Lions maul Highlanders
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The Lions produced the most impressive comeback of the season when they beat the Highlanders 28-23 at Ellis Park on Saturday.
Outscoring the visitors by three tries to two, the Lions came back from trailing 3-20 at the half-time break - outscoring the tiring visitors by 25-3 in the second half.
It was a rush of second-half replacement, with Elton Jantjies and Francois de Klerk, the turned the tide for a home team looking dead-and-buried at the end of a very ordinary first half.
The Highlanders found out the hard way that not all team capitulate like the Sharks did last week.
It…
Outscoring the visitors by three tries to two, the Lions came back from trailing 3-20 at the half-time break - outscoring the tiring visitors by 25-3 in the second half.
It was a rush of second-half replacement, with Elton Jantjies and Francois de Klerk, the turned the tide for a home team looking dead-and-buried at the end of a very ordinary first half.
The Highlanders found out the hard way that not all team capitulate like the Sharks did last week.
It…
