Lions (13) 30 / Chiefs (19) 34 (Final Score)
The MTN Lions hosted the Chiefs at Coca-Cola Park, Johannesburg at 19:10 SA Time. This was the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1, SHD & M-Net on TV in SA.
The Chiefs scored 5 tries to the MTN Lions 3 tries, but the Lions boot was on song, making for a thrilling end with the MTN Lions desperately attacking to try and win with a 4-point deficit to extinguish, it was once again too little, too late.
Scorers:
Lions: 3 Penalties & 2 Conversions Burton Francis, 1 Conversion Rory Kockott, 1 Try Michael Killian, 1 Try Josh Strauss, 1 Try Cobus Grobbelaar
Chiefs: 3 Conversions & 1 Penalty Stephen Donald, 2 Tries Scott Waldrom, 1 Try Romana Graham, 1 Try Toby Smith, 1 Try Dwayne Sweeney
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Teams:
Lions: 15 Michael Killian, 14 Lionel Mapoe, 13 Waylon Murray, 12 Doppies la Grange (captain), 11 Deon Van Rensburg, 10 Burton Francis, 9 Jano Vermaak, 8 Warren Whiteley, 7 Michael Rhodes, 6 Cobus Grobbelaar, 5 Franco van der Merwe, 4 Wikus Van Heerden, 3 Patric Cilliers, 2 Martin Bezuidenhout, 1 JC Janse van Rensburg
Replacements: 16 Edgar Marutlulle, 17 Kevin Buys, 18 David De Villiers, 19 Joshua Strauss, 20 Rory Kockott, 21 Elton Jantjies, 22 Jaco Taute.
Chiefs: 15 Mils Muliaina (captain), 14 Lelia Masaga, 13 Richard Kahui, 12 Dwayne Sweeney, 11 Sitiveni Sivivatu, 10 Stephen Donald, 9 Brendon Leonard, 8 Fritz Lee, 7 Scott Waldrom, 6 Liam Messam, 5 Romana Graham, 4 Craig Clarke, 3 Ben Afeaki, 2 Aled de Malmanche, 1 Toby Smith.
Replacements: 16 Hika Elliot, 17 Nathan White, 18 Hayden Triggs, 19 Sam Cane, 20 Tawera Kerr-Barlow, 21 Tim Nanai-Williams, 22 Save Tokula.
Referee: Marius Jonker (South Africa)
Assistant referees: Lourens van der Merwe (South Africa), Christie du Preez (South Africa)
TMO: Gerrie Coetzee (South Africa)
Same old same old pattern of mistakes.
And there they get a lucky try!
Try Michael Kilian
15: Bulle moes Francis gehou het en Brummer laat gaan het.
Lions 13 / 12
Neither of these sides deserve to win but Lions have home advantage and one would normally expect them to pull it off!!
Chiefs score wnenever they get near the try line. Lions on the other hand usually lose the ball.
Try Romana Graham
Converted
Chiefs 19 / 13
Lemoenetyd
Hello terug van nelspruit, mooi bakkies gesien maar nog nie gekoop nie, wil nog pryse afstry 20 000 rand in MY hand is beter as in hulle sn.
Seems like S15 is decided now. Kiwis have 3 good teams, Saders/Blues/Landers, Saffas 2 – Stormers/Sharks and Ozzies 1 – Reds. Tahs and Bulls also rans and the others propping up the bottom of the table.
I have not seen a second of the Bulls game, but to be honest i was not surprised by the result. I saw this coming. How did VM play?
Should change this comp into the super 8 and play home and away.
2nd Half on
Victor didn’t play badly. He was just not dominant. The whole team just made too many handling errors in a match they should have comfortably won. they just seemed too afraid to win the match…They’ve become comfortable losing
Donald misses a penalty
Come on Lions.
Bertie knocks another over and now the Lions only 3 points behind
Chiefs 19 / 16
@ The_Young_Turk:
this is new territory for me, i feel strong about the roles that VM and coaching staff play now. But i will first watch a replay of the game.
Time for the chiefs to score as the Lions can only score when they are behind on the score board
Try Chiefs?
TMO
Try awarded… bonus point
Chiefs 24 / 16
Chiefs seem to be getting stronger now.
49: Vic het nie te sleg gespeel nie. Chili, Dippenaar en Basson was OK. Die res was gemiddeld tot swak. 13, ja 13 hanteerfoute. Nie veel het verander van die laaste paar weke se gesukkel nie. Kom mooi oor die voordeellyn …. en dan die knock. Bulle het nog dalk ‘n buitekans, dit is nou wiskundig gesproke, en glad nie op vorm nie. Ons seisoen kan dalk finaal gekelder word volgende saterdag op Loftus. Ons kan maar net hoop, iets gaan verander.
Saffa players just can’t pass and can’t catch an effing ball.
Why I don’t know!
Hello oom Groot, jy te besig om my te groet? Of praat jy nie meer met mede Bulle nie?
Leeuwens begin speel nou soos die Bulle…
Damn, my last client left just now… I’ve been doing the rugby here all inbetween, with them here.
Well, they wanted my services on a rugby Saturday, so I pre-warned them that it would be between rugby comments…
Try Dwayne Sweeney, under the sticks
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