The Lions travel to Kimberley to take on the Griquas in the first semi final of the Currie Cup 2026. Please refresh your browser to see the latest updates.
5″ Lourens Oosthuizen opens the scoring for Griquas through excellent interplay. 7-0 Griquas lead.
11″ Marco de Witt scores fro the Griquas running a perfect support line after Griquas attack from broken play puniahing the Lions with penetrating runs. 14-0.
18″ Armand Combrink claws one back for the Lions through a strong driving maul. The Lions looking to put up phases and work to the setpiece while the Griquas seem to want to keep the ball alive. 14-5.
29″ Mnombo Zwelendaba, the Griquas inside centre busts straight through the front door as thr Griquas go direct from a rolling maul. Zwelendaba scores to extend the lead. 21-5.
32″ George Whitehead, probably the moat underrated flyhalf in South Africa puts a grubber through which fullback Stefan Coetzee gets on the end of. 28-5. The Griquas are playing with unmatched intensity and tempo.
40″ On the stroke of halftime Griquas score from a ferocius maul. As Tiaan Lange dots over to extend his team’s lead and his own personal tally of tries. The Griquas hooker is the competition’s leading try scorer. 35-5.
Halftime score 35-5.
46″ Lourens Oosthuizen grabs a brace, giving the Lions a mountain to climb to get to the finals. 42-5.
48″ Lions misery piles on as they get a yellow card.
64″ Ethan Adams, powers his way over the line a brilliant kick through. The Tank gets on the end of the kick then there is no stopping him. The Lions keep fighting. 42-12.
71″ Jack Hart finds space around the scrum, the scrumhalf snipes around to score try number 7 for the Griquas. 49-12.
final score 52-12.
