeman				1	1	1	17				4	0	0	0
Jean Droste					18	18	18				2	0	0	0
						6	8	6			3	2	0	10
Khaya Majola						19	6	19			3	1	0	5
Patrick Lambie							21				1	0	4	4
Total											8	33	107	272

Hyron Andrews, Stephan Coetzee, Dan du Preez, Johan du Toit, Benhard Janse van Rensburg, Morné Joubert, Marius Louw, Tendai Mtawarira, S'busiso Nkosi, Coenie Oosthuizen and Cobus Reinach were named in the Currie Cup Premier Division squad, but not included in a matchday squad.

Western Province
Name									SF	F	App	Try	Kck	Pts
	1	1	17	17	17	1	17	1	17		9	0	0	0
Scarra Ntubeni	2	2	2	2							4	0	0	0
Wilco Louw	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3		9	0	0	0
	4		4	4					19		4	0	0	0
Chris van Zyl (c)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5		9	0	0	0
	6	6			6		6	6	6		6	0	0	0
	7	19	6	20	7	19	20	20			8	0	0	0
	8				19	20					3	2	0	10
Jano Vermaak	9	9	9	9	9		21	9	21		8	1	0	5
Robert du Preez	10	21	22	10	10	10	10	10	10		9	0	86	86
Leolin Zas	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11		9	6	0	30
	12		12								2	0	0	0
Huw Jones	13	12	13			12	12		12		6	7	0	35
	14										1	0	0	0
	15			22	22	22	22	14	23		7	2	0	10
Chad Solomon	16										1	0	0	0
Oli Kebble	17		18								2	0	0	0
JP Smith	18	18		18	18	18	18	18	18		8	0	0	0
Kobus van Dyk	19	7	7	7	8	6	7	7	7		9	2	0	10
Godlen Masimla	20	20	21			9					4	0	0	0
	21	10	10								3	0	20	20
Johnny Kôtze	22	13		12	12			13	22		6	2	0	10
Jan de Klerk		4	19	19	4	4	4	4	4		8	2	0	10
		8	8	8							3	1	0	5
Kobus van Wyk		14									1	1	0	5
Jaco Taute		15									1	0	0	0
Martin Ferreira		16									1	0	0	0
		17	1	1	1		1	17	1		7	0	0	0
Cheslin Kolbe		22	15	15	15	15	15	15	15		8	0	0	0
Werner Kok			14	14	14	14	14	22	14		7	4	0	20
			16	16	16	16		16			4	0	0	0
			20	6		7			20		4	0	0	0
EW Viljoen				13	13	13					3	2	0	10
				21	21	21	9		9		5	1	0	5
Mike Willemse					2	2	16	2	16		5	0	0	0
					20						1	0	0	0
Nizaam Carr						8	8	8	8		4	2	0	10
Sti Sithole						17					1	0	0	0
Bongi Mbonambi							2		2		2	1	0	5
Juan de Jongh							13		13		2	1	0	5
David Ribbans							19	19			2	1	0	5
								12			1	0	0	0
Justin Phillips								21			0	0	0	0
Total											9	38	106	296

Beyers de Villiers and Janco Venter were named in the Currie Cup Premier Division squad, but not included in a matchday squad.

For each team, (c) denotes the team captain. For each match, the player's squad number is shown. Starting players are numbered 1 to 15, while the replacements are numbered 16 to 22. If a replacement made an appearance in the match, it is indicated by . "App" refers to the number of appearances made by the player, "Try" to the number of tries scored by the player, "Kck" to the number of points scored via kicks (conversions, penalties or drop goals) and "Pts" refer to the total number of points scored by the player.

Points scorers

The following table contain points scored in the 2016 Currie Cup Premier Division:

Top Ten point scorers
No	Player	Team	T	C	P	DG	Pts<	-- Pos	Player	Team	Try	Con	Pen	DG	Pts-->
1	Tian Schoeman	Blue Bulls	2	35	22	0	146
2	Curwin Bosch	Sharks	1	19	20	1	106
3	Niel Marais	Free State Cheetahs	2	20	14	0	92
4	Fred Zeilinga	Free State Cheetahs	0	24	14	0	90
5	Clinton Swart	Griquas	1	23	12	0	87
6	Robert du Preez	Western Province	0	22	14	0	86
7		Golden Lions	1	21	7	0	68
8		Pumas	0	8	9	1	46
9	Theuns Kotzé	Boland Cavaliers	2	12	2	1	43
10		Golden Lions	1	12	2	0	35
	Frank Herne	Pumas	7	0	0	0	35
	Huw Jones	Western Province	7	0	0	0	35
	Howard Mnisi	Golden Lions	7	0	0	0	35
	Kwagga Smith	Golden Lions	7	0	0	0	35
	Jamba Ulengo	Blue Bulls	7	0	0	0	35

