The Lions emerged victorious 43-35 over Section Paloise (Pau) in their high scoring heavily weather affected Challenge Cup encounter.
It was an incredible game that was delayed by lightning twice, kicking off an hour late before seeing a 30 minute delay in the second half after the bad weather returned.
The Lions emerged victorious 43-35 over Section Paloise in their high scoring heavily weather affected Challenge Cup encounter at Ellis Park on Saturday night. Poor discipline from the Lions then let them down as Desperes slotted two more penalties to put Pau into a 16-14 lead in the 38However the hosts struck on the stroke of halftime, turning down a chance at polls to kick to the corner, where they setup a maul and powered over for hooker PJ Botha to dot down and give them a 19-16 lead at the break.
First wing Gregoire Arfeuil was yellow carded for a deliberate knock on with the Lions on attack in their half, allowing the hosts to set up a lineout deep in their 22m.
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