| 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.
