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South Africa international Handre Pollard is a doubtful starter for his club Bulls in the upcoming Super Rugby encounter against Lions in Johannesburg following an injury.

The 17th week of the ongoing Super Rugby season saw Jaguares stretch their winning streak to seven games while Blues and Sunwolves had rare victories as the battle for play-off heats up.

Lions ran a six-try riot as they returned back to winning ways after defeating Brumbies 42-24 at Emirates Airlines Park on Saturday.

Highlanders managed to return back to winning ways after they managed to hold out Lions with a 39-27 triumph in their Super Rugby face-off in Dunedin on Saturday.

Ben Lam scored a hat-trick of tries as Hurricanes went on to beat Lions 28-19 in their Super Rugby face-off at Westpac Stadium on Saturday.

Queensland Reds resisted a spirited second-half performance from Lions as they managed to get back to winning ways with a 27-22 victory in their Super Rugby clash in Brisbane on Saturday.

Lions started their Australasian tour on a positive note as they blanked New South Wales Waratahs 0-29 in their Super Rugby clash at Allianz Stadium on Friday.

Lions will miss the services of wing Aphiwe Dyantyi for up to six weeks following a torn pectoral muscle that he sustained during the recently concluded Super Rugby clash against Jaguares at Estadio Jose Amalfitani.

The Blues, against all the odds, scored an 80th-minute match-winning try to snatch dramatic, late victory over Lions to revive their faltering season.

Lions registered their straight win with a 35-47 triumph over Bulls in their Super Rugby encounter at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday.

Lionel Mapoe scored a double as Lions kick-started their Super Rugby 2018 campaign with a 26-19 victory over Sharks at Emirates Airlines Park on Saturday.

Lions have confirmed that assistant coach JP Ferreira has made an exit from the Super Rugby side.

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Lions have confirmed the departure of hooker Akker van der Merwe, who will now move to their Super Rugby rivals Sharks for the upcoming season.

A late fightback from Lions despite being one man down did not prove enough as Crusaders completed a 17-25 victory at Emirates Airlines Park to win the Super Rugby 2017 title.

South Africa international Faf de Klerk expressed his desire to sign off from Super Rugby with a win in the final against Crusaders on Saturday in Johannesburg.

Lions head coach Johan Ackermann is upbeat about leading his team to the second Super Rugby final in successive years when they meet Crusaders on Saturday.

Lions scored five tries in the second half as they came from behind to defeat Hurricanes 44-29 in the second semi-final of Super Rugby 2017 season at Emirates Airlines Park on Saturday.

A 77th minute penalty from Ruan Combrinck proved decisive as Lions came from behind to edge out Sharks by 23-21 at Emirates Airlines Park in the quarter-final of the Super Rugby 2017 season on Saturday.

Lions came up with a dominant second half performance as they went on to win the Super Rugby encounter against Sharks at Growthpoint Kings Park on Saturday.