2016 Currie Cup First Division

The 2016 Currie Cup First Division was the second 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 12 August and 7 October 2016 and featured six teams that qualified through the 2016 Currie Cup qualification competition. The tournament was won by the Griffons for the third time in their history; they beat the Leopards 44–25 in the final played on 7 October 2016.

2016 Currie Cup First Division
Countries	South Africa
Date	12 August – 7 October 2016
Champions	Griffons (3rd title)
Runners-up	Leopards
Matches played	18
Tries scored	173 (average 9.6 per match)
Top point scorer	George Whitehead (125)
Top try scorer	Gene Willemse (8)
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Competition rules and information

There were six participating teams in the 2016 Currie Cup First Division.

Qualification

Main article: 2016 Currie Cup qualification

The six franchise teams automatically qualified to the 2016 Currie Cup Premier Division, and were joined by the three highest-placed non-franchise teams from the 2016 Currie Cup qualification stage. The remaining six teams from the qualification stage qualified for the Currie Cup First Division.

Regular season and title playoffs

The six teams that qualified for the First Division played against each other over the course of the competition, 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 four teams qualified for the semifinals, which were followed by a final.^[1]

Teams

Border Bulldogs

Falcons

Griffons

Leopards

SWD Eagles

Welwitschias

Location of teams in the 2016 Currie Cup First Division competition

The teams that competed in the 2016 Currie Cup First Division were:

2016 Currie Cup First Division teams
Team	Sponsored Name	Stadium/s	Sponsored Name
Border Bulldogs	Border Bulldogs	Buffalo City Stadium, East London	Buffalo City Stadium
Falcons	Hino Valke	Barnard Stadium, Kempton Park	Barnard Stadium
Griffons	Down Touch Griffons	North West Stadium, Welkom	HT Pelatona Projects Stadium
Leopards	Leopards	Olën Park, Potchefstroom	Profert Olën Park
SWD Eagles	SWD Eagles	Outeniqua Park, George	Outeniqua Park
Welwitschias	Windhoek Draught Welwitschias	Hage Geingob Stadium, Windhoek	Hage Geingob Stadium

Standings

The final log for the 2016 Currie Cup First Division is:^[2]

2016 Currie Cup First Division log

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts	Qualification
1	Leopards	5	5	0	0	214	149	+65	31	23	5	0	25	Semi-finals
2	Border Bulldogs	5	4	0	1	211	110	+101	31	15	5	1	22
3	Griffons	5	3	0	2	224	163	+61	29	23	3	0	15
4	Falcons	5	2	0	3	159	198	−39	26	27	4	0	12
5	SWD Eagles	5	1	0	4	168	170	−2	23	22	3	3	10
6	Welwitschias	5	0	0	5	117	303	−186	15	45	2	0	2

Source: ^[2]
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

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 First Division
Team	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	SF	F
Leopards	5 (3rd)	10 (1st)	15 (1st)	20 (1st)	25 (1st)	25 (1st)	Won	Lost
Border Bulldogs	2 (4th)	2 (4th)	7 (4th)	12 (2nd)	17 (2nd)	22 (2nd)	Lost	—
Griffons	5 (2nd)	9 (2nd)	10 (2nd)	10 (3rd)	15 (3rd)	15 (3rd)	Won	Won
Falcons	1 (5th)	1 (5th)	6 (5th)	6 (5th)	7 (5th)	12 (4th)	Lost	—
SWD Eagles	5 (1st)	6 (3rd)	8 (3rd)	8 (4th)	9 (4th)	10 (5th)	—	—
Welwitschias	0 (6th)	1 (6th)	1 (6th)	1 (6th)	2 (6th)	2 (6th)	—	—
Key:	win	draw	loss	bye

Matches

Five rounds of matches were played, followed by semi-finals and the final.^[3]

Round one

	12 August 2016	Griffons	50–27	Falcons	HT Pelatona Projects Stadium, Welkom
	15:45	Try: Vuyo Mbotho  9', 51', 80' Elandré Huggett  36' Martin Sithole  38' Selvyn Davids  47', 63' Con: George Whitehead  37', 39', 48', 52', 64', 81' (6/7) Pen: George Whitehead  7' (1/2) Cards: Elandré Huggett  73'	Report[4] Scoreboard[5]	Try: Etienne Taljaard  1', 19' Charlie Mayeza  23' Marlyn Williams  75' Con: Karlo Aspeling  2', 24' (2/4) Pen: Karlo Aspeling  33' (1/1)	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Quinton Immelman

	12 August 2016	Leopards	26–24	Border Bulldogs	Olën Park, Potchefstroom
	17:00	Try: Bart le Roux  3', 50' Gene Willemse  38' HP Swart  47' Con: Malherbe Swart  39', 48', 51' (3/4)	Report[6] Scoreboard[7]	Try: Athenkosi Manentsa  5' Sipho Nofemele  35' Masixole Banda  58' Michael Makase  69' Con: Masixole Banda  6', 70' (2/4) Pen: Masixole Banda (0/2)	Attendance: 200 Referee: AJ Jacobs

	12 August 2016	SWD Eagles	54–23	Welwitschias	Outeniqua Park, George
	17:00	Try: Andisa Ntsila  1' Thor Halvorsen  26' Johan Steyn  37' Mark Pretorius  43', 63' Christo du Plessis  57' Dillin Snel  65' penalty try  76' Con: Hansie Graaff  27', 38', 44', 58', 64', 66', 77' (7/8)	Report[8] Scoreboard[9]	Try: Gert Lotter  46' Lesley Klim  81' Con: Eugene Jantjies  47', 82' (2/2) Pen: Eugene Jantjies  18', 25', 39' (3/5) Cards: Gert Lotter 36' to 46'	Referee: Sindile Ngcese

