Lions star Elton Jantjies says the lessons‚ if not the pain‚ of two previous finals are the best preparation a team could hope for going into a third successive Super Rugby climax. The Lions flyhalf will line up with his teammates for his third straight final following defeat to the Hurricanes in 2016 and the Crusaders in 2017. "I don’t feel pressure because we are prepared. We’ve been to two finals in a row‚ now a third. "You can’t ask for much better preparation for Super Rugby finals‚" said Jantjies.
He did not want to dwell on what had been, but relented. "It hurts‚ if you’re playing 20 weeks of rugby and you get into the play-offs and a final and not winning it," he said about losing 2017’s match against the Crusaders at Ellis Park. "Again‚ you are taking experience‚ learning from those mistakes. "We went through a roller coaster this year with lots of on and off the field stuff‚" he said. It will be imperative for the Lions to learn from their misadventures in previous f...
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