Griquas secure 1st season win

Kimberley - The Griquas secured their first victory of the season by defeating the Pumas 32-15 in Kimberley on Saturday.

The home side outscored the Pumas by four tries to two with Carel Greeff leading the way for Griquas with a brace of tries in the first half and Jacquin Jansen Jonathan Janse Van Rensburg also dotted down after the break to secure a bonus point for Hawies Fourie's team.

The visitors battled for large periods and although they fought back bravely in the second half with tries from Marnus Schoeman and Rosco Spekman it wasn't enough as Griquas appeared hungrier for the result.

Scorers

Griquas:
Tries:
Greeff 2, Jansen, Janse Van Rensburg
Cons:
Swart 2, Prinsloo
Pens:
Swart 2

Pumas:
Tries:
Schoeman, Spekman
Con:
Van Staden
Pen:
Van Staden
Yellow card:
De Klerk

Teams:

Griquas

15 Riaan Viljoen, 14 Ruhan Nel, 13 Jonathan Francke, 12 Clinton Swart, 11 Jacquin Jansen, 10 Francois Brummer, 9 Tian Meyer (captain), 8 Carel Greeff, 7 Kraai Adendorff, 6 Johan Wessels, 5 Hugo Kloppers, 4 Jaco Nepgen, 3 Stephan Kotze, 2 AJ le Roux, 1 Steph Roberts

Substitutes: 16 Martin Bezuidenhout, 17 Danie Mienie, 18 Kop van der Westhuizen, 19 Jonathan Janse van Rensburg, 20 Wendal Wehr, 21 Dylan Frylink, 22 Gouws Prinsloo

Pumas

15 Hoffman Maritz, 14 Bernardo Botha, 13 Jerome Pretorius, 12 Deon Heiberg, 11 Rosko Speckman, 10 Justin van Staden, 9 Faf de Klerk (captain), 8 Jason-Colin Fraser, 7 Uzair Cassiem, 6 Marnus Schoeman, 5 Giant Mtyanda, 4 Rudi Mathee, 3 De-Jay Terblanché, 2 Francois du Toit, 1 Corné Fourie

Substitutes: 16 Frank Herne, 17 Khwezi Mona, 18 Marius Coetzer, 19 Jaco Bouwer, 20 Reynier van Rooyen, 21 Hennie Skorbinski, 22 Wilmaure Louw