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Europe - United Rugby Championship

Lions

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Cardiff Rugby

Ruan VenterTRY

5 : 0

Sanele NohambaCON

7 : 0

14'

Jordan HendrikseRichard Kriel

18'

Quan HornTRY

12 : 0

19'

Sanele NohambaCON

14 : 0

21'

Ellis BevanGonzalo Bertranou

14 : 3

23'

Tinus de BeerPEN

31'

Sanele NohambaPEN

17 : 3

42'

Liam BelcherEvans Lloyd

43'

Sanele NohambaPEN

20 : 3

43'

Rhys LitterickKieron Assiratti

43'

Corey DomachowskiRhys Carre

44'

Alun LawrenceMackenzie Martin

20 : 8

48'

Corey DomachowskiTRY

20 : 10

49'

Tinus de BeerCON

50'

Jaco VisagiePJ Botha

50'

Jean-Pierre SmithMartin Dreyer Ruan

50'

Conraad Van VuurenAsenathi Ntlabakanye

54'

Emmanuel TshitukaRuan Venter

20 : 13

60'

Tinus de BeerPEN

60'

Shane Lewis-HughesRory Thornton

69'

Hanru SirgelSanele Nohamba

69'

Gianni LombardFrancke Horn

69'

Jacob BeethamCameron Winnett

71'

Reinhard NothnagelWillem Alberts

73'

Max ClarkGabriel Hamer-Webb

74'

Emmanuel TshitukaTRY

25 : 13

75'

Gianni LombardCON

27 : 13

80'

Emmanuel TshitukaTRY

32 : 13

80'

Gianni LombardCON

34 : 13

Venue Guide
Stadium	Emirates Airline Park
City	Johannesburg
Capacity	62567

News

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