Sunwolves v Lions

Stargazer

Sunwolves team to play the Lions (Saturday 27 Feb, 5.15pm)
 
1. Keita Inagaki 2. Shota Horie 3. Shinnosuke Kakinaga 4. Timothy Bond 5. Hitoshi Ono 6. Liaki Moli 7. Andrew Durutalo 8. Edward Quirk
9. Atsushi Hiwasa 10. Tusi Pisi 11. Yasutaka Sasakura 12. Yu Tamura 13. Harumichi Tatekawa 14. Akihito Yamada 15. Riaan Viljoen
 
Reserves
16. Masataka Mikami 17. Takeshi Kizu 18. Koki Yamamoto 19. Shinya Makabe 20. Yoshiya Hosoda 21. Kaito Shigeno 22. Derek Carpenter 23. Hajime Yamashita

KiwiMurph

Apparently the game is a sell out - 27,000

NTA

It'll be the most polite packed rugby stadium ever.

taniwharugby

Sunwolves are paying about $5 head to head to win this!

African Monkey

I take it Kaito Shigeno won't be back for Auckland or Ponsonby this year............

bbarcs

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="taniwharugby" data-cid="561017" data-time="1456467232">Sunwolves are paying about $5 head to head to win this! </blockquote>
 
Don't waste your money. The Lions had an excellent season (taking their history into account) last year, and they've only gotten better since then. They are the most well coached SA side.

taniwharugby

I didnt....made my multi look attractive, but didnt take this game at all.

KiwiMurph

Yeah Lions look primed to make the next step into the finals this year. They are a great chance of winning their group and getting a home playoff. Good to see - their fans have had tough years - exciting team on the rise.

African Monkey

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Don't waste your money. The Lions had an excellent season (taking their history into account) last year, and they've only gotten better since then. They are the most well coached SA side.
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Unlucky to miss out last year. Ackermann is one of the best coaches in the comp imo.

Glath

Janties having a shocker off the tee.

bbarcs

Sunwolves looking a good chance after 15 minutes the way Jantjies is kicking.

bbarcs

If you look up efficiency in the dictionary you'll see a picture of Marnitz Boshoff.... But they left him at home.

Crucial

These Sunwolves aren't that bad. Maybe the Hurricanes could look at poaching their coach?

bbarcs

Referee allowing the Sunwolves to seal off the ball at every second ruck which is frustrating.

gt12

They're doing well so far with almost no possession. 
Halfback gives great service to Pisi.

gt12

Ha! Rugby, US style

gt12

They give up meters pretty easily. Good turnover to get them out of trouble.

bbarcs

Happy for the Sunwolves and all that they're being competitive but the referee needs to be taught about breakdowns. 
No releasing the ball after the tackle has been made then he's blowing them up for not releasing. 
Players sealing off the ball. 
Blowing penalties for half-hearted attempts at the ball but playing on when the ball was properly contested. 
It's a lottery. 
I'm praying for a better year with refereeing cause the last 2 years especially has been a farce.

gt12

Finally the Lions take advantage and score. 
Sunwolves really need to work on their line speed. They just give the Lions too much time to hurt them.

African Monkey

If the Lions can cut out the errors then I think they should win quite comfortably.

The Silver Fern

Sunwolves v Lions