When Ruan Venter was red-carded after a clash of heads late in the first half, which was his second card after he’d received a yellow earlier, and then Francke Horn was yellow-carded a few minutes later, it looked like the Lions’ race for a top-eight spot was done.
It didn’t go according to script though, with the Lions striking back immediately as they spectacularly turned defence into attack as what looked like it might become a Glasgow try turned into a try on the other end of the field for Lions wing Edwill van der Merwe.Sanele Nohamba had by that time come onto the field as the flyhalf replacement and it was his conversion that pushed the Lions back into a solitary point lead at 15-14.
The Lions didn’t start with their published team. Their captain Marius Louw was ruled out when he failed a late fitness test and Jordan Hendrikse, normally a flyhalf, came into the side as the replacement inside centre with Willem Alberts assuming the captaincy.The game got off to a frenetic start, with both teams playing with a high tempo.
Hendrikse drew three points back for the home team with a successful penalty in the 26th minute as he took over the place-kicking duties and then came a classic outside centre break from Eric Cronje that set it up for wing Rabs Maxwane to run 30 metres to score in the corner.
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