Golden Lions coach Swys de Bruin believes that despite losing in the Currie Cup semifinal‚ his side developed depth during the campaign. The Lions went down 19-5 to Western Province at Newlands on Saturday, their seventh loss out of 13 in the campaign. But making the semifinals was a decent effort by the Lions, considering that they played the first three rounds with a second-string team while the "first" team was completing its Super Rugby obligations. "When we started the Currie Cup campaign we were stone last four games in‚" De Bruin said. "We had to catch up‚ so I say well done to my team. If we look at the big picture‚ we blooded 11 under-21s during the tournament, so I’m really proud that we made it to the Currie Cup semifinals. "We had two goals: to blood youngsters and secondly we played to win at all times and reach the semis," said De Bruin, who will coach the Lions in their 2018 Super Rugby campaign after the departure of Johan Ackermann who has moved to Gloucester in Eng...
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