Lions bring back Ivan van Rooyen to deal with struggling Bulls in Currie Cup showdown

Lions bring back Ivan van Rooyen to deal with struggling Bulls in Currie Cup showdown

Lions unleash Pead at last

Junior Boks scrumhalf Haashim Pead will make his senior debut for the Lions in Saturday’s Currie Cup clash with the Vodacom Bulls at Ellis Park. Pead lit up this year’s World Rugby U20 Championship in Italy, scoring six tries and breaking French superstar Antoine Dupont’s pool-stage record by running 232m from just 15 carries. Now the 20-year-old gets his first taste of senior provincial rugby. Pead’s call-up comes in a week of off-field drama a…