It’s the Super Rugby final! The Lions arrived in New Zealand earlier this week to prepare for this year’s Super Rugby final against the Crusaders.
Last year, Scott Robertson’s Crusaders ran out 25-17 winners in Johannesburg. Now the reigning champs have the opportunity to go back-to-back in Christchurch for another shot at the title.
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Injury doubts Aphiwe Dyantyi and Cyle Brink have been passed fit to travel with the Lions for the Super Rugby final against the Crusaders this Saturday.
After scoring a superb solo try, winger Dyantyi did not return to the field after half-time in a 44-26 semi-finals triumph over the Waratahs in Johannesburg last Saturday.
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South Africa go into the second ODI against Sri Lanka in Dambulla a much happier side, having registered their first win against the hosts in the series opener.
A strong bowling effort, led by Kagiso Rabada upfront, who was ably supported by the left-arm wrist spin of Tabraiz Shamsi, saw the batsmen with not much of a target to chase.
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The Proteas dismal showing in Sri Lanka has seen several players drop in the ICC Test Rankings, while Keshav Maharaj moved the opposite direction as he cracked the top 20 for the first time in his career.
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The Lions managed to secure a home Super Rugby semi-final for the third successive year after defeating the Jaguares 40-23 in Johannesburg last Saturday. This time the Lions will take on the Waratahs in this weekend’s semi-final showdown.
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A Russian delegation is due to come to South Africa to work out a more detailed resettlement plan with the Boer community. The first families of Boers, descendants of Dutch, French and German settlers in South Africa, could soon be moving to Russia to escape farm murders, anti-white racism and rising violence against farmers. An estimated 15,000 Boers want to leave South Africa and become farmers in Russia.
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Following their humiliating defeat in Galle, the Proteas take on Sri Lanka in the must-win second Test in Colombo, starting on Friday.
The visitors were convincingly beaten in the first encounter, which ended inside two days as they failed to register 200…………
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