Lions (14) 25 / Reds (10) 30 (Final Score)
The MTN Lions hosted the Reds at Coca-Cola Park, Johannesburg at 15:00 SA Time. This was the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1, SHD & M-Net on TV in SA.
The Lions took the early initiative and built up an early lead with the Reds being penalised relentlessly but gradually the Reds came more and more into the game and by Halftime had almost caught up. Then in the second half the Reds started dominating proceedings and eventually took the lead and then extended the lead gradually. Late in the game the Lions came back a bit with 2 penalties of their own, eventually going down to the Reds by a 5-point margin.
Scorers:
Lions: 4 Penalties Andre Pretorius, 1 Penalty Rory Kockott, 1 Try Michael Killian, 1 Try Jaco Taute
Reds: 3 Conversions & 3 Penalties Mike Harris, 1 Try Luke Morahan, 1 Try Quade Cooper, 1 Try Digby Ioane
Teams:
Lions: Michael Killian, 14 Lionel Mapoe, 13 Waylon Murray, 12 Doppies La Grange, 11 Deon Van Rensburg, 10 Andre Pretorius, 9 Jano Vermaak, 8 Warren Whiteley, 7 Joshua Strauss, 6 Cobus Grobbelaar, 5 Franco Van der Merwe, 4 David Bulbring, 3 Patric Cilliers, 2 Bandise Maku, 1 JC Janse van Rensburg.
Replacements: 16 Edgar Marutlulle, 17 Jacobie Adriaanse, 18 Michael Rhodes, 19 Derick Minnie, 20 Rory Kockott, 21 Elton Jantjies, 22 Jaco Taute.
Reds: 15 Mike Harris, 14 Rod Davies, 13 Digby Ioane, 12 Anthony Faingaa, 11 Luke Morahan, 10 Quade Cooper, 9 Will Genia, 8 Leroy Houston, 7 Beau Robinson, 6 Scott Higginbotham, 5 James Horwill (captain), 4 Adam Wallace-Harrison, 3 James Slipper, 2 Saia Faingaa, 1 Greg Holmes.
Replacements: 16 James Hanson, 17 Ben Daley, 18 Rob Simmons, 19 Radike Samo, 20 Jake Schatz, 21 Ian Prior, 22 Ben Tapuai.
Referee: Vinny Munro (New Zealand)
Assistant referee: Chris Pollock (New Zealand), Cobus Wessels (New Zealand)
TMO: Gerrie Coetzee (South Africa)
Lyk my darem die baard ding het nou oor gewaai, onthou julle nog die kritiek wat Geo Cronje oor sy baard moes vat
Penalty Lions.Long way out.
Kockett going for poles 4 inside his own half.
Over
30 – 25 Reds.
Last minute.
Kokkerot slots a looong distance penalty
Reds 30 / 25
Final Score: Reds 30 / 25 MTN Lions
Helter skelter now as the Lions run from their own 22.
Reds kill the game off and they win and get the 4 points for the win.
No bonus point though, and the Lions pick up just the solitary bonus point for losing by less than 7.
@ grootblousmile:
Hy is gn hard nie man hy is heavy goed gepad in die gesig area dis al
Bonus to Lions, and no bonus point to Reds. Not too bad for SA Rugby
Same old, same old for the Lions I’m afraid.
Just not good enough to pull it through.
They played with more structure with AP at 10, but honestly didn’t look good enough to win this game.
Another good crowd today but if the team don’t start winning soon the Jo’burg faithfull will start staying at home.
Quade Cooper MOTM.
Cheers, off to the concert
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