2000 Currie Cup Top 8

The 2000 Currie Cup Top 8 was the final stage of the 2000 Currie Cup season, the 62nd season in the competition since it started in 1889. It was won by Western Province, who defeated the Sharks 25–15 in the final at Kings Park Stadium, Durban on 28 October 2000,^[1] becoming the first team in the history of the Currie Cup to win 30 titles.

2000 Currie Cup Top 8
Countries	South Africa
Date	22 July – 28 October 2000
Champions	Western Province (30th title)
Runners-up	Sharks
Matches played	8
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Competition

Qualification

The fourteen provincial teams were divided into two sections (called Section X and Section Y) during the 2000 Currie Cup qualification tournament. Each team played every other team in their section once. The four top teams in each section qualified to the 2000 Currie Cup Top 8 competition, with all points earned against the other Top 8 teams carried forward to the Top 8. All teams played the teams that qualified from the other section once. Teams who qualified from the same section did not play each other again.

Teams received four points for a win and two points for a draw. Bonus points were awarded to teams that score four or more tries in a game, as well as to teams that lost a match by seven points or less. Teams were ranked by points, then points difference (points scored less points conceded).

The top four 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

Boland Cavaliers

Free State Cheetahs

Golden Lions

Griquas

Pumas

Sharks

SWD Eagles

Western Province

Location of teams in the 2000 Currie Cup Top 8

2000 Currie Cup Top 8 teams
Team	Sponsored Name	Stadium/s	Sponsored Name
Boland Cavaliers	Boland Cavaliers	Boland Stadium, Wellington	Boland Stadium
Free State Cheetahs	Free State Cheetahs	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein	Free State Stadium
Golden Lions	Golden Lions	Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg	Ellis Park Stadium
Griquas	Nashua Griquas	Griqua Park, Kimberley	Griqua Park
Sharks	Sharks	Kings Park Stadium, Durban	Absa Stadium
Pumas	Mpumalanga Pumas	Johann van Riebeeck Stadium, Witbank	Johann van Riebeeck Stadium
SWD Eagles	Vodacom Eagles	Outeniqua Park, George	Outeniqua Park
Western Province	Fedsure Western Province	Newlands Stadium, Cape Town	Newlands Stadium

Log

2000 Currie Cup Top 8 log

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts	Qualification
1	Sharks	7	6	0	1	267	159	+108	33	14	5	1	30	2000 Currie Cup semi-final playoffs
2	Western Province	7	6	0	1	282	205	+77	31	23	5	0	29
3	Golden Lions	7	4	1	2	294	215	+79	37	25	6	0	24
4	Free State Cheetahs	7	3	1	3	236	242	−6	26	28	5	0	19
5	Boland Cavaliers	7	3	0	4	201	246	−45	30	32	4	1	17
6	SWD Eagles	7	3	0	4	206	214	−8	27	28	3	0	15
7	Pumas	7	2	0	5	213	304	−91	28	40	4	0	12
8	Griquas	7	0	0	7	181	295	−114	21	43	3	3	6

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 4 points for a win; 2 points for a draw; 1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less; 1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match

The following playing records were brought forward from the 2000 Currie Cup qualification series:

Playing records brought forward

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts
1	Western Province	3	3	0	0	119	85	+34	14	10	10	2	24
2	Sharks	3	2	0	1	95	67	+28	11	5	5	2	15
3	SWD Eagles	3	2	0	1	106	79	+27	14	10	10	2	20
4	Golden Lions	3	1	1	1	109	118	−9	12	16	16	3	25
5	Free State Cheetahs	3	1	1	1	86	98	−12	9	12	12	2	20
6	Pumas	3	1	0	2	94	109	−15	15	14	14	3	21
7	Boland Cavaliers	3	1	0	2	78	85	−7	11	10	10	1	15
8	Griquas	3	0	0	3	69	115	−46	8	17	17	1	18

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

For results carried forward from the qualification round, see 2000 Currie Cup qualification.

