Lions as slick as they are smart in clinching historic URC win at Connacht

23 Mar

Simnikiwe Xabanisa

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Lions wing Edwill van der Merwe scores a try in the URC victory over Connacht in Galway on Saturday. (Piaras O Midheach/Gallo Images)

A 14-man Lions team began their three-match tour of Europe with a slice of United Rugby Championship (URC) history, beating Irish side Connacht 38-14 to be the first South African side ever to beat them at home in 10 matches.

Ivan van Rooyen's men played with a man short for 63 minutes but were never behind once in the game, scoring six tries to the bumbling hosts' two to record a famous bonus points win that lifted them from 11th to seventh on the URC table.

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