The Lions are ready for Bulls

The Lions are feeling refreshed and ready to get their United Rugby Championship (URC) campaign back up and running with a huge derby encounter against the Bulls at Loftus on Saturday afternoon.

- Ross Roche

It will kickstart a busy festive rugby period that will see them juggling URC and EPCR Challenge Cup duties over the next two months.

The Lions endured a difficult start to the URC, suffering three poor defeats on their overseas tour, but turned things around back at home picking up bonus point wins over Scarlets and Ulster.

That lifted them to eighth on the log, two places behind the Bulls, who themselves have had a mixed start to the season with three wins and two losses, and assistant coach Barend Pieterse (above) believes the Lions have what it takes to trouble their Highveld rivals.