The Lions are counting the cost of their shock defeat to the Blues at Ellis Park on Saturday. Captain Warren Whiteley left the field injured in the first half and will be ruled out of action for the next few weeks with knee ligament damage. It is a blow for the Lions as well as the player who is hoping to reestablish himself after recovering from a crippling groin injury in 2017. "It seems like a grade-one PCL (posterior cruciate ligament)‚ which is not too serious. Perhaps only a couple of weeks [unavailable]‚" said Whiteley, who appeared more downcast about the dramatic 38-35 defeat than the injury. "I’m walking fine and there is no pain. It just feels a bit unstable. The doc said my PCL felt a bit loose." Coach Swys de Bruin was most displeased in the aftermath of the shock defeat. When asked whether his side was perhaps complacent after three wins at the start of the competition, De Bruin said: "Definitely. We are human. We will turn this around into a positive." Whiteley was br...
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