Ellis Park and Loftus Versfeld will welcome the Sharks and Stormers respectively for more action-packed domestic matches in the tournament.
Jan-Hendrik Wessels of the Bulls offloads to Marco van Staden as he is tackled by the Lions ’ Marius Louw in their United Rugby Championship at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday. Photo: BackpagePixThe Lions and Bulls will host the final double header of local derbies on Saturday afternoon in Gauteng as the race to claim the South African Shield in the United Rugby Championship heats up.
The two teams will meet in back-to-back clashes over the following couple of weeks, with the return game scheduled for next Saturday at Kings Park Stadium in Durban.So, there will be no time for the Lions to dwell on what went wrong against the Bulls. They'll have to find a solution quickly for their inconsistent run of form. Apart from four good wins at the start of the URC, they haven't been able to string together two winning performances in a row.
In fourth currently, the two local derbies against the Lions could provide a good springboard for the coastal side to get closer to a home play-off.The rampaging Bulls scrum will lie in wait to put one over the Stormers again like they did in Cape Town a couple of weeks ago. That was a brilliant power display, and after punishing the Sharks and Lions in this facet of the game, there is no denying their dominance.
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