Round two

	19 August 2016	SWD Eagles	27–33	Griffons	Outeniqua Park, George
	17:00	Try: Christo du Plessis  3' Johan Steyn  29' Mark Pretorius  31' Con: Hansie Graaff  4', 30', 32' (3/3) Pen: Hansie Graaff  45', 70' (2/2) Cards: Charles Radebe 64' to 74'	Report[10] Scoreboard[11]	Try: Boela Abrahams  42' Reinhardt Erwee  52' penalty try  64' Con: George Whitehead  43', 53', 65' (3/3) Pen: George Whitehead  2', 8', 35' (3/3) Drop: Boela Abrahams  20' (1/1) Cards: Vincent Maruping 30' to 41'	Referee: Egon Seconds

	20 August 2016	Welwitschias	42–54	Leopards	Hage Geingob Stadium, Windhoek
	16:00	Try: Philip Nashikaku  19' Leneve Damens  21' Gino Wilson  24' Chrysander Botha  46' Lesley Klim  56', 80' Con: Eugene Jantjies  20', 22', 25', 47', 57', 81' (6/6) Cards: Cameron Klassen 39' to 50'	Report[12] Scoreboard[13]	Try: HP Swart  4' Gene Willemse  6', 28', 41' Loftus Morrison  12' Johan Deysel  37', 75' Rowayne Beukman  70' Con: Johan Deysel  7', 13', 29', 38', 42', 71', 76' (7/8)	Attendance: 800 Referee: AJ Jacobs

Bye/s: Border Bulldogs, Falcons

Round three

	26 August 2016	Leopards	43–33	Griffons	Olën Park, Potchefstroom
	15:00	Try: HP Swart  4', 11', 44' Bradley Moolman  16' Loftus Morrison  37' Francois Robertse  61' Con: Johan Deysel  5', 12', 17', 38', 62' (5/6) Pen: Johan Deysel  26' (1/2) Cards: Jaco Jordaan 55' to 65' Loftus Morrison  73'	Scoreboard[14]	Try: George Whitehead  15' Warren Williams  23' Boela Venter  33' Martin Sithole  56' Japie Nel  76' Con: George Whitehead  15', 34', 57', 77' (4/5) Cards: Dennis Visser 14' to 24'	Attendance: 500 Referee: Rodney Boneparte

	26 August 2016	Border Bulldogs	61–7	Welwitschias	Buffalo City Stadium, East London
	19:00	Try: Sonwabiso Mqalo  1', 25' Sino Nyoka  8' Onke Dubase  19' Sipho Nofemele  21', 67' Makazole Mapimpi  35' Masixole Banda  45' Oliver Zono  62' Con: Masixole Banda  2', 9', 20', 22', 26', 36', 63', 68' (8/9) Cards: Soso Xakalashe  80'	Scoreboard[15]	Try: Lesley Klim  29' Con: Eugene Jantjies  30' (1/1)	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Egon Seconds

	27 August 2016	Falcons	34–32	SWD Eagles	Barnard Stadium, Kempton Park
	15:00	Try: Coert Cronjé  3' Jan Enslin  23' Friedle Olivier  30', 61' Johan Pretorius  38' Reg Muller  79' Con: Karlo Aspeling  4', 39' (2/5) Warren Potgieter (0/1)	Report[16] Scoreboard[17]	Try: Janneman Stander  14' Andisa Ntsila  42' Hentzwill Pedro  55' Charles Radebe  72' Con: Hansie Graaff  15', 43', 56' (3/4) Pen: Hansie Graaff  19', 50' (2/4) Cards: Nemo Roelofse  78'	Attendance: 400 Referee: Jaco van Heerden

Round four

	2 September 2016	Border Bulldogs	41–24	Griffons	Buffalo City Stadium, East London
	19:00	Try: Oliver Zono  3', 24' Onke Dubase  17' Masixole Banda  52' Sipho Nofemele  72' Michael Makase  75' Con: Masixole Banda  4', 18', 25', 76' (4/6) Pen: Masixole Banda  26' (1/1) Cards: Lunga Dumezweni  61'	Report[18] Scoreboard[19]	Try: Japie Nel  14' Gavin Annandale  31' Con: George Whitehead  32' (1/2) Pen: George Whitehead  42', 46', 49', 61' (4/4)	Referee: Jaco Peyper

	3 September 2016	Falcons	19–42	Leopards	Barnard Stadium, Kempton Park
	15:00	Try: Andries Schutte  28' Xander Cronjé  58' Johan Pretorius  64' Con: Warren Potgieter (0/1) Karlo Aspeling  59', 65' (2/2)	Report[20] Scoreboard[21]	Try: Gene Willemse  2', 11' Bradley Moolman  23' Johan Deysel  41' HP Swart  62' Adrian Vermeulen  77' Con: Johan Deysel  3', 12', 24', 42', 63' (5/5) Johnny Welthagen  78' (1/1)	Referee: AJ Jacobs

