Bok legend Jaque Fourie wants Lions to keep their players as URC ambitions flounder

Bok legend Jaque Fourie wants Lions to keep their players as URC ambitions flounder

Scarlets make one change to starting line-up for crucial Lions clash | West Wales Chronicle : News for Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion, Swansea and Beyond

Scarlets will take on the Emirates Lions in a crucial ‘Race to the Eight’ clash on Sunday, showing just one change to the side that beat Leinster last time out. South African hooker Marnus van der Merwe swaps places with Ryan Elias in the front row for the round 17 match-up in Johannesburg (2pm UK time). Blair Murray, Tom Rogers and Ellis Mee continue in a potent attacking back-three, Joe Roberts and Johnny Williams get the nod again in midfield…

It's bonus-ball for Lions

The Lions are hunting four tries and the win when they host Scarlets on Sunday. After snapping a five-match losing streak with a hard-fought win over Connacht, the Lions are aware that any realistic chance of reaching the URC quarter-finals for the first time rest on bonus-point victories in their final two regular-season games – against the Scarlets and Ospreys. “We want to win these two games with five points,” said defence coach Jaque Fourie.…

Peel backing Scarlets to tame Lions and put one foot in URC play-offs

The West Walians currently sit in seventh after pulling off a surprise 32-22 victory in Llanelli a fortnight ago to inflict only a second loss of the season to runaway leaders Leinster.  Scarlets now face a trip to the Southern Hemisphere for the final two fixtures of the league format against first the Lions on Sunday and then the Sharks next weekend with their URC destiny in their own hands.  Having not won in South Africa since the four Sprin…