That the result of this match rested on the accuracy of one kick was perhaps unfair on everyone here. Least of all on the Lions’ young replacement flyhalf Gianni Lombard.
The rookie who was on for Elton Jantjies who was substituted with 10 minutes to go, took his time as those in attendance were reduced to a hush and no nails left to gnaw.
The Lions’, wholly outplayed in a dreadful first half punctuated by error and misadventure, found their mojo in the second half, but not before the Rebels streaked even further ahead immediately after the break. With the sudden surfeit possession rookie fullback Tyrone Green, centre Wandisile Simelane also started sowing the seeds of a Lions comeback. Green was a live wire but the player who provided real spark was substitute centre Lionel Mapoe who gave shape and impetus to that earlier installed belief.
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