The Lions may have thought that 2012 was their worst year in history, being excluded from the Super Rugby tournament for the first time and seeing their players leave one after the other. 2013 has started in much the same fashion, with the announcement coming that they have lost their stadium sponsor. […]
Posts tagged with: Coca Cola Park
Lions lose more money
10 Jan 13 10:53 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 2 Comments
Currie Cup semi-finals confirmed
15 Oct 12 08:27 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 4 Comments
The Sharks, Western Province and Blue Bulls all recorded big, bonus-point wins over last weekend of Currie Cup league action to ensure that the semi-final line up in 2012 has an all-too familiar look about it. […]
Lions pick B side for Bulls clash
11 Oct 12 12:27 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 19 Comments
Butch James will lead the Lions onto the Coca Cola Park pitch on Saturday evening as coach Johan Ackermann has named a significantly weakened side to face the Blue Bulls. […]
Lions face their own “Bok challenge”
26 Sep 12 09:30 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 4 Comments
It’s an issue that’s been a serious limiting factor for the “big three” sides in SA Rugby, namely the Sharks, Bulls and Western Province as they attempt to be competitive in the continually watered down Currie Cup competition – I’m talking, of course, about the loss of players to the Springbok side for most, if not all, of the competition. […]
Under 21s fail to capitalise
25 Sep 12 08:27 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 3 Comments
In what turned out to be an unmitigated dies horribilis at Coca Cola Park for the Sharks, Sean Everitt’s under 21 side suffered an agonising 31-32 loss against the Lions, to join both the under 19 and Currie Cup side in defeat. […]
Currie Cup is back and I am stoked
6 Aug 12 14:21 by Clayton Saville (Clayton(PJLD)) | 55 Comments
Now that the Super Rugby has finally drawn to a close its time to focus on something very dear to many South Africans ,the Absa Currie Cup. […]
No quick outcome for Mitchell
20 Jul 12 10:00 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 9 Comments
Decisions never seem to be taken quickly when it comes to SA Rugby – and in particular the Lions – and with the spectre of Super Rugby elimination hanging over their heads like the sword of Damocles, the last thing that union and its players really need is yet more uncertainty. […]
Super Rugby 2012: Lions (37) v Rebels (32) F/T
7 Jul 12 17:51 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 78 Comments
The weekend’s rugby finishes rather unspectacularly, with the Lions hosting the Rebels in Johannesburg, the second match of the weekend that has no bearing on the bigger scheme of things, both teams just wanting to gain a few points. […]
Boks sweat on three injured stars
18 Jun 12 08:30 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 36 Comments
A weekend medical update from SARU had confirmed that three of Heyneke Meyer’s Bok squad are facing an anxious wait to be cleared to play in this weekend’s third test in Port Elizabeth. […]
Boks named for second test
13 Jun 12 13:11 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 57 Comments
Heyneke Meyer has made a single change to his starting line up to face England in the second test, at Coca Cola Park in Johannesburg on Saturday. […]
Coenie misses out on more caps
12 Jun 12 13:04 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 27 Comments
Newly capped prop Coenie Oosthuizen will take no further part in the Test series against England, after team doctor Craig Roberts ruled the big Free-Stater out of action for at least two months. […]
Sharks now at Kiwis’ mercy
6 Jun 12 08:30 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 36 Comments
It’s amazing just how much damage can be done to a side’s ambitions in 80 minutes, isn’t it? In failing to pitch for Saturday’s derby at Coca Cola Park, the Sharks have gone from the position where they could be pushing strongly for SA conference honours the Super Rugby season draws to close, to being dependent on other results going their way to even sneak into the play-offs at all. […]
Sharks selection mystery for Lions
30 May 12 09:30 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 57 Comments
After doing this sort of thing for a number of years, I generally have a pretty good feeling about what sort of team the Sharks are likely to pick for a game; this week, though, I have to be honest and admit that I have no clue whatsoever what the selection approach is going to be. I’m hoping that John Plumtree isn’t in the same boat! […]
Bad news for Jantjies, Hollenbach
13 Mar 12 07:00 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 26 Comments
Reports coming out of the Lions camp suggest that the side will need to make do without two key back line play makers for the next few weeks. […]
Could tickets be partly to blame?
9 Mar 12 12:22 by Iza Loubser (Ice) | 64 Comments
I have been trying to figure out a few things lately. One of them is the attendance of matches. Or in the Sharks case, mostly the lack of attendance.
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