The Pumas staged a huge fightback against the Currie Cup champions, the Cheetahs, at Nelspruit’s Mbombela Stadium on Wednesday afternoon and played some of their best rugby of the season during this period. The defending champions ran out 45-34 winners after leading 38-3 minutes before the break. A brilliant try by Pumas flyer Ruwellyn Isbell […]
The Pumas will field a brand-new pack and half back combinations with their short turn-around time for Wednesday afternoon’s Currie Cup fixture against the Cheetahs in the Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit. Captain Hennie Skorbinski will also once again lead the team with only fullback Devon Williams, centre Gerrit Smith and winger Ruwellyn Isbell retaining their […]
The Pumas, for nearly an hour, looked to score a surprise Currie Cup victory over Western Province at Newlands on Saturday but a yellow card and penalty try eventually cost them dearly and saw the WP home 34-19. The Pumas were leading 12-10 at half-time and 19-10 soon afterwards but a yellow card shown to […]
Flanker Brian Shabangu earns a deserved opportunity to lead Pumas side featuring some new combinations in their Currie Cup fixture against Western Province at Newlands on Saturday afternoon. Due to 2-games being played within 3-days of each other the coaching team are experiencing some challenges to select the teams for the 2-games. This presents opportunities […]
The Steval Pumas travelled to Durban to play the Cell C Sharks in their second game of the Currie Cup Premier Division and was beaten 29 – 0.Early play was patchy, if impassioned, as both teams had their attacking game interrupted by handling errors, and effective defence.The Cell C Sharks opened the scoring with a […]
The Currie Cup Premier Division got off to a great start for the Steval Pumas this past weekend and now they are preparing to make it two wins from two against the Cell C Sharks in Durban this Saturday. Coach Brent Janse van Rensburg has been forced into several changes for this week’s match, with […]
In a momentous move for the Steval Pumas, world-cup winning Springbok prop and highly regarded coach CJ van der Linde has signed as forwards coach for the 2017 Currie Cup season. 36-year-old Van der Linde retired from professional rugby after the 2015/16 season with French Top 14 side Montpellier, but remained in the setup as […]
On a sunny Sunday afternoon, Mbombela Stadium braced itself for the latest instalment in the ongoing catfight between the Steval Pumas and the visiting Xerox Golden Lions. This instalment was the opening match of the Currie Cup Premier Division for both teams. It was always going to be a humdinger, and with 34 points scored […]
Steval Pumas’ coach Brent Janse van Rensburg has said that the Currie Cup Premier Division will present exciting new opportunities for his side, ahead of their first match of the competition against the Xerox Golden Lions this Sunday. In the SuperSport Rugby Challenge, the Steval Pumas’ only played two out of nine games on their […]
The impoverished community of Mataffin was filled with laughter and excitement as a container library was donated to orphans living in the Mataffin Woodhouse Community Care Centre on Mandela Day. This year for the first time, two children from the community have advanced to grade 12. Previously, they would drop out in grade 10. By […]
