Lions claw committed Kings
9 Feb 2013
The Lions beat the Kings 41-31 in front of 18 000 fans at Ellis Park.
With the Kings having replaced the Lions in Super Rugby, this was always going to be more than just another pre-season hitout.
The Lions played like they had a point to prove and led 22-7 at the break thanks to tries from lock Hendrik Roodt, flanker JJ Breet and tighthead prop Ruan Dreyer, while lock Rynier Bernado went over for the Kings.
Roodt grabbed his second five minutes after the break, before the Kings responded through scrumhalf Johan Herbst.
Replacement flank Warwick Tecklenburg’s try made it 34-14 with 20 minutes to go, but Herbst and former Blues centre Hadleigh Parkes hit back for the visitors.
George Whitehead then slotted a penalty with six minutes to go to reduce the deficit to three, but the Lions put the result beyond doubt when they won a 5m lineout and Tecklenburg went over from a maul that the Kings chose not to contest.
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9 Feb 2013, 21:34 pm
@catchlightuk.com-51: great to hear best of luck to the kings
from a sharks supporter, down with the boring lions
9 Feb 2013, 21:36 pm
@Dawn-98:
saaaarks!!!!!!!
burns your bum, doesn’t it?
9 Feb 2013, 23:00 pm
@numba4lock-101: Boring Lions huh? LOL.
You probably glad the Lions are not playing this year… they are the Sharks kryptonite these past few years.
9 Feb 2013, 23:17 pm
@numba4lock-101: Ha ha, so this is a Lions squad that lost just about every big name player except for JC van Rensburg. And they still beat the Cheetahs, beat the Kings and ran the Bulls to within 6 points. Boring? You probably find Verimark commercials riveting.
10 Feb 2013, 07:17 am
Credit to the Kings for their fightback but the Lions can not be happy with the way they let the Kings back into the game after leading 27-7 in the second half, whatever the reasons. Instead of kicking on they lost focus and became unstructured in their play.
Interesting home game attendance stats:
vs Kings – 18765
2012 SR:
Cheetahs – 19244
Lions – 23313
Sharks – 24271
Bulls – 33562
Stormers – 41919
2012 CC:
Blue Bulls – 14199
Western Province – 16859
Golden Lions – 17035
Free State Cheetahs – 17262
Natal Sharks – 21458
10 Feb 2013, 14:32 pm
So the Lion of 2013 are not of last year as they have been weakened by players leaving o oher franchises……what hope do the Kings have?
10 Feb 2013, 16:25 pm
Looks like u all forgetting its not just about winning for the kings. Its about getting superrugby to the people of the EC. Stormers and other teams were also bad in the beginning. Now all our good players don’t have to leave after school for other teams.
10 Feb 2013, 16:59 pm
@KingsArmy-107: no we want to win…people support winning teams..
10 Feb 2013, 17:03 pm
@Transformation-108:
The Lions prove you wrong.
10 Feb 2013, 17:15 pm
@David-109:
ja nee
10 Feb 2013, 17:57 pm
@KingsArmy-107: Well somebody forgot to tell Sheeky that, he tried to sneak five foreigners into the squad…
10 Feb 2013, 21:12 pm
Kings will be just fine. They aren’t expected to win the tournament…just give the locals a team to cheer for. Their big games this season will be the first one against the Force…and the two promotion-relegation games against the Lions.
Good luck to them.
11 Feb 2013, 03:36 am
@KingsArmy-107:
Kings Rule! Eastern Cape is the real Heartland of South Africa.
11 Feb 2013, 05:37 am
@KingsArmy-107:
That about sums up what is wrong with the Kings. Rugby in the professional era is ALL about winning, if it is not then don’t bother to pitch.
@Transformation-108:
Indeed and players (top players anyway) want to play for winning team.
11 Feb 2013, 10:49 am
Griquas will smash the anc queens!
11 Feb 2013, 10:51 am
haha ur a comedian!
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