SUPER RUGBY
Lions not out for revenge in Hurricanes semifinal
Coach Johan Ackermann backs misfiring goal kicker Elton Jantjies, saying a lot of players make mistakes
The last time the Lions squared up against the Hurricanes‚ the South Africans side got a sense of why the team from Wellington adopted that moniker. The Lions failed to warm to the occasion of the Super Rugby final largely because the Cake Tin (Westpac Stadium) resembled a cooler box thanks to an icy breeze that swept in across the Cook Strait. The Lions thought they were within touching distance of the trophy‚ but in the end could barely feel the tips of their fingers. Conditions could not be more different when the teams meet in the semifinal at sunny Ellis Park on Saturday. Having travelled all that way in 2016 only to encounter conditions that had the players spluttering like cats in water‚ one would have forgiven the Lions had they developed a taste for retribution. "We haven’t looked at last year once‚" said Lions coach Johan Ackermann in reference to the final‚ as well as the 50-17 league defeat the Hurricanes inflicted on them at Ellis Park.
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