This week's Lions vs Brumbies Super Rugby match puts the lowest ranked South African team against the top Australian Super Rugby team.
Match detail
We are waiting for the kick off.
The teams are on the field. The Brumbies kick off and we are underway.
2.00: The Brumbies have started well and look intimidating at the breakdown already.
3.00: The Lions are doing lots of defending but the Brumbies kick deep - too deep and the ball goes straight into touch. Butch James restarts and finds touch.
4.00: The Lions win their line out and spin the ball out to the backs. Deon van Rensburg runs through the Brumbies defence and makes ground but the Brumbies manage to stop the Lions on the 5m line but concede a penalty. Conrad Jantjies will kick for posts.
5.00: Jantjies takes the kick and nails it. The Lions lead.
7.00: The Lions knock on Tian Meyer so the Brumbies have a scrum. They run the ball but the Lions turn it over and they attack. Eventually the Lions knock on.
9.00: Pat Cilliers comes off for a blood bin and Jacobie Adriaans comes on. The Brumbies break away after a scrum and Joe Tomane comes close to scoring but he knocks on and the Lions clear the ball.
10.00: The Brumbies have suddenly upped the pace and pressure and the drive for the line and score. TRY to Ruaidhri Murphy.
12.00: Christian Lealiifano takes the conversion and misses amid plenty of boos from the crowd. Interestingly when the Lions kick for posts the stadium play a sound clip which counts to three in Afrikaans and gets the crowd to "Ssshhhhhh" but when the Brumbies kick they don't play it
- thats what home advantage is all about.
14.00: After the restart the Brumbies don't release the tackler so Jantjies will kick for posts. The sound clip plays and Jantjies nails it. That was a big kick.
16.00: The Lions then concede a penalty after the restart so Lealiifano will kick - amid boos, whistles and jeers from the crowd. He misses. The crowd are clearly on the Lions side.
18.00: The Lions give away another penalty after Fotu Auelua has a run. Jesse Mogg takes the kick and also misses. The crowd loves it as that's 8 points missed with the boot.
22.00: The Brumbies are using the boot to get downfield and then defending waiting for the Lions to make a mistake with the ball. The Lions make some ground but knock on.
24.00: The Lions almost get away with an interception after the Brumbies got the ball when Jantjies dropped it from a high kick but they the Lions are called back. Its messy.
25.00: The Brumbies attack from their scrum and Speight races into the corner and scores the second TRY!!
27.00: Jesse Mogg takes the conversion but it hits the post.
29.00: The game turns into a bout of ping pong with the ball going from side to side. Eventually the Brumbies decide to run the ball and the Lions are caught offside so we are called back after Speight had another run. Brumbies kick for the corner and the line out.
31.00: Brumbies win the line out. They work the ball to the middle and Lealiifano goes over but drops the ball!
32.00: The Brumbies charge down a Lions kick and get a line out. They win it but then after that the Lions turn over the ball and Jantjies kicks it out.
33.00: The Brumbies break through again and this time Andrew Smith scores the try! In the last two games the Brumbies have really found their game. The Lions need to look at their defence as they have missed 12 tackles already.
34.00:Mogg takes the kcik and this one he nails.
36.00: The Lions win their line out but they kick the ball away when they get the ball. Brumbies attacking. Brumbies have made 9 visits to their opposition 25 while the Lions have made 1 to the Brumbies.
38.00: The Lions turn the ball over and get it over the half way line. They go through the phases slowly making ground. This is their best period.
39.00: The Brumbies work the ball back into the Lions half. The ball is however then kicked into touch as the siren sounds. Thats it - half time.
The half time score was Lions 6 Brumbies 17
Jantjies kicks off and the second half is underway.
41.00: Brumbies No.8 Fotu Auelua puts in a huge tackle. He is a real big boy.
43.00: The Lions win a line out on their 5m line and the Brumbies put them under pressure but they kick it out.
44.00: The Brumbies turn some Lions attacking ball over and they put in a grubber and Tomane chases and scores the bonus point TRY.
46.00: Mogg takes the conversion and misses. Thats 12 points missed.
46.00: Wow Michael Hooper races through the Lions from the kick off but is just caught. The Brumbies keep driving forward and this time Ben Alexander scores the try.
47.00: Lealiifano takes the conversion and nail it.
51.00: We have a break for some injuries and replacements.
52.00: The Brumbies are not letting up here. They are throwing numbers of attackers at the Lions.
54.00: The Brumbies are on attack and Deon van Rensburg intercepts and races away but three Brumbies players shut him down and they win the penalty.
56.00: After a session of broken play the Brumbies score again and this one is Speight's second. Lions defence is awful in this match.
59.00: Lealiifano takes the conversion but misses.
61.00: The Lions get close that they have all match after a run from Ross Cronje. The Lions would have won a penalty but Butch James flies in on the side of a ruck with a shoulder charge after the whistle so the penalty is overturned and he is shown a yellow and a white card.
62.00: Lealiifano clears the ball but the Lions are down to 14 for 10 minutes and thats the last thing they need.
63.00: Against the odds Jaco Taute breaks through and scores under the posts for the Lions. Their first try.
64.00: Jantjies converts the try.
66.00: Amazingly the Lions are doing all the attacking now. The Brumbies defence hangs on.
68.00: Jaco Taute comes off for the Lions. Lions still doing all the attacking.
71.00: The Brumbies have now missed 19 tackles and the Lions 18. The Lions are camped in the Brumbies 25 but they are struggling to finish off their breaks.
76.00: The Lions keep playing the game in the Brumbies 25. The visitors defence hangs on. Wave after wave.
78.00: The Lions finally get the breakthrough as Caylib Oosthuizen scores. TRY!!
79.00: Jantjies converts the try.
80.00: The siren goes and thats it. Brumbies win.
The final score is Lions 20 (6) Brumbies (17) 34
Scorers
Lions
Tries - J Taute, C. Oosthuizen
Pen - C Jantjies 2
Con - C Jantjiies 2
Drop -
Cards - B James (Yellow 62nd min)
Brumbies
Tries - R. Murphy, H Speight 2, A Smith, J Tomane, B Alexander
Pen -
Con - J Mogg, C Lealiifano
Drop -
Cards -
Match Officials
Referee: Keith Brown
Assistant Ref 1:Garratt Williamson
Assistant Ref 2:Lesego Legoete
TMO: Gerrie Coetzee
Teams
Lions:
Andries Coetzee, Deon van Rensburg, Jaco Taute, Alwyn Hollenbach, Lionel Mapoe, Elton Jantjies, Tian Meyer, Joshua Strauss (capt), Derick Minnie, Cobus Grobbelaar, Franco van der Merwe, Hendrik Roodt, Patric Cilliers, Callie Visagie, Caylib Oosthuizen.
Replacements: Martin Bezuidenhout, Jacobie Adriaans, Grant Hattingh, Christo le Roux, Ross Cronje, Butch James, Michael Killian.
Brumbies
15. Jesse Mogg, 14. Henry Speight, 13. Andrew Smith, 12. Pat McCabe, 11. Joe Tomane, 10. Christian Lealiifano, 9. Nic White, 8. Fotu Auelua, 7. Michael Hooper, 6. Peter Kimlin, 5. Leon Power, 4. Scott Fardy, 3. Ben Alexander, 2. Stephen Moore (c), 1. Ruaidhri Murphy.
Reserves: 16. Anthony Hegarty, 17. Scott Sio, 18. Sam Carter, 19. Ita Vaea, 20. Ian Prior, 21. Robbie Coleman, 22. Tevita Kuridrani.
