The Lions will try and stick as much as possible to what works for them when they tour Europe in the URC this month.
Head coach Ivan van Rooyen and scrum guru Julian Redelinghuys of the Lions talk tactics. Picture: Gallo Images
In hot dry conditions on the highveld, the Lions racked up big wins against Ulster and Edinburgh at Ellis Park, but they will next play in very different conditions when they “Of course we need to be smarter in different conditions and if the weather doesn’t allow us to play like we want to, we’ll have to adapt, but we also need to stay true to our DNA,” said Redelinghuys ahead of the tour. The Lions leave for Europe on Wednesday morning.
“In those open stadiums the wind plays a massive role, and there’s a lot of planning around it. But, we like to believe we can play different styles, we can kick contestables and we can kick long, and play an expansive game or make it tight. We can adapt.”
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