vs Dragons, Plummie. Hollie's got you happing bubbles, boet.
vs Dragons, Plummie. Hollie's got you happing bubbles, boet.
No Krappies.
This ref had a big...brain
"vs Dragons, Plummie. Hollie's got you happing bubbles, boet."
haha my bad
Scrums are gonna be fun today...ground looks soft...as the Leeus get a 50/22
Lions immediately showing the best hands of the weekend
Dragons 9 off for an HIa
Armstrong feeling some Henko heat, off for HIA.
Some booty ping pong, Mills kicks it dead.
Mills wastes a nice net gain by kicking to deep
Venter running it back, smashing through 2 and offloading and then Henco puts Mahashe into a gap
Mahashe gets the offload from Henko, bumps one off and scores. Lions offload game again off the scale. Makes a mockery of our pedestrian other sides full of big names with not a fraction of the skills.
Great finish by Mahashe
Nice steal from Owen, kickable but they go for touch.
Missed tackle and Young is over but seemed to be held up. Great defense over the tryline.
Lazy clean from the lions and Dragons get a penalty, lineout, mail stopped...phases...Mahashe seems to have held them up over the line
Damn that's some defence
Lions should be concerned at the amount of space Dragons got out wide there, just dropped the pass.
Another good rumble from the Lions after Henko almost had his pass intercepted. Venter makes meters but gets isolated and turned over.
More great hands form the Lions...
This ref very strict at the breakdown
Dragons show that everyone can and should compete over the ball - turnovers by a 12 and 15 so far.,
Terrific clearance by Cronje. 22 to 22.
Holy shit that clearance from Cronje!
Mills is injured
Mills is limping.
This will be a blow for the Lions.
Trying to walk it off but he doesn't look right. Nah he's busted and it costs the Lions a try as Dragons 13 goes right past Mills. Go off if you're not right, boy.
Mills should go off here.
This ref is super trigger happy with the whistle
Dragons score...WHY THE F DIDNT MILLS GO OFF
5-7 Dragons
Lions only have two backs on the bench, a scrummie and a wing.
Venter off for HIA as well. Not a good look.
Lions penalty right in front of the sticks. They take 3
Mahashe is down now FFS!
Nice clearance from Smith
1st scrum of the game
This ref is gonna be a nightmare at scrum time
I’m in a ladies dress shop..keep the commentary coming
I’m in a ladies dress shop..keep the commentary coming
Hope you find something that complements your figure, Moz.
Lions get a penalty from the scrum and play some advantage
Smith going for some territory and the Leeus have a lineout on the Dragons 22
Batho drops it in contact. Dude not quite hitting as you would expect a huge guy like that would.
Game has become somewhat disjointed after a promising start.
Batho knocks it...
2nd scrum
The turf is kicking up reset
quick clear from the dragons
Hopefully it gets better, Pakie
Look at the fucking ref...how does Henco not get that steal???
Kriel goes over regardless
Nice dummy from Kriel there
Kriel over, Quan with the delayed offload. Somehow Cronje snaffled the ball from the Dragons to get the possession.
Look at the fucking ref...how does Henco not get that steal???
Yeah was about to comment on that when Cronje came away with it.
Lions having to do some defending now
Venter passed his HIA so he's coming back on
The Boss is back on the field
Dragons threatening but lose the ball in the tackle.
Defensive 5m lineout for the Lions. Bit of pressure now.
Lions defending well but the dragons trapping them inside their 22
Steyn with a good clearance from the base.
FFS who missed that tackle!?!?!?!,!?
Now it opens up from the lineout, Owens in. Lions defense parted like the old red sea there.
Lions lead by 1
15-14
Dragons have got some decent set moves, Lions will have to be wakey wakey.
Quran Horn for the win!!!
haha that ankle tap
Quan makes the chase and ankle taps the catcher, Lions have an attacking scrum.
Henko more involved today than last week.
Smith takes three to create a touch of breathing room
Let's hope for a better 2nd half...
Smith misses it
Smith somehow misses a sitter of a penalty.
Lions the only SA side that looks remotely capable of back play as they send Cronje screaming through a gap. Another penalty, maybe time to have a word with the Dragons for that constant offside, ref.
Nicely from the Lions
they win another penalty
18-14
Smithers gets the penalty this time...
18-14
Ref blows a knock but Lions player clearly shoved backwards by the Dragon. Now he blows the penalty. He should go on the Hollie Ref Training Program.
How's the ref not wanting to give that penalty for bumping the guy before the catch...
The TMO had to tell him...even though he was looking right at it.
Bent af!
Scrum penalty Lions, they can get 3 more here. Oh no, they go for the lineout.
Big Lions scrum to close out the half, penalty, attacking lineout just in the dragons 22
Steyn almost through but no one on his shoulder. Turned over. Dragons making some proper big tackles, fair play. 18-14 half time.
Phases but Dragons make the steal
These pick and goes and close contact phases get overdone so often. There again the Lions bashed themselves out of support. Get the ball wide, do something different than just bashing until you get turned over.
2nd half up
Poor up and under from Quan there...knock
Scrum
Don't think Quan should have kicked that...
