Lions captain Marius Louw was thrilled to see his team break a three-match losing streak during their Challenge Cup win over French side Pau.
After losing their last two URC games and going down to Ospreys in their Challenge Cup opener, the Lions needed to get back to winning ways.
Lions captain Marius Louw was thrilled to see his team break a three-match losing streak during their bonus point Challenge Cup win over French side Section Paloise on Saturday night.that saw the start delayed by an hour due to lightning, and then again for half an hour after lightning return during the second half, with the game in danger of being called off, before they were able to get back on and finish.
“It is important for us to just take it game by game in this competition, especially after getting this win. We now need to rest some bodies, as some of the guys travelled back from Europe and played at altitude. Even we could feel it,” said Louw. Lions scrumhalf Morne van den Berg picked up the Man-of-the-Match award after an impressive performance and admitted it had been a very strange encounter.
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