09 January
Lions have favourable Super 14 draw
The Lions of Gauteng have received a very favourable draw for the Super 14 season, but the hard working captain Cobus Grobbelaar does not see this as automatic success.
“The Lions, and their Super 12 predecessors the Cats, have not finished inside the top 10 since 2001 – the last of their two appearances in the play-offs. And a 14th-place finish last year still rankles with the Johannesburg-based franchise.
And they could not have wished for a more favourable draw – their first six matches in South Africa, including facing the Cheetahs, Bulls, Brumbies and Hurricanes on home turf in Johannesburg.
Their other matches on South African soil are against the Sharks (in Durban) and the Stormers (in Cape Town), venues where they’ve had success in the past.
“Yes, we certainly do have a favourable draw,” says Grobbelaar.
“It definitely is better, but it is always in your own hands – we still have to make it happen.
