Lions' Currie Cup coach Mzwakhe Nkosi says his side will have to show a lot more maturity and eradicate errors in their game going forward in the competition.
Nkosi's team lost their opening match of the Currie Cup 44-28 to Western Province at Ellis Park on Saturday. Province ran over the white line six times while the Johannesburg-based union did so on four occasions viaReflecting on the loss, Nkosi said their visitors outmuscled them in the set-piece battles, and their ill-discipline cost them the match.
The young coach rued his troops' high penalty count and knock-ons when they had put John Dobson's team under pressure in their half. “That’s a lesson for us, our error rate was incredible, they would kick off and we would knock it on. In the end, we would have action play and build a couple of phases put them under pressure and get the ball ripped from us. Those were errors that punctuated our game and made it difficult as we built momentum. “We would get to their 22, spend three or four minutes, pick and go and knock the ball, it was an easy exit for them.
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