Author: Joe Landini

With both teams opening their 2017 Super Rugby campaigns with close victories, the Lions and the Waratahs will be looking to shake off the rust this week and announce that they are both genuine contenders for this years’ title. The match will be played at Emirates Airlines Park in Johannesburg, thereby giving the Waratahs the more taxing travel schedule leading into the match with a long trip from Sydney relative to the Lions’ short hop from Bloemfontein.  And there will be an altitude tax to be paid by the Waratahs slso. The form Whilst the Waratahs had a clumsy start…