YOU could almost bottle the anticipation in the stands and on the park when Elton Jantjies and Faf de Klerk were brought on in the second half of the Lions match against the Highlanders on Saturday.The Lions were 20-3 down at half-time with their Super Rugby play-off chances hanging by a thread. Lions coach Johan Ackermann turned to his most trusted attackers and, as promised, they helped turn the 17-point deficit into a 28-23 victory at Ellis Park.An unlikely partnership at the beginning of the season, Jantjies and De Klerk are inseparable right now.Marnitz Boshoff and Ross Cronjé, the forgotten incumbents, started the game last weekend but were outshone by their colleagues by the end.Former Springbok and Cats scrumhalf Werner Swanepoel lauded the Jantjies-De Klerk combination, saying both players had grown into match-winners that could take the Lions to the play-offs."Both of them have definitely stepped up a couple of notches this season," said Swanepoel. "Elton had a bad year la...
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