Fight for second two elimination round compartments is getting tense
The Cell C Sharks will watch from home as they partake in their bye as the two greatest challengers to their mission to get a Carling Currie Cup elimination round billet face the tension of playing the two top groups this end of the week.
The Sharks have only two games to play when they return to activity, and one of those is a troublesome excursion to Cape Town to confront a DHL Western Province group that returned to shape in their latest game.
Thus, for them the time has come to nibble the nails as the Windhoek Draft Griquas and the Airlink Pumas both have a game close by on them.
Griquas are three focuses behind the Sharks, who at present have 24 after their 10 games, and the Pumas are one point further back than Griquas after their mistake against a persuaded WP group last break.
That actually implies that Griquas will jump the Sharks into third put on the log would it be a good idea for them they win, while the Pumas will essentially draw level in the event that they win.
What is on the Sharks' side however is who the two groups are playing. Griquas, luckily for them, will be at home as they have the Central Unions derby on Saturday against a Toyota Cheetahs group that still can't seem to lose in the opposition this year.
The Pumas have apparently the harder assignment, not in light of who they are playing against but since they should go to Pretoria.
It isn't the URC group that occasionally plays Currie Cup games for the Bulls, yet regardless a solid one, and the Pumas will be unable to win assuming they rehash a portion of the mix-ups made against WP.
What will give Jimmy Stonehouse's group some certainty however is the information that the last time they headed out it was to Durban, where they stunned the Sharks.
The people who recollect that game and the one against WP will likely concur that the Pumas improve utilization of their ownership. In spite of the fact that they beat the Sharks, they ought to have won by more given the tension they applied and keeping in mind that WP were exceptional on protection, you could say the equivalent regarding the Pumas for that game.
The Bulls will be driven by Morne Steyn in what is a significant game for them in the event that they need pip the Cheetahs, who have given a couple of indications of weakness as of late, in the race for best position.
The present moment it is tight, only one point isolates the two, with the Bulls ahead yet simply because they have played another game than their unbeaten rivals.
In the other game to be played this end of the week, the Sigma Lions have WP in a match that, despite the fact that Province have a slight external numerical opportunity to in any case fit the bill for the end of the season games, is simply about pride and working for the following year.
WP have picked an accomplished group for the undertaking of going in mission of what might just be their third win of the time.
The Lions presently can't seem to win and their frantic state of mind could simply make them risky on their home field.
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