Stonehouse notes bittersweet reality of Pumas' huge win over Bulls: They need more than Currie Cup
Forget the "this-is-early-doors" mumbo jumbo.
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Forget the "this-is-early-doors" mumbo jumbo.
The Pumas showed their 2022 Currie Cup triumph was no fluke when they started their 2023 campaign with a crushing win over a hapless Bulls outfit in Pretoria on Sunday.
Bulls and Springbok sensation Kurt-Lee Arendse will go up against a daunting group of national veterans for the SA Rugby Player of the Year award in a development that illustrates just how the former Blitzboks star has taken the 15-man format by storm.
There's a fair amount of irony involved when Phumzile Maqondwana, one of the Bulls' off-season acquisitions, labels himself an "average rugby player".
Pumas coach Jimmy Stonehouse will take charge of the Champions Team against a touring Italy A side at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on Saturday.
Saturday's Currie Cup final at Griqua Park was a day that none of the victorious Pumas will ever forget.
The story of the Pumas winning their first-ever Currie Cup trophy on Saturday is one that will be told for years to come, and the man who orchestrated it all says it is the "greatest goal" he has achieved in his life.