URC - Lions vs Dragons on 27 November 2022



November 27, 2022 - The match was played at Ellis Park on Sunday 27 November 2022, and kick-off was at 16:00 SA Time.

Officials

Referee: Sam Grove-White
AR1: Cwengile Jadezweni
AR2: Griffin Colby
TMO: Ben Blain

Teams

Lions: 15. Quan Horn, 14. Rabz Maxwane, 13. Henco van Wyk, 12. Marius Louw, 11. Edwill van der Merwe, 10. Jordan Hendrikse, 9. Sanele Nohamba, 8. Francke Horn, 7. Ruhan Straeuli, 6. Emmanuel Tshituka, 5. Reinhard Nothnagel (c), 4. Ruben Schoeman, 3. Ruan Dreyer, 2. PJ Botha, 1. Sti Sithole.
Replacements: 16. Jaco Visagie, 17. JP Smith, 18. Asenathi Ntlabakanye, 19. Pieter Jansen van Vuren, 20. Sibusiso Sangweni, 21. Andre Warner, 22. Gianni Lombard, 23. Zander du Plessis.

Dragons: 15 Angus O’Brien, 14 David Richards, 13 Steff Hughes, 12 Jack Dixon, 11 Sio Tomkinson, 10 Sam Davies, 9 Lewis Jones, 8 Ross Moriarty (c), 7 Ben Fry, 6 Aaron Wainwright, 5 Sean Lonsdale, 4 Joe Davies, 3 Lloyd Fairbrother, 2 James Benjamin, 1 Aki Seiuli.
Replacements: 16 Ellis Shipp, 17. Josh Reynolds, 18. Chris Coleman, 19. Matthew Screech, 20. Huw Taylor, 21. Che Hope, 22. JJ Hanrahan, 23. Jordan Williams.

Scorers

Lions: 33 (19): Tries: Ruhan Straeuli, Jordan Hendrikse, JP Smith. Conversions: Jordan Hendrikse (2), Gianni Lombard. Penalties: Jordan Hendrikse (3). Drop Goals: Jordan Hendrikse

Dragons: 25 (6): Tries: Sio Tomkinson, James Benjamin, Che Hope. Conversions: JJ Hanrahan (2). Penalties: Sam Davies (2).

“Forwards win games, backs decide by how much.”