Lions vs Section Paloise | EPCR Challenge Cup

Lions

Section Paloise

Saturday 14 Dec 2024

Emirates Airlines Park, Johannesburg

Lions

Section Paloise

Tries

Ruben Schoeman 61'

Juan Schoeman 53'

Penalty Try 49'

PJ Botha 40'

Morne van den Berg 20'

Edwill van der Merwe 12'

Josselin Bouhier 75'

Romain Ruffenach 63'

Axel Desperes 44'

Dan Jooste 10'

Conversions

Kade Wolhuter 62'; 54'; 21'; 13'

Axel Desperes 76'; 45'; 11';

Penalties

Kade Wolhuter 70'

Axel Desperes 38'; 24'; 16';

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Timeline

End of Second Half

80'

Axel Desperes

Conversion

76'

Josselin Bouhier

Try

75'

Manuel Rass

Out: Marius Louw

73'

Tapiwa Mafura

Yellow Card

71'

Aymeric Luc

Out: Aaron Grandidier

70'

Josselin Bouhier

Out: Mehdi Tlili

70'

Kade Wolhuter

Penalty

70'

Alexandre Etchebehere

Out: Guram Papidze

68'

Quentin Valentino

Out: Olivier Klemenczak

66'

Victor Templier

Out: Remi Picquette

66'

JC Pretorius

Out: Jarod Cairns

66'

Ruan Delport

Out: Ruben Schoeman

64'

Romain Ruffenach

Try

63'

RF Schoeman

Out: Asenathi Ntlabakanye

62'

Nico Steyn

Out: Morne van den Berg

62'

Jaco Visagie

Out: PJ Botha

62'

SJ Kotze

Out: Juan Schoeman

62'

Kade Wolhuter

Conversion

62'

Ruben Schoeman

Try

61'

Kade Wolhuter

Conversion

54'

Juan Schoeman

Try

53'

Daniel Bibi Biziwu

Out: Remi Seneca

50'

Penalty Try

49'

Lekima Tagitagivalu

Yellow Card

49'

Gregoire Arfeuil

Yellow Card

48'

Romain Ruffenach

Out: Dan Jooste

47'

Axel Desperes

Conversion

45'

Axel Desperes

Try

44'

Start of Second Half

40'

End of First Half

41'

PJ Botha

Try

40'

Axel Desperes

Penalty

38'

Axel Desperes

Penalty

24'

Joel Kpoku

Out: Jimi Maximin

21'

Kade Wolhuter

Conversion

21'

Morne van den Berg

Try

20'

Axel Desperes

Penalty

16'

Kade Wolhuter

Conversion

13'

Edwill van der Merwe

Try

12'

Axel Desperes

Conversion

11'

Dan Jooste

Try

10'

Kade Wolhuter

Out: Sam Francis

Start of First Half

Top Stats

Tries

Conversions

Penalties

See Full Stats

Current Standings

POS

Team

Pts

Section Paloise

Lions

See Full Table

Top Performers

Ball Carries

C. Mondinat

Ball Carries: 13

Tackles

L. Tagitagivalu

Tackles: 14

Points

A. Desperes

Points: 20

Insights

EPCR Challenge Cup

Points per match

3030

Tries per match

Penalties Conceded per match

912

Match Information

Emirates Airlines Park, Johannesburg

EPCR Challenge Cup

Channel 211, SS Rugby

Saturday 14 Dec 2024

Emirates Airlines Park, Johannesburg

Lions

Section Paloise

Tries

Ruben Schoeman 61'

Juan Schoeman 53'

Penalty Try 49'

PJ Botha 40'

Morne van den Berg 20'

Edwill van der Merwe 12'

Josselin Bouhier 75'

Romain Ruffenach 63'

Axel Desperes 44'

Dan Jooste 10'

Conversions

Kade Wolhuter 62'; 54'; 21'; 13'

Axel Desperes 76'; 45'; 11';

Penalties

Kade Wolhuter 70'

Axel Desperes 38'; 24'; 16';

Timeline

End of Second Half

80'

Axel Desperes

Conversion

76'

Josselin Bouhier

Try

75'

Manuel Rass

Out: Marius Louw

73'

Tapiwa Mafura

Yellow Card

71'

Aymeric Luc

Out: Aaron Grandidier

70'

Josselin Bouhier

Out: Mehdi Tlili

70'

Kade Wolhuter

Penalty

70'

Alexandre Etchebehere

Out: Guram Papidze

68'

Quentin Valentino

Out: Olivier Klemenczak

66'

Victor Templier

Out: Remi Picquette

66'

JC Pretorius

Out: Jarod Cairns

66'

Ruan Delport

Out: Ruben Schoeman

64'

Romain Ruffenach

Try

63'

RF Schoeman

Out: Asenathi Ntlabakanye

62'

Nico Steyn

Out: Morne van den Berg

62'

Jaco Visagie

Out: PJ Botha

62'

SJ Kotze

Out: Juan Schoeman

62'

Kade Wolhuter

Conversion

62'

Ruben Schoeman

Try

61'

Kade Wolhuter

Conversion

54'

Juan Schoeman

Try

53'

