THE FINAL WHISTLE
MARK KEOHANE: Lions have to do it three times more to claim Super title
‘The Lions are likely to play a New Zealand team in the semifinal — for the first time in 2017’
Hurricanes coach Chris Boyd told the media any team wanting to win the 2017 Super Rugby title would have to do so against the Lions in Johannesburg. He said so before the first whistle was blown in this season’s competition. Boyd, whose Hurricanes won the competition in 2016, said the Lions’ favourable draw and the quality of the players, would guarantee them finishing top of the overall league. Boyd discounted any New Zealand team coming first because of the intensity of the New Zealand conference and the fact that the Kiwi teams play each other home and away in the league stages. The Lions, through sustained brilliance all season, took the league honours with a win against the Sharks after Boyd’s Canes had beaten the Crusaders in Wellington. The Crusaders defeat was their first in this year’s competition. The Lions, should they beat the Sharks in the quarterfinal, are likely to play a New Zealand team in the semifinal. This will be the first time they will play a Kiwi side in 2017...
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