Bye/s: SWD Eagles, Welwitschias

Round Five

	9 September 2016	Falcons	29–54	Border Bulldogs	Barnard Stadium, Kempton Park
	15:30	Try: Etienne Taljaard  2' Charlie Mayeza  26' Andrew van Wyk  38' Damian Engledoe  43' Anrich Richter  53' Con: Karlo Aspeling  3', 27' (2/5)	Report[22] Scoreboard[23]	Try: Lunga Dumezweni  6' Masixole Banda  13', 47' Ndzondelelo Gemashe  35' Lindokuhle Welemu  51' Makazole Mapimpi  67' Sonwabiso Mqalo  70' Sipho Nofemele  74' Con: Masixole Banda  7', 36', 48', 52', 68', 71', 75' (7/8)	Attendance: 300 Referee: Cwengile Jadezweni

	10 September 2016	Leopards	49–31	SWD Eagles	Olën Park, Potchefstroom
	15:00	Try: Loftus Morrison  1' Dean Gordon  12', 65' Bradley Moolman  35' Gene Willemse  42' Adrian Vermeulen  47' penalty try  54' Con: Johan Deysel  2', 13', 36', 43', 48', 54', 66' (7/7) Cards: Francois Robertse  77'	Report[24] Scoreboard[25]	Try: Martin du Toit  56', 67' Christo du Plessis  73' Kurt Haupt  76' Daniel Roberts  79' Con: Leighton Eksteen  68', 74', 80' (3/5)	Attendance: 300 Referee: Alexandre Ruiz

	10 September 2016	Griffons	84–25	Welwitschias	HT Pelatona Projects Stadium, Welkom
	15:45	Try: De Wet Kruger  1', 28', 68' Boela Venter  9' Dennis Visser  12', 78' Warren Williams  18', 20', 58', 73' Reinhardt Erwee  65' Danie van der Merwe  71' Con: George Whitehead  2', 10', 13', 19', 21', 29', 59', 66', 69', 72', 74', 79' (12/12) Cards: Gerhard Engelbrecht 49' to 59'	Scoreboard[26]	Try: Morné Blom  26' Lesley Klim  34' Shaun Kaizemi  54' Malcolm Moore  80' Con: Eugene Jantjies  35' (1/4) Pen: Eugene Jantjies  7' (1/1)	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Quinton Immelman

Round Six

	16 September 2016	Border Bulldogs	31–24	SWD Eagles	Buffalo City Stadium, East London
	19:00	Try: Josh Kota  6' Masixole Banda  36' Athenkosi Khethani  72' Onke Dubase  75' Con: Masixole Banda  7', 37', 73', 76' (4/4) Pen: Masixole Banda  27' (1/2)	Report[27] Scoreboard[28]	Try: Kurt Haupt  1', 38' Luzuko Vulindlu  16' Con: Tom Kean (0/3) Pen: Tom Kean  30', 53', 65' (3/3) Cards: Thor Halvorsen  77'	Referee: Mike Adamson

	17 September 2016	Welwitschias	20–50	Falcons	Hage Geingob Stadium, Windhoek
	16:00	Try: Eugene Jantjies  52', 68' Con: Eugene Jantjies  53', 69' (2/2) Pen: Eugene Jantjies  11', 28' (2/2) Cards: Rohan Kitshoff 39' to 50' Nian Berg  76'	Report[29] Scoreboard[30]	Try: Charlie Mayeza  17', 54' Reg Muller  34' Johan Pretorius  36', 41' Etienne Taljaard  49' Anrich Richter  66' Andries Truter  80' Con: Karlo Aspeling  35', 37', 50' (3/6) Warren Potgieter  67', 81' (2/2) Cards: Reg Muller 39' to 50' JP Mostert 69' to 80' Dwight Pansegrouw  72'	Referee: Rodney Boneparte

Bye/s: Griffons, Leopards

Semi-finals

	30 September 2016	Leopards	40–30	Falcons	Olën Park, Potchefstroom
	17:00	Try: Jaco Jordaan  14' Johan Deysel  19' Bradley Moolman  27' Dean Gordon  38' Gene Willemse  48' Con: Johan Deysel  20', 39', 49' (3/5) Pen: Johan Deysel  18', 43', 77' (3/4)	Report[31] Scoreboard[32]	Try: Marlyn Williams  22' Johan Pretorius  50', 61' Con: Karlo Aspeling  23', 51' (2/2) Warren Potgieter  62' (1/1) Pen: Karlo Aspeling  32', 36' (2/2) Warren Potgieter  69' (1/1)	Referee: Jaco van Heerden

	30 September 2016	Border Bulldogs	16–25	Griffons	Buffalo City Stadium, East London
	19:00	Try: Makazole Mapimpi  59' Con: Masixole Banda  60' (1/1) Pen: Masixole Banda  5', 19', 33' (3/4)	Report[33] Scoreboard[34]	Try: Danie van der Merwe  6' Con: George Whitehead  7' (1/1) Pen: George Whitehead  9', 13', 39', 42', 45', 77' (6/6) Drop: George Whitehead (0/1) Cards: Tertius Kruger 33' to 43'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Pro Legoete

Final

	7 October 2016	Leopards	25–44	Griffons	Olën Park, Potchefstroom
	16:00	Try: Adrian Vermeulen  28' Jaco Hayward  44' Johan Deysel  77' Con: Johan Deysel  45', 78' (2/3) Pen: Johan Deysel  2', 38' (2/3) Cards: Jeandré Rudolph 50' to 60' Gene Willemse  70'	Report[35] Scoreboard[36]	Try: George Whitehead  9' Selvyn Davids  40' Tertius Kruger  60', 79' penalty try  69' Con: George Whitehead  10', 40', 61', 70', 80' (5/5) Pen: George Whitehead  26', 33', 51' (3/5) Drop: George Whitehead (0/2)	Referee: Quinton Immelman

