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Lions vs Bulls · Currie Cup

Currie Cup · 2025Full time
Lions
44–5
Bulls

Match report

Lions beat Bulls 44-5 at Emirates Airline Park, Johannesburg in round 6 of the Currie Cup on Saturday, 30 August 2025.

Bulls have now lost four in a row.

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

Head to head

4
Lions wins (40%)
0
Draws (0%)
6
Bulls wins (60%)

Last 10 meetings, since January 2024

Biggest Lions win
44–5
30 Aug 2025
Biggest Bulls win
57–15
10 Oct 2026

Last 5 meetings

  • 10 Oct 2026 · United Rugby Championship
    Bulls57
    Lions15
  • 1 Aug 2026 · Currie Cup
    Lions42
    Bulls19
  • 31 Jan 2026 · United Rugby Championship
    Lions17
    Bulls52
  • 29 Nov 2025 · United Rugby Championship
    Bulls33
    Lions43
  • 30 Aug 2025 · Currie Cup
    Lions44
    Bulls5

Lineups

Avg. age
25.3
Avg. age
27.3

Lions

  1. 1SJ Kotze
  2. 2PJ Botha
  3. 3RF Schoeman
  4. 4Dylan Sjoblom
  5. 5Ruan Delport
  6. 6Jarod Cairns
  7. 7Ruan Venter
  8. 8WJ Steenkamp
  9. 9Nico Steyn
  10. 10Christopher Smith
  11. 11Angelo Davids
  12. 12Richard Kriel
  13. 13Henco Van Wyk
  14. 14Kelly Mpeku
  15. 15Quan Horn
Replacements
  1. 16Franco Marais
  2. 17Juan Schoeman
  3. 18Sebastian Lombard
  4. 19Darrien-Lane Landsberg
  5. 20Tiaan Wessels
  6. 21Hassiem Pead
  7. 22Sam Francis
  8. 23Eduan Keyter

Bulls

  1. 1Simphiwe Matanzima
  2. 2Siphosethu Mnebelele
  3. 3Bryan Le Roux
  4. 4Sintu Manjezi
  5. 5Dylan de Leeuw
  6. 6Nama Xaba
  7. 7Junior Pokomela
  8. 8JJ Theron
  9. 9Zak Burger
  10. 10Jaco Van Der Walt
  11. 11Aphiwe Dyantyi
  12. 12Chris Smit
  13. 13Cornel Smit
  14. 14Cheswill Jooste
  15. 15Boeta Chamberlain
Replacements
  1. 16Shaun Schurmann
  2. 17Ruan Swart
  3. 18Cohen Kiewit
  4. 19Abri van der Westhuizen
  5. 20Marco Ferreira
  6. 21Brooklyn Newman
  7. 22Philip-Albert van Niekerk
  8. 23Katlego Letebele