WHEN the Rugby Championship is on, the Currie Cup often assumes the role of the neglected stepchild. But with a few classic clashes of late and another coming up between the Free State Cheetahs and the Golden Lions, the world’s oldest rugby competition might be coming into its own.Already, young players such as the Sharks’ Curwin Bosch and Inny Radebe, as well as Nicolaas Lee and Ox Nche, have shown there is light in the Bok gloom.READ THIS: Currie Cup ‘a great step-up test’The Currie Cup served up a buffet of tries last week when the Lions outclassed Western Province 58-32 at Ellis Park, scoring eight tries to Province’s four. Flank Kwagga Smith, a bronze medal winner with the South African sevens team at the Rio Olympics, scored two of the Lions tries.The Lions looked like they were back to their destructive best, following wobbles against Griquas and the Bulls.Friday’s clash also brought the Lions closer to the top-four position — two points adrift of fourth-placed Griquas who ar...
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