Other point scorers
No	Player	Team	T	C	P	DG	Pts<	-- Pos	Player	Team	Try	Con	Pen	DG	Pts-->
16	Rayno Benjamin	Free State Cheetahs	6	0	0	0	30
16	Leolin Zas	Western Province	6	0	0	0	30
18	André Swarts	Griquas	2	5	2	0	26
19		Eastern Province Kings	0	6	4	1	27
20	Sylvian Mahuza	Golden Lions	5	0	0	0	25
		Free State Cheetahs	5	0	0	0	25
		Griquas	5	0	0	0	25
	Shaun Venter	Free State Cheetahs	5	0	0	0	25
		Golden Lions	5	0	0	0	25
25		Golden Lions	1	5	3	0	24
26	Nico Scheepers	Boland Cavaliers	0	5	4	0	22
27	Kobus Marais	Eastern Province Kings	0	3	5	0	21
28	Bjorn Basson	Blue Bulls	4	0	0	0	20
	Alshaun Bock	Griquas	4	0	0	0	20
	Uzair Cassiem	Free State Cheetahs	4	0	0	0	20
	AJ Coertzen	Griquas	4	0	0	0	20
		Sharks	4	0	0	0	20
	Werner Kok	Western Province	4	0	0	0	20
	Nico Lee	Free State Cheetahs	4	0	0	0	20
	Jacques Nel	Golden Lions	4	0	0	0	20
	Paul Schoeman	Free State Cheetahs	4	0	0	0	20
		Western Province	0	7	2	0	20
	Piet van Zyl	Blue Bulls	4	0	0	0	20
39		Boland Cavaliers	3	1	0	0	17
40	Joshua Stander	Blue Bulls	2	3	0	0	16
41	Ulrich Beyers	Blue Bulls	3	0	0	0	15
		Free State Cheetahs	3	0	0	0	15
	Danwel Demas	Boland Cavaliers	3	0	0	0	15
	Travis Ismaiel	Blue Bulls	3	0	0	0	15
	JP Lewis	Pumas	3	0	0	0	15
		Blue Bulls	3	0	0	0	15
	Tian Meyer	Free State Cheetahs	3	0	0	0	15
	Raymond Rhule	Free State Cheetahs	3	0	0	0	15
	Johann Tromp	Eastern Province Kings	3	0	0	0	15
		Free State Cheetahs	3	0	0	0	15
51	Devon Williams	Pumas	1	3	0	0	11
52		Boland Cavaliers	2	0	0	0	10
	Ederies Arendse	Griquas	2	0	0	0	10
	Ruan Botha	Sharks	2	0	0	0	10
	Renaldo Bothma	Pumas	2	0	0	0	10
	Cyle Brink	Golden Lions	2	0	0	0	10
	Nizaam Carr	Western Province	2	0	0	0	10
		Sharks	2	0	0	0	10
	Robbie Coetzee	Golden Lions	2	0	0	0	10
	Nick de Jager	Blue Bulls	2	0	0	0	10
	Jan de Klerk	Western Province	2	0	0	0	10
		Sharks	2	0	0	0	10
	Selom Gavor	Golden Lions	2	0	0	0	10
	Alcino Izaacs	Eastern Province Kings	2	0	0	0	10
		Golden Lions	2	0	0	0	10
	Jason Jenkins	Blue Bulls	2	0	0	0	10
	JW Jonker	Griquas	2	0	0	0	10
	Zandré Jordaan	Boland Cavaliers	2	0	0	0	10
	Jannes Kirsten	Blue Bulls	2	0	0	0	10
	Berton Klaasen	Eastern Province Kings	2	0	0	0	10
		Sharks	2	0	0	0	10
	Johnny Kôtze	Western Province	2	0	0	0	10
	Kevin Luiters	Pumas	2	0	0	0	10
	Charles Marais	Free State Cheetahs	2	0	0	0	10
	Franco Marais	Sharks	2	0	0	0	10
	Koch Marx	Golden Lions	2	0	0	0	10
	Ox Nché	Free State Cheetahs	2	0	0	0	10
	Odwa Ndungane	Sharks	2	0	0	0	10
	Etienne Oosthuizen	Sharks	2	0	0	0	10
	Marvin Orie	Blue Bulls	2	0	0	0	10
	Wandile Putuma	Griquas	2	0	0	0	10
	Inny Radebe	Sharks	2	0	0	0	10
		Sharks	2	0	0	0	10
	S'bura Sithole	Sharks	2	0	0	0	10
		Free State Cheetahs	2	0	0	0	10
	Sergio Torrens	Boland Cavaliers	2	0	0	0	10
		Western Province	2	0	0	0	10
		Golden Lions	2	0	0	0	10
	Kobus van Dyk	Western Province	2	0	0	0	10
		Western Province	2	0	0	0	10
	EW Viljoen	Western Province	2	0	0	0	10
	Elgar Watts	Griquas	2	0	0	0	10
