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Lions retain winning side

Johannesburg - Xerox Lions coach John Mitchell has retained the same starting side and bench that beat the Free State Cheetahs last weekend for Friday night's Absa Currie Cup rugby match against the Pumas in Witbank - a match Pumas coach Jimmy Stonehouse has intimated they are targeting for their second win in the campaign.

Last week's thrilling 30-26 victory over the Cheetahs was the Lions' second of the season and an important win as it put them back within striking distance of the other sides on the Currie Cup log.

Lions: 

15. Jaco Taute, 14. Deon van Rensburg, 13. Waylon Murray, 12. Doppies la Grange, 11. Michael Killian, 10. Elton Jantjies, 9. Jano Vermaak, 8. Warren Whiteley, 7. Derek Minnie, 6. Renaldo Bothma, 5. Franco van der Merwe, 4. George Earle, 3. Ross Geldenhuys, 2. Edgar Marutlulle, 1. JC Janse van Rensburg

Substitutes: 16. Martin Bezuidenhout, 17. Wayne Swart, 18. Johan Snyman, 19. Joshua Strauss, 20. JP Joubert, 21. Burton Francis, 22. Jannie Boshoff

Pumas:

TBA


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