Sport | Lions out to lay foundation for URC top eight sprint in tour of Europe

Sport | Lions out to lay foundation for URC top eight sprint in tour of Europe

Ivan van Rooyen. (Photo by Eoin Noonan/Sportsfile/Gallo Images)

Ivan van Rooyen. (Photo by Eoin Noonan/Sportsfile/Gallo Images)

The next phase in the Lions’
United Rugby Championship (URC) campaign will be critical to whether they are
considered to have had a successful season or not.

Going into their three-match
tour of Europe – which will take in a couple of URC matches against Connacht
and the Ospreys, and an EPCR Challenge Cup last 16 clash against Benetton –
Ivan van Rooyen’s team lies 11th on the league table and three points off the
eighth place that signals the promised land of a Champions Cup spot.

The catch is, despite the

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