Lions find themselves all at sea as Sharks circle

 

By NICK CAIN

Sharks ................31pts
Tries: Volmink 10, 35; Abrahams 14, Henrikse 23, Kok 53
Conversions: Cronje 11, 24, 36

Lions ..................71pts
Tries: Harris 5, George 21, 55; Van der Merwe 26, Beirne 38, 64; Conan 48, Daly 51, Watson 58, 78; Curry 66
Conversions: Biggar 6, 27, 39, 52, 56, 59, 65, 67

THE Lions looked not so much in an airtight bubble as 20,000 Leagues under the Sea in the first half of this second back-to-back encounter against the Sharks in three days.
In some ways they could be forgiven for a slap-dash start at Loftus Versfeld in which they gifted thr...

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