The Lions hosted the Chiefs at Coke a cola Park, Johannesburg tonight. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The game is broadcast on SuperSport 1 on DSTV in SA. In a try fest, with both teams scoring 9 tries each, the Chiefs won 72 / 65. The Lions earned 2 Log Points from the match and the Chiefs of course earned a full 5 Log Points. Eventually it was quite comical how the tries flowed because there was just no semblance of defence from either team.

I doubt whether in history there has been such a high scoring Super 14 game, with a full 137 points scored in total!

Scores:

Lions: 2 Penalties & 6 Conversions Earl Rose, 3 Tries Wandile Mjekevu, 1 Try Todd Clever, 1 Try Carlos Spencer, 1 Try Doppies Le Grange, 1 Try Tonderai Chavanga, 1 Try Cobus Grobbelaar, 1 Try Jacques Lombaard

Chiefs: 9 Conversions & 3 Penalties & 1 Try Stephen Donald, 1 Try Callum Bruce, 3 Tries Richard Kahui, 1 Try Liam Messam, 1 Try Junior Palu, 1 Try Sitiveni Sivivatu, 1 Try Brendon Leonard

 

Teams:

Lions: 15 Earl Rose, 14 Tonderai Chavhanga, 13 Deon van Rensburg, 12 Doppies la Grange, 11 Wandile Mjekevu, 10 Carlos Spencer, 9 JP Joubert, 8 Todd Clever, 7 Derick Minnie, 6 Cobus Grobbelaar (captain), 5 Willem Stoltz, 4 Franco van der Merwe, 3 Ross Geldenhuys, 2 Hannes Franklin, 1 Heinke van der Merwe
Replacements: 16 Charles Emslie, 17 JC Janse van Rensburg / Kevin Buys, 18 Jacques Lombaard, 19 Jonathan Mokuena, 20 Jacques Coetzee, 21 Burton Francis, 22 Michael Killian

Chiefs: 15 Mike Delany, 14 Dwayne Sweeney, 13 Richard Kahui, 12 Callum Bruce, 11 Sitiveni Sivivatu, 10 Stephen Donald, 9 Junior Poluleuligaga, 8 Sione Lauaki (captain), 7 Luke Braid, 6 Liam Messam, 5 Culum Retallick, 4 Craig Clarke, 3 Nathan White, 2 Aled de Malmanche, 1 Sona Taumalolo.
Replacements: 16 Hika Elliot, 17 Ben Afeaki, 18 Jarrad Hoeata, 19 Tanerau Latimer, 20 Brendon Leonard, 21 Jackson Willison, 22 Tim Nanai-Williams.

Referee: Marius Jonker (South Africa)
Assistant referees: Stuart Berry (South Africa), Sindile Mayende (South Africa)
TMO: Johann Meuwesen (South Africa)

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