Van den Berg: Staying focused key for Lions in Challenge Cup knockout

SPRINGBOK scrumhalf Morné van den Berg struggled to watch the Lions falter in their last two matches, but the nippy nine is ready to spearhead their attack on Friday evening against Edinburgh in the Challenge Cup.

- LEIGHTON KOOPMAN

After losing back-to-back four matches, the Johannesburg side are out to redeem themselves to keep their bid for a European cup alive.

They take on Edinburgh at the Hive Stadium (kick-off 9pm) in the Scottish capital and can rectify their “horror” performance of last week against the Glasgow Warriors.

It’s a game they couldn’t score any points and lost 42-0.

Van den Berg picked up the Player of the Match award against the Sharks last month. Still, an untimely injury meant he was out for the next two games – important ones where the Lions chased victories to keep them in the run for the United Rugby Championship (URC) playoffs. They lost both and find themselves on the back foot ahead of the European Round of 16 clash.