The Lions team to take on the Cheetahs in a South African derby encounter this weekend, has been announced with a few notable changes. [...]
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Lions make changes for Cheetahs
Lions make changes aplenty
The Lions team to face the Stormers at Coca Cola Park this Saturday has been announced, with the team struggling with injuries after their bye weekend. Andries Coetzee, that played against the Sharks two weeks ago following Jantjies’ injury, will start on the wing. [...]
Mitchell rings the changes
The Lions team to take on the Sharks this weekend has been announced with coach John Mitchell opting to make a few changes to the side that narrowly lost to the Hurricanes at the weekend. [...]
Lions forced into changes
The Lions have announced their team to take on the Hurricanes on Friday night, with skipper Josh Strauss shifting to the side of the scrum to accommodate Warren Whiteley in the starting fifteen. [...]
Young Lions outpace physical Pumas
The Lions warm-up game against the Pumas at the Mbombela stadium turned out to be a better spectacle than most anticipated. It was a hot afternoon and humidity made things very hard for both teams when it came to handling with both teams struggling to keep the ball in hand. The Pumas especially struggled with their handling and twice lost the ball over the try line. [...]
The Green Machine’s rapid rise to rugby power since 2000
Glenwood High School (founded 1910) or affectionately known as the ‘Grasshoppers’ or Green Machine by rivals have since 2000 developed into one of KZN’s strongest rugby schools. They have always featured in the Top 10 premier schools in KZN rugby for the past 100 years (producing 6 Springboks, over 50 Natal/Sharks and over 150 KZN Schools players) but it’s only since current Headmaster, Trevor Kershaw and the management at Glenwood decided to improve all sporting codes via a Sports Academy of Excellence has Glenwood seen a rapid improvement in their rugby. [...]
Little change to Lions team
The Lions have made an injury enforced change to their loose trio, in the only change to their team to face Western Province at home this weekend.
Cobus Grobbelaar is out with a rib injury, with Warren Whiteley coming into the starting team, which resulted in a reshuffled loose trio, with Josh Strauss playing from the side of the scrum. [...]
Strauss, la Grange return for Lions
Lions coach John Mitchell has named his side to face Griquas in a round 9 Currie Cup encounter at Coca Cola Park. While two previous captains have returned to the starting lineup this week, it is the most recent, Josh Strauss, who will lead the side out. [...]
Lions name full strength team for Pumas
31 Aug 11 14:13 by Richard Ferguson | Currie Cup, Lions, Original Content, Other SA Teams | 3 Comments
John Mitchell has announced his side to face the Pumas in Nelspruit on Friday night with Josh Strauss bracketed in with Warren Whiteley at the back of the scrum as the captain returns from injury. [...]
Lions lose their skipper
The Lions have confirmed that captain Josh Strauss has been withdrawn for this evening’s match against the Sharks, having failed to recover sufficiently form a rib injury sustained against Western Province. [...]
The ones that got away
14 Jul 11 07:49 by robdylan | Currie Cup, Lions, Original Content, Other SA Teams, Sharks | 13 Comments
The Sharks side for the Currie Cup match against the Blue Bulls will be named later today and is expected to contain somewhere in the regions of 14 players who have come through the Sharks Academy and age-group ranks. Perhaps more impressive, though, is the number of players named in other Currie Cup sides that have also attended the Academy. [...]
Battle Royale
The Sharks travel to Coca Cola Park this weekend in what is yet another must win match for the coastal team. (What I do not understand about that saying is which team will go into a game and allow themselves to lose it? But anyway) The Lions team, back from a better than expected tour of the Antipodes, are filled to the brim with ex Sharks players, much as the Sharks have their fair share of Lions in there. Should make for some interesting individual battles. [...]
Sharksworld chats with Warren Whiteley at Carisbrook
28 May 11 14:57 by Hertford Highlander | Admin, Currie Cup, Lions, Original Content, Sharks, Super Rugby | 12 Comments
Tonight, a blood splatted Wikus Van Heerden crashed over the Highlanders line under a pile of bodies to score a last minute try that sealed an historic win for the visiting Lions. The try sealed the Lions first every win in New Zealand. Amid scenes of great jubilation at Carisbrook, Sharksworld was able to grab a few minutes with rising Lions star Warren Whiteley. [...]
Mitchell wields the Axe
Lions coach John Mitchell has lost patience with his under-performing team and wielded a heavy axe ahead of their encounter with the Stormers on Saturday. [...]
The one that got away?
Lions No.8 Warren Whiteley has been a revelation at the back of the scrum since bursting onto the scene in last year’s Currie Cup, but he could have been a Shark. [...]
