Lions get Currie Cup campaign back on track with Western Province win

JOHANNESBURG - It would not be completely unfair to declare that very few would have expected the result that unfolded at Emirates Airline Park between the Lions and Western Province on Wednesday night.

The Capetownians, however, looked shell-shocked and fitful as the first 20 minutes of the match came to the close. After a brief start where both sides tested each other’s commitment, the Lions took control of the encounter with possession and territory, and from thereon refused to let up.

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