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United Rugby Championship

Siya Kolisi's Sharks beaten by Lions in Jo'burg


DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA - JANUARY 11: Siya Kolisi (Captain) of the Hollywoodbets Sharks during the Investec Champions Cup match between Hollywoodbets Sharks and Stade Toulousain at Hollywoodbets Kings Park Stadium on January 11, 2025 in Durban, South Africa. (Photo by Steve Haag Sports/Gallo Images/Getty Images)
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Lions boosted their United Rugby Championship play-off prospects with a commanding 38-14 bonus-point win over Sharks in Johannesburg.

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With five defeats in their previous six games, tries from PJ Botha, Francke Horn, Edwill van der Merwe, Richard Kriel, Jarod Cairns and Gianni Lombard, who converted three and Nico Steyn one, saw Lions cruise to victory.

Ethan Hooker and Siya Kolisi went over late on for the Sharks, both converted by Jaden Hendrikse, as they suffered just a second defeat in eight to dent their top-four ambitions.

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HS 3 minutes ago
Why ‘generational talent’ Peter Lakai is the new ‘man in black’ for all seasons

Players could be the best in the world in their position, like McCaw or Dupont.

Neither Lakai nor McReight come close to that level, so while they may be good or talented, it makes no sense in putting them in a ‘best in the world’ category, unless you want to attract views/clocks or when you have no clue what to do with your time.



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PMcD 7 minutes ago
Victor Matfield: 'There's a big hype around him... I just can't understand it'

Was it really that much different to the finger waving of SFM at the weekend?

Like it or not, there is a different type of celebration and showboating starting to creep into the game that is driving the social media nonsense.



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J Marc 8 minutes ago
France forced into bold Antoine Dupont call for Springboks

You ask a very good question. When you read french forums, you will find a lot of people complaining about Galthie because he will injure clubs players with his picks. You may find the same people complaining too when he doesn't pick some of their players, but it's just the french way of life…But a lot of people prefer their club game every fortnight to 11 France games all along the year and yet more to an hypothetical WC win in 4 years. Six nations is ,maybe, the exception, with 10000 to 20000 people crossing the channel…

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PMcD 10 minutes ago
Victor Matfield: 'There's a big hype around him... I just can't understand it'

It actually started with UBB and the French fans, where all the fans started booing him but when ARG tried to copy in the summer, they got the wrong person and poor old Guy Pepper was mightily confused why the whole stadium started booing him until the penny dropped and they all realised it wasn’t Pollock. 🤣🤣

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PMcD 12 minutes ago
Victor Matfield: 'There's a big hype around him... I just can't understand it'

I’m not too sure how many back row players would feel comfortable walking out in an 80,000 person stadium and playing on the wing against world class opposition wingers but with his pace and eye for space, Pollock is one of the few capable of pulling it off and holding his own.

Yes he’s confident in his own abilities (and possibly shows that a bit too much) but don’t underestimate the level of game this kid brings to the pitch.



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Tom 13 minutes ago
England hit 'really important' period for 'our Jason Robinson' says Sinfield

Hes a way off Robinson's stepping ability but he's incredibly powerful for a little lad. Have you seen the neck on that b*gger? It looks like it's trying to swallow his head

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EvilMockingJay 18 minutes ago
France forced into bold Antoine Dupont call for Springboks

Pretty much everyone who love club rugby watch the French national team. At home and aboard. Club rugby is behind a pay wall, owned by Canal+ (well of course we have it) while the national team is free to watch. So, no, there is more people watching French national team than club rugby. It’s not that, the problem. The problem is the calendar. Too many matches. 48 at most, while there is 52 weeks in a year. It’s just awful. And yeah, a top14 final at the same time of a french game against New Zealand was a bad idea. Thanks to WR. THEY decide to put that match first while it was stated to be after.

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NB 19 minutes ago
Why ‘generational talent’ Peter Lakai is the new ‘man in black’ for all seasons

Are you saying you don’t have any interest in the evolution of positions in rugby?

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J Marc 19 minutes ago
France forced into bold Antoine Dupont call for Springboks

Toulouse and UBB style of play are not so différent, I think it's more a question of players available. The “kick and chase” style of play, since last six nations, is more the Pau style of play….

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PMcD 19 minutes ago
Victor Matfield: 'There's a big hype around him... I just can't understand it'

There’s an unbelievable amount of hype from younger fans and and an awful lot of discontent from older fans that is feeding the story of Henry Pollock.

He’s 21 years old, captained his age group to World U20 success, has come into the Seniors Men’s team, has played 14 tests, scoring 7 tries (which is incredible for a forward) and helped his club side get to the Investec Final.



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NB 20 minutes ago
Why ‘generational talent’ Peter Lakai is the new ‘man in black’ for all seasons

Yes they are asking to use closer to ‘one stop’ now, but why do we need one stop in the first place? Just ask the attackng side to use the ball immeditaely.

Overall the maul law has made it far too easy to score from anywhere up to 25 metres out, and the same rules are not being applied to to the attack as they are the D.



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Tom 21 minutes ago
Mick Cleary: 'England were tight, on-message and forceful. There was a clear sense of what they were trying to do.'

He made silly errors and he really didn't get involved much, the amount of touches he was getting was minimal, which isn't entirely his fault but it just felt like he was out of his depth. I'd love for him to have another crack if/when he's ready but I'd want to see him tearing up trees and bashing down the door before giving him another go when we've got good wingers to choose from. Calouri and Radwan have yet to be tested.

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NB 22 minutes ago
Why ‘generational talent’ Peter Lakai is the new ‘man in black’ for all seasons

Notably Jordie’s hit on Konghorn, which rather mysteriously went unreviewed? Head to head.

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EvilMockingJay 25 minutes ago
France forced into bold Antoine Dupont call for Springboks

Oh boy… if only it was a pretty awful injury list at 10 ONLY. But no… it’s pretty much everywhere. Our wingers are fine at least. But yes, all of them are décent players. True. But against the Boks ? Well, we will see that in 2 days.

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Tom 25 minutes ago
'Outcome hardly surprising' as Australian fans hope for Wallabies backlash

I heard rumours of it, I got the impressing NB was ironing his board shorts. Lancaster is a great coach but could have been a disaster. If results didn't go his way early there would have been a lot of voices saying why have we got his pom that we booted out of his home world cup in 2015? He's undoubtedly a better coach than Kiss but it could have backfired. Lancaster struggled in a hostile environment at Racing and I suspect after Rennie, Schmidt he wouldn't have been given much leeway

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EvilMockingJay 30 minutes ago
France forced into bold Antoine Dupont call for Springboks

Could be far worse of a line-up. But clearly, i’m a bit afraid.

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EvilMockingJay 32 minutes ago
France forced into bold Antoine Dupont call for Springboks

Simple : 25% of top14 players are injured. And just like that, it keeps getting worse and worse.

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NoLongerARuck 35 minutes ago
France forced into bold Antoine Dupont call for Springboks

Pretty awful injury list for France especially at 10 but luckily they have been building depth for the last 4 years and the replacements are all decent players

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PMcD 40 minutes ago
Why ‘generational talent’ Peter Lakai is the new ‘man in black’ for all seasons

That was a crazy period for Top 14, especially with the likes of Basteraud switching to No 8 once he hit 120 KG. 🤣🤣

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NoLongerARuck 44 minutes ago
France forced into bold Antoine Dupont call for Springboks

Easy there lad

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