Match of the day. It sees Western Province travelling to Coca Cola Park in Johannesburg to take on the Lions.
With the Log as congested as it is, it will be a case of get a bonus point while denying the opposition one. Who will be able to accomplish just that today?
Will WP continue on their zero wins away from home trend this season?
Will the Lions show that their impressive form of late is no fluke?
Kick-off in Johannesburg at 17:05 SA time. Live on Supersport
Referee: Marius Jonker
Touch judges: Jason Jaftha, Piet Badenhorst
TMO: Johann Meuwesen
Lions:
15 Louis Ludik, 14 Michael Killian, 13 Jaco Pretorius, 12 Doppies la Grange, 11 Rayno Benjamin, 10 Earl Rose, 9 Jano Vermaak, 8 Willem Alberts, 7 Franco van der Merwe, 6 Cobus Grobbelaar (captain), 5 Anton van Zyl, 4 Dewald Senekal, 3 Lawrence Sephaka, 2 Willie Wepener, 1 Heinke van der Merwe.
Replacements: 16 Ethienne Reynecke, 17 Gert Muller, 18 Justin Wheeler, 19 Derick Minnie, 20 Chris Jonck, 21 Jaco van Schalkwyk, 22 Heini Gordon.
Western Province:
15 Gio Aplon, 14 Wylie Human, 13 Dylan Des Fountain, 12 Gcobani Bobo, (captain), 11 Joe Pietersen, 10 Willem De Waal, 9 Bolla Conradie, 8 Schalk Brits, 7 AJ Venter, 6 Francois Louw, 5 Ross Skeate, 4 Adriaan Fondse, 3 Brok Harris, 2 Deon Fourie, 1 Wicus Blaauw.
Replacements: 16 JC Kritzinger, 17 Pieter Louw, 18 Justin Melck, 19 Nick Koster, 20 Dewaldt Duvenage, 21 Tonderai Chavhanga, 22 Morgan Newman.
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Lions!!!!!!!!!
Sorry HO
Lions!!!
Lions!!!
@KSA Shark © (Comment 1) :
Anyone left to support the Lions who has not written “LIONS!!!” yet on ths thread? 🙂
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GO LIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WP to take this.
Sorry CSB – just my 3rd party call.
@Big Fish (Comment 12) :
i think you got it wrong ou.
WP on the field
@KSA Shark © (Comment 13) :
I know it goes against the form sheet, but I just think that teams like the Sharks and WP can play better than they have, while the Lions are are about as good as they can get already.
I may well be wrong, and I don’t mind an underdog win. We will see.
PROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVINCE!!!!!! 😛 😛 😛 😛 😛 😛 😛 😛 😛
LIONS TRY!!!!!!!!!!!
Franco vd Merwe
Delay as TMO checks for foul play.
Can’t find any.
Rose Converts
7 – 0 Lions
3min
Try cam from Schalk brits Showboating as he lined up a clearance kick and it was charged down
You have to ask yourself what was he doing kicking the ball.
LOL!!!
Looks like I might be very wrong.
Schalk Britz should not be a Bok.
Let that be the last time that his name is in the same sentence as the word “Bok”.
PK WP
De Waal going at goal
Over
7 – 3 Lions
6min
@Big Fish (Comment 20) :
I will try and ensure i don’t put them in the same sentence again. 😆
@Big Fish (Comment 20) : Here here!!!!
Can you believe that I got visitors during the Sharks game AND they stayed till now???? 👿 👿
Now what?Like that?
@KSA Shark © (Comment 19) :
He’s a 2-cum-8 = 10….
👿 net went down
10 – 6 Lions
29min
Senekal Was Yellow carded for a NOTHING by the wannbe involved TJ.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 28) :
That was posted 4min ago 👿
33min now
PK Lions
28m out right in front.
Rose going at goal
Poms screaming for anything… going to be a captain’s innings of note IMO!
