Lions of 14 beat Racing 92



Absolutely brilliant performance from 14 people lion team saw them pull off a crushing 51-28 (27-14 break) victory over French giants Racing 92 in their Challenge Cup clash at Ellis Park on Saturday night.

It was a full feast, with the hosts scoring seven times and the visitors crossing the border four times, but it was a fantastic performance by the hosts after losing Emmanuel Tshituka’s flank to a red card in the 18th round.th the minute that impressed me the most.

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Perhaps the hesitant striker was unfortunate enough to receive a red after an unsuccessful tackle by Racing defender Louis Dupicho saw him upright and in a bad position when Tshituka tried to take him down, but his hand was moved away from the body and hit the player’s neck. the referee decided to send him off.

It was a stormy start to the match. lions while inside center Marius Low intercepted the ball and ran into the opening count, followed by a counter-attack that released Edwill van der Merwe’s edge into touch to dive.

Scrum-half Sanele Nohamba converted the first conversion but missed the second, leaving the home side in a 12–0 lead after seven minutes.

Racing soon reacted as they attacked the Lions at 22m by entering their own line where props man Thomas Mucoro was able to crash from close range to score his first score and scrum half Nolan La Garreck converted to make it 12-7 after 12 minutes.

A 17th A minute of penalty from Nohamba’s boot was followed by an important decision a minute later when Tshituka received the order for a high find.

Despite the defeat, the home team continued to play positively and were rewarded in 22nd place.without date The minute when prostitute PJ Botha made a half-break, put midfielder Gianni Lombard into the gap, brought out the last defender and sent winger Rabz Makswan to a try in the corner and led 20-7.

Racing answered again on the 28thth minute when Mukoro pushed forward to convert the score from close range, bringing them back to six points.

But the Lions ended the half at the top when they attacked from the lineout in the away half of the field, with winger Ruan Venter showing great power to push off and cut through several of Racing’s defenders to score a brilliant try that Nohamba converted to give them good break advantage.

Fast start

Racing was the fastest out of the net in the second half, setting up a lineout 22 meters deep for the Lions, approaching and then passing the ball to flyhavin Ben Volavola, who stepped under the posts and converted the score to close the gap to 27-21

The Lions, however, were determined to attack and responded with two quick runs as Lowe turned and made a second run, followed by a brilliant attack as the ball went from Lombard to Maxwan to Nohamba and back to Lombard to end the game. .

Nohamba converted both conversions and put the hosts ahead with a score of 41:21 in the 55th minute.

The try continued as Racing attacked the Lions at 22 meters five minutes later, where winger Donovan Taofifenua overtook several players to score a goal, and substituted scrum half Max Spring added extras.

The nature of the second half continued with the Lions into the next when Locke Willem Alberts made a decisive break by moving to Lowe, who then found Nohamba out and his conversion put them back in a 20-point lead at 48-. 28 with 13 minutes remaining.

It was a relatively quiet finish to the match after what had gone before, but Nohamba added the icing on the cake with a penalty kick to a main player, allowing them to cross the 50-point mark for a big win.

scorers

Lions: Attempts – Marius Lowe (2), Edwill van der Merwe, Rabz Maksvan, Ruan Venter, Gianni Lombard, Sanele Nohamba; Transformations – Nohamba (5); Penalties – Nohamba (2)

Racing 92: Attempts – Thomas Mukoro (2), Ben Volavola, Donovan Taofifenua; Transformations – Nolan Le Garrec (3), Max Spring