	Wendal Wehr	Griquas	2	0	0	0	10
94	Lungelo Gosa	Eastern Province Kings	0	3	1	0	9
95	Eric Zana	Griquas	1	1	0	0	7
96	Heinrich Steyl	Pumas	0	3	0	0	6
97	Ruan Ackermann	Golden Lions	1	0	0	0	5
		Griquas	1	0	0	0	5
	JW Bell	Golden Lions	1	0	0	0	5
	Martin Bezuidenhout	Eastern Province Kings	1	0	0	0	5
		Boland Cavaliers	1	0	0	0	5
	Renier Botha	Griquas	1	0	0	0	5
	Tom Botha	Free State Cheetahs	1	0	0	0	5
	Brandon Brown	Eastern Province Kings	1	0	0	0	5
	Cullen Collopy	Eastern Province Kings	1	0	0	0	5
	Kenan Cronjé	Boland Cavaliers	1	0	0	0	5
	Juan de Jongh	Western Province	1	0	0	0	5
	Jean Deysel	Sharks	1	0	0	0	5
	JP du Preez	Golden Lions	1	0	0	0	5
	Thomas du Toit	Sharks	1	0	0	0	5
		Western Province	1	0	0	0	5
		Boland Cavaliers	1	0	0	0	5
		Golden Lions	1	0	0	0	5
	Tyler Fisher	Pumas	1	0	0	0	5
	Corné Fourie	Golden Lions	1	0	0	0	5
		Griquas	1	0	0	0	5
	Jason Fraser	Griquas	1	0	0	0	5
	Lizo Gqoboka	Blue Bulls	1	0	0	0	5
	JC Greyling	Eastern Province Kings	1	0	0	0	5
	Francois Hanekom	Boland Cavaliers	1	0	0	0	5
	Joubert Horn	Boland Cavaliers	1	0	0	0	5
	Elandré Huggett	Free State Cheetahs	1	0	0	0	5
	Reniel Hugo	Free State Cheetahs	1	0	0	0	5
		Pumas	1	0	0	0	5
		Griquas	1	0	0	0	5
	Vince Jobo	Eastern Province Kings	1	0	0	0	5
	Niell Jordaan	Free State Cheetahs	1	0	0	0	5
	Stephan Kotzé	Griquas	1	0	0	0	5
	Ruaan Lerm	Golden Lions	1	0	0	0	5
	Clemen Lewis	Boland Cavaliers	1	0	0	0	5
	Robbie Louw	Boland Cavaliers	1	0	0	0	5
	Khaya Majola	Sharks	1	0	0	0	5
		Eastern Province Kings	1	0	0	0	5
	Bongi Mbonambi	Western Province	1	0	0	0	5
		Sharks	1	0	0	0	5
	Khwezi Mona	Pumas	1	0	0	0	5
	Tera Mtembu	Sharks	1	0	0	0	5
	Ryan Nell	Boland Cavaliers	1	0	0	0	5
		Western Province	1	0	0	0	5
		Blue Bulls	1	0	0	0	5
	Craig Pheiffer	Boland Cavaliers	1	0	0	0	5
	David Ribbans	Western Province	1	0	0	0	5
		Pumas	1	0	0	0	5
	Ricky Schroeder	Eastern Province Kings	1	0	0	0	5
		Golden Lions	1	0	0	0	5
	Brian Shabangu	Pumas	1	0	0	0	5
	Dillon Smit	Golden Lions	1	0	0	0	5
	Roelof Smit	Blue Bulls	1	0	0	0	5
	Dylan Smith	Golden Lions	1	0	0	0	5
	Rhyno Smith	Sharks	1	0	0	0	5
	RG Snyman	Blue Bulls	1	0	0	0	5
		Eastern Province Kings	1	0	0	0	5
	Jannie Stander	Pumas	1	0	0	0	5
	Ruan Steenkamp	Blue Bulls	1	0	0	0	5
	Jade Stighling	Blue Bulls	1	0	0	0	5
	Stefan Ungerer	Sharks	1	0	0	0	5
		Free State Cheetahs	1	0	0	0	5
		Free State Cheetahs	1	0	0	0	5
	Marlou van Niekerk	Pumas	1	0	0	0	5
		Pumas	1	0	0	0	5
Kobus van Wyk	Western Province	1	0	0	0	5
Leighton van Wyk	Pumas	1	0	0	0	5
Ivan van Zyl	Blue Bulls	1	0	0	0	5
Hanco Venter	Sharks	1	0	0	0	5
Henco Venter	Free State Cheetahs	1	0	0	0	5
Jano Vermaak	Western Province	1	0	0	0	5
Mike Willemse	Eastern Province Kings / Western Province	1	0	0	0	5
Wayne Wilschut	Boland Cavaliers	1	0	0	0	5
169	Patrick Lambie	Sharks	0	2	0	0	4
170	Garth April	Sharks	0	1	0	0	2
—		Free State Cheetahs	2	0	0	0	10
—	Blue Bulls	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:

