Currie Cup pride at stake in final
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LEKKA BATTLE: The Lions face the Sharks at Ellis Park
The 2024 Currie Cup champions will be crowned at Ellis Park tomorrow when the Lions host the Sharks at 5pm in a battle for local pride.
Out to win a first Currie Cup trophy since beating Western Province in the final at the same venue back in 2015, the Lions face a team that last tasted success in 2018.
One man who’ll be torn in two tomorrow is former Lions captain Warren Whiteley, who scored a try in the last final at Ellis Park – that 2015 victory over the Streeptruie in Jozi.
Entering the match as the Sharks’ assistant coach, Whiteley says of facing his old team: “They’re a dangerous side and we respect them a lot… it’s going to be a lekka battle.”
Of what winning the Currie Cup will mean for the Sharks, he adds: “We know the rich heritage the Currie Cup has, and it still holds that value. Some people might argue that. [But] it’s a huge opportunity for us.”