The Lions are currently in 11th place in the United Rugby Championship (URC) but only seven points separate them from fourth place. They also have two games in hand over most of the teams above them. However, they will need to improve if they are to achieve their goal of finishing in the top four.
Only seven points separate the 11th placed Lions from fourth placed Cardiff, while they also have two games in hand over most of the teams above them. Stormers flyhalf Manie Libbok is wrapped up by Lions wing Edwill van der Merwe and scrumhalf Morne van den Berg during their URC match at the Cape Town Stadium earlier this month.
Picture: Ashley Vlotman/Gallo Images The Lions will have to improve if they are to attain their stiff goal of finishing in the United Rugby Championship (URC) top four at the end of the season, as they head into the new year. They are currently sitting on the log since the URC resumed after a few weekends of Champions and Challenge Cup (EPCR) action. Most of the URC sides played twice while the Lions only played one game against the Stormers in Cape Town. What also counts in their favour is that they have played just two URC games at home this season, and the other five away, which will see them get into a nice home run of games at some point. But they can still be disappointed with some of their results so far this season, after starting the competition with a bang. They picked up four straight wins to get up and running; two with bonus points against Ulster and Edinburgh in Johannesburg, before edging Dragons and Zebre in Wales and Italy respectively. Since then they have lost to Leinster and Munster in Ireland, followed by the Stormers result just over a week ago. The two results they shouldn’t be too happy with are the Munster (17-10) loss and Stormers game. If they are serious about finishing in the URC top four they needed to win one of those. The Lions have yet to finish in the URC top eight, with two ninth placed finishes in the past two seasons the closest they have gotten to the playoffs, and that is definitely an attainable goal for them and one that should be non-negotiabl
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