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Shark attack need home fans for Lions

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  Sharks CEO Eduard Coetzee has promised the British & Irish Lions that their visit to Durban in 2021 will be delightful away from the field. Durban’s hospitality always is. There aren’t many better places for sports teams when touring in South Africa. Rugby fans can book  British Irish lions tour tickets   on our website on exclusively discounted prices. On the field, at Jonsson Kings Park, Coetzee has forewarned the best of England, Ireland, Wales and Scotland to expect no favours when the Cell C Sharks host the famed men in red on 10th July. Coetzee joined the chorus of every other influential rugby voice in South Africa in urging rugby supporters in KwaZulu-Natal to register ticket interest and ensure that the black and white colours of the home team snuffs out the expected travelling Lions sea of red. The Lions, in 2009, hammered the Sharks 39-3 but lost to John Smit’s Springboks 26-21 in the first Test in Durban. Smit was outstanding, the Boks were bru...

Jacques Nienaber says: Lions will have their ducks in a row

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Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber expects the coaching continuity and experience of Warren Gatland to pose a massive challenge during next year’s British & Irish Lions tour. The first Test between the Springboks and British & Irish Lions is scheduled to take place exactly a year from today in Johannesburg.  Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber, speaking on the SA Rugby Podcast, said he is expecting more of the same from Gatland and his touring team when they arrive in South Africa in 2021. It will be Nienaber’s second encounter with the British & Irish Lions after he was involved with Western Province in 2009. The tourists won a tough tussle in torrential rain 26-23 at Newlands in Cape Town. Gatland has not lost a series since being appointed as Lions head coach in 2012. The New Zealander was involved in the 2009 Tour as a forwards coach and has since coached the invitational team to a 2-1 series win against Australia – which included a massive 41-16 victory in ...