Pumas vs Lions · Currie Cup
Currie Cup · 2025Full time
35–36

Match report
Lions beat Pumas 36-35 away from home at Nelspruit Rugby Club, Mpumalanga in round 4 of the Currie Cup on Saturday, 16 August 2025.
Written automatically from the match data; updated as results come in.
Head to head
5
Pumas wins (50%)
0
Draws (0%)
5
Lions wins (50%)
Last 10 meetings, since June 2021
Biggest Pumas win
50–9
19 Jan 2022
Biggest Lions win
75–21
12 Jul 2024
Last 5 meetings
- 25 Jul 2026 · Currie CupLions52Pumas2925 Jul 2026Lions52–29PumasCurrie Cup
- 16 Aug 2025 · Currie CupPumas35Lions3616 Aug 2025Pumas35–36LionsCurrie Cup
- 10 Aug 2024 · Currie CupLions55Pumas1210 Aug 2024Lions55–12PumasCurrie Cup
- 12 Jul 2024 · Currie CupPumas21Lions7512 Jul 2024Pumas21–75LionsCurrie Cup
- 28 Apr 2023 · Currie CupLions26Pumas1028 Apr 2023Lions26–10PumasCurrie Cup
Lineups
Avg. age
28
Avg. age
26.5
Pumas
- 1Etienne Janeke(27)
- 2Eduan Swart(26)
- 3Sampie Swiegers
- 4JJ Scheepers
- 5Tiaan de Klerk(25)
- 6Ntsika Fisanti
- 7Ruwald van der Merwe(28)
- 8Willem Engelbrecht(34)
- 9Ross Braude(26)
- 10Danrich Visagie(30)
- 11Darren Adonis(28)
- 12Wian van Niekerk(28)
- 13Sango Xamlashe(28)
- 14Stefan Coetzee(28)
- 15Tino Swanepoel
Replacements
- 16Jan-Henning Campher(29)
- 17Zuki Sali
- 18Dewald Maritz(28)
- 19Hanno Theunissen
- 20Andre Fouche(26)
- 21Russwill Fredericks
- 22Tiaan Pretorius
- 23Dalvon Blood
Lions
- 1SJ Kotze(23)
- 2Jaco Visagie(34)
- 3RF Schoeman(23)
- 4Dylan Sjoblom(26)
- 5Ruben Schoeman(30)
- 6Renzo du Plessis(24)
- 7Sibabalo Qoma(29)
- 8Jarod Cairns(25)
- 9Nico Steyn(24)
- 10Lubabalo Dobela(28)
- 11Kelly Mpeku(22)
- 12Rynhardt Jonker(26)
- 13Manuel Rass(28)
- 14Angelo Davids(27)
- 15Gianni Lombard(28)
Replacements
- 16Morne Brandon(25)
- 17Juan Schoeman(35)
- 18Sebastian Lombard(24)
- 19Johnnre Stopforth(26)
- 20WJ Steenkamp(26)
- 21Layton Horn(23)
- 22Sam Francis(23)
- 23Tapiwa Mafura(30)