Mpumalanga Rugby Union

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The STEVAL PUMAS are a South African Rugby team competing in the First Division of the 2012 Currie Cup based at the Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga. The team draws their players from Mpumalanga Province (formerly known as the South Eastern Transvaal).

The Pumas won the Currie Cup First Division (the second tier competition) in 2005 and 2009, so earning promotion to the Currie Cup Premier Division.

In 2006 they were coached jointly by Chris Grobler and Danie Gerber, but failed to win any of their 14 matches.

For their 2010 Currie Cup campaign the Pumas appointed the seasoned Jimmy Stonehouse as coach. Though considered the underdogs of the Currie Cup competition, on 27 August 2010 the Pumas beat current champions the Blue Bulls 22-21 at the Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit. With 11 rounds of the Currie Cup complete, the Pumas were lodged second last on log, having scored two wins over last-placed Platinum Leopards.

Formed in 1969 as South Eastern Transvaal, the Pumas are one of the younger unions in the country. The Pumas average crowds of 13,000 to home Currie Cup matches.