Durban — Even before kick-off‚ the Golden Lions were up against it in the Currie Cup semifinal they lost 33-24 to the Sharks in Durban on Saturday. Swys de Bruin‚ the Lions’ Super Rugby coach and boss of coaching affairs at the franchise‚ made a beeline for this writer and a former Springbok seated in Kings Park media centre. He was keen to share the news that the Lions’ task had become even tougher after grizzled tighthead prop Jacobie Adriaanse was ruled out and that young Chergin Fillies would start the match. De Bruin sought to lower expectations for his team against the brutish Sharks pack but the Lions were on the back foot long before. Their leadership has been in a state of flux this season‚ which affected the office of their president‚ head coach and even the Currie Cup captaincy‚ which changed hands from Ross Cronjé to Marvin Orie‚ back to Cronjé and then Nic Groom. De Bruin‚ who had accompanied the team to Durban‚ was seated in the media area while his coaching team took ...
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