There was a palpable air of despair about the Lions after the Bulls thumped them 30-12 at Ellis Park in their Super Rugby clash on Saturday.
They certainly were. The Bulls made their bigger pack do all the heavy lifting. They were brutal in the collisions. They deprived the Lions of the ball in the first half‚ and they showed variety‚ especially in their use of the high ball. It left Lions wing Aphiwe Dyantyi clutching at straws.He admitted the defeat ranks close to the nadir of his career at the Lions since joining in November 2012.
“There are no excuses. We have a squad system. It doesn’t matter whether Rhyno Herbst had his first cap and he has to go up against the likes of Duane [Vermeulen]. This is Super Rugby and you have to man up. We didn’t man up. There is no-one to blame. It starts with me. We can’t be happy with this.” Although he has players such as Cyle Brink on the cusp of returning from injury ‚ De Bruin is more focused on the performance of the collective.
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