John Mitchell has parted ways with Super 15 franchise Western Force with the team saying on Thursday that the only man to have coached the side since they entered the series in 2006 was leaving a year early. The former All Blacks coach was scheduled to depart the Perth-based side after next year’s inaugural Super [...]
Tags: currie cup, John Mitchell, Lions, Western Force
BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa – Patrick Lambie scored two late tries as the Sharks pulled off a 25-13 victory against the Free State Cheetahs in the Currie Cup match Saturday. Down 13-6 early, the Sharks started their comeback late in the second half. Lambie first rounded off a length-of-the field raid initiated by Springbok No. 8 [...]
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John Mitchell will coach the Golden Lions in this year’s Currie Cup. The GLRU announced on Sunday that the man from New Zealand John Mitchell will coach the Lions in this years Currie Cup, he will be assisted by Johan Ackermann (forwards) and Carlos Spencer (backs). Spencer will also play for the team at flyhalf [...]
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The Lions became the first team to lose every game in a Super rugby season after a 59-10 mauling on Saturday by fellow South African team the Cheetahs. The Lions conceded six first-half tries and nine in total to finish with an 0-13 record. Winger Bjorn Basson, Sarel Pretorius and Hennie Danniler scored two tries [...]
The Blues added some late colour to a disappointing tour of South Africa this on Saturday with a 56-14 thrashing of the Lions, who set an unwanted Super 14 rugby record. The Blues scored seven tries to two against the worst team in the competition, who could only respond with two tries, both to former Blues star [...]
Carlos Spencer former All Black flyhalf stood out shoulders above the rest of the players in the Lions last warm up matches before the start of the Super 14. The Lions lackluster performances only saw them narrowly beating the Leopards (38-30) and Pumas (24-17) in two games in a wet Witbank. The outstanding player in [...]
Tags: Carlos Spencer, Lions, Super 14
Springbok and current Saracens player Wikus van Heerden has signed a new deal with his former team from Johannesburg the Lions. Van Heerden announced a few days ago that he would be leaving the English club and will return home to South Africa. It was thought that he would return to the Bulls where he [...]
Tags: bulls, currie cup, Lions, Saracens, Wikus van Heerden
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