The end of the league stage of the Currie Cup season brought to a conclusion what on the face of it can only be described as a horrific year for the Lions, Gavin Rich writes for SuperRugby.co.za.
"The current Lions team lacks when it comes to experience, talent and skill, but they did deliver this season on the mission statement that was issued by White at the press conference which I attended in Johannesburg in June where the Winning Ways partnership with the Lions was announced.
To refresh memories, [Jake] White was adamant the union did not have the players to be talking about trophies, and he handed out a couple of pages of statistics that pointed to the Lions’ lack of physical conditioning. But there were two things that White said that stick clearly in the memory: firstly, he promised that he would improve the Lions’ defensive system, which he rated as hopeless, and secondly he would ensure that they would play to the last whistle of every game."
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