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Pumas and Sharks announce strong teams for vital Currie Cup battle

The match is a must-win if the home team want to qualify for the semi-finals

UPDATE: The game between the NNC Pumas and the Cell C Sharks has been cancelled due to positive Covid-19 cases in the Sharks’ squad. The Pumas will be awarded four log points for the match.

The NNC Pumas will host the Cell C Sharks at Mbombela Stadium at 14:30 tomorrow.

The Carling Currie Cup clash will kick-off at 14:30. The Sharks top the log after their win against the Vodacom Blue Bulls on the weekend. They are on 30 points from eight matches.

The Pumas are sixth on 20 points after seven games.

Referee: Stuart Berry
Television Match Official: Quinton Immelman

NNC Pumas

1 Etienne Janeke
2 Simon Westraadt
3 IG Prinsloo
4 Shane Kirkwood
5 Pieter Jansen van Vuren (c)
6 Daniel Maartens
7 Phumzile Maqondwana
8 Willie Engelbrecht
9 Ginter Smuts
10 Eddie Fouché
11 Ettiene Taljaard
12 Matt Moore
13 Erich Cronjé
14 Sebastián de Klerk
15 Devon Williams

16 Eduan Swart
17 Morgan Naudé
18 Marné Coetzee
19 Kwanda Dimaza
20 Khwezi Mafu
21 Chriswill September
22 Ali Mgijima
23 Tapiwa Mafura

Cell C Sharks

1. Khwezi Mona
2. Kerron van Vuuren
3. Lourens Adriaanse
4. Le Roux Roets
5. Emile van Heerden
6. Dylan Richardson
7. Thembelani Bholi
8. Henco Venter (c)
9. Sanele Nohamba
10. Boeta Chamberlain
11. Thaakir Abrahams
12. Marius Louw
13. Jeremy Ward
14. Yaw Penxe
15. Anthony Volmink

16. Dan Jooste
17. Ntuthuko Mchunu
18. Khutha Mchunu
19. Jeandre Labuschagne
20. James Venter
21. Cameron Wright
22. Lionel Cronjé
23. Marnus Potgieter

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Mark Kinnear is based in Mbombela and has 33 years’ experience in journalism, mainly on the sports beat. He has made his career in community media and has extreme passion for covering a wide variety of sports events.
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