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Pierre Spies (Gallo Images)
Pierre Spies (Gallo Images)

Cape Town - Bulls captain Pierre Spies says the Lions used the wrong ball when they took a quick restart late in their Super Rugby clash in Johannesburg last Saturday.

The Bulls seemingly had the game won when Jacques-Louis Potgieter slotted a 79th minute penalty to give his side a three-point lead.

However, the Lions rushed to restart play and caught the Bulls out with a quick kick-off. It allowed them to regain possession from which substitute hooker Akker van der Merwe scored to give the Lions a 22-18 victory.

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