SUPER RUGBY FINAL
Marvin Orie confident Lions will hold their own in lineouts
The lineout has been one of the Lions’ most potent weapons in Super Rugby and they therefore see aerial superiority as key to their success in the final against the Crusaders on Saturday. Lock Marvin Orie is one of the men tasked with soaring above the opposition‚ but he recognises that the peak facing them this week towers above all they’ve faced this season. "They are a fantastic lineout team‚" Orie said about the Crusaders’ jumpers. "They’ve got two All Blacks locks. The lineout is one of their strengths‚ as is their scrum. "We’ve got a lot of firepower in our lineout as well. Our captain is one of the best looseforward jumpers in the country‚ and the world. "We’ve got Malcolm [Marx] and we’ve got Franco [Mostert]." The Lions do not just have the greatest lineout return in the competition‚ they are also the team most likely to profit from it. They deploy their driving maul from the lineout and few teams have been able to repel it. They are joint top try scorers‚ with the Crusader...
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