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Lions fight to retain players

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The Rugby Paper Team
15 May 2022

LIONS CEO Rudolf Straeuli is ‘hoping’ for an amicable settlement, but has not ruled out the possibility of an ‘ugly scrap’ over the Sharks’ poaching of players from Eden Park.
The Lions have lost more than 30 players in the past two years, with recent reports suggesting talented centre Wandisile Simelane is heading north to Pretoria.
Asked about the two big announcements by the Sharks this past week – saying that star flank Vincent Tshituka and burly prop Carlu Sadie are heading to Durban – Straeuli suggested that is not a done deal.
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