The Pumas are a South African professional rugby union team that competes in the Premier Division of the Currie Cup. The team draws their players from Mpumalanga Province and plays at the Mbombela Stadium in Mbombela, having previously also played at the Puma Stadium in Witbank.
Louis Jacques Botes is a former professional rugby union player. He played domestic rugby for the Pumas between 2002 and 2004 and for the Sharks between 2005 and 2014 and also played Super Rugby for the Sharks between 2005 and 2014. He usually played as a flanker or a number eight.
Phillipus Jacobus Snyman 'JP' du Plessis is a South African professional rugby union player who plays centre position for the New Orleans Gold of Major League Rugby (MLR) in the U.S.
Lizo Pumzile Gqoboka is a South African professional rugby union player who currently plays for the Stormers in the United Rugby Championship. His regular position is prop.
Paul Willemse is a French-South African professional rugby union player, who plays as a lock for Top 14 club Montpellier and the France national team. Born and raised in South Africa, he moved to France in 2014 and qualified for his adoptive country after acquiring French nationality in 2018.
Willem Hendrik Jacques "Sheep" du Plessis is a South African rugby union player. He plays for the Bulls in the United Rugby Championship and for the Blue Bulls in the Currie Cup. His regular playing positions are flanker or lock.
Travis Keenan Ismaiel is a South African rugby union player for the Bulls in Super Rugby. His regular position is winger.
Adriaan Ruhan Nel is a South African rugby union player for the Stormers in Super Rugby and Western Province in the Currie Cup and in the Rugby Challenge. His regular position is full-back, winger and centre.
Gerrit Jacobus Visagie is a South African rugby union player for the Lions in the United Rugby Championship and the Golden Lions in the Currie Cup and also played for Stade Toulousain in the French Top 14. His regular position is hooker.
Christian Francois Schoeman is a South African rugby union player. His regular position is fly-half.
Jan-Frederik Uys is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with an Italian team, Zebre Parma. His regular position is lock.
Wilco Mario Louw is a South African rugby union player for the Vodacom Bulls in the United Rugby Championship, formerly of Harlequins in Premiership Rugby. His regular position is tighthead prop.
Dylan Thomas Smith in Durban, is a South African professional rugby union player for the Bulls in the United Rugby Championship and the Blue Bulls in the Currie Cup His regular position is loosehead prop.
Pieter Ernst Scholtz is a South African rugby union player for the Bayonne in the Top 14. He previously played for Southern Kings in the Pro14 and the Eastern Province Elephants in the Currie Cup and in the Rugby Challenge. His regular position is tighthead prop.
Jacobus Christoffel Entienne Swanepoel is a South African born Italian rugby union player for Italian Top12 side Rugby Rovigo Delta. His regular position is tighthead prop.
David George Ribbans is a professional rugby union player who plays as a lock for Top 14 club Toulon. Born in South Africa, he represented England at international level after qualifying on ancestry grounds.
Jacobus Conradus "Beertjie" van Vuuren is a South African professional rugby union player for the Bulls in Super Rugby, the Blue Bulls in the Currie Cup and the Blue Bulls XV in the Rugby Challenge. His regular position is tighthead prop.
Divan Rossouw is a Namibian rugby union player, currently playing in South Africa for the Bulls in Super Rugby, the Blue Bulls in the Currie Cup and the Blue Bulls XV in the Rugby Challenge. He is a utility back that can play as a fullback, winger, centre or scrum-half.
The Rugby Challenge – known as the SuperSport Rugby Challenge for sponsorship reasons – was the secondary domestic rugby union competition in South Africa from 2017 to 2019. The competition was organised by the South African Rugby Union and featured all fourteen South African provincial unions plus Namibian side the Welwitschias and the Zimbabwe Academy. The inaugural season of the competition was in 2017, and was intended as the long-term successor of the Vodacom Cup competition.
Mornay Jan Jakobus Smith is a South African rugby union player for the Bulls in the United Rugby Championship and the Blue Bulls in the Currie Cup. His regular position is tighthead prop.