Honours

The honour roll for the 2016 Currie Cup First Division was as follows:

2016 Currie Cup First Division
Champions:	Griffons
Top Points Scorer:	George Whitehead, Griffons (125)
Top Try Scorer:	Gene Willemse, Leopards (8)

Players

Squads

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

Border Bulldogs squad^[37]

Forwards	Phumlani Blaauw • Onke Dubase • Billy Dutton • Ndzondelelo Gemashe • Johannes Janse van Rensburg • Johannes Jonker • Athenkosi Khethani • Josh Kota • Blake Kyd • Athenkosi Manentsa • Siya Mdaka • Mihlali Mpafi • Siyamthanda Ngande • Nkosi Nofuma • Lukhanyo Nomzanga • Hendri Storm • Lindokuhle Welemu • Soso Xakalashe • Yanga Xakalashe
Backs	Masixole Banda • Lunga Dumezweni • Bangi Kobese • Michael Makase • Makazole Mapimpi • Sonwabiso Mqalo • Sipho Nofemele • Sino Nyoka • Lundi Ralarala • Sethu Tom • Oliver Zono
Coach	David Dobela • Elliot Fana

Falcons squad^[38]

Forwards	Jacques Alberts • Henri Boshoff • Isak Deetlefs • Heinrich Els • Jan Enslin • Shane Kirkwood • Ernst Ladendorf • Thabo Mamojele • JP Mostert • Reg Muller • Friedle Olivier • Dwight Pansegrouw • Andries Schutte • Koos Strauss • Gihard Visagie • Grant Watts • Marlyn Williams
Backs	Karlo Aspeling • Coert Cronjé • Xander Cronjé • Damian Engledoe • Kyle Hendricks • Grant Janke • Charlie Mayeza • Warren Potgieter • Johan Pretorius • Anrich Richter • Etienne Taljaard • Andries Truter • Andrew van Wyk • Did not play: • Christo Coetzee
Coach	Rudy Joubert

Griffons squad^[39]

Forwards	Gavin Annandale • PW Botha • Rudi Britz • Gerhard Engelbrecht • Samora Fihlani • Elandré Huggett • De Wet Kruger • George Marich • Vincent Maruping • Khwezi Mkhafu • Heinrich Roelfse • Boela Serfontein • Martin Sithole • Danie van der Merwe • Boela Venter • Hennie Venter • Dennis Visser
Backs	Boela Abrahams • Selvyn Davids • Joubert Engelbrecht • Reinhardt Erwee • Tertius Kruger • Tertius Maarman • Vuyo Mbotho • Japie Nel • Duan Pretorius • Louis Venter • George Whitehead • Warren Williams
Coach	Oersond Gorgonzola

Leopards squad^[40]

Forwards	Wilmar Arnoldi • Dewald Dekker • Roan Grobbelaar • Danie Jordaan • Jaco Jordaan • Juan Language • Bart le Roux • Stairs Mhlongo • Loftus Morrison • Kabelo Motloung • Lucky Ngcamu • Marno Redelinghuys • Francois Robertse • Jeandré Rudolph • Walt Steenkamp • HP Swart • Louis van der Westhuizen  • Dane van der Westhuyzen
Backs	Rowayne Beukman • Myburgh Briers • Johan Deysel • Dean Gordon • Jaco Hayward • Sandile Kubheka • Bradley Moolman • Chriswill September • Malherbe Swart • Adrian Vermeulen • Johnny Welthagen • Ryno Wepener • Gene Willemse
Coach	Jonathan Mokeuna

SWD Eagles squad^[41]

Forwards	Layle Delo • Juandré Digue • Christo du Plessis • Thor Halvorsen • Lyndon Hartnick • Kurt Haupt • Dean Hopp • Marco Kruger • Grant le Roux • Teunis Nieuwoudt • Andisa Ntsila • Schalk Oelofse • Buran Parks • Mark Pretorius • Davon Raubenheimer • Nemo Roelofse • Janneman Stander • Lodewyk Uys
Backs	Riaan Arends • Martin du Toit • Mzo Dyantyi • Leighton Eksteen • Wilneth Engelbrecht • Hansie Graaff • Kirsten Heyns • Jacquin Jansen • Tom Kean • Hentzwill Pedro • Charles Radebe • Daniel Roberts • Dillin Snel • Johan Steyn • Luzuko Vulindlu • Clinton Wagman
Coach	Deon Davids

Welwitschias squad^[42]

Forwards	Nian Berg • Morné Blom • Petri Burger • Leneve Damens • AJ de Klerk • Shaun du Preez • Alberto Engelbrecht • Quintin Esterhuizen • Zayne Groenewaldt • Thomas Kali • Munio Kasiringua • Rohan Kitshoff • Gert Lotter • Ruan Ludick • Collen Smith • Denzil van Wyk • Hauta Veii • Casper Viviers • Johann Wohler
Backs	Chrysander Botha • Darryl de la Harpe • Eugene Jantjies • Shaun Kaizemi • Nandivatu Karuuombe • Cameron Klassen • Lesley Klim • Malcolm Moore • Philip Nashikaku • Justin Nel • Mahco Prinsloo • Heinrich Smit • Russell van Wyk • Riaan van Zyl • Francois Wiese • Gino Wilson • JC Winckler
Coach	John Williams

