Currie Cup: Pumas hammer Griffons while Griquas steal late win over Lions

The visitors scored 10 tries in the contest and put 45 unanswered points past their hapless opponents in the second half.

The Pumas scored three five-pointers in the first half as flanker Deon Slabbert, scrumhalf Giovan Snyman and lock Malembe Mpofu went over.

Griffons flyhalf Robbie Petzer slotted two penalties but the hosts trailed 19-6 at the break and it did not get any better from there.

Outside centre Diego Appollis scored the Pumas' bonus-point try four minutes after the interval while replacement hooker came on and helped himself to a hat-trick of tries.

A crafty try from replacement scrumhalf Chriswill September was followed by replacement flyhalf Brandon Thomson scoring to complete a massacre.

Lions 18 - 25 Griquas

Cebolenkosi Dlamini scored a try in injury-time to give Griquas a 25-18 victory over Lions in their Currie Cup clash at Ellis Park.

The hosts took a 10-8 lead into the halftime break thanks to try by Zeilinga Strydom while fullback Tiaan Swanepoel added a conversion and penalty.

George Whitehead slotted a penalty for Griquas in the opening period while hooker Janco Uys went over for try that was not converted.

Griquas took went in front with a try from scrumhalf Johan Mulder, converted by Eddie Fouche with the latter adding a penalty a few minutes later.

The Lions though clawed their way as flanker JC Pretorious went over for a late five-pointer that was not converted to leave the scores level.

The game headed into injury-time and prop Dlamini proved to be the hero for the visitors barging over for the winning try.