Sonja Venter wins six match tickets
12 September 2008 (10:56)
Sonja Venter has answered all the questions of our fourth quiz correctly and wins six match tickets for Friday's ABSA Currie Cup clash between the Vodacom Blue Bulls and the Boland Cavaliers.
Here are the correct answers:
1 Who was the ABSA Currie Cup Player of the Tournament in 2007?
Adrian Jacobs
Richardt Strauss
Adriaan Strauss
Willem de Waal
**De Waal won the Currie Cup award in 2007. The other nominees were Rory Kockott, Richardt Strauss, Corniel van Zyl and Adrian Jacobs.
2 Which South African holds the record for the most first class tries?
Breyton Paulse
Danie Gerber
Chris Badenhorst
James Small
**Badenhorst has scored 173 tries. Paulse is second on the list with 159. Danie Gerber is third with 158 and James Small is in the fourth place with 157. The other players in the Top 10 are Gerrie Germishuys, John Daniels, Joost van der Westhuizen, Andre Joubert, Stefan Terblanche and Pieter Rossouw.
3 Who is going to partner Marius Delport in the midfield in Friday's clash against the Boland?
Wynand Olivier
Wayne Julies
Stephan Dippenaar
Braam Gerber
**Julies will start in the number 12-jersey. Olivier gets a well deserved break, while Dippenaar and Gerber are two of a host of extremely talented centres that are playing for the Bulls' under 21-team.
4 Who played hooker for the Springboks in 1995's World Cup Final?
James Dalton
Andries Truscott
John Allan
Chris Rossouw
**Rossouw replaced Dalton after the latter was suspended following the brawl against Canada in one of the pool matches.
5 Who has the highest winning percentage as a Springbok captain? (10 tests or more)
John Smit
Joost van der Westhuizen
Gary Teichmann
Morné du Plessis
**Du Plessis' percentage as captain is 87 percent. The Boks won 13 out of 15 games when he was the captain. Van der Westhuizen has an 80 percent winning percentage and Teichmann 72 percent.
6 Who is the Vodacom Blue Bulls forward coach?
Pote Human
Pote Fourie
Johann van Graan
Todd Louden
**Johann van Graan is the Blue Bulls' forward coach as well as technical advisor. Pote Human is currently coaching in Japan, while Pote Fourie is coaching the Blue Bulls' Amateur side. Todd Louden was the Bulls' backline coach in 2007.
7 Who was the first Springbok to receive a yellow card in test match?
Joost van der Westhuizen
Victor Matfield
Schalk Burger
Robbie Fleck
**The flamboyant WP centre was the first Bok to get a yellow card in 2000. It was in a test against Canada which was played in East London. Matfield received a yellow card against Scotland in Durban in 2003, while Burger's first yellow card was in 2004 against Ireland.
8 Which club represented the Blue Bulls at the national club championship that is currently taking place in Stellenbosch?
Pretoria Police
TUT
Tukkies
Harlequins
**Tuks beat TUT in the final of the Carlton League and consequently had the opportunity to represent the Blue Bulls at the Club Champs. They won their first match against SK Walmers but lost in the quarterfinals against College Rovers. Rovers eventually advanced to the final and will play against the Pukke on Saturday.
9 Who is going to play scrumhalf for the Blue Bulls' under 21 team against the Boland?
Ruan Snyman
Ruan Boshoff
Francois Hougaard
Francois Brummer
**Francois Hougaard is going to wear the number 9-jersey. Snyman is the scrumhalf on the bench, Ruan Boshoff plays inside centre and Francois Brummer is the flyhalf.
10 Who holds the record for the most Currie Cup matches?
Louis Moolman
Adolf Malan
Naas Botha
Helgard Müller
**Müller has played in an astonishing 142 Currie Cup matches. Moolman (112), Malan (102 and Botha (123) are all in the Top 20.
Rudi Visagie is in second place, followed by Chris Badenhorst, Burger Geldenhuys, Ollie le Roux, Andre Joubert, Eric Herbert, Naas Botha, Willie Meyer, Piet Krause, Louis Moolman, Martiens le Roux, De Wet Ras, Gerrie Sonnekus, Uli Schmidt, Adolf Malan, Gysie Pienaar and AJ Venter.
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