Pumas set for the second half of the Carling Currie Cup campaign
Coach Jimmy Stonehouse has named his side to battle it out in this weekend's cat fight against the Lions.
It has been called the ‘Battle of the Big Cats’ or ‘The cat fight’ and the claws will indeed come out at Emirates Airline Park on Friday April 28 when the Airlink Pumas and the Fidelity ADT Lions go head-to-head once more.
The last time these two sides met was on March 17 when the Pumas triumphed over the Lions in their first home game of the 2023 Carling Currie Cup Season.
The Pumas won that match by 34 points to 27.
The Mpumalanga outfit are on top of the log with 29 points to their name after a narrow victory against DHL Western Province at Mbombela Stadium.
The Lions will go into this one the underdogs, with only 14 log points.
Fidelity ADT Lions
1. Rhynardt Rijnsburger
2. Jaco Visagie (c)
3. Ruan Dreyer
4. Ruben Schoeman
5. Darrien-Lane Landsberg
6. JC Pretorius
7. Travis Gordon
8. Francke Horn
9. Morné van den Berg
10. Gianni Lombard
11. Rabz Maxwane
12. Rynhardt Jonker
13. Manuel Rass
14. Prince Nkabinde
15. Andries Coetzee
16. Morne Brandon
17. Kayden Kiewit
18. Ruan Smith
19. Raynard Roets
20. Ruhan Straeuli
21. Nico Steyn
22. Vaughen Isaacs
23. Stean Pienaar
Airlink Pumas
1. Cameron Dawson
2. Corné Fourie
3. Njabulo Gumede
4. Malembe Mpofu
5. Shane Kirkwood (c)
6. Jaco Labuschagne
7. André Fouché
8. Ruwald van der Merwe
9. Giovan Snyman
10. Tinus de Beer
11. Lundi Msenge
12. Ali Mgijima
13. Stefan Coetzee
14. Jade Stighling
15. Devon Williams
16. PJ Jacobs
17. Etienne Janeke
18. Simon Raw
19. Jeandre Leonard
20. Franna Kleinhans
21. Chriswill September
22. Brandon Thomson
23. Andrew Kota
