LIONS FIGHT OFF FALCONS

THE Gauteng Lions wiped the floor with the MTN Falcons 40-18 in their Vodacom Cup match at Ellis Park on Sunday. The match saw a sea of yellow as off-the-ball offenders on both sides were booked rather than sent off. Falcons flank Jaco Booysen threw several punches although judgments that he had been provoked mitigated punishment. Four Falcons went into the book while Gauteng coach Laurie Mains had no problems with discipline on his side. Thinus Delport managed a hat trick of tries for the Lions, showing the form that thrust him into the 1997 UK Springbok tour of the UK.