Daniel Bibi Biziwu

Out: Remi Seneca

50'

Penalty Try

49'

Lekima Tagitagivalu

Yellow Card

49'

Gregoire Arfeuil

Yellow Card

48'

Romain Ruffenach

Out: Dan Jooste

47'

Axel Desperes

Conversion

45'

Axel Desperes

Try

44'

Start of Second Half

40'

End of First Half

41'

PJ Botha

Try

40'

Axel Desperes

Penalty

38'

Axel Desperes

Penalty

24'

Joel Kpoku

Out: Jimi Maximin

21'

Kade Wolhuter

Conversion

21'

Morne van den Berg

Try

20'

Axel Desperes

Penalty

16'

Kade Wolhuter

Conversion

13'

Edwill van der Merwe

Try

12'

Axel Desperes

Conversion

11'

Dan Jooste

Try

10'

Kade Wolhuter

Out: Sam Francis

Start of First Half

Top Stats

6Tries4

Conversions

Penalties

Drop Goals

Scrums

Lineouts

Possession

Territory

Handling Errors

Passes

155

101

Offload

Metres Gained

525

545

Clean Breaks

Kicks From Hand

Tackles

110

111

Missed Tackles

Mauls

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

Penalties Conceded

Form Guide

Last 5 matches

Lions

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Leinster 24 - 6 Lions

26 Oct 2024 • United Rugby Championship

Zebre 9 - 10 Lions

19 Oct 2024 • United Rugby Championship

Dragons 19 - 23 Lions

13 Oct 2024 • United Rugby Championship

Section Palo...

Newcastle Falcons 32 - 19 Section Paloise

8 Dec 2024 • EPCR Challenge Cup

Connacht 30 - 40 Section Paloise

7 Apr 2024 • EPCR Challenge Cup

Zebre 28 - 27 Section Paloise

20 Jan 2024 • EPCR Challenge Cup

Cheetahs 20 - 33 Section Paloise

14 Jan 2024 • EPCR Challenge Cup

Dragons 24 - 21 Section Paloise

16 Dec 2023 • EPCR Challenge Cup

Form Guide

Last 5 matches

Line Up

Juan Schoeman

PJ Botha

Asenathi Ntlabakanye

Ruben Schoeman

Reinhard Nothnagel

Jarod Cairns

WJ Steenkamp

Francke Horn

Morne van den Berg

Sam Francis

Edwill van der Merwe

Marius Louw

Erich Cronje

Rabz Maxwane

Tapiwa Mafura

Remi Seneca

Dan Jooste

Guram Papidze

Remi Picquette

Jimi Maximin

Lekima Tagitagivalu

Mehdi Tlili

Thibault Hamonou

Thomas Souverbie

Axel Desperes

Gregoire Arfeuil

Elliot Roudil

Olivier Klemenczak

Aaron Grandidier

Clement Mondinat

Substitutes

Jaco Visagie

SJ Kotze

RF Schoeman

Ruan Delport

JC Pretorius

Nico Steyn

Kade Wolhuter

Manuel Rass

Romain Ruffenach

Daniel Bibi Biziwu

Alexandre Etchebehere

Joel Kpoku

Victor Templier

Josselin Bouhier

Quentin Valentino

Aymeric Luc

Match Videos

05:00

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Commentary

80’

End of second half

It's all over! The referee has blown their whistle to end the game.

76’

Conversion

Axel Desperes has kicked a conversion.

75’

Try

Section Paloise are stopped just a few metres from the try line but Josselin Bouhier picks up from the base of the ruck to score the try.

73’

Clean break

A gap opened in the defence and Gregoire Arfeuil took full advantage.

73’

Substitution on

Lions decide to make a substitution, with Manuel Rass getting some game time.

73’

Substitution off

Lions decide to make a substitution, with Marius Louw being replaced.

71’

Yellow card

Tapiwa Mafura (Lions) is shown a yellow card

71’

Clean break

A gap opened in the defence and Aymeric Luc took full advantage.

70’

Substitution on

Section Paloise decide to make a substitution, with Aymeric Luc getting some game time.

70’

Substitution off

Section Paloise decide to make a substitution, with Aaron Grandidier being replaced.

70’

Substitution on

Section Paloise decide to make a substitution, with Josselin Bouhier getting some game time.

70’

Substitution off

Section Paloise decide to make a substitution, with Mehdi Tlili being replaced.

70’

Penalty Goal - Kicked

Kade Wolhuter has kicked a penalty goal.

69’

Clean break

A gap opened in the defence and Edwill van der Merwe took full advantage.

68’

Substitution on

Section Paloise make a substitution with Alexandre Etchebehere coming on.

68’

Substitution off

Section Paloise make a substitution with Guram Papidze coming off.

66’

Substitution on

Section Paloise make a substitution with Quentin Valentino coming on.

66’

Substitution off

Section Paloise make a substitution with Olivier Klemenczak coming off.

66’

Substitution on

Section Paloise make a substitution with Victor Templier coming on.

66’

Substitution off

Section Paloise make a substitution with Remi Picquette coming off.

66’

Substitution on

Lions make a substitution with JC Pretorius coming on.