Round one

	22 September 2000	Sharks	49–13	SWD Eagles	Kings Park Stadium, Durban
	19:15	Try: Rodger Smith AJ Venter Albert van den Berg Trevor Halstead Shaun Sowerby Ollie le Roux (2) Con: Gaffie du Toit (4) Pen: Gaffie du Toit (2) Drop: Stefan Terblanche	Scoreboard Report[2]	Try: Rickus Lubbe Darryl Coeries Pen: Rynhard van As	Referee: Carl Spannenberg

	23 September 2000	Free State Cheetahs	50–32	Griquas	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein
	15:00	Try: Michael Horak André van Niekerk André Venter Wylie Human Ferdie Wesso penalty try Con: Kennedy Tsimba (4) Pen: Kennedy Tsimba (4)	Scoreboard Report[3]	Try: Pierre Uys Boeta Wessels (2) Tom Cameron Con: Boeta Wessels (3) Pen: Boeta Wessels (2)	Referee: Jonathan Kaplan

	23 September 2000	Golden Lions	28–51	Western Province	Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg
	17:05	Try: Japie Mulder Rassie Erasmus Jannie van der Walt Con: Louis Koen (2) Pen: Louis Koen (3)	Scoreboard Report[4]	Try: Adri Badenhorst (2) Toks van der Linde Breyton Paulse Hottie Louw Con: Dan van Zyl Braam van Straaten (5) Pen: Dan van Zyl Percy Montgomery (2) Cards: Robbie Fleck Toks van der Linde	Referee: André Watson

	24 September 2000	Boland Cavaliers	31–22	Pumas	Boland Stadium, Wellington
	15:10	Try: Vion Wium Wayne Julies Dale Santon John Daniels Con: Antonius Verhoeven (4) Pen: Antonius Verhoeven	Scoreboard Report[5]	Try: Gavin Passens Frikkie Welsh Giscard Pieters Con: Jorrie Kruger (2) Pen: Jorrie Kruger	Referee: Tappe Henning

Round two

	29 September 2000	Pumas	47–32	Free State Cheetahs	Johann van Riebeeck Stadium, Witbank
	15:10	Try: Gavin Passens Charl Els Frikkie Welsh (2) Geoff Appleford Con: Jorrie Kruger (5) Pen: Jorrie Kruger (3) Drop: Jacques Benade Cards: Bennie Nortjé	Scoreboard Report[6]	Try: Daan Human Kennedy Tsimba JP du Toit Jaco Coetzee Con: Kennedy Tsimba (3) Pen: Kennedy Tsimba MJ Smith

	30 September 2000	Western Province	19–28	Sharks	Newlands Stadium, Cape Town
	17:00	Try: Pieter Dixon Con: Percy Montgomery Pen: Braam van Straaten (3) Dan van Zyl	Scoreboard Report[7]	Try: Rodger Smith Stefan Terblanche Craig Davidson Con: Gaffie du Toit (2) Pen: Gaffie du Toit (3)	Referee: Mark Lawrence

	30 September 2000	Griquas	41–44	Boland Cavaliers	Griqua Park, Kimberley
		Try: Skolla Scholtz Christof Lötter Dirkie Strydom Tom Cameron Riaan Olckers Thando Manana Con: Edrich Lubbe (4) Pen: Edrich Lubbe	Scoreboard Report[8]	Try: Vion Wium (2) Antonius Verhoeven Wayne Julies (2) Jan Ackermann Marius Joubert Heino Senekal Con: Antonius Verhoeven (2)

	1 October 2000	SWD Eagles	17–34	Golden Lions	Outeniqua Park, George
	15:10	Try: Rudi Keil Johan Wasserman Con: Theo Jansen van Rensburg Rynhard van As Pen: Theo Jansen van Rensburg	Scoreboard Report[9]	Try: Dean Hall Rassie Erasmus Hennie le Roux Louis Koen Con: Louis Koen (4) Pen: Louis Koen (2)	Referee: Tappe Henning

Round three

	6 October 2000	Sharks	60–27	Pumas	Kings Park Stadium, Durban
		Try: Warren Brosnihan Trevor Halstead Brad McLeod-Henderson Gaffie du Toit Chris Rossouw (2) Roger Smith Stephen Brink Con: Butch James (3) Gaffie du Toit (3) Drop: Stefan Terblanche	Scoreboard Report[10]	Try: Clarke Roberts Gavin Passens Paul Hoffmann Con: Jorrie Kruger (3) Pen: Jorrie Kruger (2)

	7 October 2000	Boland Cavaliers	22–52	SWD Eagles	Boland Stadium, Wellington
	14:50	Try: Jannie Coetzee Antonius Verhoeven John Daniels Con: Antonius Verhoeven (2) Pen: Antonius Verhoeven	Scoreboard Report[11]	Try: Theo Jansen van Rensburg Manie du Toit Johan Kapp Lodewyk Hattingh Trevor Hall Rickus Lubbe Stephen Aylward Con: Theo Jansen van Rensburg (7) Pen: Theo Jansen van Rensburg

