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EMIRATES LIONS vs DHL Stormers

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CONTENTSMESSAGE FROM KEVIN DE KLERK, GLRU’S PRESIDENT 5

VODACOM MESSAGE 9

MANIE SE ‘HART WAS NOG ALTYD GROTER AS SY SIZE’ 10

XEROX GOLDEN LIONS – 2016 CURRIE CUP FIXTURES 13

EMIRATES LIONS VS DHL STORMERS 14

CURTAIN RAISER: SCHOOLS 17

REPAIRS DONE ON EMIRATES AIRLINE PARK PITCH 19

FIXTURES 25

Publishers: Rugbyvaria Editor: Annemie Bester Graphic Design: Reneé Naudé Advertising: Annemie Bester

GLRU Media and PR Manager: Annemie Bester Photographer: Deon van der Merwe Website: lionsrugby.co.za

Today we welcome the DHL Stormers to our home turf and we look forward to a clash which has always offered a fast-paced game with much action in the past, and we wait in anticipation to see what these two teams will produce tonight.

A big thank you is extended to Vodacom for making this exciting competition possible.

A heartfelt thank you to each and every sponsor and partner for your support and especially thank you to Emirates, our team sponsor. It is an honour and privilege to have you backing us. Your support, on all levels, is invaluable and we are proud to have you as not only our team sponsor but also as our partner and friend.

Today we will have one of our local schools, Jeppe High School for Boys, in action against Hoërskool Ben Vorster from Tzaneen in the curtain raiser. I want to laud our CEO Rudolf Straeuli for this initiative which will see school boy rugby in all our Vodacom Super Rugby curtain raisers.

Good luck to coach Johan Ackermann and captain Warren Whiteley for this tough encounter.

Please remember to visit our website www.lionsrugby.co.za for all your Lions rugby news. Enjoy the day with us.

Kevin de Klerk.President: GLRU

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DIE IDEE AGTER KYKNET se dramareeks, ‘Getroud met Rugby’, kon net sowel uit Manie Reyneke se eie draaiboek gekom het. Reyneke, die voormalige hoof uitvoerende beampte van die Goue Leeus Rugby-unie (GLRU), se betrokkenheid by rugby in dié unie

het 36 jaar gelede as speler begin toe hy die destydse Transvaal op skole- en o.20-vlak verteenwoordig het. Dié langtermynverhouding kan egter kwalik as maatstaf vir sy passie vir die sport gebruik word. Ná Reyneke van Union na Alberton Rugbyklub verskuif het, gebeur

MANIE REYNEKE • 10

MANIE SE ‘HART WAS NOG ALTYD GROTER AS SY SIZE’Deur André Bester

MANIE SE ‘HART WAS NOG ALTYD GROTER AS SY SIZE’

dit toe dat een van die klub se belangrikste wedstryde op een van Reyneke se belangrikste dae val: sy troudag. Hoegemaak? Soos dit ’n haker betaam (hulle is mos eiesoortige karakters), besluit Reyneke die liefde sal seëvier en die wedstryd sal voortgaan. Skaars was die strop om sy nek gesit of hy is af veld toe om sy eerste wedstryd as getroude man te speel. Alberton wen toe en Reyneke gaan sluit hom aan by sy gaste by die bruiloffunksie.

Dié wen beteken toe dat Alberton die volgende Woensdag in ’n eindstryd moes speel met sy wittebrood wat eers kon geskied ná sy verpligtinge op die veld afgehandel is. Die troukoek was, seker heel voorspelbaar ... ’n rugbybal. Met sy spelersloopbaan afgehandel het Manie by Alberton se bestuur betrokke geraak. Hy is sedert 1994 lid van die GLRU se bestuursraad en is in 2001 tot voorsitter van dié raad verkies.

In Augustus 2007 is hy as hoof uitvoerende beampte van die GLRU aangestel.

Reyneke het die leisels oorgeneem in sekerlik een van die moeilikste tye in die unie se geskiedenis, maar dit was ’n uitdaging wat hy nie geskroom het om aan te vat nie. Hoe seg groot oom Kevin de Klerk, president van die GLRU: “Manie het nog altyd meer hart as size gehad.”

Sy mees gekoesterde rugby-herinneringe was vir hom sy dae as speler by Alberton. “Dit was ’n groot eer en voorreg om weekliks langs spelers soos Kevin (de Klerk) te speel. En die samesyn tussen die spelers, dis een aspek wat ek baie mis. Dis ’n jammerte dat dit in die professionele era verlore gegaan het.”

Reyneke het in 1996 die eerste keer die grootbaas van Alberton geword en die pos vir vyf jaar beklee voor hy die klub se president geword het totdat hy Leeus toe is.

Dit is heel gepas dat die GLRU se besluit om die vyf tuiswedstryde in die kwalifiserende ronde van die Curriebeker op die velde van klubs te speel, op 23 April by Alberton afskop. En dis ook nie ’n hierjy-wedstryd nie, want dit is die buurspan van Pretoria, die Blou Bulle, wat kom besoek aflê.

MANIE REYNEKE • 11www.lionsrugby.co.za

The 2016 Currie Cup series will consist of nine teams in the Premier Division and six in the First Division with the competition being played from August to October.

The six unions with franchise (Super Rugby) teams automatically qualify for the Premier Division. They will

be joined by the three top sides from non-franchise unions from the qualifying rounds that are already underway.

