This weekend’s Super Rugby action will see all SA franchises in action
But the team will have to reinvent itself to stay ahead after thrashing the Blue Bulls at Loftus.
More and more, the province’s ambitious and well-run cricket and rugby teams are honing the skills of the best players.
Skipper Warren Whiteley adds spice to the Golden Lions games.
The top teams have made it to the Currie Cup semifinals with the Lions showing their claws and Pollard giving the Bulls horns.
Sharks utility back S’bura Sithole says the team has every chance of toppling the Lions in Saturday’s semifinal.
Lwazi Mvovo scored a superb chip-and-chase try for the Sharks 13 minutes from time at Ellis Park.
The Golden Lions have secured their second victory over the Blue Bulls at Loftus Versfeld with an emphatic 62-23 triumph in Currie Cup action.
The Golden Lions scored three second-half tries to secure a 42-25 (halftime 18-16) win over the Sharks XV.
In two friendly matches the Stormers ran in nine crowd-pleasing tries to beat Boland 57-0 while the Lions triumphed 41-31 over the Southern Kings.
Suspended coach John Mitchell will return to the Lions rugby franchise next week, the union said on Friday.
The Lions have been dealt a harsh blow with news that two of their key players will be unavailable for the next two weeks because of Springbok duty.
Rugby players that attended the four-day Springbok camp in Pretoria say they now have a better understanding of what is expected from them.
With the noose of finishing last in Super Rugby tightening around their necks, the Lions will throw down the gauntlet against the Bulls on Saturday.
The Toyota Cheetahs were by far the better outfit in their 26-5 victory over the Lions in their Super Rugby match at the Free State Stadium.
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/ 13 February 2012
Lions flyhalf Elton Jantjies has been included in the upcoming warm-up match against the Super Kings after missing a game due to injury.
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/ 26 October 2011
Kiwis win the World Cup, Man City thump United, Chiefs lose to Stars, the Lions in the Currie Cup final? <b>Nickolaus Bauer</b> considers the madness.
The Lions ran in two late tries to draw their Currie Cup match 25 all with the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein on Saturday.
Griqualand West fullback Rudi Vogt kicked 23 points as defending champions Sharks suffered their first Currie Cup defeat of the season.
Lions scrumhalf Jano Vermaak will be crossing the Jukskei river to join the Blue Bulls after the completion of the Currie Cup.
The Cheetahs and Blue Bulls will be fighting for supremacy at the coast on Saturday in their respective Absa Currie Cup clashes.
The Lions romped home with a first-half try fest to secure a thumping 49-11 Currie Cup victory over Griquas in Kimberley on Saturday.
Blue Bulls coach Pine Pienaar commended his team for their character in their 33-30 victory over the Free State Cheetahs at Loftus Versfeld.
<b>Nickolaus Bauer</b> looks back to 1993, and when it was a good time to be a Lions fan.
The Golden Lions have not been contacted by New Zealand authorities about an alleged sexual assault by one of their players, the club’s union says.
Robert Gumede returned to Ellis Park stadium this week to announce he was the first black shareholder in a major South African rugby team.
The Bulls survived an early scare to record six second-half tries to go top of the Super 14 as they consigned the winless Lions to a 51-11 defeat.
Kevin de Klerk, president of the Golden Lions Rugby Union, will fly to New Zealand next week to provide moral support to his team.
Winger Drew Mitchell scored four tries as the New South Wales Waratahs celebrated captain Phil Waugh’s record-breaking appearance.
The ACT Brumbies ground out a 24-13 victory over South Africa’s Lions in a rain-soaked Super 14 match in Canberra on Friday.
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/ 27 February 2010
The Wellington Hurricanes maintained their unbeaten start to the Super 14 season with a 31-18 victory over the Lions at Westpac Stadium on Saturday.
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/ 5 November 2009
Seems the word "loophole" is becoming as much a part of rugby jargon as the words "lineout", "who, me ref?" and "Aussies can’t scrum".