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Another Super Rugby side join Bulls in isloation

The Lions squad will self-isolate.

The Lions have become the second South African franchise to go into self-isolation after returning from New Zealand.

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The Johannesburg side arrived back in South Africa from New Zealand on Sunday and have gone into self-isolation for 14 days.

The rest of the team management arrive back on Monday (March 16) and will also be in self-isolation.

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This follows the Bulls who announced on Sunday that their 27-man touring squad will go into isolation for 14 days when they arrive in South Africa on Monday.

The Lions are coming off a 10-43 defeat to the Blues in Auckland.

It is difficult circumstances, but people’s health come first,” said Rudolf Straeuli, CEO of the Lions Rugby Company.

“SANZAAR is in ongoing discussions with broadcasters and have been keeping everyone informed of the decisions. The situation will be reviewed on an on-going basis.”

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Meanwhile, in injury news loose forward Hacjivah Dayimani suffered a grade two MCL tear and will go for a scan.

Manuel Rass is also set to go for scans for an ankle sprain.

– Rugby365

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Flankly 2 hours ago
'Absolute madness': Clive Woodward rips into Borthwick in wake of NZ loss

Borthwick is supposed to be the archetypical conservative coach, the guy that might not deliver a sparkling, high-risk attacking style, but whose teams execute the basics flawlessly. And that's OK, because it can be really hard to beat teams that are rock solid and consistent in the rugby equivalent of "blocking and tackling".


But this is why the performance against NZ is hard to defend. You can forgive a conservative, back-to-basics team for failing to score tons of tries, because teams like that make up for it with reliability in the simple things. They can defend well, apply territorial pressure, win the set piece battles, and take their scoring chances with metronomic goal kicking, maul tries and pick-and-go goal line attacks.


The reason why the English rugby administrators should be on high alert is not that the English team looked unable to score tries, but that they were repeatedly unable to close out a game by executing basic, coachable skills. Regardless of how they got to the point of being in control of their destiny, they did get to that point. All that was needed was to be world class at things that require more training than talent. But that training was apparently missing, and the finger has to point at the coach.


Borthwick has been in the job for nearly two years, a period that includes two 6N programs and an RWC campaign. So where are the solid foundations that he has been building?

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