Lions secure top spot

Lions secure top spot

8 Oct 2011

SIMON BORCHARDT watched the Golden Lions beat Western Province 42-25 at Ellis Park after leading 20-9 at the break.

The five-point haul means the Lions will stay in pole position no matter what happens on the final weekend of league action. WP, meanwhile, need only beat the Pumas at Newlands to reach the play-offs after the Blue Bulls’ implosion against Griquas in Kimberley.

The Lions had to work hard for this win, although the final scoreline may suggest otherwise.

They opened the scoring in the fifth minute when the ball was sent wide from a lineout and Warren Whiteley offloaded in the tackle to Bandise Maku. Jantjies added the conversion, before Demetri Catrakilis kicked a penalty and a drop goal to make it 7-6 at the end of the first quarter.

The kicking contest continued with two penalties from Jantjies and one from Catrakilis resulting in a four-point lead for the hosts.

WP were guilty of missing too many first-time tackles during this period, and another one just before half-time saw them concede a try, with Jantjies bouncing off Catrakilis before sending Jaco Taute away on his inside.

Province had most of the ball early in the second half but botched a try when they were blown up for obstruction on the Lions’ line. Catrakilis, though, kicked three penalties to reduce the deficit to two with 20 minutes to go.

That was as close as the vistors got.

Taute grabbed his double after a Jantjies’ break near halfway, and replacement hooker Martin Bezuidenhout scored the bonus-point try soon after coming onto the field. Jantjies kicked both conversions and added a penalty.

Deon Fourie scored a consolation try for WP with five minutes to go, but the Lions struck again just before full-time through Derick Minnie to seal a comprehensive win.


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  • 51.RL: Reply to this comment
    8 Oct 2011, 18:22 pm

    Damn that Zorba :twisted:

  • 52.Dawn: Reply to this comment
    8 Oct 2011, 18:23 pm

    Hugs never seen him before last week and mitchell dwarfs him there in coaches box!

    Just wondering

  • 53.HHS: Reply to this comment
    8 Oct 2011, 18:24 pm

    @Dawn(Dawn)-52: He’s always there in the box and RL gave you the name already.

  • 54.HHS: Reply to this comment
    8 Oct 2011, 18:25 pm

    Try made by Jantjies.
    The Jantjies / Taute combo today = 14 points.

  • 55.Dawn: Reply to this comment
    8 Oct 2011, 18:26 pm

    His name really AC Kerman?

  • 56.RL: Reply to this comment
    8 Oct 2011, 18:27 pm

    Taute is good, really good, 100kg monster. When he gets his +50m goal kicks right then he can boot the little lamb ouy of the Boks team.

  • 57.Dawn: Reply to this comment
    8 Oct 2011, 18:28 pm

    That’s what we call Ackermans in CT.

    AC Kermans!

  • 58.David: Reply to this comment
    8 Oct 2011, 18:28 pm

    @ufo(ufo)-50:
    I think they realise that with all the Boks away, this isn’t a real Currie Cup. :wink:

  • 59.RL: Reply to this comment
    8 Oct 2011, 18:30 pm

    ROARRRRRRRRRRRR

  • 60.ufo: Reply to this comment
    8 Oct 2011, 18:31 pm

    hehehe… silly me david… i forgot the lions had all their boks away in new zealand… :wink:

  • 61.ufo: Reply to this comment
    8 Oct 2011, 18:32 pm

    these guys are playing well… they deserve better support… #justsaying

  • 62.Dawn: Reply to this comment
    8 Oct 2011, 18:33 pm

    Wish Taute was playing tomorrow

  • 63.ufo: Reply to this comment
    8 Oct 2011, 18:33 pm

    seats on the halfway line… empty…?? :roll:

  • 64.HHS: Reply to this comment
    8 Oct 2011, 18:34 pm

    @ufo(ufo)-61: Hoekom so suurgat?

  • 65.ufo: Reply to this comment
    8 Oct 2011, 18:34 pm

    taute bok next year

  • 66.RL: Reply to this comment
    8 Oct 2011, 18:34 pm

    what happened to lionsrugy.co.za

    it is blank!

  • 67.HHS: Reply to this comment
    8 Oct 2011, 18:36 pm

    @RL(RL)-66: Scroll right.

  • 68.ufo: Reply to this comment
    8 Oct 2011, 18:37 pm

    hehehe… eks nie suurgat nie… but your guys deserve more support for their achievements this year… (even if they have a bit of an attitude…) :wink:

    dink jy nie….?

  • 69.HHS: Reply to this comment
    8 Oct 2011, 18:39 pm

    @ufo(ufo)-68: We are prepping our self for the semi and final.

