Die eerste Vrystaat-span wat die Curriebeker gewen het, die span van 1976, het die afgelope naweek hul 40ste re\u00fcnie in Langebaan gehou, met 14 van die 15 oorlewende spelers wat die feesvieringe kon bywoon. Dawie Boonzaaier het Saterdagaand saam met die legendes by die Langebaan Yacht Club gekuier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Daar kan nie \u2018n groter paar hande in die land wees nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Theuns Stofberg, oud-Bokkaptein, poseer eers vir \u2018n foto saam \u2018n aanhanger of drie, verdwerg \u2018n rugbybal as hy sy handtekening maak en vertel dan die span eet vanaand \u201cweer WP-vleis,\u201d soos destyds gemaak is toe die Vrystaat 33-16 met die WP in die 1976-eindstryd in Bloemfontein klaargespeel het om Vrystaat se eerste Curriebeker te wen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWillouw van Niekerk, \u2018n oud WP-stut, het \u2018n slaghuis in Calvinia en hy het die twee skape vir die spit geborg. Ons moet eers \u2018n foto van die manne rondom die spit kry,\u201d s\u00ea-vra Stofberg en begin solank sy spanmaats nader hark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Legende na legende kom neem hul plek rondom die skaap in. En ons praat van groot name; Gysie Pienaar, Joggie en Eben Jansen, Gerrie Germishuys, De Wet Ras. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Altesaam 15 van die groep van 19 spelers wat in die glorieryke veldtog betrokke was, was reeds of sou later Springbokke word toe die eindstryd in \u201976 gespeel is. Dit was ongehoord destyds dat een span soveel Springbokke kon oplewer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hoe het hulle nie meer Curriebekers gewen nie?<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cLuck of the bounce<\/em>,\u201d vertel skrumskakel Barry Wolmarans. \u201cEn swak beslissings.\u201d \u201cEk haat tot vandag toe \u2018n ref<\/em>,\u201d spot sy skakelmaat Ras saam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In die 70s alleen het die Vrystaat in vyf Curriebeker-eindstryde gespeel, maar die aand het nie gegaan oor die eindstryde wat nie gewen was nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDaar was net soveel vertroue in mekaar, jy was nooit bekommerd nie,\u201d prys Pienaar sy spanmaats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Die agterlyn van \u201876 alleen dra selfs dalk tot vandag toe die titel as die mees talentvolste agterlyn wat die Curriebeker ooit gesien het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bok op Bok op Bok, maar met meer as een resep vir sukses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cVir daai teenaanvalle (van ons) moes jy guts<\/em> h\u00ea,\u201d begin Germishuys vertel, \u201cEn vertroue in mekaar,\u201d val Pienaar hom in die rede, met Edrich Krantz, die derde hoek van die giftige agterste driehoek, wat die manne se woorde beaam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Krantz het daardie middag saam met Wolmarans en die agsteman Tiny du Plessis vir die Vrystaat gedruk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Losskakel Ras het al drie drie\u00eb verdoel, drie strafdoele oorgeklits en \u2018n skepdoel oorgesit (\u2018n destydse rekord van 18 punte in \u2018n eindstryd), voor sy skakelmaat vir oulaas sout in die wonde gevryf het met \u2018n skepdoel van sy eie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wat die oorwinning nog meer merkwaardig gemaak het was die feit dat die Vrystaat vroe\u00ebr die jaar twee ligawedstryde teen WP verloor het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Die befaamde Bok-senter Joggie Jansen vertel hoe die WP se senters, Peter Whip en Johan Oosthuizen, veronderstel was om kringe rondom hom en sentermaat Dirk Froneman te moes hardloop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEk\u2019t gelukkig al geleer, jou eerste kennismaking met daai opponent moet jy laat tel. Toe s\u00ea ek vir hom,\u201d en Jansen beduie na Froneman se kant toe, \u201cPeter ken vir my, hy gaan nie toelaat dat ek hom tackle<\/em> nie, jy moet vir Oosthuizen looi.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jansen aarsel so bietjie voor hy verder vertel: \u201cHy\u2019t toe vir hom getackle<\/em>, daai eerste tackle<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEk was eintlik toe al \u2018n has-been<\/em>,\u201d vertel Jansen verder. \u201cDie koerante skryf toe ek moet liewers ophou dat hulle twee (Froneman en Jan Schlebusch) moet speel.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cToe stap die klein mannetjie,\u201d en Jansen beduie weer na Froneman, \u201cin my kantoor in voor die eindstryd en kom snou my dieselfde goed toe. Ek dog wat gaan met die man aan. Hy s\u00ea toe vir my, met trane in sy o\u00eb: \u2018Jy hoef niks te doen nie, ek sal dit vir jou doen.\u2019 Nou dis die ding.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Voor Jansen kan aanpraat val Schlebusch hom in die rede: \u201cEk het gegaan na Nelie (Smith, afrigter) toe, die Dinsdag voor die eindstryd, want ek het gesien hoe oefen hy (Jansen). En ek stap toe na Nelie toe en s\u00ea: \u2018Oom Neels, as jy nou \u2018n moerse fout Saterdag wil maak, dan moet jy nou vir my in Joggie se plek laat speel.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHaai, jis Jan, dankie,\u201d druk Jansen liggies op Schlebusch se voorarm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Smith, wat later die Springbokke sou afrig, is in Mei vanjaar op die ouderdom van 81 aan hartversaking oorlede.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Die span was dit eens \u201cOom Neels\u201d was \u201cvoor sy tyd\u201d en \u2018n \u201cvision\u00ear\u201d, sonder wie die Curriebeker dalk nie in \u201976 staanplek in Bloemfontein sou kry nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDit help natuurlik ook dat die ouens saam wie ek gespeel het, die beste in die w\u00eareld was,\u201d verduidelik Froneman die span se suksesverhaal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOns het mekaar net verstaan man. Dit was harde werk, maar dit het later gekliek. En dis nie net ons nie, selfs die vroue het net so gegel<\/em>,\u201d verduidelik Schlebusch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Van die vier spelers wie oorlede is, Rampie Stander, Wouter Hugo, die kaptein, Martiens le Roux, en Klippies Kritzinger, het Le Roux en Kritzinger se vroue ook die re\u00fcnie kom bywoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Noel van Rensburg is die enigste oorlewende speler wat nie die re\u00fcnie kon meemaak nie, en dit oor hy verpligtinge in Itali\u00eb gehad het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDis wat hierdie span so special<\/em> maak,\u201d vertel Stofberg. \u201cOns is bereid om hierdie tipe moeite vir mekaar te maak.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNou wat s\u00ea dit vir jou?\u201d vra Jansen later met \u2018n bre\u00eb glimlag op die gesig.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Die eerste Vrystaat-span wat die Curriebeker gewen het, die span van 1976, het die afgelope naweek hul 40ste re\u00fcnie in Langebaan gehou, met 14 van die 15 oorlewende spelers wat die feesvieringe kon bywoon. 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