Appearances and points

Border Bulldogs
Name	LEO	WEL	GRF	GFA	SWD	SF	F		App	Try	Kck	Pts
Blake Kyd	1	1	1	1	3	1	—		6	0	0	0
Mihlali Mpafi	2	2	2	2	16	2	—		6	0	0	0
Johannes Jonker	3		3	3		3	—		4	0	0	0
Lindokuhle Welemu	4	4	4	4		4	—		5	1	0	5
Hendri Storm	5	5	5	5	5	5	—		6	0	0	0
Onke Dubase	6	6	6	6	6	6	—		6	3	0	15
Siya Mdaka	7	7	7			7	—		4	0	0	0
Athenkosi Manentsa	8						—		1	1	0	5
Sino Nyoka	9	9	9	20	20	20	—		6	1	0	5
Masixole Banda	10	10	15	15	10	15	—		6	6	67	97
Makazole Mapimpi	11	11	11	11	11	11	—		6	3	0	15
Lunga Dumezweni	12	12	12	12	21	12	—		6	1	0	5
Lundi Ralarala	13	13	13	13	13	13	—		6	0	0	0
Sipho Nofemele	14	14	14	14	14	14	—		6	5	0	25
Sonwabiso Mqalo	15	15		22	15	22	—		5	3	0	15
Josh Kota	16	16	16	16	2	16	—		4	1	0	5
Siyamthanda Ngande	17	18			1	17	—		4	0	0	0
Nkosi Nofuma	18						—		1	0	0	0
Billy Dutton	19		19		7	18	—		4	0	0	0
Bangi Kobese	20	20	20	9	9	9	—		6	0	0	0
Oliver Zono	21	22	10	10		10	—		5	3	0	15
Michael Makase	22		22		22		—		3	2	0	10
Phumlani Blaauw		3			18		—		2	0	0	0
Johannes Janse van Rensburg		8	8	7	8	8	—		5	0	0	0
Yanga Xakalashe		17	17	17	17		—		4	0	0	0
Athenkosi Khethani		19	18	18	4		—		4	1	0	5
Soso Xakalashe		21					—		1	0	0	0
Sethu Tom			21	21	12	21	—		4	0	0	0
Ndzondelelo Gemashe				8			—		1	1	0	5
Lukhanyo Nomzanga				19	19	19	—		3	0	0	0
Total									6	32	67	227

Falcons
Name	GRF	SWD	LEO	BDR	WEL	SF	F		App	Try	Kck	Pts
Koos Strauss	1	1	1	1		1	—		5	0	0	0
Henri Boshoff	2		17	17	1		—		4	0	0	0
Andries Schutte	3	3	3	3	3	3	—		6	1	0	5
Shane Kirkwood	4	4	4	4		4	—		5	0	0	0
Isak Deetlefs	5	18	18		4		—		4	0	0	0
JP Mostert	6	6	6	6	19	6	—		6	0	0	0
Ernst Ladendorf	7	7		19	7	7	—		5	0	0	0
Friedle Olivier	8	8	7	7		19	—		5	2	0	10
Johan Pretorius	9	9	9	9	9	9	—		6	6	0	30
Karlo Aspeling	10	10	20	10	10	10	—		6	0	35	35
Etienne Taljaard	11		11	11	11	11	—		5	5	0	25
Andrew van Wyk	12	12	12	12		22	—		5	1	0	5
Andries Truter	13	11			13	13	—		4	0	0	0
Charlie Mayeza	14	14	14	14	14	14	—		6	4	0	20
Coert Cronjé	15	15	15			15	—		4	1	0	5
Dwight Pansegrouw	16	16	16	16	16	16	—		5	0	0	0
Grant Watts	17				17		—		2	0	0	0
Marlyn Williams	18	5	5	5	5	5	—		6	2	0	10
Reg Muller	19	19	8	8	8	8	—		6	2	0	10
Warren Potgieter	20	20	10	21	21	21	—		6	0	9	9
Grant Janke	21	13	13	13	12	12	—		6	0	0	0
Damian Engledoe	22		22	15			—		3	1	0	5
Jan Enslin		2	2	2		2	—		4	1	0	5
Heinrich Els		17					—		1	0	0	0
Xander Cronjé		21	21	22	22		—		4	1	0	5
Christo Coetzee		22					—		0	0	0	0
Thabo Mamojele			19		6		—		2	0	0	0
Jacques Alberts				18	18	18	—		3	0	0	0
Anrich Richter				20	20	20	—		3	2	0	10
Gihard Visagie					2	17	—		2	0	0	0
Kyle Hendricks					15		—		1	0	0	0
Total									6	29	44	189

