Van Rooyen disappointed in ‘non-decision’ that cost Lions dearly

Lions coach Ivan van Rooyen euphe- mistically described a refereeing failure to award his team a match-winning try against Cardiff as “interesting” and a “non-decision” but he admitted his team should have won the game long before.

- MIKE GREENAWAY

The match ended with a series of Lions attacks from close quarters on the Cardiff line and replacement flank Sibabalo Qoma looked very much like he had grounded the ball but the ref- eree and the TMO didn’t seem brave enough to make a call.

The match ended 20-17 to Cardiff and the Lions travel to Glasgow know- ing that their one log points should have been four. The match was played in wet, blustery conditions and the visitors did not look comfortable so far removed from the Highveld, but their forwards won more than enough possession to secure a win.

“With the log being so tight, obvi- ously every single point is big,” a disap- pointed Van Rooyen said. “We got one but we felt we did enough at the end of the game to get the win.