Lions (13) 30 / Cheetahs (9) 26 (Final Score)
The Xerox Lions hosted the Vodacom Free State Cheetahs at Coca-Cola Park, Johannesburg at 15:00 SA Time. This is the match thread for discussion of the Game. The game was broadcast live on SuperSport 1 on DSTV in SA.
The Lions fought back hard, from behind, and scored with 2 minutes to go, to take a 4-point lead and win the match by 30 / 26.
Well done Lions.
Scores:
Lions: 3 Penalties & 3 Conversions & 1 Try Elton Jantjies, 1 Try Deon van Rensburg, 1 Try Jannie Boshoff
Cheetahs: 4 Penalties & 1 Conversion Louis Strydom, 1 Conversion Meyer Bosman, 1 Try Ashley Johnson, 1 Try Kobus Calldo
Xerox Lions |
Vodacom Free State Cheetahs |
| 14 August at 15:00 | |
| Team: Jaco Taute; Deon van Rensburg; Waylon Murray; Doppies La Grange; Michael Killian; Elton Jantjies; Jano Vermaak; Warren Whiteley; Renaldo Bothma; Derek Minnie; Franco vd Merwe (c); George Earle; Ross Geldenhuys; Edgar Maratlulle; JC Janse van Rensburg.Replacements: Martin Bezuidenhout; Wayne Swart; Johan Snyman; Joshua Strauss; JP Joubert; Burton Francis; Jannie Boshoff | Team: 15. Hennie Daniller, 14. Philip Snyman, 13. Robert Ebersohn, 12. Meyer Bosman, 11. Jongi Nokwe, 10. Louis Strydom, 9. Tewis de Bruyn, 8. Ashley Johnson, 7. Francois (FS) Uys, 6. Hendro Scholtz, 5. Waltie Vermeulen, 4. Izak van der Westhuizen, 3. Willem Petrus (WP) Nel, 2. Adriaan Strauss (Captain), 1. Coenie OosthuizenReplacements: 16. Skipper Badenhorst, 17. Kobus Calldo, 18. Christoffel Philippus Van der Walt, 19. Kabamba Floors, 20. Tertius Carse, 21. Sias Ebersohn, 22. JW Jonker |
Referee: Sandile Mayende (SARRA)
Assistant referees: A Sehlako (Natal), M de Villiers (Lions)
TMO: J Meuwesen (EP)
next time I go hunting, i might just get myself a cheetah pelt….specially after today 🙂
Geluk Lions ek het die Staat wel met 7 gepick maar ek het net so gevoel gehad julle gaan opdaag. En julle het baie geluk.
Snoek wrote:
Don’t count your chickens, 🙂 eish Mooi Lions
rugbybal wrote:
Laat dit vir my ‘n les wees. 🙁
Well done Lions!!
The lions will be a different team in the next round. I hope the lions hang on to Jantjies before the wp or sharks get hold of him
@ Lions:
I really hope you guys get a chance to build on this. This young team can go far with that attitude. Franco led them well yesterday.
Extracts from the article “Tears of joy as Lions win” by Brenden Nel.
See when you win no one laughs at you. For a second time congratulations to our neighbors. Well Done.
Tears of joy flowed at Coca-Cola Park in Johannesburg on Saturday as the Lions came back from 10 points down to score only their second victory in seven months as they beat the Cheetahs 30-26.
It was the first significant victory this year for the team, who endured a winless Super 14 and have only beaten the Leopards this Currie Cup.
Anyone who has any doubts as to how big a turnaround this is for the team, consider this: The Lions have no Springboks out and the Cheetahs have lost a handful from the teams that met in the final round of the Super 14, where the Cheetahs romped home 59-10 in Welkom.
The significance of John Mitchell’s belief in the youth of the team, and their more structured approach has finally paid off, and finally Lions fans across the country have something to believe in again.
The Lions held out for the final two minutes to ensure that the day will go down in the team’s history as one where they stood up and were counted.
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