CURRIE CUP: STATS FOR FINAL!

There are always complaints and accusation about who poached whom and so on when it reaches crunch time in the Currie Cup. We look at the backgrounds of the 44 chosen for this year's Currie Cup Final.
We shall give place of birth and then, because place of birth may be of a short duration: born, place of education, because that is where the player grew up, probably his real origin.

The province names we refer to are the rugby provinces they were born into or schooled in.

Blue Bulls:

Zane Kirchner: born - George (South Western Districts); school - PW Botha (South Western Districts)

François Hougaard: born - Paarl (Western Province); school - Paul Roos (Western Province)

Jaco Pretorius: born - Johannesburg (Golden Lions); school - Randburg (Golden Lions)

Wynand Olivier: born - Welkom (Griffons); school - Affies (Blue Bulls)

Bryan Habana: born - Johannesburg (Golden Lions); school - KES (Golden Lions)

Morné Steyn: born - Bellville, Cape Town (Western Province); school - Sand du Plessis, Bloemfontein (Free State)

Fourie du Preez: born - Pretoria (Blue Bulls); school - Affies (Blue Bulls)

Pierre Spies: born - Pretoria (Blue Bulls); school - Affies (Blue Bulls)

Dewald Potgieter: born - Port Elizabeth (Eastern Province); school - Daniël Pienaar, Uitenhage (Eastern Province)

Deon Stegmann: born - Cradock (Eastern Province); school - Grey College (Free State)

Victor Matfield: born - Polokwane (previously Pietersburg) (Blue Bulls); school - Pietersburg (Blue Bulls)

Bakkies Botha: born - Newcastle (KwaZulu Natal); school - HTS Vereeniging (Valke)/HTS Middelburg (Mpumalanga)

Werner Kruger: born - Kemptonpark (Valke); school - Kemptonpark (Valke)

Derick Kuün: born - Johannesburg (Golden Lions); school - Affies (Blue Bulls)

Gürthro Steenkamp: born - Paarl (Western Province); school - Paarl Boys' High (Western Province)

Bandise Maku: born - King William's Town (Border); school - Dale (Border)

Rossouw de Klerk: born - Vredenburg (Boland); school - Paarl Gim (Western Province)

Danie Rossouw: born - Sabie (Mpumalanga); school - Rob Ferreira (Mpumalanga)

Pedrie Wannenburg: born - Nelspruit (Mpumalanga); school - Oakdale (South Western Districts)

Heini Adams: born - Worcester (Boland); school - Esselen Park, Worcester (Boland)

Burton Francis: born - Paarl (Western Province); school - Klein Nederburg, Paarl (Western Province)

Gerhard van den Heever: born - Bloemfontein (Free State); school - Affies (Blue Bulls)

Of the 22 players playing for the Blue Bulls on Saturday, three were born and raised in the land of the Blue Bull.

Free State Cheetahs:

Hennie Daniller: born - Cape Town (Western Province); school - Paarl Gim (Western Province)

Lionel Mapoe: born - Port Elizabeth (Eastern Province); school - Fichardtpark, Bloemfontein (Free State)

Corné Uys: born - Bredasdorp (Boland); school - Bredasdorp (Boland)

Meyer Bosman: born - Bethlehem (Griffons); school - Oakdale (South Western Districts)

Danwel Demas: born - Paarl (Western Province); school - New Orleans, Paarl (Western Province)

Jacques-Louis Potgieter: born - Pretoria (Blue Bulls); school - Affies (Blue Bulls)

JP Joubert: born - Port Elizabeth (Eastern Province); school - Framesby, Port Elizabeth (Eastern Province)

Ashley Johnson: born - Wynberg, Cape Town (Western Province); school - Paarl Gim (Western Province)

Frans Viljoen: born - Ficksburg (Griffons); school - Grey College (Free State)

Heinrich Brüssow: born - Bloemfontein (Free State); school - Grey College (Free State)

David de Villiers: born - Johannesburg (Golden Lions); school - Empangeni (KwaZulu Natal))

Nico Breedt: born - Johannesburg (Golden Lions); school - Kearsney (KwaZulu Natal))

WP Nel: born - Loeriesfontein (Boland); school - Drostdy, Worcester (Boland)

Adriaan Strauss: born - Bloemfontein (Free State); school - Grey College (Free State)

Wian du Preez.: born - Bloemfontein (Free State); school - Grey College (Free State)

Richardt Strauss: born - Pretoria (Blue Bulls); school - Grey College (Free State)

Coenie Oosthuizen: born - Potchefstroom (Leopards); school - Grey College (Free State)

Izak van der Westhuizen: born - Kimberley (Griquas); school - Diamantveld, Kimberley (Griquas)

Kabamba Floors: born - Oudtshoorn (South Western Districts); school - Morestêr, Oudtshoorn (South Western Districts)

Tewis de Bruyn: born - Hoopstad (Free State); school - Grey College (Free State)

Louis Strydom: born - Welkom (Griffons); school - HTS Welkom (Griffons)

Fabian Juries: born - Grahamstown (Eastern Province); school - Kingswood (Eastern Province)

Of the 22 players playing for the Free State Cheetahs on Saturday, four were born and raised in the land of the Cheetah.

- SOURCE: RUGBY365.COM