Red cards or multiple yellow cards
Player	Team		<	-- Player	Team	Red	Yellow-->
Tyler Fisher	Pumas	1	0
	Boland Cavaliers	0	2
	Sharks	0	2
Clemen Lewis	Boland Cavaliers	0	2
Etienne Oosthuizen	Eastern Province Kings	0	2
RG Snyman	Blue Bulls	0	2
	Golden Lions	0	2

Single yellow cards
Player	Team		<	-- Player	Team	Red	Yellow-->
Rayno Benjamin	Free State Cheetahs	0	1
	Free State Cheetahs	0	1
Fabian Booysen	Golden Lions	0	1
Cyle Brink	Golden Lions	0	1
Brandon Brown	Eastern Province Kings	0	1
	Eastern Province Kings	0	1
Bobby de Wee	Golden Lions	0	1
	Sharks	0	1
Tazz Fuzani	Eastern Province Kings	0	1
Carel Greeff	Pumas	0	1
Francois Hanekom	Boland Cavaliers	0	1
Frank Herne	Pumas	0	1
Marnus Hugo	Boland Cavaliers	0	1
Alcino Izaacs	Eastern Province Kings	0	1
	Sharks	0	1
AJ le Roux	Griquas	0	1
Paul Schoeman	Free State Cheetahs	0	1
	Eastern Province Kings	0	1
Ruan Steenkamp	Blue Bulls	0	1
	Pumas	0	1
Jamba Ulengo	Blue Bulls	0	1
	Golden Lions	0	1
	Golden Lions	0	1
Leighton van Wyk	Pumas	0	1
	Western Province	0	1
Mzwanele Zito	Griquas	0	1

Legend: = Sent off, = Sin-binned

Referees

The following referees officiated matches in the 2016 Currie Cup Premier Division:

2016 Currie Cup Premier Division referees
		Stuart Berry Rodney Boneparte Quinton Immelman AJ Jacobs Cwengile Jadezweni Craig Joubert Shuhei Kubo Pro Legoete Jaco Peyper Rasta Rasivhenge Alexandre Ruiz Marius van der Westhuizen Jaco van Heerden

Notes and References

World's oldest provincial rugby competition gets makeover . South African Rugby Union . 11 December 2015 . 11 December 2015 . 12 January 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160112232048/http://sarugby.net/news/24535?view=news . dead .
News: Currie Cup returns to strength-versus-strength . South African Rugby Union . 3 March 2017 . 3 March 2017.