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Captain Burger Odendaal agreed his performance against the Ospreys was one of his best in a Lions jersey following his team's 45-15 win in the United Rugby Championship (URC) at Ellis Park on Friday.

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Odendaal played a strong hand, especially on attack, to help set up the team's third win in a row. He played into space and unleashed support runners to devastating effect. He also displayed the uncanny knack of gathering the high ball. It all helped earn him the man of the match award but he was philosophical about the performance.

“There's a new challenge next week. It is nice to get Saturday and Sunday off but on Monday we start again. We have to put in the hard yards.” Odendaal believes looking inward helped. “We focused much more on ourselves and sorting our detail out. Our detail wasn't on point but I feel we are far more polished now. Focusing on ourselves has made a big difference for us.”For the second week in a row the Lions benefited from touring teams fading in the second half.

 

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