Rose keeps the 100% record with 3 from 3
13 – 6 Lions
36min
Newman on for Des Fountain
@bryce_in_oz (Comment 31) :
Smith is surprising me.
floating pass sees De Waal get nailed by man and ball at the same time with his arm reaching above his head 😳
Flippen Barmy Army are going bonkers
De Waal goes for a 60m PK and misses
Half time
Lions 13 – 6 WP
@Me2 (Comment 24) :
Greetings and salutations. 😆
@Silver Fox (Comment 25) :
You missed a very good game.
I expect Senekal will not be back in the 2nd half. 🙁
Can someone please give Panasar a PK. Preferably with a cricket bat 👿
@Big Fish (Comment 40) : Yeah BF, sometimes I really don’t like people!! 😆
Is it reflex for him to appeal after he has bowled 👿
@KSA Shark © (Comment 44) : That type of thing can become sort of pathetic!!
I have no Supersport again 👿
Let’s hope RSG is working
@Silver Fox (Comment 45) :
he has just missed an appeal that the commentators think he may have got had he not been appealing for everything
Schalk Brits might as well be wearing a Lions jersey. 👿
Jano Vermaak TRY!!!!!!!!!!!!
So far he’s contributed 2 tries & a penalty.
@ra-cheltjie de’ be-er (Comment 48) :
He is obviously thinking about his bok problems and his head is NOT in this game
Rose Goes 4 from 4 as he converts
20 – 6 Lions
45min
@ra-cheltjie de’ be-er (Comment 50) :
For the wrong team
@KSA Shark © (Comment 47) : Justice for a fool? 😈
It is turning out to be quite a good rugby weekend for me on basically every account. 😀 😀
LIONS! Sorry WES…but Liverpool won 4-0…
Rose picks the ball up in his 22 and beats 3 WP players as he runs all the way back to the WP 10m line.
Only 2 players sorry, Skeate and Bolla
Blaauw seems to be going off injured and JC Kritzinger makes his CC Debut
@KSA Shark © (Comment 56) : Rose be a revelation!! Costing me a lot in Sharksworld FL league. I was not aware that he did the kicking for the Lions.
Are WP aware of the laws? 👿
Wp make an error as they take it into the 22 and hoof it out.
Lions LO
spread it wide but Ludik knocks it on out wide as he gets a less than perfect pass.
@ra-cheltjie de’ be-er (Comment 60) :
neither are the lions it seems, with their quick throw in attempt.
Lions guy who caught the ball after the kick straight into touch paaaaaassed it back upfield for his mate to take the quick throw in only to be told you can’t take a quick throw in if you aren’t the guy who got the ball initially 😛
Koster on for AJ
Duvenage on for Bolla
@KSA Shark © (Comment 62) : For a moment there I thought Toks got to you earlier. 😎
Willie Wepener and Brok harris have a sprint down the line loooong after Jonker had blown for a knock 😳
Harris stays down after his diving tackle
if he goes of it will be uncontested scrums. 👿 bunch of ladyboys
harris stays on
Don’t want to talk too soon but it’s looking good…25 mins to go
@walter van transvaal.co.za (Comment 67) : Ha!! Made very sure before you showed that ugly face!!! 😀
@walter van transvaal.co.za (Comment 67) :
looking great.
Have the Lions finally finished their rebuilding phase? Will be interesting to see how they go in the rest of the season.
Deon Fourie off. Melck on
Brits moves to hooker
Rose going at goal from 55m
@Silver Fox (Comment 68) :
Bite me!
just short and just wide
@KSA Shark © (Comment 69) :
That was a rhetorical question BTW
First Uncontested scrum 👿
Okay ref realises he has made a mistake.
He didn’t realise Brits was a hooker. (Don’t worry neither did any of us realise he was a hooker 🙄 )
60 min
20 – 6 Lions
WP on attack and Rose does a great tackle.
Lions win PK at the ruck under their poles.
Rose clears with a great kick
Koster scores!!!!!!!!!!!
