Lions place strong focus on tightening up their defence

The Lions will be looking to shore up their leaky defence when they take on the Stormers in their United Rugby Championship (URC) match-up at the Cape Town Stadium today (kick-off 3.45pm).

- Ross Roche

Over the past few seasons the Lions have prided themselves on a tight defence, letting through few tries on most occasions.

However, this season has been completely different, letting in 24 tries in eight games, with their only shutout being in dreadful weather conditions in the URC against Zebre.

In every other match they have conceded a handful of tries, with Dragons, Edinburgh, Leinster and Munster all dotting down three times in their URC games, while Ulster in the URC, and Ospreys and Section Paloise (Pau) in the Challenge Cup, all scored four tries.