The Lions' Andries Coetzee on the charge against the Bulls. Photo: GettyIll-discipline from the home side helped the Lions keep up their 100 percent start to the new Super Rugby season with a bonus-point 49-35 South African derby victory over the Bulls at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday. One or two soft moments let them (the Bulls) in though," Lions captain Warren Whiteley said at the post-match presentation. Marx barged over to regain the lead again for the Lions, and then followed the two yellow cards in a minute for the Bulls for repeated infringements and that opened the door for the visitors to seize control of the game. "We fought well, but the yellow cards were too much to recover from," Pollard said.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 03, 2018 19:18 UTC