URC - Lions vs Edinburgh on 5 October 2024



Oct 5, 2024 - The match was played at Ellis Park on Saturday 5 October 2024, and kick-off was at 13:45 SA Time.

Officials

Referee: Adam Jones
AR1: Hanru van Rooyen
AR2: Stephan Geldenhuys
TMO: Keith David

Teams

Lions: 15. Quan Horn, 14. Rabz Maxwane, 13. Ehrich Cronje, 12. Rynhardt Jonker, 11. Edwill van der Merwe, 10. Kade Wolhuter, 9. Morne van den Berg, 8. Francke Horn (c), 7. Jarod Cairns, 6. JC Pretorius, 5. Darrien Landsberg, 4. Reinhard Nothnagel, 3. Asenathi Ntlabakanye, 2. Franco Marais, 1. Juan Schoeman.
Replacements: 16. Jaco Visagie, 17. Heiko Pohlmann, 18. Conraad van Vuuren, 19. Ruben Schoeman, 20. Renzo du Plessis, 21. Sanele Nohamba, 22. Marius Louw, 23. Henco van Wyk.

Edinburgh: 15. Wes Goosen, 14. Darcy Graham, 13. Ross McCann, 12. Matt Scott, 11. Duhan van der Merwe, 10. Ben Healy, 9. Ben Vellacott (c), 8. Magnus Bradbury, 7. Hamish Watson, 6. Jamie Ritchie, 5. Grant Gilchrist (c), 4. Marshall Sykes, 3. Paul Hill, 2. Ewan Ashman, 1. Pierre Schoeman.
Replacements: 16. Patrick Harrison, 17. Boan Venter, 18. D’arcy Rae, 19. Jamie Hodgson, 20. Ben Muncaster, 21. Ali Price, 22. Ross Thompson, 23. Mosese Tuipulotu.

Scorers

Lions: 55 (48): Tries: Quan Horn, Rabz Maxwane (3), Edwill van der Merwe (2), Rynhardt Jonker, Francke Horn. Conversions: Kade Wolhuter (3), Morne van den Berg, Sanele Nohamba (2). Penalties: Kade Wolhuter.

Edinburgh: 21 (0): Tries: Grant Gilchrist, Patrick Harrison, Ben Muncaster. Conversions: Ben Healy (2), Ross Thompson. Penalties:

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