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RECAP: Golden Lions v Blue Bulls

By Jan de Koning
Saturday 10 Aug 2019

READERS' FORUM: Welcome to the Currie Cup Round Five encounter between the Golden Lions and Blue Bulls at Ellis Park in Johannesburg.

The Gauteng derby has all the ingredients for a mouth-watering encounter.

MATCH REPORT: Lions v Bulls 

The Golden Lions are going in search of their fourth successive victory, which would catapult them to the top of the standings.

The Blue Bulls have to win their last two matches with bonus points - and have some other results go their way - if they are to keep alive their fast-fading hopes of possibly sneaking in the top four.

Recent results:

2018: Golden Lions won 38-35, Pretoria

2017: Golden Lions won 36-33, Johannesburg

2017: Blue Bulls won 54-22, Pretoria

2016: Blue Bulls won 31-17, Pretoria

2015: Golden Lions won 36-28, Pretoria

Prediction: Golden Lions

Margin: 11

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Teams:

Golden Lions: 15 Tyrone Green, 14 Madosh Tambwe, 13 Wandisile Simelane, 12 Eddie Fouche, 11 Stean Pienaar, 10 Shaun Reynolds, 9 Ross Cronje (captain), 8 Hacjivah Dayimani, 7 Len Massyn, 6 Marnus Schoeman, 5 Reinhard Nothnagel, 4 Ruben Schoeman, 3 Johannes Jonker, 2 Pieter Jansen, 1 Sithembiso Sithole.

Replacements: 16 Jan-Henning Campher, 17 Leo Kruger, 18 Chergin Fillies, 19 Rhyno Herbst, 20 Vincent Tshituka, 21 James Venter, 22 Dillon Smit, 23 Duncan Matthews.

Blue Bulls: 15 Divan Rossouw, 14 Cornal Hendricks, 13 Johnny Kotze, 12 Dylan Sage, 11 Rosko Specman, 10 Manie Libbok, 9 Ivan van Zyl (captain), 8 Tim Agaba, 7 Wian Vosloo, 6 Fred Eksteen, 5 Ruan Nortje, 4 Andries Ferreira, 3 Wiehahn Herbst, 2 Johan Grobbelaar, 1 Dayan van der Westhuizen.

Replacements: 16 Jaco Visagie, 17 Madot Mabokela, 18 Conraad van Vuuren, 19 Adre Smith, 20 Jean Droste, 21 Embrose Papier, 22 Marnitz Boshoff, 23 Stedman Gans.

Referee: Cwengile Jadezweni

Assistant referees: Jaco Pretorius, Jaco Kotze

TMO: Lesego Legoete

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