Simnikiwe Xabanisa looks at the demise of the Lions and their financial troubles in South Africa's The Times.
"What with the claims and counter-claims by the Lions and the Guma group in explaining the real reasons for their break-up, one has no hope in hell of telling who was more justified in calling the whole thing off.
"Yet the inescapable fact is that this was a missed opportunity not only for the Lions and Guma, but also for South African rugby.
"The Lions have lost the important financial foundation from which winning teams are built. Guma partners Robert Gumede and Ivor Ichikowitz have lost out on the opportunity to present themselves as benevolent benefactors - instead of being the guy with the questionable Home Affairs IT contract and the arms dealer, respectively."
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