Chiefs and Sundowns come home bruised from Africa, Pirates come home flying, and first-time Premiership side Milford visit the holders. Kick-off times, venues and what the coaches are saying before the last four ties of the round.
Author: Lehlohonolo Scheepers
Lehlohonolo Scheepers
Lehlohonolo writes about South African sport for a living and thinks about it the rest of the time — football, rugby, cricket. Match reports, previews, profiles, the features that take a week. He is the reason ScoreLine's copy is clear, and the reason it gets checked twice before it reaches you. He supports Kaizer Chiefs, so he understands better than most that a result is never just a result. Gold and black, every weekend, no matter what the table says.
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Chiefs out on penalties, the holders Sundowns out on away goals, Pirates and Durban City into the group stages. Plus a 92-point thriller in Cape Town, a hooter penalty at Loftus and what it all means before the Soweto Derby.
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One win each, one Test left. Anrich Nortje is out, Cameron Green is back for Australia, and Newlands, a ground that has always loved fast bowlers, decides the series from Tuesday.
Golden Arrows put four past Chippa United in their first game since Pitso Dladla’s exit, and ten-man Siwelele beat Polokwane City on penalties to join them in the quarter-finals.
The Stormers led 33-14 at the break, the Scarlets scored four second-half tries to level at 40-40, and replacement Yaqeen Ahmed scored twice late to win it 52-40.
The Bok Women scored five tries and led twice before the break, but Ireland’s six tries, two from prop Linda Djougang, gave them a 40-27 first Test win at Athlone.
Marcell Coetzee scored twice as the Bulls raced 21-0 clear, then Ulster scored four tries before Curwin Bosch’s penalty on the hooter sealed a 34-26 bonus-point win at Loftus.
Chiefs went out of Africa, Pirates went through, and the Soweto Derby is seven days away. A warm look at how one Friday night sets the tone for the most talked-about week in South African football.
The Sharks lost their captain in the first minute and trailed 21-17 after James Botham’s double, then scored the last 19 points to beat Cardiff 36-21 with a bonus point.