Griffons
Name	GFA	SWD	LEO	BDR	WEL	SF	F		App	Try	Kck	Pts
Danie van der Merwe	1	1	1	1	1	1	1		7	2	0	10
Elandré Huggett	2	2	2	2		16	16		6	1	0	5
Gerhard Engelbrecht	3	3	3	3	3	3	3		7	0	0	0
Gavin Annandale	4	4	4	4	4	4	4		7	1	0	5
Dennis Visser	5		5	5	5	5	5		6	2	0	10
Martin Sithole	6	6	19	19	19	19	8		7	2	0	10
Vincent Maruping	7	7	6	6	6	6	6		7	0	0	0
De Wet Kruger	8	8	8	8	8	8			6	3	0	15
Boela Abrahams	9	9	9	9	9	9	9		7	1	3	8
George Whitehead	10	10	10	10	10	10	10		7	2	115	125
Warren Williams	11	21	11	11	11	11	11		7	5	0	25
Joubert Engelbrecht	12	12	12	13	13	21	22		7	0	0	0
Tertius Kruger	13	13	13	22	22	13	13		7	2	0	10
Vuyo Mbotho	14	11	14	14	14	14	14		7	3	0	15
Selvyn Davids	15	14	15	15		15	15		6	3	0	15
Khwezi Mkhafu	16	16	16	16	2	2	2		7	0	0	0
PW Botha	17								1	0	0	0
George Marich	18	17			17				3	0	0	0
Boela Serfontein	19	5	18	18	18		18		5	0	0	0
Louis Venter	20	20	20	20	20	20	21		6	0	0	0
Tertius Maarman	21			21					2	0	0	0
Japie Nel	22	22	22	12	12	12	12		7	2	0	10
Reinhardt Erwee		15			21				2	2	0	10
Samora Fihlani		18				18	19		2	0	0	0
Boela Venter		19	7	7	7	7	7		6	2	0	10
Rudi Britz			17	17					2	0	0	0
Duan Pretorius			21		15	22	20		3	0	0	0
Hennie Venter					16				1	0	0	0
Heinrich Roelfse						17	17		2	0	0	0
penalty try									–	2	–	10
Total									7	35	118	293

Leopards
Name	BDR	WEL	GRF	GFA	SWD	SF	F		App	Try	Kck	Pts
Bart le Roux	1	3	17						3	2	0	10
Wilmar Arnoldi	2	16			16	16			3	0	0	0
Lucky Ngcamu	3			17					2	0	0	0
Stairs Mhlongo	4	4			4	4	4		5	0	0	0
Walt Steenkamp	5	18	5	5		5	5		6	0	0	0
Juan Language	6				6		6		3	0	0	0
HP Swart	7	7	7	19		7	7		6	6	0	30
Marno Redelinghuys	8	8	19		19	20	19		6	0	0	0
Malherbe Swart	9	20	20	20	9	21	9		7	0	6	6
Gene Willemse	10	10	10	10	10	10	10		7	8	0	40
Jaco Hayward	11	11	15	15	15	15	15		7	1	0	5
Johan Deysel	12	12	12	12	12	12	12		7	5	76	101
Bradley Moolman	13		11	11	11	11	11		6	4	0	20
Rowayne Beukman	14	14	14						3	1	0	5
Ryno Wepener	15	15	22	22	22				5	0	0	0
Dane van der Westhuyzen	16	2	2	2		2	2		6	0	0	0
Roan Grobbelaar	17	1	1	1	1	1	1		7	0	0	0
Loftus Morrison	18	5	4	7	7	19			6	3	0	15
Jaco Jordaan	19	6	6	6		6	22		6	1	0	5
Chriswill September	20	9	9	9	20	9	20		7	0	0	0
Adrian Vermeulen	21	13	13	13	13	13	13		7	3	0	15
Myburgh Briers	22	21							2	0	0	0
Dewald Dekker		17	3	3	3	3	3		6	0	0	0
Francois Robertse		19	18	4	5	18	18		6	1	0	5
Sandile Kubheka		22	21	14	21	22	21		5	0	0	0
Jeandré Rudolph			8	8	8	8	8		5	0	0	0
Louis van der Westhuizen			16	16	2		16		4	0	0	0
Danie Jordaan				18	18				2	0	0	0
Johnny Welthagen				21					1	0	2	2
Dean Gordon					14	14	14		3	3	0	15
Kabelo Motloung					17	17	17		3	0	0	0
penalty try									–	1	–	5
Total									7	39	84	279

SWD Eagles
Name	WEL	GRF	GFA	LEO	BDR	SF	F		App	Try	Kck	Pts
Dean Hopp	1	17	17	3	3	—	—		5	0	0	0
Mark Pretorius	2	2	2	2		—	—		4	3	0	15
Nemo Roelofse	3	3	3	17	17	—	—		5	0	0	0
Schalk Oelofse	4	4				—	—		2	0	0	0
Lodewyk Uys	5	5	5	5	5	—	—		5	0	0	0
Andisa Ntsila	6	6	19	8	20	—	—		5	2	0	10
Thor Halvorsen	7	7	7	6	7	—	—		5	1	0	5
Christo du Plessis	8	8	8	18	8	—	—		5	3	0	15
Johan Steyn	9	9	9		9	—	—		4	2	0	10
Hansie Graaff	10	10	10	13	22	—	—		5	0	38	38
Hentzwill Pedro	11	11	22	11		—	—		4	1	0	5
Luzuko Vulindlu	12	12	14		12	—	—		4	1	0	5
Kirsten Heyns	13	13	13			—	—		3	0	0	0
Charles Radebe	14	14	11		11	—	—		4	1	0	5
Jacquin Jansen	15					—	—		1	0	0	0
Kurt Haupt	16	16	16	16	2	—	—		4	3	0	15
Juandré Digue	17					—	—		1	0	0	0
Grant le Roux	18	18	4		18	—	—		4	0	0	0
Buran Parks	19					—	—		1	0	0	0
Dillin Snel	20	20	20	9		—	—		4	1	0	5
Wilneth Engelbrecht	21	21	12			—	—		3	0	0	0
Daniel Roberts	22	15		21	13	—	—		4	1	0	5
Layle Delo		1			16	—	—		2	0	0	0
Janneman Stander		19	6	19	6	—	—		4	1	0	5
Tom Kean		22	21	15	15	—	—		3	0	9	9
Teunis Nieuwoudt			1	1	1	—	—		3	0	0	0
Leighton Eksteen			15	10	14	—	—		3	0	6	6
Marco Kruger			18			—	—		1	0	0	0
Lyndon Hartnick				4	19	—	—		2	0	0	0
Davon Raubenheimer				7	4	—	—		2	0	0	0
Martin du Toit				12	10	—	—		2	2	0	10
Clinton Wagman				14		—	—		1	0	0	0
Mzo Dyantyi				20	21	—	—		2	0	0	0
Riaan Arends				22		—	—		1	0	0	0
penalty try									–	1	–	5
Total									5	23	53	168

