Leeus: 15. Tyrone Green; 14. Madosh Tambwe, 13. Wandisile Simelane, 12. Eddie Fouche, 11. Stean Pienaar; 10. Shaun Reynolds, 9. Ross Cronje (Capt); 8. Hacjivah Dayimani, 7. Len Massyn, 6. Marnus Schoeman, 5. Reinhard Nothnagel, 4. Ruben Schoeman, 3. Johannes Jonker, 2. Pieter Jansen, 1. Sti Sithole. 

Replacements: 16. Jan-Henning Campher, 17. Leo Kruger, 18. Chergin Fillies, 19. Rhyno Herbst, 20. Vincent Tshituka, 21. James Venter, 22. Dillon Smit, 23. Duncan Matthews.

Blou Bulle: 15 Divan Rossouw, 14 Cornal Hendricks, 13 Johnny Kotze, 12 Dylan Sage, 11 Rosko Specman, 10 Manie Libbok, 9 Ivan van Zyl (captain), 8 Tim Agaba, 7 Wian Vosloo, 6 Fred Eksteen, 5 Ruan Nortje, 4 Andries Ferreira, 3 Wiehahn Herbst, 2 Johan Grobbelaar, 1 Dayan van der Westhuizen

Replacements: 16 Jaco Visagie, 17 Madot Mabokela, 18 Conraad van Vuuren, 19 Andre Smith, 20 Jean Droste, 21 Embrose Papier, 22 Marnitz Boshoff, 23 Stedman Gans

Bulle gaan ons skrums target 

Matanzima is beseer, bulle sal hom mis op 1, Grobbelaar op 2 vir Visagie maak die span sterker in my opinie, en dan gaan hulle waarskynlik ook vir Steenkamp en Van Staden mis, wat altwee goeie spelers is, alhowel Van Staden vir my baie stil was teen Griekwas.

Die flank Len Massyn is een van drie veranderinge aan die Leeus se beginspan vir Saterdag se Curriebekerstryd op Emirates Airlinepark teen die Blou Bulle.

Massyn, wie Vincent Tshituka in die sewe-trui vervang, begin in sy 13e wedstryd vir die Leeus op die vlak.

Hy en Marnus Schoeman, wie reeds 66 wedstryde in Curriebekerrugby agter die rug het, is die nuwe flank-kombinasie met Hacjivah Dayimani op agt.

Schoeman en Ross Cronjé is albei op 66 wedstryde die mees ervare spelers in Curriebekerrugby in die groep.

Die veelsydige Duncan Matthews van die Blou Bulle is ook op die Leeus se bank ingesluit nadat Eddie Fouché in die beginspan opgeneem is.

Jan-Louis la Grange en Manny Rass het albei harsingskudding en kon nie vir die wedstryd oorweeg word nie.

Reinhard Nothnagel begin op slot in die beseerde Wilhelm van der Sluys se plek en Rhyno Herbst is weer op die bank.

Die Welpie-agterlyn word steeds deur die twee ouer hande, die koelkos-losskakel Shaun Reynolds en die kaptein Ross Cronjé in die regte rigtings gestuur.

Die nuwe lostrio vul mekaar skitterend aan en Massyn kan die geleentheid aangryp om te toon dat sy drie wedstryde in SuperRugby nie ‘n gelukskoot was nie.

Leeus teen Blou Bulle: Tyrone Green; Madosh Tambwe, Wandisile Simelane, Eddie Fouché, Stean Pienaar; Shaun Reynolds, Ross Cronjé ©; Hacjivah Dayimani, Len Massyn, Marnus Schoeman, Reinhard Nothnagel, Ruben Schoeman, Johannes Jonker, Pieter Jansen, Sti Sithole. Reserwes: Jan-Henning Campher, Leo Kruger, Chergin Fillies, Rhyno Herbst, Vincent Tshituka, James Venter, Dillon Smit, Duncan Matthews.

Rudolf was daar, hy het gese Roelof Smit van die Bulle het nog nie geteken nie. Die media beampte het gese hulle praat deurentyd met spelers en sal aankodigings maak sodra spelers teken, soos wat Elton nou onlangs gedoen het, hy het vir 2 jaar geteken

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Kyk ek 'n ander game of is Campher beter as Jansen? Hoe ookal, beide beindruk my, skrums moet net verbeter.

Stem

Ross was pateties. Ons het probleme op 12. Nothnagel impress my glad nie.

Laastens was daar natuurlik ook ñ ander span op die veld wie puik gespeel het.

Lions need to work on the basics. Our passing was woeful. 

We were competitive in the scrums till we brought on our subs. Both Kruger and Fillies struggled. We should have destroyed the Bulls scrums when they only had 7 men. It is really bad when a 7 man scrum sends us backwards like the Bulls did. Fillies is a big strong man, and may have done well at age group level due to his size, but he is going to have to learn that technique, especially at no 3 is far more important than brute strength at this level. He will also have to improve his fitness.

Both Cronje and Reynolds had shockers. The less said about their performances the better.

In fact the whole team was not up to scratch.

As a spectacle it was a great game, in terms of pace and intensity, in spite of the ill discipline by both sides.

The ref had a decent game. One shocker, missing a blatant knock on  by the Bulls, but generally controlled the game very well. Would have liked to have seen the game flow a bit more.

Bulls weren't that much better than the Lions as evidenced by 2 yellow and 1 red card. They were hungrier and just did not want to lose the game more than we wanted to win.

Fully agreed could not have said it better myself

Transvaal wrote: Dis die eerste keer in 7 jaar (sedert 2012) dat ons 'n Curriebeker wedstryd teen die Bulle op Ellispark verloor

En die eerste keer wat die Leeus n game teen n SA span verloor terwyl ek by Ellis Park was

Stem saam hiermee dink ook  Reynolds is moontlik ons antwoord op 12 .... ongelukig kan ek n paar keer die afgelope  2 jaar onthou wat hy belangrike tekkels laat slip het