	7 October 2000	Free State Cheetahs	38–47	Western Province	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein
	17:05	Try: Braam Els André Venter Wylie Human Con: MJ Smith Pen: MJ Smith (7)	Scoreboard Report[12]	Try: Breyton Paulse (2) Percy Montgomery Pieter Rossouw Corné Krige Con: Braam van Straaten (5) Pen: Braam van Straaten (3) Drop: Percy Montgomery	Referee: Tappe Henning

	8 October 2000	Golden Lions	51–6	Griquas	Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg
	15:00	Try: Hennie le Roux Grant Bartle Japie Mulder (2) Dean Hall (2) Jannie van der Walt Walter Minnaar Con: Hennie le Roux (4) Pen: Hennie le Roux	Scoreboard Report[13]	Pen: Edrich Lubbe (2)	Referee: Mark Lawrence

Round four

	13 October 2000	SWD Eagles	18–30	Free State Cheetahs	Outeniqua Park, George
		Try: Kleinjan Tromp Rickus Lubbe Con: Rynhard van As Pen: Rynhard van As Manie du Toit	Scoreboard Report[14]	Try: Joe Beukes Hendro Scholtz Ferdie Wesso Jimmy Powell Con: MJ Smith Conrad Barnard Pen: MJ Smith (2)

	14 October 2000	Pumas	23–72	Golden Lions	Johann van Riebeeck Stadium, Witbank
	15:00	Try: Riaan Potgieter Bennie Nortjé Con: Jacques Benade Kat de Jager Pen: Jacques Benade (2) Drop: Jacques Benade Cards: Sias Wagner	Scoreboard Report[15]	Try: Russel Winter Piet Krause (2) Hennie le Roux (2) Chester Williams Conrad Jantjes Dean Hall Walter Minnaar Grant Bartle Con: Louis Koen (8) Pen: Louis Koen (2)	Referee: Tappe Henning

	14 October 2000	Griquas	33–35	Sharks	Griqua Park, Kimberley
	17:00	Try: Dries Scholtz George Binikos Dirkie Strydom Con: Dirkie Strydom (3) Pen: Dirkie Strydom (4)	Scoreboard Report[16]	Try: Stephen Brink (2) Stefan Terblanche Rodger Smith Con: Gaffie du Toit (3) Pen: Gaffie du Toit (3)	Referee: Mark Lawrence

	14 October 2000	Western Province	46–26	Boland	Newlands Stadium, Cape Town
	17:00	Try: Percy Montgomery (2) Adri Badenhorst Braam van Straaten (2) Jeffrey Stevens Con: Braam van Straaten (5) Pen: Braam van Straaten (2)	Scoreboard Report[17]	Try: Allen Williams Antonius Verhoeven Martin van Schalkwyk Randile Julies Con: Connie Malherbe (3)

Semi-finals

	21 October 2000	Western Province	43–22	Golden Lions	Newlands Stadium, Cape Town
	14:30	Try: Breyton Paulse (2) Pieter Rossouw Hendrik Gerber Con: Braam van Straaten (4) Pen: Braam van Straaten (5)	Scoreboard Report[18]	Try: André Vos (2) Hennie le Roux Chester Williams Con: Louis Koen (2) Pen: Louis Koen	Referee: Jonathan Kaplan

	21 October 2000	Sharks	29–15	Free State Cheetahs	Kings Park Stadium, Durban
	17:05	Try: Joe Gillingham Craig Davidson Butch James Con: Gaffie du Toit Pen: Gaffie du Toit (4)	Scoreboard Report[19]	Try: Wylie Human (2) Con: MJ Smith Pen: MJ Smith	Referee: Tappe Henning

Final

	28 October 2000	Sharks	15–25	Western Province	Kings Park Stadium, Durban
	17:05	Pen: Gaffie du Toit (5)	Scoreboard Report[20]	Try: Pieter Rossouw Breyton Paulse (2) Con: Braam van Straaten (2) Pen: Braam van Straaten (2)	Referee: André Watson

2000 Absa Currie Cup Champions
Western Province 30th title

See also

• 2000 Currie Cup qualification
• 2000 Bankfin Cup