SUPER RUGBY
Lions need to hit top gear as Super Rugby league stages near
The Lions were not quite in pole position but in the front row of the grid next to the Crusaders as the league stages of Super Rugby drew to a close. That is not the only area in which they find themselves in such illustrious company. "Clearly if you get a home finals [series] you have a big chance‚" said Bulls coach John Mitchell about the Lions. The Lions topped the South African conference and have hosting rights in the quarterfinals — against the Jaguares on Saturday — as well as the semifinals should they get there. "If you look at the teams in the competition that have the ability to go to their scrum and their maul then the Crusaders and the Lions are the two teams [that can do it]‚" Mitchell said after the Lions beat the Bulls 38-12 at Ellis Park. "You don’t have to go and play a whole lot of flash rugby. "Perhaps the Crusaders are slightly better defensively. "If you look at the last two competitions it has been won by the team with line speed in defence. That probably give...
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