Currie Cup - Lions vs Pumas on 18 June 2021



June 18, 2021 - The match was played in Nelspruit on Friday 18 June 2021, and kick-off was at 19:00 SA Time.

Officials

Referee: Cwengile Jadezweni
AR1: TBA
AR2: TBA
TMO: Marius van der Westhuizen

Teams

Pumas: 15 Devon Williams, 14 Tapiwa Mafura, 13 Erich Cronje, 12 Ali Mgijima, 11 Etienne Taljaard, 10 Eddie Fouché, 9 Chriswil September, 8 Willie Engelbrecht, 7 Phumzile Maqondwana, 6 Francois Kleinhans, 5 Pieter Jansen van Vuren (captain), 4 Darrien Landsberg, 3 Marné Coetzee, 2 Simon Westraadt, 1 Corne Fourie.
Replacements: 16 Dewald Maritz, 17 Eduan Swart, 18 Ignatius Prinsloo, 19 Brandon Valentine, 20 Daniel Maartens, 21 Ginter Smuts, 22 Matt Moore, 23 Liam Hendricks.

Lions: 15. EW Viljoen; 14. Jamba Ulengo, 13. Manuel Rass, 12. Dan Kriel, 11. Rabz Maxwane; 10. Fred Zeilinga, 9. Dillon Smit; 8. Francke Horn (Capt), 7. Vincent Tshituka, 6. Sibusiso Sangweni, 5. Reinhard Nothnagel, 4. Willem Alberts, 3. Carlu Sadie, 2. PJ Botha, 1. Nathan McBeth.
Replacements: 16. Morne Brandon, 17. Banele Mthenjane, 18. Ruan Dreyer, 19. Ruhan Straeuli, 20. Emmanuel Tshituka, 21. Ross Cronjé, 22. Aidynn Cupido, 23. Duncan Matthews.

Scorers

Pumas: 39 (18): Tries: Willie Engelbrecht, Simon Westraadt, Etienne Taljaard, Dewald Maritz, Ginter Smuts. Conversions: Eddie Fouché (4). Penalties: Eddie Fouché (2)

Lions: 10 (10): Tries: Sibusiso Sangweni. Conversions: Fred Zeilinga. Penalties: Fred Zeilinga.

“Forwards win games, backs decide by how much.”