RECAP: Western Province v Pumas
READERS’ FORUM: Welcome to our live coverage of the Currie Cup Round Seven encounter between Western Province and the Pumas in Cape Town.
After spending some time on the road, the Capetonians now have three back-to-back home matches and will be hoping that home ground advantage will lead to better results, starting with the Pumas on Wednesday.
In their two meetings last season, the Cape side beat the Lowvelders 37-23 in Nelspruit, while the sides played out to an exciting 40-40 draw in the Mother City.
The encounter is very crucial for both teams, as WP found themselves fifth on the log and Pumas are in sixth place.
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Teams
Western Province: 15 Tristan Leyds, 14 Sergeal Petersen, 13 Mnombo Zwelendaba, 12 Cornel Smit, 11 Angelo Davids, 10 Kade Wolhuter, 9 Godlen Masimla, 8 Keke Morabe, 7 Marcel Theunissen, 6 Nama Xaba (captain), 5 Ben-Jason Dixon, 4 Connor Evans, 3 Lee-Marvin Mazibuko, 2 JJ Kotze, 1 Kwenzo Blose.
Replacements: 16 Lukhanyo Vokozela, 17 Ali Vermaak, 18 Sazi Sandi, 19 Simon Miller, 20 Jarrod Taylor, 21 Thomas Bursey, 22 Timothy Swiel, 23 Rikus Pretorius.
Pumas: 15 Tapiwa Mafura, 14 Sebastain de Klerk, 13 Alwayno Visagie, 12 Eddie Fouche, 11 Jade Stighling, 10 Tinus de Beer, 9 Chriswill September, 8 Willie Engelbrecht (captain), 7 Anele Lungisa, 6 Daniel Maartens, 5 Shane Kirkwood, 4 Malembe Mpofu, 3 Ignatius Prinsloo, 2 Eduan Swart, 1 Corne Fourie.
Replacements: 16 Llewellyn Classen, 17 Dewald Maritz, 18 Etienne Janeke, 19 Kwanda Dimaza, 20 Phumzile Maqondwana, 21 Lucky Dlepu, 22 Ali Mgijima, 23 Devon Williams.
Referee: Griffin Colby
Assistant Referees: Dylen November, Local
TMO: Marius Jonker
