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Sharks vs Western Province · Currie Cup

Currie Cup · 2025Full time
Sharks
29–21
Western Province

Match report

Sharks beat Western Province 29-21 at Hollywoodbets Kings Park, Durban in round 5 of the Currie Cup on Friday, 22 August 2025.

The win ends a run of four defeats for Sharks. Western Province have now lost five in a row.

Written automatically from the match data; updated as results come in.

Head to head

5
Sharks wins (56%)
0
Draws (0%)
4
Western Province wins (44%)

Last 9 meetings, since January 2021

Biggest Sharks win
35–20
2 Feb 2022
Biggest Western Province win
44–5
10 Jun 2023

Last 5 meetings

  • 22 Aug 2025 · Currie Cup
    Sharks29
    Western Province21
  • 24 Aug 2024 · Currie Cup
    Western Province23
    Sharks31
  • 10 Jun 2023 · Currie Cup
    Western Province44
    Sharks5
  • 26 Mar 2023 · Currie Cup
    Sharks20
    Western Province7
  • 10 Jun 2022 · Currie Cup
    Western Province28
    Sharks21

Lineups

Avg. age
24.2
Avg. age
24.7

Sharks

  1. 1Phatu Ganyane
  2. 2Liam van Wyk
  3. 3Lee Marvin Mazibuko
  4. 4Coetzee Le Roux
  5. 5Deon Slabbert
  6. 6Tino Mavesere
  7. 7Bathobele Hlekani
  8. 8Nick Hatton
  9. 9Ceano Everson
  10. 10Jean Smith
  11. 11Jaco Williams
  12. 12Marnus Potgieter
  13. 13Diego Appollis
  14. 14Phikolomzi Sobahle
  15. 15Hakeem Kunene
Replacements
  1. 16Willem van den Hever
  2. 17Phiwayinkosi Kubheka
  3. 18Mawande Mdanda
  4. 19Corne Rahl
  5. 20Jannes Potgieter
  6. 21Bradley Davids
  7. 22Drico Marx
  8. 23Albie Bester

Western Province

  1. 1Cabous Eloff
  2. 2Scarra Ntubeni
  3. 3Zachary Porthen
  4. 4Alex Groves
  5. 5Gary Porter
  6. 6Paul de Villiers
  7. 7Riley Norton
  8. 8Louw Nel
  9. 9Ezekiel Ngobeni
  10. 10Kyle Smith
  11. 11Luke Burger
  12. 12Damian Markus
  13. 13Gino Cupido
  14. 14Jared Africa
  15. 15Tristan Leyds
Replacements
  1. 16Luca Bakkes
  2. 17Oliver Reid
  3. 18Herman Lubbe
  4. 19Enos Ndiao
  5. 20De Wet Marais
  6. 21Asad Moos
  7. 22Ronald Brown
  8. 23Brendan Venter