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Lions vs Sharks · United Rugby Championship

United Rugby Championship · 2025-26Full time
Lions
34–22
Sharks

Match report

Lions beat Sharks 34-22 at Emirates Airline Park, Johannesburg in round 8 of the United Rugby Championship on Saturday, 21 February 2026.

Griffin Colby refereed.

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

Head to head

6
Lions wins (60%)
1
Draws (10%)
3
Sharks wins (30%)

Last 10 meetings, since March 2024

Biggest Lions win
46–5
26 Jul 2025
Biggest Sharks win
35–22
27 Jul 2024

Last 5 meetings

  • 21 Aug 2026 · Currie Cup
    Sharks22
    Lions22
  • 21 Feb 2026 · United Rugby Championship
    Lions34
    Sharks22
  • 3 Jan 2026 · United Rugby Championship
    Sharks22
    Lions23
  • 26 Jul 2025 · Currie Cup
    Lions46
    Sharks5
  • 8 Mar 2025 · United Rugby Championship
    Sharks25
    Lions22

Lineups

Avg. age
26.2
Avg. age
26.6

Lions

  1. 1SJ Kotze
  2. 2PJ Botha
  3. 3Asenathi Ntlabakanye
  4. 4Ettienne Oosthuizen
  5. 5Darrien-Lane Landsberg
  6. 6Sibabalwe Mahashe
  7. 7Ruan Venter
  8. 8Francke Horn
  9. 9Morné van den Berg
  10. 10Christopher Smith
  11. 11Angelo Davids
  12. 12Bronson Mills
  13. 13Henco Van Wyk
  14. 14Kelly Mpeku
  15. 15Quan Horn
Replacements
  1. 16Franco Marais
  2. 17RF Schoeman
  3. 18Eddie Davids
  4. 19Reinhard Nothnagel
  5. 20Bathobele Hlekani
  6. 21Renzo du Plessis
  7. 23Erich Cronjé

Sharks

  1. 1Phatu Ganyane
  2. 3Hanro Jacobs
  3. 4Corne Rahl
  4. 5Jason Jenkins
  5. 6Tino Mavesere
  6. 7Vincent Tshikaya Tshituka
  7. 8Thomas Dyer
  8. 9Jaden Hendrikse
  9. 10Siya Masuku
  10. 11Jaco Williams
  11. 12Jurenzo Julius
  12. 13Francois Venter
  13. 14Edwill Van Der Merwe
  14. 15Aphelele Fassi
Replacements
  1. 16Eduan Swart
  2. 18Vincent Koch
  3. 19Emile van Heerden
  4. 20Phepsi Buthelezi
  5. 21Ross Braude
  6. 22Jordan Hendrikse
  7. 23Yaw Penxe