Dragons have decent smothering defense, Lions will have to be faster and more accurate out back to create opportunities.
Lions found out at the lineout again as Wainwright runs through a barn door sized gap and Dragons are on the Lions line from their own 22. Somehow the Dragons fluff it.
Phew...big defence from the Lions there.
Lions again falling for a set move from the lineout...
Brilliant kick pass try there for the Dragons
What a cross by O'Brien to Dyer in the in goal. Try Dragons.
Conversion is good
Dragons lead
18-21
21-18 Drags
Great handling Lions and Smith eventually over after they almost fluffed it.
Lions hit right back!
Lots of hands and interplay between backs and forwards with Smith eventually going over and the Lions lead by 4 again
25-21
Lions hit right back!
Lots of hands and interplay between backs and forwards with Smith eventually going over and the Lions lead by 4 again
25-21
25-21. Great pickup by Smith there, has to be said. Saw a few of those knocked in the Bulls game.
Nice clearance by Smith to halfway from the kickoff
Cronje having a good game
Nice read Cronje, he has been really good in all respects.
Big mistake from the Dragons as the kick it over the dead ball line and now the Lions have a scrum just inside the Dragons half...they'll milk a penalty from this
Yep Lions get a penalty and they go for touch to set up a lineout on the Dragons 22
Poor pass stifles the Lions momentum from the lineout but they go again and Steyn in off Franke's offload. The offside yellow finally comes for the Dragons.
Commentator doesn't know why he got a yellow. Oblivious to the slew of offside penalties against the Dragons since the first half.
Another Lions try Lions and the Dragons eat a yellow. This time the forwards pick and drive with Steyn eventually scoring.
Note how involved France was in both tries
Dragons forwards looking tired now
Quan Horn capitalises from the steal and gets a 50/22
The kid is on fire
Big old 50/22 from Quan off the turnover possession.
Venter departs
Man, only bad thing about a decent game is we don't have much cause for humour. Guess I'll take it to see some decent rugby for a change.
Venter was a bit quiet today.
Lions again with layered attack creates the chance for Davids but he knocks it. What other SA team attacks like this?
Wasn't a perfect pass but Davids should have caught that.
David's drops the final pass to fluff an almost certain try but the Lions have penalty advantage
They go for touch and have a lineout on the dragons 5m
They fluff the lineout
Big scrum from the Lions on the Dragons put in...they'll kick this back to the corner and take another lineout
Lineout 5 for the Lions, come on okes.
Lions need a clean maul here...
Bathi takes, ball comes out and Steyn goes over again
Steyn in short side off another offload.
Dragons knocked now...it should be all Lions now
Im predicting some long range tries
Always looking for the offload, these guys. So good to see.
Shit!!!
Horn makes a nice start to a run and then kicks it directly out
Quan maybe look for the pass instead of the kick, boet.
Wheels coming off now for the Dragons...silly mistakes
What a finish from Cronje
Muscled up on the touch line and kept it going all the way to go over and score
Henko gets the turnover, Lions can rumble. Cronje scores a sizzler. Jirre looks sommer like a vaal outjie but he can play.
Now Quan throws a shit pass and Henco knocks it
Kak pass by Quan. Maybe that's why he prefers kicking.
And the Dragons hit back under penalty advantage through Dyer down the touchline
Nice hands Dragons, Dyer over.
42-26 to the Leeus
Why does Kriel grubber that????
Nice chip and gather by Smith, Lions on the attack again.
I don't like this Richard Kriel guy, Pakie.
He's pap
Smith is not a flashy player but he makes so few errors and shows sound judgement, like with that chip into space.
Haha that lineout move was so trick it even confused the Lions
Mahashe is MOTM for me
Ja that was a kak kick from Kriel. I'm not excited about him either but he's mostly competent.
4 minutes left, Dragons pretty much out on their feet.
Welsh rugby sucks
And I agree, Pakie, Batho doesn't make the runs or hits one would expect him to
Smith with a sweet clearance.
Batho getting lower into contact would help, he's very upright.
Last scrum of the game...
Haha I don't think the Dragons front row are lis for a scrum in the 79 minute on the highveld...ouch
Ja nee, the Lions walked over them
Good win Lions, some entertaining rugby. MOTM between Mahashe and Cronje. Steyn was handy too.
Game over, Quan looks unhappy with himself
42-26
Lions 4th on the log
Nou ja, Stompies next. Can they entertain us? Nobody fucking knows.
Steyn gets MOTM
He does look sharp
Ja fair enough call.
You gonna check the Stormers game?
Ja I think so. Won't stick around if it sucks I don't think.
Excellent and most entertaining game - show an excellent performance ombiin g loosies and backline payers - exactly what Erasmus is triving toa choeve iro the Sprin gbok team.
The Lions is now number 4 of the log with the Bulls remaining at 8 and the Sharks made slight progress - but really nt near enough to the top 7 yet. Inboth the cases f the Bulls and the Sharks they suffer fro what one can call critcal bckline malfunctioning.
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I'm guessing that Quan, Francke and Venter will stand out yet again.
Venter is back to 7 today.