The Golden Lions fixtures in the Qualifying Round (15 teams, with the Welwichias from Namibia also taking part):

XEROX GOLDEN LIONS 2016 QUALIFYING FIXTURES

2016 CURRIE CUP FICTURES • 13www.lionsrugby.co.za

APRIL9 vs Border (Emirates Airline Park) Lost 23-27

16 vs Welwitchias (away)23 vs Blue Bulls (Alberton Rugby Club)

30 vs Western Province (away)

MAY7 vs Free State Cheetahs (Diggers Rugby Club)

21 vs Sharks XV (away)28 vs EP Kings (Pirates Rugby Club)

JUNE4 vs Pumas (away)

11 vs Griquas (Jhb Police Rugby Club)18 vs Leopards (away)

JULY2 vs Griffons (Emirates Airline Park)

9 vs Valke (away)16 vs Eagles (Hoërskool Roodepoort)

23 vs Boland (away)

EMIRATES LIONS

16 APRIL 2016

15 Jaco van der Walt14 Ruan Combrinck

13 Lionel Mapoe12 Rohan Janse van Rensburg

11 Courtnall Skosan10 Elton Jantjies9 Ross Cronje

8 Warren Whiteley (captain)7 Warwick Tecklenburg

6 Jaco Kriel5 Franco Mostert4 Andries Ferreira

3 Julian Redelinghuys2 Malcolm Marx1 Dylan Smith

Replacements: 16 Armand van der Merwe

17 Corne Fourie18 Ruan Dreyer

19 Ruan Ackermann20 Cyle Brink

21 Faf de Klerk22 Howard Mnisi

23 Andries Coetzee

Coaches: Johan Ackermann (Head Coach), Swys de Bruin (Assistant Coach),

JP Ferreira (Assistant Coach)

Referee: Stuart Berry AR1: Lourens van der Merwe AR2: Cwengile Jadezweni TMO: Willie Vos

KICK-OFF: 19:15

DHL STORMERS

15 Cheslin Kolbe 14 Kobus van Wyk 13 Johnny Kotze

12 Juan de Jongh (captain) 11 Leolin Zas

10 Jean-Luc du Plessis 9 Nic Groom

8 Schalk Burger 7 Sikhumbuzo Notshe

6 Nizaam Carr 5 Pieter-Steph du Toit

4 JD Schickerling 3 Vincent Koch

2 Bongi Mbonambi 1 JC Janse van Rensburg

Replacements:16 Mike Willemse

17 Oli Kebble 18 Frans Malherbe (co-captain)

19 Rynhardt Elstadt 20 Siya Kolisi

21 Louis Schreuder 22 Damian de Allende

23 Huw Jones

Head coach: Robbie Fleck

Referee: Stuart Berry AR1: Lourens van der Merwe AR2: Cwengile Jadezweni TMO: Willie Vos

JEPPE HIGH SCHOOL FOR BOYS

15 Tyrone Green14 Moemisie Mosheledi13 Wandisile Similane12 Cameron Burke11 Mangaliso Ntimba10 Nathan Grove9 Dylan Wadeley8 Hacjivah Dayimane7 Duncan Tverdon6 Tebogo Ramodibe5 Gary Edwards4 Travis Cameron3 Douglas Cutter2 Nolo Naka1 Marc Harmieson

REPLACEMENTS: 16 Joshua Harrison17 Francois Meyer18 KeganLitchfield19 MphoTjamela20 Tumi Nameka21 ThorneO’Connell22 KyleGrundling23 James Msimango

Head coach: Janse van der Ryst

CURTAIN RAISERKICK-OFF: 16:30

HOËRSKOOL BEN VORSTER

15 Danny Mokhoabane14 Pule Molokomme13 Heini Ferreira12 Muzi Nyakane11 Rueben Ragolane10 Jonathan Viljoen9 Eduan Smit8 JJ Anker7 Stefan Engelbrecht6 Reuben Koekemoer5 Welmar Pieterse 4 Shama Manzini3 Barend Lombard2 Bernard Vermaak1 Jannie Jordaan

REPLACEMENTS: 16 FransPohl17 Tumi Mononyane18 RubenJordaan19 FrancoOberholzer20 Pieter Haasbroek21 JohanBuitendag22 ShimaMphahlele

Coaches: Hein Wagner (head coach), André Hay

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THE ‘EL NINO’ effect has proven to have an even more devastating effect in its wake in 2016 with weather systems being adversely impacted around the world and also in South Africa where maize output has dropped by 30%.

It has now also directly impacted on the current state of the pitch at Emirates Airline Park which has

seen break-up during scrummaging, rucks and malls since the first home Vodacom Super Rugby game against the Cheetahs on 19 March.

El Nino causes a warming in sea surface temperatures in the equatorial Pacific, and can lead to unusually heavy rains in some parts of the world and drought elsewhere.

REPAIRS DONE ON EMIRATES AIRLINE PARK PITCH

REPAIRS DONE ON EMIRATES AIRLINE PARK PITCH • 19

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Background on the pitch at Emirates Airline Park:

This pitch is a sand-based growing medium to provide adequate drainage and good playing conditions during wet weather. It was constructed in 1996. The pitch is based on a two-grass system where a warm season grass is used in the summer and cool season grass is used in winter to provide a deep root system all year round.

“The El Nino effect has restricted grass growth and poor root establishment at the park,” explains Mike Erasmus, stadium manager at Emirates Airline Park.

In the game against the Crusaders two percent of the playing surface

was breaking up due to high temperatures in the week leading up to the game. As a result corrective steps had to be taken this week leading up to the Vodacom Super Rugby match against the Stormers on April 16. Johan van Vuuren, the pitch expert at Emirates Airline Park and one of the leaders on pitch management in South Africa, headed up the corrective action project.

“This had to be done to ensure the safety of the players and to restrict injuries. We had to take these precautionary measures and while it will take three weeks to recover, the pitch will be ready for all the forthcoming fixtures including the Test in June,” Erasmus concluded.

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REPAIRS DONE ON EMIRATES AIRLINE PARK PITCH • 21www.lionsrugby.co.za

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