Lions survive scare to beat Benetton

Lions ......................37
Benetton ................29
THE LIONS got back to winning ways with a bonus point victory over Benetton at Ellis Park.
Jordan Hendrikse opened the scoring with a penalty before Ruben Schoeman started the try scoring.
However, Benetton overturned the deficit with a brace of tries from Rhyno Smith and one from Filippo Drago.
The Lions hit back on the stroke of half-time through Morne van den Berg’s try but still trailed at the halfway point.
Second half tries from Stean Pienaar and further scores from van der Merwe and Hendrikse overturned the defici...

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