The Lions are preparing for a tough first tour of the season in the United Rugby Championship as they leave on Tuesday for a month-long trip.
In their first game of the season the Lions squandered a great chance to get off to the perfect start and pick up a win over the Stormers.
“Tuesday we are jumping on a plane for a month. It’s nice for us to tour early. It’s an opportunity for us to get even closer together as a group,” said Van Rooyen.“We will be experiencing a bit of different weather with some wind and rain. But it will be a good experience for us and we will be able to grow and adapt to conditions while learning to work around it.”
However, the Lions then fought back spectacularly over the final 35 minutes, but it was too little too late in the end.
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