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Pumas Form last 5 games 🥶 2 loss streak

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2 losses

Pumas News

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Pumas Matches

Sat 7 Sep, 2024

Currie Cup

FT
Mbombela Stadium
Pumas Pumas
-
Cheetahs Cheetahs
4:30am
Round 10
LIVE
14
41

Fri 25 Jul, 2025

Currie Cup

10:00am PDT
Mbombela Stadium
Pumas Pumas
-
Griquas Griquas
10:00am
Round 1
LIVE
0
0
Who will win?
Pumas 67%
33% Griquas

Fri 1 Aug, 2025

Currie Cup

10:00am PDT
Toyota Stadium
Cheetahs Cheetahs
-
Pumas Pumas
10:00am
Round 2
LIVE
0
0
Who will win?
Cheetahs 0%
0% Pumas

Pumas Forwards

Name
Position
Darnell Osuagwu
Hooker
Delano van der Berg
Hooker
Willie Engelbrecht
Lock
Miyelani Ngobeni
Lock
JJ Scheepers
Lock
Hanno Theunissen
Lock
Jack Steyn
Lock
Delton Thusana
Lock
Tiaan de Klerk
Lock
Jan-Henning Campher
Back Row
Ntsika Fisanti
Back Row
Heinz Bertram
Back Row
Ruwald van der Merwe
Back Row
Marvelous Mashimbye
Back Row
Armand Maritz
Back Row
Ben Burger
Back Row
Divan Spangenberg
Back Row
Jeandre Leonard
Andre Fouche
Etienne Janeke
Kwanda Dimaza
Eduan Swart
Sampie Swiegers
Stephan de Jager
Dewald Maritz
Lusanda Mhlongo
Ewald Kirstein

Pumas Backs

Name
Position
Ross Braude
Scrum Half
Hlumelo Ndudula
Scrum Half
Jandre Burger
Fly Half
Ngia Selengbe
Outside Back
Lundi Msenge
Outside Back
Dalvon Blood
Outside Back
Kabelo Mokoena
Outside Back
Darren Adonis
Centre
Wian van Niekerk
Centre
Tiaan Pretorius
Centre
Carlton Banies
Centre
Sango Xamlashe
Centre
Clinton Swart
Outside Back
Jay-Cee Nel
Outside Back
Danrich Visagie
Outside Back
Stefan Coetzee
Outside Back
Tino Swanepoel
Outside Back
Russwill Fredericks
Outside Back
Duard Deichmann
Outside Back
Victor Swan
Outside Back
Tyron Adams
Outside Back
Louis Jordaan
Outside Back

Pumas Tournaments

Currie Cup
Currie Cup

Pumas Rugby Team

The Pumas, known as the MRU, or New Nations Pumas for sponsorship reasons, is a professional South African rugby team that competes in the Currie Cup competition.

Discover everything there is to know about the Pumas rugby team with RugbyPass, your resident rugby gurus. On this page you'll find all the latest information about the Pumas, including their latest results and upcoming fixtures. You'll also find a detailed history of the side and an analysis of their current squad.

The Pumas rugby side is not as old as many of the teams that compete for South Africa's Currie Cup. The team was initially formed in 1969, when it was known as South Eastern Transvaal. As a result, it's one of the youngest unions in the country.

Since the Pumas entered the Currie Cup, the side has never won the competition. However, the team has won the first division of the competition three times (2005, 2009 and 2013). In addition to this, the team also won the Vodacom Cup in 2015 and the Rugby Challenge in 2018.

Now competing in the premier division of the Currie Cup, the Pumas play their home games at Mbombela Stadium, which has a capacity of just over 40,000.

The Pumas are often considered the underdogs in the Currie Cup. As a result, unlike some of the other sides in the competition, their squad is not full of international stars. In fact, the current Pumas squad only features one player who has been capped at international level, Tapiwa Mafura of Zimbabwe.

However, the squad is packed with up-and-coming talent and may even feature several future stars of South African rugby.