  • 70.RL: Reply to this comment
    8 Oct 2011, 18:39 pm

    @HHS(Hop Hop Spinnekop)-67: thanks, I see now … secret view to keep non-lions away. :wink:

  • 71.cab: Reply to this comment
    8 Oct 2011, 18:40 pm

    Lions playing so well under Mitchell – check the forward support quick ball and ruck cleans

  • 72.HHS: Reply to this comment
    8 Oct 2011, 18:42 pm

    Robberts’s beard as kak as Jantjies’s haircut.

  • 73.RL: Reply to this comment
    8 Oct 2011, 18:43 pm

    Provine B you guys were not good enough today – we ask that you return Zorba to the province of his birth. He was a major pain in the loin today, thanks to his Lions upbringing.

    Lions congratulations on a fine win.

    Guppies next week you are on the menu.

  • 74.ufo: Reply to this comment
    8 Oct 2011, 18:44 pm

    hhs… 69… flip bud… if wp were log leaders newlands would be sold out every game…

    but well done to the lions… for this game and for the season… well deserved… great to have the lions back…!!!

    well done mitch and king carlos…

    this is great for sa rugby

  • 75.ufo: Reply to this comment
    8 Oct 2011, 18:46 pm

    rl… think we’d like to hang on to this one…!! if you don’t mind… :wink:

  • 76.Dawn: Reply to this comment
    8 Oct 2011, 18:47 pm

    Well done the little guy!

  • 77.Dawn: Reply to this comment
    8 Oct 2011, 18:48 pm

    In the coach’s box

  • 78.ufo: Reply to this comment
    8 Oct 2011, 18:50 pm

    full house katman…!! good day for you bud…

  • 79.HHS: Reply to this comment
    8 Oct 2011, 18:50 pm

    @ufo(ufo)-74: Please remember a lot of “fans” changed teams in the dark YEARS. Those clowns are crawling slowly back to the den from the “kraal”. Stadium will be full again if the Lions fight for silverware again.

  • 80.ufo: Reply to this comment
    8 Oct 2011, 18:52 pm

    hhs…. yeah i hope so… will be great to see ellis park packed again for lions games…

  • 81.HHS: Reply to this comment
    8 Oct 2011, 18:52 pm

    Taute getting bigger every game. Must be that USN label at the neck. Voice will break soon… I hope. :)
    Very good player.

  • 82.HHS: Reply to this comment
    8 Oct 2011, 18:55 pm

    JM… I think it’s a good idea to rest/play from the bench some of the players against the Sharkies.

  • 83.Grrrr....I'm still a Lion!: Reply to this comment
    8 Oct 2011, 18:56 pm

    MOOI!!!!

  • 84.ufo: Reply to this comment
    8 Oct 2011, 18:56 pm

    on mobile… so awkward to chat…

    well done lions… congrats to all the real lions fans who stuck with them in the dark years… c’mon on to those still in the dark… get out there and support your team again…

    cheers all…

    for tomorrow….

    GO BOKKE!!!

  • 85.Dawn: Reply to this comment
    8 Oct 2011, 18:57 pm

    Moo?

  • 86.Boks_B_to_win_RWC_2011: Reply to this comment
    8 Oct 2011, 18:59 pm

    Lions A vs Currie Cup B … Boks will lose 2morrow, the Boks will plat in CC semi’s!! and Lions won’t even come close to the final

  • 87.once more unto the breach, dear springboks, once more...: Reply to this comment
    8 Oct 2011, 19:03 pm

    @ufo(ufo)-80:
    ellis park was packed before?

  • 88.David: Reply to this comment
    8 Oct 2011, 19:04 pm

    @cab(cab)-71:
    That’s what I meant when I spoke of a change in Bok rugby. The Griquas support for the ball carrier out wide was also a revelation, and although WP were hammered, they’ve also shown a more advanced respect for skills than the Boks, even though devastated by injuries. I reckon SA rugby is very healthy going forward.

  • 89.cab: Reply to this comment
    8 Oct 2011, 21:35 pm

    David,
    yeah read your earlier comment too abouttge skills and agreed with it, new generation coming up and coaches like Mitchell feeding into it

  • 90.>^..^< katman: Reply to this comment
    8 Oct 2011, 22:59 pm

    No one will stop these Lions. It is their destiny that they are marching towards. And who has the right to fck with destiny?

  • 91.wooden spoon: Reply to this comment
    8 Oct 2011, 23:07 pm

    Wyrd bid ful araed.

    [Fate is Inexorable]

    And fate is in the Sharks’ hands.

    ;-)

    Nice one on the top spot finish.

  • 92.>^..^< katman: Reply to this comment
    8 Oct 2011, 23:10 pm

    @wooden spoon(wooden spoon)-91: Weird bird flu area… what?

  • 93.wooden spoon: Reply to this comment
    8 Oct 2011, 23:18 pm

    @>^..^< katman(katman)-92: Haha, it’s old English from Anglo-Saxon times.

    It means “fate is inexorable”.

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