Griquas fight back to beat Leopards

Griquas hooker Ryno Barnes clatters in to Jovan Bowles

Griquas came from behind to beat the Leopards 38-23 in their Currie Cup clash in Potchefstroom on Saturday.

Fighting back in the second half, Griquas stormed past the log bottom Leopards to stay in the race for the Currie Cup playoffs.

Leopards flyhalf Wesley Dunlop was the only player to go over the try-line in the first period as the hosts took a 10-3 lead into the break.

The visitors, however, ran riot in the second period, scoring five tries to ensure they stayed in contention with only two games left before the semi-finals.

The scorers:

For Leopards:
Tries: Dunlop, Willis
Con: Dunlop, Durand
Pens: Dunlop 2
Drop goal: Dunlop

For Griquas:
Tries: Pretorius, Jansen, Viljoen, Mokuena, Nepgen
Cons: Vogt 3, Dumond 2
Pen: Vogt

Leopards: 15 Hofmann Maritz, 14 Jovan Bowles, 13 Charl Weideman, 12 Joubert Engelbrecht (c), 11 Vainon Willis, 10 Wesley Dunlop, 9 Johan Laker, 8 Robert Kruger, 7 MB Lusaseni, 6 Philip de Wet, 5 Brad Mockford,4 Brendon Snyman, 3 Dewald Coetzee, 2 Gavin Williamson, 1 Jean-Jacques Rossouw.
Replacements: 16 Marius Fourie, 17 Alfred Wauts, 18 Christo van Niekerk, 19 Siya Mdaka, 20 Spanner Pretorius, 21 Liam Slatem, 22 Clayton Durand.

Griquas: 15 Rudi Vogt, 14 Dusty Noble, 13 Wilmaure Louw, 12 Matthew Rosslee, 11 Rocco Jansen, 10 Riaan Viljoen, 9 Marnus Hugo, 8 Jonathan Mokuena (c), 7 Justin Downey, 6 Marnus Schoeman, 5 Jaco Nepgen, 4 Hendrik Roodt, 3 Lourens Adriaanse, 2 Ryno Barnes, 1 Ivann Espag.
Replacements: 16 Simon Westraadt, 17 Steph Roberts, 18 Edwin Hewitt, 19 Leon Karemaker, 20 Sarel Pretorius, 21 Hanno Coetzee, 22 Monty Dumond.

Referee: Lesego Legoete