It’s time for our first game under head coach Robert du Preez. […]
Posts tagged with: Mbombela Stadium
Currie Cup 2016: Steval Pumas v Cell C Sharks
Preview: Sharks vs Pumas
The Sharks have been superior against the Pumas over the last four seasons, but the team from Nelspruit has been a thorn in the flesh of the Durban based side in the last two matches, winning both at home. […]
Huge experience boost for Sharks
The addition of just two players – Odwa Ndungane and Jean Deysel – has significantly raised the aggregate Currie Cup cap count for the Sharks ahead of Saturday’s game against EP in Durban. […]
What they had to say: Sharks vs Pumas, Round 1
Hi Sharks (and Bok fans)…What a terrible way to enjoy a long weekend ‘holiday’ on the Coast. I battled traffic all the way from Secunda in time to make the 18:00 kick-off, only to be subjected to an abject, lack-lustre first half display from the Sharks. They looked disinterested and seemed more keen to get off the field and back to Durban. On Saturday I went to my first ever Bok game, more on that debacle later. […]
Currie Cup is here!
The Sharks take on the Pumas in Nelspruit on Friday evening in what has to count as the toughest start to their Currie Cup campaign that they could have asked for. […]
ABSA Currie Cup: Steval Pumas (32)* v Cell C Sharks (22) F/T
Tonight we head to Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit, where the Pumas will seek revenge after conceding a bonus point loss in Durban a fortnight ago. […]
Two Shark changes for Puma clash
JC Astle and Conrad Hoffmann come in for starts as the Cell C Sharks team to take on the Pumas in Nelspruit on Friday night is named. […]
ABSA Currie Cup: Steval Pumas (33)* v GWK Griquas (15) F/T
Currie Cup time at Mbombela Stadium. […]
Two changes to Bok starting team
Bok coach Heyneke Meyer has named a largely unchanged starting team for this weekend’s second test against Wales at the Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit. […]
1Million Cheers for R1million champions
The Steval Pumas put on a fantastic eighty minute display of fast paced, brutal and effective rugby to take the title of First Division Curry Cup Champions! From the start of the game they showed their intent by playing very direct and physical rugby. The EP Kings tried their best to stay in the game but the Pumas where just to pumped-up for the final and never allowed the visitors any breathing space. […]
The battle continues
This weekend sees the final of the ABSA Currie Cup 1st Division, as the Pumas hosts the EP Kings at the Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit. The Pumas eased through the season as they topped the log with an unbeaten record and qualifies for a promotion / relegation against the bottom finisher of the Premier Division. […]
South Africa (30) v Scotland (17) F/T
In today’s historic first Bok test at Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit, the mighty Springboks take on Scotland. […]
Scotland team named
With six debutants in last weekend’s Test against Samoa, Scotland have three more new caps in their team to play South Africa at Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit on Saturday. […]
Boks take first steps on Mbombela soil
Earlier today the Springboks had an open training session at the Mbombela Stadium, in preparation for their match against Scotland this coming Saturday. I was lucky enough to be on the pitch the whole time while they where doing their drills and even managed to capture a few nice photos. […]
A buzz in “The Spruit”
In 2007 when the first shovel broke the soil at the Mbombela Stadium’s building site, there was a feeling of good fortune and excitement in the air which was soon replaced with dust, smoke, chaos, politics and some poor management at times. But in the end a magnificent stadium was constructed for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. A few months after the world cup success, the first rugby game was played on the pitch between the Pumas and Blue Bulls, on the 27th of August 2010. […]