The Lions have announced their team to face the Bulls at the weekend, with a few changes due to both injuries and form, with Stephan Greef replacing the injured Paul Willemse in the second row and Ross Cronje coming onto the bench for Michael Bondesio, who is injured yet again. [...]
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Mitchell forced into changes for Lions
Good and bad news for Lions
The Lions received a bit of good news amongst all the bad news, with Josh Strauss’s injury not serious enough to rule him out of this weekend’s clash against the Bulls, with the captain’s back injury clearing in time for the game. [...]
More injury woes for Lions
The Lions have lost young lock forward Paul Willemse – who made his Super Rugby debut for the side against the Cheetahs last weekend – to a shoulder injury and will need to look elsewhere for second row options against the Bulls this weekend. [...]
Super Rugby 2012 – Cheetahs (26) vs Lions (5) F/T
The first of two local games tonight sees the battle of the felines as the Cheetahs host the Lions in the reverse fixture of the opening round match, which the Lions just won. The Cheetahs are back from their overseas tour, racking up 11 points and will go into this match with a lot of confidence. [...]
Lions make changes for Cheetahs
The Lions team to take on the Cheetahs in a South African derby encounter this weekend, has been announced with a few notable changes. [...]
Super Rugby 2012 – Lions (13) vs Crusaders (23) F/T
The Lions take on the mighty Crusaders at Coca Cola Park this evening, welcoming back a few of their injured players while the Crusaders start their tour of South Africa. [...]
Hollenbach returns for Lions
The Lions have named their side to face the Crusaders at Coca-Cola Park tomorrow, with Alwyn Hollenbach cleared to play inside center in place of the injured Doppies la Grange. [...]
Super Rugby 2012 – Lions (19) vs Stormers (24) F/T
The final match this Saturday is a South African derby match between the Lions and the Stormers, played at Coca Cola Park. The Lions have been ravaged by a spate of injuries, while the Stormers have enjoyed a good start to the season. [...]
Stormers unchanged for Lions
The Stormers team to face the Lions this weekend has remained unchanged from the team that did duty against the Blues last weekend, with coach Allister Coetzee opting to go for continuity. [...]
Lions gain Pat – but Bulls lose Deon
There’s contrasting injury news for the two Gauteng-based teams in Super Rugby today, as they look to name their line-ups ahead of key matches this weekend. [...]
Round Four Injury Update
15 Mar 12 10:24 by Richard Ferguson | Bulls, Cheetahs, Lions, Original Content, Sharks, Stormers, Super 14 | 34 Comments
The Fourth round of the Super Rugby campaign gets under way tomorrow, and we already have a two page list of injuries on our hands. I hope this helps: [...]
Gagiano joins Lions
American Eagles number 8 JJ Gagiano, who played for the EP Kings last year, has joined the Lions until the end of the season and will start for his new province’s Vodacom Cup side this weekend. [...]
Sharks v Lions: by the numbers
It’s time to once again look at a statistical analysis of the Sharks most recent game, against the Lions, courtesy of the Super Rugby match statistics made available by Rugbystats.com.au. [...]
Super Rugby 2012 – Sharks (32) vs Lions (20) F/T
The Sharks play host to the Lions in Durban, in desperate need of their first win of the season, with the Lions themselves coming off an unexpected loss to the Hurricanes at home, requiring a win to stay in touch with the leaders in the South African conference. [...]
Sharksworld’s SA-Conference Team of the week
7 Mar 12 12:29 by Letgo | Bulls, Cheetahs, Lions, Original Content, Sharks, Stormers, Super Rugby | 40 Comments
After missing the first week, team of the week is back, and this week it’s the Bulls who dominates the numbers after their convincing victory against a disappointing Cheetahs side. Our selectors are mainly Sharks and some Stormers, but clearly we can all be relatively objective with 8 Bulls making the cut this week. The Stormers, the other South African team who was victorious this weekend has half as many with four and the Sharks and Lions make up the numbers with 2 and 1 respectively. [...]
