Lions coach Johan Ackermann has named his side to face Western Province in this weekend’s Currie Cup semi-final at Coca-Cola Park. Last week’s captain, Butch James, loses his spot in the run-on side as one of a slew of changes to the outfit the suffered a hammering against the Bulls last week. […]
Posts tagged with: Baywatch Grobbelaar
Lions back to full(ish) strength
16 Oct 12 13:03 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 12 Comments
Mitchell forced into changes for Lions
11 Apr 12 12:07 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 10 Comments
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. […]
Lions make changes aplenty
22 Mar 12 12:54 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 33 Comments
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. […]
Lions select strong team for catfight – updated
22 Feb 12 13:51 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 49 Comments
The Lions team to take on the Cheetahs in their derby match this weekend has been announced, with a team that closely emulates the team that lifted the Currie Cup not more than 4 months ago. […]
Lions name full strength team for Pumas
31 Aug 11 14:13 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 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. […]
Experienced Lions start Currie Cup campaign
13 Jul 11 15:45 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 22 Comments
The Lions have named an experienced team to start their Currie Cup campaign in Friday night, with two players looking to make their centuries during this year’s competition, being Baywatch Grobbelaar and Wikus van Heerden. Both will start against the Pumas. […]
Windhoek Lager Team of the week
22 Apr 11 12:51 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 12 Comments
Welcome to the Windhoek Lager Team of the Week for Round 9. We have decided to make it an all South African team and base it only on the weekend matches. So if your favourite player did not play on the weekend, he will not be in the team.
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Muir is full of surprises
10 Feb 10 19:23 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 55 Comments
Dick Muir has named his team to take on the Stormers this weekend and to say that the new Lions boss has made some surprising selection would be somewhat of an understatement. […]
Lions lose their skipper
20 Aug 09 11:44 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 5 Comments
Both captain Baywatch Grobbelaar and barn-storming number 8 Willem Alberts have had to withdraw from an otherwise unchanged Lions outfit to take on Western Province on Saturday. […]
‘Anatomy of a sick Lion’
8 Jun 09 07:34 by Wesley Weber (wpw) | 27 Comments
While discarded Golden Lions coach Eugene Eloff spent the last few days in Namibia, clearing his mind and enjoying some much needed R&R, the fallout over his departure continues to reverberate around Johannesburg and further afield. […]
Lions team chock-a-block with future Bok stars, says Baywatch
9 Oct 08 09:17 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 10 Comments
The current Lions team may not boast the large number of Springboks that the other three teams in the Currie Cup semifinals have, but that is a statistic that is likely to change in the near future. […]