Lions crush Russia

Lions crush Russia

19 Jan 2013

The Lions started their season with a 51-13 thrashing of Russia at Ellis Park on Saturday having led 20-3 at the break.

The hosts crossed the whitewash on five occasions, and were also awarded two penalty tries.

Flyhalf Lionel Cronje had an impressive outing with the boot in his debut for the Johannesburg side as he slotted five conversions and two penalties.

In reply, Russia only managed a consolation try via Alexey Makovetskiy in the second half. Their poor discipline saw Valeriy Tsnobiladze yellow carded for a breakdown transgression, while Igor Klyuchnikov received a late red card for a dangerous tackle.

The Lions face the Cheetahs and Bulls over the next two weekends, before taking on the Kings on 9 February.


12 Comments

  • 1.coma: Reply to this comment
    19 Jan 2013, 21:18 pm

    Poor Dragons!!!!

  • 2.Slappes: Reply to this comment
    19 Jan 2013, 22:35 pm

    As expected there was f@rkall fans on ellis park…losers. Lol

  • 3.wnbb: Reply to this comment
    20 Jan 2013, 00:45 am

    The mighty Russian Federation.Can’t wait for the next game in the international series!!!!

  • 4.@whistle@blower@: Reply to this comment
    20 Jan 2013, 07:02 am

    Give the players a chance. Give the union a chance to rebuild. SA rugby will be poorer with the Jhb team

    Must agree it was k@k. Good for relations between the countries though

  • 5.Tankman: Reply to this comment
    20 Jan 2013, 07:55 am

    Russia lost to UJ during the week. They were beyond hopeless. How can you expect SA fans to watch that garbage?

  • 6.bcoet: Reply to this comment
    20 Jan 2013, 08:03 am

    Well Tankman SA Fans are expected to watch the Kings aren’t we?…..

  • 7.BrumbiesBoy: Reply to this comment
    20 Jan 2013, 09:44 am

    @Tankman-5: Switch it off if you don’t like it.

  • 8.grant10: Reply to this comment
    20 Jan 2013, 10:21 am

    Lionel Cronje….hope the boy has a big season…

  • 9.wnbb: Reply to this comment
    20 Jan 2013, 12:36 pm

    @Tankman-5: :D .

  • 10.Slappes: Reply to this comment
    20 Jan 2013, 13:43 pm

    4400 “fans” at Ellis Park last night. WTF! Where are all the loser fans, cant they grasp the fact that the lions need 30k + per match… LOL

  • 11.Baylion: Reply to this comment
    21 Jan 2013, 07:04 am

    @Slappes-10:

    30k+? What are you smoking?

    The only teams that average those types of figures during Super Rugby last year were the Stormers (41919) and the Bulls (33562)

    During the Currie Cup no team got even close. The Sharks got the highest average (21458), excluding the semis and final.

    If the Lions will do well to average around 10-15k.

  • 12.goodstuff: Reply to this comment
    21 Jan 2013, 09:29 am

    Lions fans are all growl and not bite! They ***** about their team getting the shaft but they do not attend the games!!! I am sorry, but the Lions look they may not make it back to what they once were the support just isn’t there.

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