Currie Cup - Lions vs WP on 28 May 2022



May 28, 2022 - The match was played at Ellis Park on Saturday 28 May 2022, and kick-off was at 17:00 SA Time.

Officials

Referee: Stephan Geldenhuys
AR1: Ashleigh Murray-Pretorius
AR2: Local
TMO: Marius van der Westhuizen

Teams

Lions: 15. Quan Horn, 14. Stean Pienaar, 13. Henco van Wyk, 12. Matt More, 11. Edwill van der Merwe, 10. Tiaan Swanepoel, 9. Sanele Nohamba, 8. Francke Horn, 7. Emmanuel Tshituka, 6. Sibusiso Sangweni, 5. Reinhard Nothnagel (c), 4. Ruben Schoeman, 3. Ruan Dreyer, 2. Morne Brandon, 1. JP Smith.
Replacements: 16. PJ Botha, 17. Sti Sithole, 18. Asenathi Ntlabakanye, 19. PJ Steenkamp, 20. Jarod Cairns, 21. Morne van den Berg, 22. Manuel Rass, 23. James Tedder.

WP: 15 Tristan Leyds, 14 Sergeal Petersen, 13 Juan de Jongh, 12 Cornel Smit, 11 Ebenezer Tshimanga, 10 Timothy Swiel, 9 Godlen Masimla, 8 Junior Pokomela, 7 Marcel Theunissen, 6 Nama Xaba (c), 5 Adre Smith, 4 Ernst van Rhyn, 3 Sazi Sandi, 2 Jacques van Zyl, 1 Ali Vermaak.
Replacements: 16 HP van Schoor, 17 Kwenzo Blose, 18 Lee-Marvin Mazibuko, 19 Ben-Jason Dixon, 20 Keke Morabe, 21 Thomas Bursey, 22 Mnombo Zwelendaba, 23 Rikus Pretorius.

Scorers

Lions: 33 (20): Tries: Morne Brandon, Quan Horn, Tiaan Swanepoel, Stean Pienaar. Conversions: Tiaan Swanepoel (2). Penalties: Tiaan Swanepoel (3).

WP: 10 (3): Tries: Nama Xaba. Conversions: Tim Swiel. Penalties: Tim Swiel.

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