Lions (6) 20 / Brumbies (17) 34 (Final Score)

The MTN Lions and Brumbies did battle in Super Rugby at Coca-Cola Park, Johannesburg at 19:10 SA Time.

This was the live match discussion Article.

The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1, SHD & CSN on TV in SA.

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Scorers:

Lions:

• Penalties – Elton Jantjies (2)
• Drop Goals – 0
• Tries – Jaco Taute (1), Calib Oosthuizen (1)
  
• Conversions – Elton Jantjies (2)

Brumbies:

• Penalties – 0
  
• Drop Goals – 0
• Tries – Ruaidhri Murphy (1), Henry Speight (2), Andrew Smith (1), Joseph Tomane (1), Ben Alexander (1)
  
• Conversions – Jesse Mogg (1), Christian Lealiifano (1)
  

Teams:

Lions: 15 Andries Coetzee, 14 Deon van Rensburg, 13 Jaco Taute, 12 Alwyn Hollenbach, 11 Lionel Mapoe, 10 Elton Jantjies, 9 Tian Meyer, 8 Joshua Strauss (captain), 7 Derick Minnie, 6 Cobus Grobbelaar, 5 Franco van der Merwe, 4 Hendrik Roodt, 3 Patric Cilliers, 2 Callie Visagie, 1 Caylib Oosthuizen.
Replacements: 16 Martin Bezuidenhout, 17 Jacobie Adriaanse, 18 Grant Hattingh, 19 Christo le Roux, 20 Ross Cronje, 21 Butch James, 22 Michael Killian.

Brumbies: 15 Jesse Mogg, 14 Henry Speight, 13 Andrew Smith, 12 Pat McCabe, 11 Joe Tomane, 10 Christian Lealiifano, 9 Nic White, 8 Fotu Auelua, 7 Michael Hooper, 6 Peter Kimlin, 5 Leon Power, 4 Scott Fardy, 3 Ben Alexander, 2 Stephen Moore (captain), 1 Ruaidhri Murphy.
Replacements: 16 Anthony Hegarty, 17 Scott Sio, 18 Sam Carter, 19 Ita Vaea, 20 Ian Prior, 21 Robbie Coleman, 22 Tevita Kuridrani.

Referee: Keith Brown (New Zealand)
Assistant referees: Garratt Williamson (New Zealand), Tiaan Jonker (South Africa)
TMO: Gerrie Coetzee (South Africa)