The Lions won their 12th of 13 games to keep up their commanding lead in the Super Rugby conference, playing with just 14 men for more than half the game, but still easily beating the Southern Kings 54-10 at Ellis Park on Sunday. It was the second successive week that the Lions had scored more than 50 points after they also thumped the Bulls last week. The Lions scored eight tries to one for the Kings in another dominant home performance, before a one-month break for international Tests, with a home fixture in July’s play-offs already secured.

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