‘If you’d told me we would get five points, I would have taken it’ – Lions captain Horn

2026-02-22 - 06:03

Lions captain Francke Horn said that he was pleased with a solid performance from his team after they picked up a full house of points in their 34-22 United Rugby Championship (URC) win over the Sharks at Ellis Park on Saturday. The Lions were the better side, and could have won by a bigger margin, but having played 20 minutes of the match with 14-men, after two yellow cards (the Sharks had one of their own), and a couple of errors meant the scoreline stayed respectable. But it was a comfortable win, as the Sharks needed a consolation try after the fulltime hooter to bring themselves closer, and although not a complete performance, the Lions are happy to be back to winning ways after an absolute hammering against Jukskei rivals, the Bulls, in their previous game. “We showed some dominance. We were really hurting after the Bulls game here at home (three weeks ago). We had two weeks (in training) to fix that, and I think we did a really good job of that,” said Horn during