Lions snatch dramatic draw

[Mike Stenson (RIP)]

Bloemfontein - The Golden Lions staged a fine comeback to snatch a 25-25 (halftime 15-5) draw against the Free State Cheetahs in their Absa Currie Cup match in Bloemfontein on Saturday.

The Cheetahs will be kicking themselves because they seemed to have the win sown up with a 25-11 lead going into the last four minutes. But things quickly turned sour for the home side after replacement scrumhalf Tewis de Bruyn was yellow-carded for collapsing a maul and the Lions wasted no time in making their second-half dominance count.

In a ferocious game of rugby, played in fantastic spirit, the Cheetahs opened up a sizeable lead thanks to the top-class kicking of flyhalf Johan Goosen and a second-half try by scrumhalf Piet van Zyl.

Goosen went off early in the second half after a terrible clash of heads with Lions fullback Jaco Taute, a hushed crowd seeing him strapped on to a stretcher. But the 19-year-old was able to make a groggy appearance at the post-match presentation to receive his man of the match award.

[Mike Voden (RIP)]

I keep saying, LIONS are the team for this season