The Lions and Sharks will meet for the sixth time in a Currie Cup final, when they clash in Joburg this Saturday.
The teams have met in five previous finals, with neither side enjoying much advantage when playing at home.
And while the Lions will be playing on home soil, to go with topping the points table at the end of the regular season, to be regarded the hot favourites, the Sharks are not to be underestimated., to the Sharks, and at Ellis Park, on July 27. The visitors outscored the Lions four tries to three on that day to win 35-22 to kick-start their season.
Natal shocked the then Transvaal 14-13 in their first final meeting at Ellis Park in 1992, just for Transvaal to get their revenge the next year, in Durban, when they beat Natal 21-15.
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