Head coach Mziwakhe Nkosi is hungry for Currie Cup final redemption this season after back-to-back heartbreaks for the Lions at Ellis Park.
Griquas stunned the Pride 27-25 in last year’s showpiece in Johannesburg, a year after the Sharks had edged them 16-14 in extra-time to claim the title.
The Lions kick off their 2026 campaign next Sunday in Bloemfontein against the Cheetahs, and Nkosi already has his eyes firmly fixed on a spot in the 12 September decider of rugby’s oldest competition.
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“We are preparing to play in the final on September 12. That has to be our mindset,” Nkosi was quoted by Netwerk24.
“We need to find a way to get to the final again and hopefully it’s a case of us succeeding at the third attempt.”
Ivan van Rooyen’s Lions reached the Vodacom URC quarter-finals for the first time last season, and will compete in the Investec Champions Cup for the first time next term.
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Nkosi sees the Currie Cup trophy, which the Lions last lifted in 2015, as central to sustaining that progress.
“By nature, we have a few goals that we want to achieve in the Currie Cup,” he said. “Ultimately, we really want to be extremely competitive. Our goal is to win the tournament.”
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