Not long after, flyhalf Gianni Lombard kicked a long penalty to the corner, and the pressure from the Lions’ maul soon had captain and No 8 Francke Horn smashing over. The off-colour Sharks had ...

Looking at the positives, Van Rooyen is pleased with how Gianni Lombard has taken his opportunity in the No 10 jersey. It had been a position of concern for the Lions for some time, but Lombard ...

Lions flyhalf Gianni Lombard, in action against the Sharks over the past weekend, has become a first choice player after largely being on the fringes in previous years. Picture: Gallo Images The ...

notably in the dubious yellow-carding of Gianni Lombard and the non-awarding of a try at the death. With seven minutes to go, Vedvelli ruled that the Lions flyhalf had deliberately slapped down ...

The Lions were down in the dumps at 17-7 down with just over half-an-hour to go in their helter-skelter United Rugby Championship showdown with the Sharks in Durban on Saturday. Captain Siya ...

But the visitors - who ended the game with 14 men after Gianni Lombard's yellow card - were twice held up over the line in the final 60 seconds as Cardiff ended a run of four games without a win.

Gianni Lombard converted. 7–5 to the Lions. The teams fought fairly evenly for territory for the rest of the first 30 minutes before a couple of strong driving mauls from the Sharks saw the ball ...

As Gerrit Cole fired live batting practice in the early days of spring training, Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” soundtracked George Lombard Jr.’s plate appearance against the 34-year ...

Asenathi Ntlabakanye and Francke Horn scored Lions’ tries with Gianni Lombard kicking a penalty and two conversions. Lions began strongly and their early pressure was rewarded when giant prop ...

That was after seven minutes so when Gianni Lombard converted it was 7-0 after as many minutes. It became 14-0 after as many minutes when No 8 Francke Horn scored an almost identical try from ...