After a great little over the head pass from Duvenhage
De Waal slots it
20 – 13 Lions
67min
C’MON LIONS
Now it IS uncontested scrums
Ag Shame Brits is complaining to Jonker. “Ek kan niks hoor nie meneer” after the LO goes all screwy
71min
20 – 13 Lions
Advantage Lions right in front
Advantage over 🙁
Lions 5m out
Vermaak get’s tackled 30cm short and loses it forward
scrum (uncontested) on the WP 5m line
Walter, now it’s time to talk to your team!! I’ve got them up for a win. And as I’m typing this they f-upped a try!!! 😮
I have them to win by 13.
Two penalties will do me fine right now.
Dg from Rose goes just short and right
75min
20 – 13 Lions
WP LO in the Lions 22
77min
Lions steal the ball at the ruck after about 7 phaes by WP
GO LIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
79min
Alberts and Deysel are putting hands high up IMO.
Doppies Le Grange TRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and it robs WP of a Loss BP
Dang, you oust me again in the last seconds KSA!!! 😀
Rose Converts
FULL TIME
Lions 27 – 13 Western Province
Log updated
Lions go 4th
WP go 5th
@Silver Fox (Comment 94) : 😛
And Bobo Stuffs up my opinion of him by moaning that he thinks the lions were not rolling away at the tackle and getting away with it during the interview
I had the lions by 16 it seems Why did I think 13? 😳
Proteas are 187/5
need 94 more to win
@KSA Shark © (Comment 98) : Agree, complaining are just adding to a loss, but then he is not an experienced Captain/interviever and will hopefully learn.
BTW Congrats to the Lions supporters.
Sad Luck to the nice WP Supporters 😉
@KSA Shark © (Comment 100) : One of those situations where they put us fans through a bad patch. And do they just excel in that!!
Smith is the only man to have scored a 100 in the 4th innings at Headingly EVER.
currently on 107
@Silver Fox (Comment 103) :
i don’t understand?
@KSA Shark © (Comment 105) : Or am I wrong there? Are Bobo an experienced captain? I was just thinking that if one are relatively new in talking to the interviewers that you may say anything that comes to mind, instead of being gracefull about a defeat and blow off steam afterwards??
But I’m open to correction!
@Silver Fox (Comment 106) :
No I agree with that, but I was asking about your response to my cricket comment.
Your 103 was in response to my 100 which was a cricket score
SA 200 up.
201/5
@Silver Fox (Comment 106) : Responded to the wrong comment 😳
Okay, the Proteas are in a precarious position right now. An quick wicket or two would be disastrous right now and leave us biting our nails instead of watching them cruise to victory as they often should, but don’t always do.
They should win this but coming in to finish off tomorrow may be risky
Anyway KSA, thanks again for a pleasant rugby weekend!! I’m off to work on my project
@Silver Fox (Comment 111) :
Cheers, I’m off too.
Go Proteas
Good weekend for me so far…congratulations to the SHARKS, LIVERPOOL and ORLANDO PIRATES and good luck to the PROTEAS and FERRARI!
PROTEAS! BIFF!
Blackshark? 🙄 what did Liverpool win a pre-season friendly? well done Proteas! Most of all, well done Allister Coetzee (NOT)
A link for RD…
http://content-rsa.cricinfo.com/engvrsa/engine/current/match/296911.html
@wpw (Comment 115) :
Hehehehe
I gather that friendly was against your team 😆
So as good a weekend as BlackShark is having WPW is having a bad weekend Losses by His Football Team ManU?, WP Man I hope you don’t support Mclaren. 😉
At Least the Proteas won. 1 from 4 ain’t bad 😉
The friendly was against my Scottish team Rangers. Was just tryin to make wpw’s day cos he is a Liverpool man.
“going to be a captain’s innings of note IMO!”
YEP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
@bryce_in_oz (Comment 119) :
You shoulda put that 175K down 😉
@KSA Shark © (Comment 120) : lol…!