Currie Cup - Lions vs WP on 18 August 2021



August 18, 2021 - The match was played at Newlands on Wednesday 18 August 2021, and kick-off was at 19:00 SA Time.

Officials

Referee: Rasta Rasivhenge
AR1: Local
AR2: Local
TMO: Quinton Immelman

Teams

WP: 15. Warrick Gelant, 14 Sergeal Petersen, 13 Ruhan Nel, 12 Dan du Plessis, 11 Edwill van der Merwe, 10 Tim Swiel, 9 Godlen Masimla, 8 Evan Roos, 7 Johan du Toit, 6 Deon Fourie, 5 David Meihuizen, 4 Ernst van Rhyn, 3 Neethling Fouche, 2 Scarra Ntubeni, 1 Dian Bleuler.
Replacements: 16. Andre-Hugo Venter, 17 Leon Lyons, 18 Sazi Sandi, 19 Nama Xaba, 20 Marcel Theunissen, 21 Paul de Wet, 22 Cornel Smit, 23 Tristan Leyds.

Lions: 15. EW Viljoen; 14. Stean Pienaar, 13. Wandisile Simelane, 12. Burger Odendaal (Capt), 11. Rabz Maxwane; 10. Jordan Hendrikse, 9. Andre Warner; 8. Travis Gordon, 7. Sibusiso Sangweni, 6. MJ Pelser, 5. Ruben Schoeman, 4. PJ Steenkamp, 3. Chergin Fillies, 2. Jaco Visagie, 1. Nathan McBeth.
Replacements: 16. Morne Brandon, 17. Sti Sithole, 18. Asenathi Ntlabakanye, 19. Emmanual Tshituka, 20. Mandisi Mthiyane, 21. Ross Cronje, 22. Dan Kriel, 23. Manual Rass.

Scorers

WP: 35 (16): Tries: Evan Roos (2), Godlen Masimla, Andre-Hugo Venter. Conversions: Tim Swiel (3). Penalties: Tim Swiel (3).

Lions: 13 (13): Tries: EW Viljoen. Conversions: Jordan Hendrikse. Penalties: Jordan Hendrikse (2).

“Forwards win games, backs decide by how much.”