Griquas vs Blue Bulls Currie Cup preview: Confirmed lineups

Home team	Griquas
Away team	Blue Bulls
Venue	Suzuki Stadium
Competition	Currie Cup
Kick-off time	4:05 pm (UK and Ireland) 5:05 pm (SA)
Watch Live in the UK	Sky Sports

Griquas vs Blue Bulls Currie Cup preview as the sides meet at Suzuki Stadium in round two of the competition. Both teams started the competition with a defeat in round one and will look to pick up their first win in round two

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Griquas vs Blue Bulls confirmed lineups

Griquas			Blue Bulls
Forwards
Lyons		1		Smith
Lange		2		Schurmann
Prinsloo		3		D Coetzee
Mbiko		4		Manjezi
Liebenverg		5		N Janse van Rensburg
Oosthhuizen		6		Xaba
Marco de Witt		7		Van Biljon
Els		8		Theron
Backs
Alexander		9		Newman
Whitehead		10		Johannes
Wehr		11		Bam
Zwelendaba		12		Van Niekerk
Bester		13		Erasmus
Maart		14		Kinene
Hufke		15		Williams
Replacements
Uys		16		Schoeman
Davids		17		Baker
Shezi		18		Mdanda
Van der Merwe		19		Nonkontwana
Maqondwana		20		Beling
Abrahams		21		N Le Roux
Makata		22		Mentoor
Mahoney		23		Motlhodi

Recent Form:

Griquas (Home team): 

Result	Date	Competition	Opponent	Score
Loss	17th July 2026	Currie Cup	Stormers XXIII	25-19
Loss	23rd May 2026	SA Cup	Pumas	35-38 (AET)
Won	16th May 2026	SA Cup	Boland	59-35
Loss	8th May 2026	SA Cup	Cheetahs	32-31
Won	2nd May 2026	SA Cup	SWD Eagles	62-12

Griquas have had disappointment in the last two games they have played. They lost out to the Pumas in extra-time of the SA Cup final and then lost out by six points to the Stormers Currie Cup team. With just over 20 minutes to go, they were in the lead, but a red card allowed the Stormers to win the game in the final moments with a converted try. 

Blue Bulls (Away team): 

Result	Date	Competition	Opponent	Score
Loss	19th July 2026	Currie Cup	Boland	24-10
Won	6th September 2025	Currie Cup	Cheetahs	35-31
Loss	30th August 2025	Currie Cup	Lions	44-5
Loss	24th August 2025	Currie Cup	Griquas	21-42
Loss	17th August 2025	Currie Cup	Boland	28-20

The Blue Bulls started with a disappointing defeat to Boland, after a disappointing end to the Currie Cup last season. This came in a season where the URC side went all the way to the Grand Final. In the opener against Boland, the Blue Bulls went 14-0 behind and were unable to get any closer than within seven points.

Griquas vs Blue Bulls head-to-head record (last five matches):

Date	Competition	Winner	Score
24th August 2025	Currie Cup	Griquas	21-42
23rd August 2024	Currie Cup	Blue Bulls	47-24
13th May 2023	Currie Cup	Blue Bulls	20-40
7th April 2023	Currie Cup	Blue Bulls	40-3
17th June 2022	Currie Cup	Griquas	19-30

Griquas won the meeting comfortably last season, with the Blue Bulls winning three meetings in a row. None of these games have been close with the closes margin in the last four games being 20 points.