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Lions Lions 60 - 10 Dragons Dragons

Full time

18 Jan 2025

EPCR Challenge Cup

Stage: Pool 2 Round 4

Emirates Airline Park

Lions vs Dragons head to head

The Lions showcased an impressive performance, defeating Dragons RFC 60-10 at Emirates Airline Park. Francke Horn opened the scoring with a try, quickly followed by Sam Francis, who also converted both his own try and others. Lions maintained relentless pressure, dominating possession and territory, leading to further tries from Ruan Venter and Tapiwa Mafura. Dragons RFC managed to score a consolation try through Paula Latu in the second half, but it was overshadowed by Lions' powerful display. Gianni Lombard and Jaco Visagie added to the Lions' tally, further asserting their dominance. The match highlighted the Lions' attacking prowess and solid defensive work, with Sam Francis being instrumental throughout. Overall, it was a comprehensive victory that displayed the Lions' potential for the season ahead.

Weather

Temperature: 26.2°C (Feels like 27.5°C) Condition: MostlyClear Wind: 6.5 km/h, gusting to 21.8 km/h Humidity: 42% Cloud Cover: 36%

Highlights

Events

  • Kickoff
  • 3'

    Penalty

    Sam Francis 路 Lions

    3 - 0
  • 7'

    Penalty

    Will Reed 路 Dragons

    3 - 3
  • 8'

    Try

    Francke Horn 路 Lions

    8 - 3
  • 9'

    Conversion

    Sam Francis 路 Lions

    10 - 3
  • 15'

    Try

    Sam Francis 路 Lions

    15 - 3
  • 16'

    Conversion

    Sam Francis 路 Lions

    17 - 3
  • 22'

    Try

    Ruan Venter 路 Lions

    22 - 3
  • 23'

    Conversion

    Sam Francis 路 Lions

    24 - 3
  • 26'

    Try

    Tapiwa Mafura 路 Lions

    29 - 3
  • 27'

    Conversion

    Sam Francis 路 Lions

    31 - 3
  • 40'

    Substitution

    Morgan Lloyd on for Che Hope 路 Dragons

  • 40'

    Substitution

    Brodie Coghlan on for Elliot Dee 路 Dragons

  • Halftime 31 - 3
  • Second Half
  • 42'

    Substitution

    Gianni Lombard on for Sam Francis 路 Lions

  • 42'

    Substitution

    Ruan Delport on for Etienne Oosthuizen 路 Lions

  • 46'

    Substitution

    Barny Langton on for Joseph Davies 路 Dragons

  • 48'

    Try

    Francke Horn 路 Lions

    36 - 3
  • 49'

    Substitution

    Paula Latu on for Chris Coleman 路 Dragons

  • 50'

    Substitution

    SJ Kotze on for Juan Schoeman 路 Lions

  • 50'

    Substitution

    RF Schoeman on for Asenathi Ntlabakanye 路 Lions

  • 50'

    Substitution

    Jaco Visagie on for PJ Botha 路 Lions

  • 53'

    Try

    Paula Latu 路 Dragons

    36 - 8
  • 54'

    Conversion

    Will Reed 路 Dragons

    36 - 10
  • 55'

    Substitution

    Jarod Cairns on for Darrien-Lane Landsberg 路 Lions

  • 56'

    Try

    Gianni Lombard 路 Lions

    41 - 10
  • 58'

    Substitution

    Harri Ackerman on for Joe Westwood 路 Dragons

  • 61'

    Try

    Jaco Visagie 路 Lions

    46 - 10
  • 62'

    Substitution

    Dylan Kelleher-Griffiths on for Rodrigo Martinez 路 Dragons

  • 62'

    Substitution

    George Young on for Taine Basham 路 Dragons

  • 63'

    Substitution

    Manuel Rass on for Henco van Wyk 路 Lions

  • 63'

    Substitution

    Nico Steyn on for Morne van den Berg 路 Lions

  • 66'

    Try

    Ruan Venter 路 Lions

    53 - 10
  • 66'

    Conversion

    Gianni Lombard 路 Lions

    48 - 10
  • 67'

    Substitution

    Lloyd Evans on for Will Reed 路 Dragons

  • 67'

    Substitution

    Darrien-Lane Landsberg on for Ruan Venter 路 Lions

  • 80'

    Try

    Manuel Rass 路 Lions

    58 - 10
  • 81'

    Conversion

    Gianni Lombard 路 Lions

    60 - 10
  • Fulltime 60 - 10

Player ratings

Lions
  • 15 Quan Horn 7.5
  • 14 Tapiwa Mafura 7.2
  • 13 Henco van Wyk 6.8
  • 12 Rynhardt Jonker 7.0
  • 11 Edwill van der Merwe 7.1
  • 10 Sam Francis 7.7
  • 9 Morne van den Berg 8.0
  • 1 Juan Schoeman 6.6
  • 2 PJ Botha 7.4
  • 3 Asenathi Ntlabakanye 6.6
  • 4 Etienne Oosthuizen 6.7
  • 5 Darrien-Lane Landsberg 6.3
  • 6 JC Pretorius 6.9
  • 7 Ruan Venter 9.7
  • 8 Francke Horn 9.1
  • 16 Jaco Visagie 7.1
  • 17 SJ Kotze 6.8
  • 18 RF Schoeman 6.3
  • 19 Ruan Delport 6.7
  • 20 Jarod Cairns 6.4
  • 21 Nico Steyn 7.2
  • 22 Gianni Lombard 7.1
  • 23 Manuel Rass 7.4
Dragons
  • 15 Huw Anderson 7.1
  • 14 Rio Dyer 6.2
  • 13 Joe Westwood 6.2
  • 12 Aneurin Owen 6.4
  • 11 Ewan Rosser 6.2
  • 10 Will Reed 5.7
  • 9 Che Hope 5.6
  • 1 Rodrigo Martinez 5.8
  • 2 Elliot Dee 6.1
  • 3 Chris Coleman 5.6
  • 4 Joseph Davies 5.8
  • 5 George Nott 5.7
  • 6 Ryan Woodman 6.2
  • 7 Shane Lewis-Hughes 6.3
  • 8 Taine Basham 6.2
  • 16 Brodie Coghlan 7.2
  • 17 Dylan Kelleher-Griffiths 5.7
  • 18 Paula Latu 6.3
  • 19 Barny Langton 5.8
  • 20 George Young 6.0
  • 21 Morgan Lloyd 6.0
  • 22 Lloyd Evans 5.6
  • 23 Harri Ackerman 5.9