Final Score: Cheetahs 24 – 26 Lions
Watching the Lions of Saturday gave me an unpleasant sense of Déjà vu. There have been so many times in the last season watching Bath (or listening on the radio) when they squandered a strong lead. When the Lions were 20 – 0 up, I thought that this was going to be another convincing victory. Somehow, however, they managed to get themselves turned over at the breakdown far too often and only won the game by the width of a goal post. With only minutes to go, the Cheetahs fly half attempted a drop goal which would have won them the game. It missed, but only narrowly, and the Lions were saved their blushes…