The Lions scored 10 tries in their 66-22 pre-season win against the Bulls at Ellis Park on Saturday. Not too much should be read into this result. Both teams used the match to test fringe players in their Super Rugby squads, with another Bulls squad playing the Sharks in Polokwane later in the day. The Bulls led 10-5 after 26… Read more →
Howard Mnisi will make his long-awaited return from injury when the Lions take on the Bulls in a Super Rugby warm-up at Ellis Park on Saturday. Mnisi, who suffered a season-ending knee injury in the Lions’ Super Rugby opener in February last year, has been named at inside centre for the match against the Bulls. Coach Swys de Bruin has… Read more →
Lions wing Courtnall Skosan suffered a serious knee injury at practice on Monday. Scans later confirmed that he had torn his anterior cruciate ligament. The Lions will play the Bulls in a pre-season match on Saturday at Ellis Park (15:00 kick-off). Photo: Anton Geyser/Gallo Images
Swys de Bruin says the Lions must move forward proactively with a relatively new-look coaching group, writes CRAIG LEWIS. The Lions head into the 2018 Super Rugby season with a squad that remains largely unchanged from last year – albeit without Ruan Ackermann and Faf de Klerk – but there are some significant changes to the coaching staff. The departure… Read more →
Lions coach Swys de Bruin is unconcerned by the number of players who have been playing overseas during the off-season, writes CRAIG LEWIS. Among a number of key squad members, the likes of Elton Jantjies, Franco Mostert, Lionel Mapoe, Warren Whiteley and Lourens Erasmus have all spent time in Japan as part of an increasingly common dual-contract that sees them… Read more →
Malcolm Marx made the biggest impact for the Springboks in 2017, writes CRAIG LEWIS.
Centre Rohan Janse van Rensburg is thoroughly enjoying his time with English club Sale Sharks. The Lions star joined the Sharks on loan towards the end of last year, and has made an immediate impact at the club. The powerful midfielder scored a brace of tries and scooped the Man of the Match award in last Saturday’s 30-29 Premiership win… Read more →
The Sharks have confirmed that young flyhalf Inny-Christian Radebe was granted an early release in December. It’s believed that Radebe was in line to make a move to the Lions, but according to Rugby365.com, he has failed a medical exam with the Johannesburg-based franchise. Radebe has been struggling to recover from a serious knee injury, and his future now remains unclear…. Read more →
Springbok prop Julian Redelinghuys has announced his retirement from rugby. Redelinghuys, who played eight Tests from 2014 to 2016, fractured his neck in a tackle during the Golden Lions’ Currie Cup semi-final against the Free State Cheetahs last year. The 28-year-old told Rapport newspaper that he had made the decision to hang up his boots this week as the risk of… Read more →
Gloucester coach Johan Ackermann says they would only consider possible contract negotiations with flanker Jaco Kriel when the ‘time is right’. Kriel has been strongly linked with a move to Gloucester recently, but on Monday, his sports management agency refuted the reports, while also reiterating that he is committed to the Lions for Super Rugby in 2018. According to GloucestershireLive, Ackermann… Read more →
