LIMPING LIONS LOOK FOR LIFT ; McGeechan relieved as the Sharks lie in wait

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MATCH STATS Free State Cheetahs H Daniller; JW Jonker, C Uys, M Bosman, D Demas; J-L Potgieter (L Strydom 60), T de Bruyn (G Odendaal 46); W Du Preez, A Strauss (R Strauss 52), K Calldo (WP Nel 48), N Breedt (F Villeon 48), D de Villiers, H Brussow, F Uys, H Scholtz (capt, K Floors 64). Tries: D Demas, W Du Preez, C Uys; Cons: J-L Potgieter (2); Pens: Potgieter.

Lions L Byrne; L Halfpenny, K Earls, L Fitzgerald (G D'Arcy 75), S Williams; J Hook, H Ellis; A Sheridan, R Ford (M Rees 63), E Murray (A Jones 63), D O'Callaghan, P O'Connell (capt), S Ferris, J Worsley (N Hines 68), A Powell.

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LIMPING LIONS LOOK FOR LIFT ; McGeechan relieved as the Sharks lie in wait

Tries: S Ferris, K Earls; Cons: J Hook (2); Pen: J Hook (4)

Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)

Attendance: 23,000

THE Lions were setting up a new base in Durban today, frustrated by events in Bloemfontein two days ago but knowing things could have been a hell of a lot worse.

Had Louis Strydom's late drop goal attempt sailed through the posts instead of drifting wide, then the Free State Cheetahs would have been celebrating an historic victor...

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