Photo: Getty ImagesSouth Africa’s Lions showed their entire array of skills to batter the Japanese Sunwolves into submission with a thumping 94-7 victory in their Super Rugby clash at Ellis Park on Saturday. Kriel picked up the ball on the 22-metre line and powered through seven Sunwolves tackles to go over for the try. The carnage continued in the second period, with hooker Armand van der Merwe finishing another rampaging Lions attack, before Combrink broke the Sunwolves line far too easily to score. There was a brief reprieve for the Sunwolves when Uwe Helu scored under the posts, but within minutes the Lions had stretched their lead Courtnall Skosan the latest to pick apart the Sunwolves defence. Tuculet scored a second try six minutes from time but Gonzalo Bertranou missed a conversion that might have won the match.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 02, 2017 01:07 UTC