JOHANNESBURG, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Results of Currie Cup rugby union matches played at the weekend.
In George on Friday: Western Province beat South Western Districts 32-26 (halftime 17-16).
Scorers:
Western Province - Tries: Andrew Aitken (2), penalty try, Pieter Rossouw. Conversions: Louis Keon (3). Penalties: Keon (2).
South Western Districts - Tries: Freddie Roberts, Theo van Rensburg. Conversions: Braam van Straaten (2). Penalties: Van Straaten (4).
In Brakpan on Friday: Griqualand West beat Gauteng Falcons 45-24 (halftime 19-24)
Scorers:
Gauteng Falcons - Tries: Jaco Viljoen, Eugene Meyer, Nigel Pickford. Conversions: Viljoen (3). Penalty: Viljoen.
Griqualand West - Tries: Abrie Pretorius (2), Albert van den Berg (2), Edrich Lubbe, Casper Oosthuizen, Leon van der Watt. Conversions: Franco Smith (5).
In Welkom on Friday: North West beat Northern Free State 44-29 (hafltime 13-17)
Scorers:
Northern Free State - Tries: Slang Roux (2), JB van der Berg (2). Conversions: Tommy de Beer (3). Penalty: De Beer.
North West - Tries: Henk Schalekamp (2), Tony Lincoln, Barry McDonald, Jan Tromp, Jopie Adlam. Conversions: Bertus Kruger (4). Penalties: Kruger (2)
In Pretoria on Saturday: Northern Transvaal beat Natal 33-28 (halftime 20-6)
Scorers:
Northern Transvaal - Tries: Nicky van der Walt, Graeme Bouwer, Gerhard Loufs. Conversions: Bouwer (3). Penalties: Bouwer (3), Casper Steyn.
Natal - Tries: Cabous van der Westhuizen (2), Shaun Payne. Conversions: Gavin Lawless (2). Penalties: Lawless (3)
In East London on Saturday: Border beat Eastern Province 28-23 (halftime 23-13)
Scorers:
Border - Tries: Marcel van der Walt, Russell Bennett, Dale Heidtmann, Richard Bennett. Conversion: Greg Miller. Penalties: Miller (2).
Eastern Province - Tries: Dewald van Eyk, Chad Alcock, Jacques Greff. Conversion: Van Eyk. Penalties: Chris Beukes (2).
In Wellington on Saturday: Mpumalanga beat Boland 37-17 (halftime 17-10)
Scorers:
Boland - Tries: Stefan Terrblanche, Harold Karele, Jannie Coetzee. Conversion: Pieter O'Neill
Mpumalanga - Tries: Piet Joubert (2), Polla Nel, Riaan Potgeiter. Conversions: Eben von Gericke (4). Penalties: Von Gericke (3).
In Johannesburg on Saturday: Free State beat Gauteng Lions 53-24 (halftime 22-14)
Scorers:
Gauteng Lions - Tries: Tinus Delport (2), Chris Rossouw (2). Conversions: Johan Roux (2).
Free State - Tries: Jan-Harm van Wyk (2), MJ Smith (2), Charl van Rensburg, Braam Els, Helgard Muller, Jannie de Beer.
Standings (tabulated - played, won, drawn, lost, points for, points against, bonus points, total points):
Western Province 13 12 0 1 567 286 10 58 Natal 13 12 0 1 566 241 9 57 Free State 13 11 0 2 651 234 10 54 Gauteng Lions 13 9 0 4 562 399 9 45 Griqualand West 13 7 1 5 410 313 9 39 Boland 13 6 1 6 464 386 12 38 Northern Transvaal 13 8 0 5 382 341 8 40 South Western Districts 13 7 0 6 362 365 8 36 Mpumalanga 13 4 0 9 321 438 6 22 Gauteng Falcons 13 3 0 10 349 600 6 18 Northern Free State 13 3 0 10 344 744 5 17 Border 13 3 0 10 277 569 5 17 North West 13 3 0 10 346 507 4 16 Eastern Province 13 2 0 11 284 462 4 12 Semifinals to be played on Saturday, October 18: Natal v Free State (Kings Park, Durban) Western Province v Gauteng Lions (Newlands, Cape Town)
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