Welwitschias
Name	SWD	LEO	BDR	GRF	GFA	SF	F		App	Try	Kck	Pts
Casper Viviers	1	1				—	—		2	0	0	0
Gert Lotter	2	2	7	2	2	—	—		5	1	0	5
AJ de Klerk	3	3	3	3	3	—	—		5	0	0	0
Munio Kasiringua	4		19	18	18	—	—		3	0	0	0
Ruan Ludick	5	5	5	5	5	—	—		5	0	0	0
Zayne Groenewaldt	6	6	6	6	19	—	—		5	0	0	0
Morné Blom	7	19	8	7		—	—		4	1	0	5
Leneve Damens	8	8	16	8	8	—	—		5	1	0	5
Cameron Klassen	9	9		20		—	—		3	0	0	0
Eugene Jantjies	10	10	10	9	9	—	—		5	2	42	52
Gino Wilson	11	11		14		—	—		3	1	0	5
Darryl de la Harpe	12	12	12	12		—	—		4	0	0	0
Heinrich Smit	13	13	14		13	—	—		4	0	0	0
Philip Nashikaku	14	14	21	11	11	—	—		5	1	0	5
Chrysander Botha	15	15	15	15	10	—	—		5	1	0	5
Shaun du Preez	16		1		16	—	—		3	0	0	0
Quintin Esterhuizen	17	17				—	—		2	0	0	0
Denzil van Wyk	18	4	4	4	4	—	—		5	0	0	0
Johann Wohler	19			19	7	—	—		3	0	0	0
Nandivatu Karuuombe	20					—	—		1	0	0	0
Lesley Klim	21	21	13	13		—	—		4	5	0	25
Mahco Prinsloo	22	22	20			—	—		3	0	0	0
Rohan Kitshoff		7			6	—	—		2	0	0	0
Petri Burger		16	2	16		—	—		3	0	0	0
Alberto Engelbrecht		18				—	—		1	0	0	0
JC Winckler		20	9		20	—	—		3	0	0	0
Russell van Wyk			11			—	—		1	0	0	0
Collen Smith			17	17		—	—		2	0	0	0
Thomas Kali			18			—	—		1	0	0	0
Justin Nel			22	10	22	—	—		3	0	0	0
Hauta Veii				1	1	—	—		2	0	0	0
Shaun Kaizemi				21	12	—	—		2	1	0	5
Malcolm Moore				22	14	—	—		2	1	0	5
Riaan van Zyl					15	—	—		1	0	0	0
Nian Berg					17	—	—		1	0	0	0
Francois Wiese					21	—	—		1	0	0	0
Total									5	15	42	117

Points scorers

The following table contain points scored in the 2016 Currie Cup First Division:^[43]

Top Ten point scorers
No	Player	Team	T	C	P	DG	Pts
1	George Whitehead	Griffons	2	32	17	0	125
2	Johan Deysel	Leopards	5	29	6	0	101
3	Masixole Banda	Border Bulldogs	6	26	5	0	97
4	Eugene Jantjies	Welwitschias	2	12	6	0	52
5	Gene Willemse	Leopards	8	0	0	0	40
6	Hansie Graaff	SWD Eagles	0	13	4	0	38
7	Karlo Aspeling	Falcons	0	13	3	0	35
8	Johan Pretorius	Falcons	6	0	0	0	30
	HP Swart	Leopards	6	0	0	0	30
10	Lesley Klim	Welwitschias	5	0	0	0	25
	Sipho Nofemele	Border Bulldogs	5	0	0	0	25
	Warren Williams	Griffons	5	0	0	0	25

