This early Saturday morning game sees the Jaguares travelling to Johannesburg to play the Lions. Join The Roar from 3am (AEST) for all the live action as we cover this Round 9 match from South Africa.
The Lions bring excellent form into today’s clash, an impressive away win over the Stormers in Newlands setting themselves up as top dog within their own conference while the Jaguares stumbled somewhat last weekend in a disappointing display against the Bulls in Pretoria.
The Jaguares need to win today if they have any aspirations of winning their conference and pegging back the lead the Lions have now built within their group but it will take a dramatic form reversal from the Argentinian side to upset the inform Lions in Johannesburg.
A major challenge for the Jaguares today will be countering the Lions impressive set piece, both their scrum and lineout have been operating exceptionally this season and the Jaguares will need to ensure they can gain parity in these areas otherwise it will be a long night indeed.
Achieve this however and they Jaguares can certainly create plenty of problems for the Lions’ defence and an enthralling contest should ensue.
Some key match-ups to look out for will be at first five where two internationals in Elton Jantjies and Nicholas Sanchez line up against each other and their respective influence on today’s match will be a determining factor in the match result while the head to head at centre between Lionel Mapoe and Matais Orlando will be worth keeping an eye on as the match progresses.
Prediction
The Lions recent form has been far too good to ignore, add in they are at home and after losing the first match between these two sides in Argentina I can only see one result in this return fixture.
Lions by 20.
Join us here on The Roar for kick off at 3am AEST, pop the jug on and don’t forget to leave your thoughts on the match below.
7:59am
Rugby Tragic said | 7:59am | ! Report
*laughing*… didn’t watch the game but reading Digger’s blog and the comments was fun in itself! … particularly after the Waratahs effort Fri night ..
8:34am
Machooka said | 8:34am | ! Report
Yep Tragic… and good to see our ‘marathon man’ had some company eh!
Gotta say though it read like a three-way call. Interesting. Entertaining. A little crazy. 🙂
6:40am
biltongbek said | 6:40am | ! Report
Lions struggled in this match, warren whiteley weren’t very happy with this performance
5:10am
Nobrain said | 5:10am | ! Report
Good game, Lions have not been tested like this in their home turf.
I welcome the def bonus point! I think it will be important at the end.
8:34am
Tutema said | 8:34am | ! Report
I was partially right, Jags didn’t win by one point but WON one point hahhahahahahhhahahahahaha
9:23am
Nobrain said | 9:23am | ! Report
You never loose!!!!
4:51am
RobC said | 4:51am | ! Report
Lions have 8 lives left
4:51am
Diggercane said | 4:51am | ! Report
THE LIONS HAVE DEFEATED THE JAGUARES BY 24 POINTS TO 21 IN JOHANNESBURG
4:54am
RobC said | 4:54am | ! Report
Thanks DC
Good call, as usual man
4:55am
Diggercane said | 4:55am | ! Report
Cheers mate
4:50am
Diggercane said | 4:50am | ! Report
83′ Jags lineout from the penalty, 35 out, won, but messy, Jags have 35 to go, Baez a carry, Lions under him, its a maul, CANT GET IT OUT, TURNOVER, LIONS SCRUM, AND THAT WILL BE FULLTIME!!
LIONS 24
JAGUARES 21
4:49am
Diggercane said | 4:49am | ! Report
80′ Siren sounds, Jags scrum, 10 from their line, won, they shift, Orlando carries to his 22 line, Jags looking to go 80, Petti again, inside ball, Jags, Fuenta through but ankle tapped, Jags, up to halfway, pushed back to their 10, turnover, Lions now, Penalty Jags! Not releasing! Bad penalty there!
LIONS 24
JAGUARES 21
4:47am
RobC said | 4:47am | ! Report
Mapoe passing like Lionel Richie
4:46am
Diggercane said | 4:46am | ! Report
79′ Lions lineout from the penalty, 20 out, won, they maul, down now, Coetzee shapes to drop, steps and weaves instead, inside the 22, short side, Mapoe, offloads forward!
LIONS 24
JAGUARES 21
4:45am
Diggercane said | 4:45am | ! Report
78′ Penalty Lions from the kick off! Playing the man in the air contesting the kick off!
Jags self destructing in 5, 4, 3……………..
LIONS 24
JAGUARES 21
4:44am
RobC said | 4:44am | ! Report
The big banana is getting his leg polished