Lions vs Canes

 Good try by Canes.

 Kick is good, up by 7

 Barret 10 carded!

 The whole question is about knowing how the NZ side copes with the fatigue imposed by the long travel and the altitude.
They are superior to that SA boosted side.

 25-29...Peyper strikes again! Sorry Canes, but NZ have their idiot refs too.

 BB to the bin. This will have a big impact on the game.

Critical yellow for Barrett

 The ref call now. It is turning better every minute. SAns will still whine that world of rugby want them to lose.

 Trad. Find a different tune you loon.

 Lions score!

 Canes look out of it, bouncing off tackles and out of position.

Ackerman doing a great job of getting over the advantage line...great try Vorster.

 Trad, you do know SA sides travel too?

 Lions take the lead.

 Barrett misses kick but only 2 mins left on the yellow.

 I have doubts on Ruan JvR defense, but lets hope for the best.

SA side did not travel for a capital game. It is a semi final right now, not a group game.

As to changing tune, it is history in the making. No reason to change, all reason to keep pointing out that was foretold is unfolding right before the eyes.

 Time was up on yellow but Barrett not back on the field. Lions may have scored.

 Trad, first time in years the shoe is on the other foot. If you are S African, you are a trator. If you're not a Saffer, suck it up d!ckhead...as Jantjies score!

 39-29 after being down 3-22???

Jantjies taking a physical beating getting the offloads away.

 Game of two halves so far.

Kwagga blows one by not linking outside with Kriel

 First time the shoe is on another foot... Been years SA is the most favoured nation in rugby.

 SA rugby is being held up by the world of rugby.

As to sucking it up, there is nothing to suck it up. If the SA side had been superior and winning without banking on all the favours they were presented to on a silver tray, there would be something to correct.

At the moment, it is happening just as foretold. It is time to rejoice. The things are falling together as announced.
People unhappy with that should bear wiith it.

Thats it....Acker....brilliant come back Lions!

 Mistake by Can es, try Lions. Canes are out of gas, slow moves and mistakes. 

 44-29...Cullen must be feeling like a bigger d!ck than Trad, impossible like it must seem.

 Canes should score a try to show their character. Look like it will be saders v Lions.

 Game is over. The train now stops to the other NZ side's station.
The NZ side is warned more than the one everything will be done to get the SA side to win.

Let see how they cope with the problem. This NZ side has a good hand in the first half and was not clinical enough to win against the odds.

Jantjies silences the critics.....his one crucial error for the early Canes try came from an blindside hit. Lots of physical courage in that game. .. Ross Cronje as noted by Moz had a great. Game and gets the MOM.

 Congrats Lions. 3rd time lucky...didn't think you had it in ya! Pack your bags Saders...write where it went wrong Cullen...it should be good.

 A side full of quota players. It was determined that a SA side had to go to the finals in order to keep interest to super rugby and here goes the result, a campaign designed to bring a SA side to the finals. From the list of encounters to the hosting of capital games.

Every single SA player who entered the field on this day was risen above their station by the demand of having a SA side in the finals. Nothing else. They do not go to the finals on merit, because they deserve it on their rugby skills.

Quota players. All of them.

 Congrats to the Lions, commiserations to the Canes. Looked like the Canes were well on the way to winning this but they lost their edge towards the end of the second half.

Doing that flight and playing at altitude is a monster ask......as it will be for the Saders. Some great handling by the Canes off turnover ball, but it was the intensity difference that got them ahead, and cost them later in the game.

 More like they lost it at the end of the first.

 Yup, they ran out of gas.
Jantjies seemed to play o.k. and the Canes defense was good and in your face in the first half and he didn't make any really bad errors. 

 Did the old enemy, altitude, got the better of the Canes?

Think so Blikkies....nice to hear from you.

 ...Just watched the highlights...well done Lions...two top teams on the table made the final so fair enough...