URC - Lions vs Leinster on 20 April 2024



April 20, 2024 - The match was played at Ellis Park on Saturday 20 April 2024, and kick-off was at 15:00 SA Time.

Officials

Referee: Gianluca Gnecchi
AR1: Morne Ferreira
AR2: Christopher Allison
TMO: Andrea Piardi

Teams

Lions: 15 Quan Horn, 14 Richard Kriel, 13 Erich Cronje, 12 Marius Louw (captain), 11 Edwill van der Merwe, 10 Sanele Nohamba, 9 Morne van den Berg, 8 Francke Horn, 7 Emmanuel Tshituka, 6 JC Pretorius, 5 Ruan Delport, 4 Willem Alberts, 3 Ruan Dreyer, 2 PJ Botha, 1 Morgan Naude.
Replacements: 16 Jaco Visagie, 17 JP Smith, 18 Asenathi Ntlabakanye, 19 Reinhard Nothnagel, 20 Sibusiso Sangweni, 21 Nico Steyn, 22 Jordan Hendrikse, 23 Henco van Wyk.

Leinster: 15: Ciarán Frawley, 14: Rob Russell, 13: Liam Turner, 12: Charlie Ngatai, 11: Andrew Osborne, 10: Harry Byrne, 9: Luke McGrath, 8: Max Deegan, 7: Scott Penny (c), 6: Diarmuid Mangan, 5: Jason Jenkins, 4: Brian Deeny, 3: Thomas Clarkson, 2: Lee Barron, 1: Cian Healy.
Replacements: 16: John McKee, 17: Michael Milne, 18: Michael Ala’alatoa, 19: Ross Molony, 20: Rhys Ruddock, 21: Cormac Foley, 22: San Prendergast, 23: Ben Brownlee

Scorers

Lions: 44 (22): Tries: Morne van den Berg, Marius Louw, Quan Horn, Emmanuel Tshituka (2), Francke Horn. Conversions: Sanele Nohamba (2), Jordan Hendrikse (2). Penalties: Sanele Nohamba (2).

Leinster: 12 (0): Tries: Ciarán Frawley (2). Conversions: Harry Byrne. Penalties:

“Forwards win games, backs decide by how much.”