URC reult: Fire-breathing Lions crush Cardiff
Cardiff vs Lions: The South African tourists have won three of their last four URC matches but face a stiff test in Wales.
Cardiff vs Lions: The South African tourists have won three of their last four URC matches but face a stiff test in Wales.
Cardiff are out to show that the Welsh sides mean business this year and turn around their struggles against South African teams.
Cardiff vs Lions: LIVE scores
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Two changes from Cash
The Lions made two changes from the side that just pipped the Ospreys last weekend.
One change is to the Lions pack, with Pieter Jansen van Vuren starting at lock in place of Ruben Schoeman while the other is in the backline, where Henco van Wyk replaces Zander du Plessis at outside centre.
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Cardiff coach Dai Young was looking forward to home comforts.
“We’re looking forward to getting back to the Arms Park. We didn’t build on the Munster game last week so hopefully we can bounce back at home against a very good Lions team.
“It’s going to be a real good game with lots of rugby to be played by both teams. It should be a lot of entertainment for the people that come to watch. We love playing at the Arms Park and want to give our home crowd the kind of performance they deserve.
“We have made a few changes due to injury but we have still have a strong squad and if we can get back to the kind of performance we saw against Munster and build on that, there is no reason why we can’t get the result we want.”
Teams: Cardiff vs Lions
Cardiff Rugby: Rhys Priestland; Aled Summerhill, Rey Lee-Lo, Max Llewellyn, Theo Cabango; Jarrod Evans, Tomos Williams; Brad Thyer, Liam Belcher, Dillon Lewis; Lopeti Timani, Seb Davies; Josh Turnbull (C), James Botham, Taulupe Faletau.
Replacements: Kirby Myhill, Corey Domachowski, Dmitri Arhip, Rory Thornton, Shane Lewis-Hughes, Lloyd Williams, Mason Grady, Uilisi Halaholo.
Lions: Andries Coetzee; Edwill van der Merwe, Henco van Wyk, Marius Louw, Quan Horn; Gianni Lombard, Sanele Nohamba; Sti Sithole, PJ Botha, Ruan Dreyer; Pieter Jansen van Vuren, Reinhard Nothnagel (C); Sibusiso Sangweni, Emmanuel Tshituka, Francke Horn.
Replacements: Jaco Visagie, JP Smith, Ruan Smith, Ruan Venter, Ruhan Straeuli, Morne van dern Berg, Jordan Hendrickse, Zander du Plessis.
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