66’

Substitution off

Lions make a substitution with Jarod Cairns coming off.

64’

Substitution on

Lions sub Ruan Delport comes onto the field.

64’

Substitution off

Ruben Schoeman departs for Lions.

64’

Conversion

Axel Desperes curls the ball too far, missing the posts to the right.

63’

Try

The Section Paloise pack has powered over for Romain Ruffenach to score the try.

62’

Substitution on

Lions sub RF Schoeman comes onto the field.

62’

Substitution off

Asenathi Ntlabakanye departs for Lions.

62’

Substitution on

Lions sub Nico Steyn comes onto the field.

62’

Substitution off

Morne van den Berg departs for Lions.

62’

Substitution on

Lions sub Jaco Visagie comes onto the field.

62’

Substitution off

PJ Botha departs for Lions.

62’

Substitution on

Lions sub SJ Kotze comes onto the field.

62’

Substitution off

Juan Schoeman departs for Lions.

62’

Conversion

The Lions supporters go wild as Kade Wolhuter successfully kicks the conversion.

61’

Try

Lions are only a few metres out, surely they must score! And they do with Ruben Schoeman touching down.

61’

Try assist

Spellbinding play by Marius Louw is finished off with a try.

54’

Conversion

The touch judges raise their flags as Kade Wolhuter kicks the conversion.

53’

Try

A penetrating move by Lions results in a try for Juan Schoeman.

53’

Try assist

That's a great try assist by Kade Wolhuter.

50’

Substitution on

Daniel Bibi Biziwu comes on.

50’

Substitution off

Remi Seneca comes off.

49’

Penalty

The referee has had enough, awarding the penalty try to Lions.

49’

Yellow card

Lekima Tagitagivalu (Section Paloise) is shown a yellow card

48’

Yellow card

Gregoire Arfeuil (Section Paloise) is shown a yellow card

47’

Substitution on

Section Paloise decide to make a substitution, with Romain Ruffenach getting some game time.

47’

Substitution off

Section Paloise decide to make a substitution, with Dan Jooste being replaced.

45’

Conversion

Axel Desperes adds the two points for Section Paloise.

44’

Try

The defence are desperately trying to hold out here but it was to no avail as Axel Desperes dots the ball down from close range.

44’

Clean break

Axel Desperes makes the break as the defence re-enacts the parting of the red sea.

44’

Try assist

Spellbinding play by Thomas Souverbie is finished off with a try.

42’

Clean break

Clement Mondinat makes the break as the defence re-enacts the parting of the red sea.

41’

Clean break

Fabulous play by Section Paloise has led to Thomas Souverbie being able to wriggle through a gap.

40’

Start of second half

The second half kicks off.

41’

End of first half

The half-time whistle blows and both teams head for the dressing rooms.

41’

Conversion

The right post denies Kade Wolhuter from adding the extras.

40’

Try

The Lions maul pushes over the tryline as PJ Botha scores.

38’

Penalty Goal - Kicked

Axel Desperes has kicked a penalty goal.

30’

Clean break

Trouble here as Mehdi Tlili breaches the defence.

24’

Penalty Goal - Kicked

Axel Desperes adds the points for Section Paloise.

21’

Substitution on

Section Paloise decide to make a substitution, with Joel Kpoku getting some game time.

21’

Substitution off

Section Paloise decide to make a substitution, with Jimi Maximin being replaced.

21’

Conversion

Kade Wolhuter makes no mistake with that conversion attempt.

20’

Try

Lions are stopped just a few metres from the try line but Morne van den Berg picks up from the base of the ruck to score the try.

20’

Clean break

This is dangerous for the defence as Rabz Maxwane bursts through to advance the Lions attack.

16’

Penalty Goal - Kicked

Axel Desperes does the business as their penalty goal attempt goes over.

13’

Conversion

Kade Wolhuter converts the try.

12’

Try

A bit of individual brilliance by Edwill van der Merwe leads to a try for Lions

12’

Clean break

A gap opened in the defence and Edwill van der Merwe took full advantage.

12’

Try assist

Spellbinding play by Tapiwa Mafura is finished off with a try.

11’

Conversion

Axel Desperes converts the try.

10’

Try

Dan Jooste scores the try from close range.

9’

Clean break

A gap opened in the defence and Gregoire Arfeuil took full advantage.

8’

Clean break

The defensive line has been broken as Erich Cronje goes through the gap.

7’

Substitution on

Kade Wolhuter comes on for Lions.

7’

Substitution off

Sam Francis leaves the field.

3’

Clean break

The defensive line has been broken as Remi Seneca goes through the gap.

0’

Start of first half

We are underway as the referee blows their whistle.

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Current Standings

POS

Team

Pts

Section Paloise

Lions

See Full Table

Top Performers

Ball Carries

C. Mondinat

Ball Carries: 13

Tackles

L. Tagitagivalu

Tackles: 14

Points

A. Desperes

Points: 20

Insights

EPCR Challenge Cup

Points per match

3030

Tries per match

Penalties Conceded per match

912

Match Information

Emirates Airlines Park, Johannesburg

EPCR Challenge Cup

Channel 211, SS Rugby