Cash demands more from Lions

Lions coach Ivan van Rooyen says his side must step up a level against the Bulls at Loftus Versfeld next week after beating the Ospreys.

The Pride made it nine log points from their opening two matches of the URC season with a six-try, 35-19 win against the Welsh club at Ellis Park on Saturday, having edged champions Leinster 27-26 last week. h-doctor.club

But Van Rooyen was already focused on what lies ahead.

“Today’s performance won’t be enough against the Bulls next week,” he said. “It’s a typical derby, so it’s going to be a massive set-piece, huge physicality.

“The Bulls have shown that they want to play a little bit more, which makes them dangerous but there’s also opportunity.”

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The warning came on the back of a game where the Lions had to dig deep after trailing 12-10 at the break.

“We came in at half-time and said, ‘Listen, it’s not working out wide for us today,’ and sometimes that does happen,” said captain Francke Horn.

“The forwards said we need to roll up our sleeves and make sure we get some maul tries. If we have to go scrum, penalty, kick out, maul, penalty, kick out again and then score from a maul, that’s what we’re going to do. And that’s how we started the second half.”

It was exactly the kind of response Van Rooyen said he needed from his side, though he was candid about how the Lions got themselves into that position in the first place.

“We weren’t accurate enough. We lost some early lineouts. Then you can’t build momentum and you can’t apply what we wanted to do in terms of plans,” he said.

“At half-time we really simplified and just said find a way. We believe there’s a little bit of a crack, let’s go there and see if we can exploit it.”

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Horn said the forward’s second-half showing set a standard they will need to exceed in Pretoria.

“It’s a really good, positive performance from our pack. We’ll have to match that and even dominate next weekend,” he said.

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La Croatie et l’Angleterre ont dévoilé leurs compositions officielles à quelques minutes du coup d’envoi de leur rendez-vous de Ligue des Nations. Dans un groupe A3 où les deux sélections comptent trois points après deux journées, cette rencontre revêt déjà une importance particulière.

À domicile, la Croatie peut compter sur l’expérience de Luka Modric et Mateo Kovacic au milieu de terrain. Josko Gvardiol est également titularisé en défense, tandis que Musa occupera la pointe de l’attaque.

En face, l’Angleterre aligne plusieurs de ses cadres. Jude Bellingham, Bukayo Saka et Harry Kane débuteront la rencontre, avec Anthony Gordon pour compléter le secteur offensif. Jordan Pickford gardera les buts des Three Lions.

Croatie : Livakovic ; Stanisic, Vuskovic, Gvardiol, Perisic ; Kovacic, Modric, Sucic, Baturina, Ivanovic ; Musa.

Angleterre : Pickford ; Quansah, Konsa, Guéhi, Hall ; Anderson, Scott ; Saka, Bellingham, Gordon ; Kane.

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Le sélectionneur des Lions Indomptables, David Pagou, vient de dévoiler son onze pour affronter la Côte d’Ivoire. Sans grande surprise, Simon Ngapandouetnbu est titulaire dans les buts. Le gardien de Montpellier a été préféré à Blondy Noukeu pour cette rencontre amicale contre les Éléphants. Samuel Kotto, Kevin Keben, Mahamadou Nagida et Jackson Tchatchoua sont en […]

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Pour la première confrontation de leur histoire, le Brésil n’a laissé aucune place au doute face à l’Inde, largement battue 4-0 à Kolkata. Après un nul et une victoire contre l’Australie lors de ses deux précédentes sorties, la Seleção a confirmé sa dynamique en imposant rapidement son rythme, avant de faire la différence grâce notamment à Estêvão et Pedro.

Estêvão décisif, Pedro efficace

Le Brésil a dû patienter jusqu’à la 28e minute pour concrétiser sa domination. Servi sur le côté par Matheuzinho, Estêvão a repiqué dans l’axe avant de frapper au premier poteau, profitant d’une intervention insuffisante du gardien indien pour ouvrir le score. Le jeune attaquant ne s’est pas arrêté là. À la 41e minute, il s’est mué en passeur en lançant Pedro dans la profondeur, permettant à l’attaquant de doubler la mise malgré une frappe plein axe que le portier adverse n’a pas réussi à repousser.