Other point scorers
No	Player	Team	T	C	P	DG	Pts
13	Charlie Mayeza	Falcons	4	0	0	0	20
	Bradley Moolman	Leopards	4	0	0	0	20
	Etienne Taljaard	Falcons	4	0	0	0	20
16	Selvyn Davids	Griffons	3	0	0	0	15
	Christo du Plessis	SWD Eagles	3	0	0	0	15
	Onke Dubase	Border Bulldogs	3	0	0	0	15
	Dean Gordon	Leopards	3	0	0	0	15
	Kurt Haupt	SWD Eagles	3	0	0	0	15
	De Wet Kruger	Griffons	3	0	0	0	15
	Makazole Mapimpi	Border Bulldogs	3	0	0	0	15
	Vuyo Mbotho	Griffons	3	0	0	0	15
	Loftus Morrison	Leopards	3	0	0	0	15
	Sonwabiso Mqalo	Border Bulldogs	3	0	0	0	15
	Mark Pretorius	SWD Eagles	3	0	0	0	15
	Adrian Vermeulen	Leopards	3	0	0	0	15
	Oliver Zono	Border Bulldogs	3	0	0	0	15
29	Martin du Toit	SWD Eagles	2	0	0	0	10
	Reinhardt Erwee	Griffons	2	0	0	0	10
	Tertius Kruger	Griffons	2	0	0	0	10
	Bart le Roux	Leopards	2	0	0	0	10
	Michael Makase	Border Bulldogs	2	0	0	0	10
	Reg Muller	Falcons	2	0	0	0	10
	Japie Nel	Griffons	2	0	0	0	10
	Andisa Ntsila	SWD Eagles	2	0	0	0	10
	Friedle Olivier	Falcons	2	0	0	0	10
	Anrich Richter	Falcons	2	0	0	0	10
	Martin Sithole	Griffons	2	0	0	0	10
	Johan Steyn	SWD Eagles	2	0	0	0	10
	Danie van der Merwe	Griffons	2	0	0	0	10
	Boela Venter	Griffons	2	0	0	0	10
	Dennis Visser	Griffons	2	0	0	0	10
	Marlyn Williams	Falcons	2	0	0	0	10
45	Tom Kean	SWD Eagles	0	0	3	0	9
	Warren Potgieter	Falcons	0	3	1	0	9
47	Boela Abrahams	Griffons	1	0	0	1	8
48	Leighton Eksteen	SWD Eagles	0	3	0	0	6
	Malherbe Swart	Leopards	0	3	0	0	6
50	Gavin Annandale	Griffons	1	0	0	0	5
	Rowayne Beukman	Leopards	1	0	0	0	5
	Morné Blom	Welwitschias	1	0	0	0	5
	Chrysander Botha	Welwitschias	1	0	0	0	5
	Coert Cronjé	Falcons	1	0	0	0	5
	Xander Cronjé	Falcons	1	0	0	0	5
	Leneve Damens	Welwitschias	1	0	0	0	5
	Lunga Dumezweni	Border Bulldogs	1	0	0	0	5
	Damian Engledoe	Falcons	1	0	0	0	5
	Jan Enslin	Falcons	1	0	0	0	5
	Ndzondelelo Gemashe	Border Bulldogs	1	0	0	0	5
	Thor Halvorsen	SWD Eagles	1	0	0	0	5
	Jaco Hayward	Leopards	1	0	0	0	5
	Elandré Huggett	Griffons	1	0	0	0	5
	Jaco Jordaan	Leopards	1	0	0	0	5
	Shaun Kaizemi	Welwitschias	1	0	0	0	5
	Athenkosi Khethani	Border Bulldogs	1	0	0	0	5
	Josh Kota	Border Bulldogs	1	0	0	0	5
	Gert Lotter	Welwitschias	1	0	0	0	5
	Athenkosi Manentsa	Border Bulldogs	1	0	0	0	5
	Malcolm Moore	Welwitschias	1	0	0	0	5
	Philip Nashikaku	Welwitschias	1	0	0	0	5
	Sino Nyoka	Border Bulldogs	1	0	0	0	5
	Hentzwill Pedro	SWD Eagles	1	0	0	0	5
	Charles Radebe	SWD Eagles	1	0	0	0	5
	Daniel Roberts	SWD Eagles	1	0	0	0	5
	Francois Robertse	Leopards	1	0	0	0	5
	Andries Schutte	Falcons	1	0	0	0	5
	Dillin Snel	SWD Eagles	1	0	0	0	5
	Janneman Stander	SWD Eagles	1	0	0	0	5
	Andries Truter	Falcons	1	0	0	0	5
	Andrew van Wyk	Falcons	1	0	0	0	5
	Luzuko Vulindlu	SWD Eagles	1	0	0	0	5
	Lindokuhle Welemu	Border Bulldogs	1	0	0	0	5
	Gino Wilson	Welwitschias	1	0	0	0	5
85	Johnny Welthagen	Leopards	0	1	0	0	2
—	penalty try	Griffons	2	0	0	0	10
		Leopards	1	0	0	0	5
		SWD Eagles	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:^[44]

Red cards or multiple yellow cards
Player	Team
Soso Xakalashe	Border Bulldogs	1	0

Single yellow cards
Player	Team
Nian Berg	Welwitschias	0	1
Lunga Dumezweni	Border Bulldogs	0	1
Gerhard Engelbrecht	Griffons	0	1
Thor Halvorsen	SWD Eagles	0	1
Elandré Huggett	Griffons	0	1
Jaco Jordaan	Leopards	0	1
Rohan Kitshoff	Welwitschias	0	1
Cameron Klassen	Welwitschias	0	1
Tertius Kruger	Griffons	0	1
Gert Lotter	Welwitschias	0	1
Vincent Maruping	Griffons	0	1
Loftus Morrison	Leopards	0	1
JP Mostert	Falcons	0	1
Reg Muller	Falcons	0	1
Charles Radebe	SWD Eagles	0	1
Dwight Pansegrouw	Falcons	0	1
Francois Robertse	Leopards	0	1
Nemo Roelofse	SWD Eagles	0	1
Jeandré Rudolph	Leopards	0	1
Dennis Visser	Griffons	0	1
Gene Willemse	Leopards	0	1
* Legend: = Sent off, = Sin-binned

Referees

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

2016 Currie Cup First Division referees

Referees

Mike Adamson • Rodney Boneparte • Quinton Immelman • AJ Jacobs • Cwengile Jadezweni • Pro Legoete • Sindile Ngcese • Jaco Peyper • Alexandre Ruiz • Egon Seconds • Jaco van Heerden

See also

• 2016 Currie Cup Premier Division
• 2016 Currie Cup qualification
• 2016 Under-21 Provincial Championship
• 2016 Under-20 Provincial Championship
• 2016 Under-19 Provincial Championship