Cape Town - The Golden Lions proved too strong for the Pumas in their Currie Cup clash at Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit on Friday night.
The men from Johannesburg won 41-11, after leading 16-3 at half-time.
In next weekend's action, the Lions host the EP Kings in Johannesburg, while the Pumas tackle the Sharks in Durban.
Scorers
Pumas:
Try: Faf de Klerk
Penalties: JC Roos (2)
Golden Lions:
Tries: Kwagga Smith (2), Jacques van Rooyen, Penalty Try
Conversions: Marnitz Boshoff (3)
Penalties: Boshoff (4)
Drop goal: Boshoff
Teams:
Pumas:
15 JW Bell, 14 Bernado Botha, 13 Jerome Pretorius, 12 Stefan Watermeyer (captain), 11 Rosco Spekman, 10 JC Roos, 9 Faf de Klerk, 8 Jason-Colin Fraser, 7 Uzair Cassiem, 6 Marnus Schoeman, 5 Giant Mtyanda, 4 Rudi Mathee, 3 Khwezi Mona, 2 Frank Herne, 1 Corné Fourie
Substitutes: 16 Francois du Toit, 17 De-Jay Terblanche, 18 Jannie Stander, 19 Jaco Bouwer, 20 Reynier van Rooyen, 21 Justin van Staden, 22 Hoffmann Maritz
Golden Lions:
15 Ruan Combrinck, 14 Sampie Mastriet, 13 Stokkies Hanekom, 12 Howard Mnisi, 11 Courtnall Skosan , 10 Marnitz Boshoff, 9 Ross Cronje (captain), 8 Fabian Booysen, 7 Stephan de Wit, 6 Kwagga Smith, 5 Franco Mostert, 4 Martin Muller, 3 Ruan Dreyer, 2 Robbie Coetzee, 1 Jacques van Rooyen
Substitutes: 16 Malcolm Marx, 17 Julian Redelinghuys, 18 MB Lusaseni, 19 Jano Venter, 20 Jaco van der Walt, 21 Alwyn Hollenbach, 22 Anthony Volmink