Lions lose Whiteley, tweak back row
Coach Swys de Bruin has been forced to reshuffle the Lions’ back row after Warren Whiteley was ruled out of Saturday’s match against the Highlanders at Ellis Park.
Coach Swys de Bruin has been forced to reshuffle the Lions’ back row after Warren Whiteley was ruled out of Saturday’s match against the Highlanders at Ellis Park.
Jake White says it’s time to consider scrapping the rule that forces teams to announce their match-day squads at least 48 hours before kick-off.
Lions skipper Warren Whiteley sat out training on Monday and Tuesday due to a bruised knee, with a call on his availability to be made later in the week.
Swys de Bruin has explained that the scheduling of the Lions’ match against the Chiefs on Good Friday was one of the reasons he left the team’s tour of Australasia early.
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The Lions beat the Waratahs 29-28 at Ellis Park on Saturday to climb off the bottom of the ever-competitive South African conference.
Warren Whiteley, Malcolm Marx and Courtnall Skosan have been named in the Lions’ starting XV to front the Waratahs at Ellis Park on Saturday.
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