Coach Ivan van Rooyen says his Lions team were a bit rusty in their Challenge Cup defeat to French side Montpellier.
The Lions will hope a return to Ellis Park this weekend will help get them back to winning ways. Picture: Gallo Images
The result has left the Lions in fifth place in the six-team pool with five points from their three games so far. They have won win behind them and the two defeats, against Montpellier, and earlier in the competition, Ospreys. “Montpellier’s line speed was good, they didn’t give us any space or allow us to build any momentum and maybe we were too flat. We couldn’t play.
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