The third game this Saturday sees the Reds host the Lions in Brisbane, and I am afraid to say, this match really has only two outcomes – the Reds to win, or the Reds to beat the Lions comprehensively.
The Reds hit great form last Sunday, beating the Chiefs in an entertaining match, coming back from being behind and recording a good five point victory. The Reds also welcome back Quade Cooper at flyhalf, something that is sure to give the Reds the necessary boost to push for a play-off spot.
The Lions team is unchanged from the side that went down to the Blues last weekend, and being their third match on tour, they will already be looking forward to the trip home.
Reds: 1. Greg Holmes,2. Saia Faingaa,3. James Slipper,4. Rob Simmons,5. James Horwill (c),6. Jake Schatz,7. Liam Gill,8. Scott Higginbotham,9. Will Genia,10. Quade Cooper,11. Digby Ioane,12. Mike Harris,13. Anthony Faingaa,14. Dom Shipperley,15. Ben Lucas
Replacements : 16. James Hanson,17. Ben Daley,18. Adam Wallace-Harrison,19. Eddie Quirk,20. Nick Frisby,21. Chris F’Sautia,22. Luke Morahan
Lions: 15 Andries Coetzee , 14 Deon Van Rensburg , 13 Lionel Mapoe , 12 Jaco Taute , 11 Michael Killian , 10 Elton Jantjies , 9 Ross Cronje , 8 Joshua Strauss (c) , 7 Grant Hattingh , 6 Derick Minnie , 5 Ruan Botha , 4 Franco Van der Merwe , 3 Patric Cilliers , 2 Callie Visagie , 1 JC Janse van Rensburg
Replacements : 16 Martin Bezuidenhout , 17 CJ Van der Linde , 18 Cobus Grobbelaar , 19 Jaco Kriel , 20 Tian Meyer , 21 Ruan Combrinck , 22 James Kamana
Referee: Keith Brown
Assistant Ref 1:Angus Gardner
Assistant Ref 2:Damien Mitchelmore
TMO : Steve Leszczynski
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Go Lions!
Jantjies starts the game
Penalty Jantjies
Lions 3
Reds 0
9min
Pk Lions – Jantjies
Reds 0 – 3 Lions
10 mins
Lions steal a line out 5m from the line but lose the ball to poor handeling
Penalty Janjies
Lions 6
Reds 0
17min
@Mutley (Comment 6) :
Have the Reds taken the field yet?
Try Gil
Converted by Harris
Reds 7
Lions 6
21min
@JarsonX (Comment 7) : They have now!
Penalty Harris
Reds 10
Lions 6
26min
@Ben (Comment 10) : Better late than never
Lions steal another Reds line out but again. Poor handeling
PK Harris
Reds 13
Lions 6
30min
Reds steal one back
Ok now I get it only the Lions must roll away, that cleared it up
Harris knocks the ball with an open try line
Reds scrum the Lions off the ball
Half Time
Reds 13 – 6 Lions
Halftime
Reds 13
Lions 6
Lions barely holding on, the Reds will come out and run at least 4 more tries in
Would love for the Lions to win this one, but I’m surprised that the score is still so low.
Harris starts the 2nd half
Yellow for Franco
Try Fainga
Harris converts
Reds 20
Lions 6
44min
Lions get a penalty but fail to kick it out
For a brief 19minutes I thought there may be an upset on the cards, now I see the only upset one will be Mitchell.
Try Reds
Converted Harris
Reds 27
Lions 6
50min
Lions are shit..plain n simply kak..
Try Genia
Harris converts
Reds 34
Lions 6
56min
Franco cost the Lions big time 21 points scored wile he was off
Try Bezuidenhoudt
Conversion over
Reds 34
Lions 13
60min
Grant Hatting off injured for the Lions
Still only 1 FL try, but 12 kicks at least
How much time left?
Is it over yet?
Try. Jaco Kriel
Converted
Reds 34
Lions 20
77min
@KSA Shark © (Comment 28) :
Full Time
Reds 34
Lions 20
2 from 4 with a single margin point
I’m missing all rugby today as I am by Family…
Thanks for keeping me updated
@JarsonX (Comment 45) : wow, I’ve got 3 from 4
Franco vd Merwe cost the Lions they were in the game before his yellow, Reds scored 21 points for that period but not their after