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Mitchell slams SARU for ridiculous Kings situation

Wednesday 9 May 2012

Struggling Lions Super Rugby coach John Mitchell has slammed the South African Rugby Union for their handling of the Southern Kings' entry into Super Rugby next year.
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Vice Captain La Grange to leave Lions for Italy

Tuesday 8 May 2012

Lions centre Doppies La Grange agreed to leave the struggling Lions in order to take up acontract in Italy where he will play in the Celtic League.
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Killian starts on the wing for Lions against Blues

Tuesday 8 May 2012

The Lions have named their team to face the Blues this weekend in Auckland with one change from the team that lost to the Chiefs in Round 11.
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Chiefs beat Lions Pukekohe

Saturday 5 May 2012

This match will be the Lions first match this Super Rugby season out of South Africa and worryingly they are already on a seven match losing streak.
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Lions narrowly avoid being put into liquidation

Thursday 3 May 2012

The Golden Lions Rugby Union have narrowly avoided being put into liquidation when they came to an out of court settlement with former sponsoring partners Guma Tac.
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Struggling Lions make five changes for Chiefs

Wednesday 2 May 2012

The Lions have made five changes to the team that lost to the Brumbies last weekend for this weekend's match against Super Rugby leaders the Chiefs.
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Van der Linde and Van Rensburg on Lions tour

Tuesday 1 May 2012

The Lions have named the 26-man Super Rugby squad for their tour of Australasia and despite a run of injuries only one player has been included with no Super Rugby experience this season.
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White: Lions SuperRugby drop would be a tragedy

Sunday 29 April 2012

Brumbies coach Jake White says that it would be a tragedy if a team with as much rugby history as the Lions were to drop out of the Super Rugby competition.
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Butch James to miss Lions tour with four-week ban

Sunday 29 April 2012

Butch James will miss the whole of the Lions Australasian Super Rugby tour after he was suspended for four weeks for a dangerous shoulder charge on a Brumbies player.
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Mitchell: That was Lions worst performance

Saturday 28 April 2012

Lions coach John Mitchell bemoaned his side's defence in their 34-20 loss against the Brumbies in a Super Rugby match at Ellis Park on Friday.
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Butch James cited for shoulder charge on Fardy

Saturday 28 April 2012

Lions fly half Butch James has been cited for a dangerous shoulder charge on Brumbies forward Scott Fardy in the Lions 20-34 to the Brumbies on Friday.
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Mitchell : Lions are still targeting the play-offs

Friday 27 April 2012

Lions coach John Mitchell says that his team are still on track to reach this year's Super Rugby play offs and that their resurgence starts this weekend against the Brumbies.
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Brumbies beat Lions in Johannesburg

Friday 27 April 2012

This week's Lions vs Brumbies Super Rugby match puts the lowest ranked South African team against the top Australian Super Rugby team.
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Mitchell admits Lions line out is the problem

Tuesday 24 April 2012

Lions coach John Mitchell has admitted that his team's atrocious lineout performances in this year's Super Rugby competition have cost them dearly.
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Lions make two changes for Brumbies