Pumas unchanged for Lions' visit
The men from Nelspruit will host the high-flying Golden Lions on Friday – the second tie the two sides will meet this season.
The Lions beat the Pumas 44-27 in Johannesburg a fortnight ago.
The sides have not met in Nelspruit since the Pumas' return to the Currie Cup competition in 2014.
However, Pumas coach MJ Mentz is confident about his team chances.
"We don't focus on other team's, our home games are very important to us and we focusentirely on our own game plan and will try not to slip down the log," Mentz said in an interview.
The lions pack were dominant against the sharks but Mentz believes his Pumas' team have a plan to stop the Lions pack.
"We have a plan to put them under pressure and neutralise their scrum. We believe our plans will bear fruit on Friday.
"We are full of confidence that it will go well.
"The crowd will see nice running rugby and lots of tries, " added Mentz.
Four of the Pumas' players feature in the Lions' Super Rugby squad at some stage this past season – scrumhalf Francois de Klerk, centre Stefan Watermeyer, lock Rudi Mathee and prop Corné Fourie.
Pumas: 15 John-Wessel Bell, 14 Bernado Botha, 13 Jerome Pretorius, 12 Stefan Watermeyer (captain), 11 Rosco Spekman, 10 Juan-Claude Roos, 9 Francois de Klerk, 8 Jason-Colin Fraser, 7 Uzair Cassiem, 6 Marnus Schoeman, 5 Lubabalo Mtyanda, 4 Rudi Mathee, 3 Khwezi Mona, 2 Frank Herne, 1 Corné Fourie.
Replacements: 16 Francois du Toit, 17 De-Jay Terblanche, 18 Jannie Stander, 19 Jaco Bouwer, 20 Reynier van Rooyen, 21 Justin van Staden, 22 Hoffmann Maritz.
Date: Friday, August 28
Venue: Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit
Kick-off: 19.00 (17.00 GMT)
Referee: Lesego Legoete
Assistant referees: AJ Jacobs, Jaco Kotze