À la pause, Carlo Ancelotti a largement renouvelé son équipe avec cinq changements, notamment les sorties de Marquinhos et Vinicius Junior. Un turnover qui n’a pourtant pas perturbé l’équilibre de la Seleção, restée maîtresse des débats. À la 58e minute, une mauvaise relance indienne a profité à Pedro, qui a trouvé Samuel Lino dans l’intervalle. L’attaquant a alors ajusté le gardien pour porter le score à 3-0.

L’Inde a bien tenté de réagir par séquences, mais Pedro Morisco est resté vigilant dans les buts brésiliens. Et alors que le match semblait déjà définitivement plié, Samuel Lino a ajouté un quatrième but à la 90e+5, pour s’offrir un doublé et donner au succès brésilien une ampleur encore plus nette.

Avec cette victoire, le Brésil boucle donc son rassemblement avec deux succès et un match nul. La Seleção va désormais retrouver la compétition le 14 novembre, avec deux nouvelles échéances prévues face au Japon et à Singapour. De son côté, l’Inde affrontera l’Uruguay mardi à 16h00, avec l’objectif de réagir après cette lourde défaite.

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The Lions forwards eventually wore down a fighting Ospreys which led to an impressive second-half performance from the hosts to seal a deserved 35-19 bonus point win in their United Rugby Championship (URC) match at Ellis Park on Saturday afternoon.

It was a dominant performance from the Lions pack, as they repeatedly drove the Ospreys back in the scrums and mauls, and after leading at half-time, the visitors faded badly in the second half as the hosts ran in five tries to clinch a big result.

The win ensured a good start to the season for the Lions, after their opening victory over Leinster last weekend, and gave them good momentum to take into their cross-Jukskei derby against the Bulls in Pretoria next weekend.

Slow start

It was a slow start to the match from the Lions but they eventually started building some pressure and from good play in the Ospreys 22m earned a penalty in front in the 12^th minute, which flyhalf Chris Smith popped over.

In the 27^th minute the Lions then scored the first try of the match after a superb counter attack from their own 22m, after Ospreys knocked on the ball.

The Lions immediately attacked with the ball spread to outside centre Ethan Adams to break up field, before he was tackled close to touch, with the ball then spread down the other side where wing Erich Cronje was on hand to go over for the converted score in the corner for a 10-0 lead.

But a poor finish to the half from the hosts allowed the visitors to come flying back to steal a lead going into halftime.

First a top turnover from Ospreys just outside the Lions 22m gave them front foot ball, with them attacking into the 22m and a great offload off the deck put inside centre Kieran Williams in to score, converted by flyhalf Dan Edwards in the 35^th minute.

The Lions discipline then cost them as a number of penalties allowed Ospreys to work their way into the 22m, and after the halftime hooter they set a lineout on the 5m, secured it and just managed to maul over for hooker Efan Daniel to dot down to put them up 12-10 at halftime.

Second half

It was a great start to the second half for the Lions as their power game kicked up a level, as straight from the kick-off a great chase from Lions flank JC Pretorius earned them a lineout on Ospreys 5m.

They secured the ball and rumbled over for hooker PJ Botha to score, and it was rinse and repeat for the home side six minutes later as they set up a 5m lineout and powered over for replacement hooker Morne Brandon to dot down this time, putting them into a 20-12 lead in the 49^th minute.

The Lions were now on fire and were in for their bonus score seven minutes later as they attacked into the visitors 22m, the cross kick from Smith didn’t bounce kindly, but a couple of offloads from wing Kelly Mpeku and captain Francke Horn allowed fullback Boeta Chamberlain to stroll in for the score.

It went bad to worse for the Ospreys in the 61^st minute as Edwards was yellow carded for a high tackle, with the Lions choosing to scrum, followed by a cross kick to Mpeku who picked up and scored.

Smith, who is usually deadeye off the kicking tee, missed his fourth straight conversion attempt, but two did hit the post before bouncing out.

A couple of minutes later the Lions were in again, this time earning space out wide thanks to the extra man and after good hands down the line Mpeku went in for his second, and despite a change of kicker Chamberlain saw his conversion attempt bounce off the uprights to leave them 35-12 up.

Ospreys then had the final say, as they ended the match as they did the first half, mauling over the line for replacement forward Ross Moriarty to score.

Scorers

Lions: Tries – Erich Cronje, PJ Botha, Morne Brandon, Boeta Chamberlain, Kelly Mpeku (2); Conversion – Chris Smith; Penalty – Smith

Ospreys: Tries – Kieran Williams, Efan Daniel, Ross Moriarty; Conversions – Dan Edwards (2)