Edinburgh vs Lions | EPCR Challenge Cup

Edinburgh

Lions

Friday 4 Apr 2025

The DAM Health Stadium, TBC

Edinburgh

Lions

Tries

Ali Price 71'

Jamie Ritchie 28'

Ben Vellacott 9'

Wes Goosen 1'

Jaco Visagie 75'

Francke Horn 46'

Conversions

Ross Thompson 72'; 29'

Nico Steyn 76'

05:00

Edinburgh v Lions | Match Highlights | European Rugby Challenge Cup

Lions bow out of Challenge Cup with a whimper

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SA campaign needs to stand up and be counted

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Timeline

End of Second Half

80'

Cameron Scott

Out: Ross Thompson

77'

Jack Brown

Out: Darcy Graham

76'

Nico Steyn

Conversion

76'

Jaco Visagie

Try

75'

Marius Louw

Out: Richard Kriel

75'

Angus Williams

Out: Javan Sebastian

72'

Ross Thompson

Conversion

72'

Ali Price

Try

71'

Freddy Douglas

Out: Hamish Watson

68'

Ali Price

Out: Ben Vellacott

68'

Juan Schoeman

Out: SJ Kotze

63'

RF Schoeman

Out: Asenathi Ntlabakanye

63'

Izan Esterhuizen

Out: Ruben Schoeman

63'

Glen Young

Out: Sam Skinner

59'

Ewan Ashman

Out: Dave Cherry

59'

Boan Venter

Out: Pierre Schoeman

54'

Nico Steyn

Out: Gianni Lombard

51'

JC Pretorius

Out: Jarod Cairns

51'

Francke Horn

Try

46'

Grant Gilchrist

Yellow Card

44'

Start of Second Half

40'

End of First Half

41'

Ross Thompson

Conversion

29'

Jamie Ritchie

Try

28'

Sibabalo Qoma

Out: Ruan Venter

26'

Quan Horn

Yellow Card

21'

Jaco Visagie

Out: Franco Marais

11'

Ben Vellacott

Try

Wes Goosen

Try

Start of First Half

Top Stats

Tries

Conversions

Penalties

See Full Stats

Top Performers

Ball Carries

M. Bradbury

Ball Carries: 17

Tackles

D. Landsberg

Tackles: 20

Points

F. Horn

Points: 5

Insights

EPCR Challenge Cup

Points per match

3027

Tries per match

Penalties Conceded per match

118

Match Information

The DAM Health Stadium, TBC

EPCR Challenge Cup

Friday 4 Apr 2025

The DAM Health Stadium, TBC

Edinburgh

Lions

Tries

Ali Price 71'

Jamie Ritchie 28'

Ben Vellacott 9'

Wes Goosen 1'

Jaco Visagie 75'

Francke Horn 46'

Conversions

Ross Thompson 72'; 29'

Nico Steyn 76'

Timeline

End of Second Half

80'

Cameron Scott

Out: Ross Thompson

77'

Jack Brown

Out: Darcy Graham

76'

Nico Steyn

Conversion

76'

Jaco Visagie

Try

75'

Marius Louw

Out: Richard Kriel

75'

Angus Williams

Out: Javan Sebastian

72'

Ross Thompson

Conversion

72'

Ali Price

Try

71'

Freddy Douglas

Out: Hamish Watson

68'

Ali Price

Out: Ben Vellacott

68'

Juan Schoeman

Out: SJ Kotze

63'

RF Schoeman

Out: Asenathi Ntlabakanye

63'

Izan Esterhuizen

Out: Ruben Schoeman

63'

Glen Young

Out: Sam Skinner

59'

Ewan Ashman

Out: Dave Cherry

59'

Boan Venter

Out: Pierre Schoeman

54'

Nico Steyn

Out: Gianni Lombard

51'

JC Pretorius

Out: Jarod Cairns

51'

Francke Horn

Try

46'

Grant Gilchrist

Yellow Card

44'

Start of Second Half

40'

End of First Half

41'

Ross Thompson

Conversion

29'

Jamie Ritchie

Try

28'

Sibabalo Qoma

Out: Ruan Venter

26'

Quan Horn

Yellow Card

21'

Jaco Visagie

Out: Franco Marais

11'

Ben Vellacott

Try

Wes Goosen

Try

Start of First Half

Top Stats

4Tries2

Conversions

Penalties

Drop Goals

Scrums

Lineouts

Possession

Territory

Handling Errors

Passes

182

191

Offload

Metres Gained

630

343

Clean Breaks

Kicks From Hand

Tackles

157

159

Missed Tackles

Mauls

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

Penalties Conceded

Head to Head

Previous 4 meetings

Won

5 Oct 2024

55 - 21

United Rugby Championship

28 Oct 2023

17 - 16

United Rugby Championship

7 Oct 2022

19 - 22

United Rugby Championship

2 Apr 2022

15 - 9

United Rugby Championship

Head to Head

Previous 4 meetings

Won

Last 4 Meetings

5 Oct 2024

55 - 21

United Rugby Championship

28 Oct 2023

17 - 16

United Rugby Championship

7 Oct 2022

19 - 22

United Rugby Championship

2 Apr 2022

15 - 9

United Rugby Championship

Form Guide

Last 5 matches

Edinburgh

Dragons 38 - 5 Edinburgh

28 Mar 2025 • United Rugby Championship

Benetton Rugby 21 - 18 Edinburgh

22 Mar 2025 • United Rugby Championship

Munster 28 - 34 Edinburgh

28 Feb 2025 • United Rugby Championship

Zebre 17 - 22 Edinburgh

14 Feb 2025 • United Rugby Championship

Llanelli Scarlets 30 - 24 Edinburgh

25 Jan 2025 • United Rugby Championship

Lions

Glasgow Warriors 42 - 0 Lions

29 Mar 2025 • United Rugby Championship

Cardiff Rugby 20 - 17 Lions

21 Mar 2025 • United Rugby Championship

Sharks 25 - 22 Lions

8 Mar 2025 • United Rugby Championship

Sharks 38 - 14 Lions

1 Mar 2025 • United Rugby Championship

Bulls 31 - 19 Lions

22 Feb 2025 • United Rugby Championship

Form Guide

Last 5 matches

Line Up

Pierre Schoeman

Dave Cherry

Javan Sebastian

Sam Skinner

Grant Gilchrist

Jamie Ritchie

Hamish Watson

Magnus Bradbury

Ben Vellacott

Ross Thompson

Ross McCann

James Lang

Matt Currie

Darcy Graham

Wes Goosen

SJ Kotze

Franco Marias

Asenathi Ntlabakanye

Ruben Schoeman

Darrien-Lane Landsberg

Jarod Cairns

Ruan Venter

Francke Horn

Morne van den Berg

Gianni Lombard

Edwill van der Merwe

Rynhardt Jonker

Manuel Rass

Richard Kriel

Quan Horn

Substitutes

Ewan Ashman

Boan Venter

Angus Williams

Glen Young

Freddy Douglas

Ali Price

Cameron Scott

Jack Brown

Jaco Visagie

Juan Schoeman

RF Schoeman

Izan Esterhuizen

Sibabalo Qoma

Nico Steyn

JC Pretorius

Marius Louw

Match Videos

05:00

Edinburgh v Lions | Match Highlights | European Rugby Challenge Cup

Lions bow out of Challenge Cup with a whimper

rugby

SA campaign needs to stand up and be counted

rugby

Commentary

80’

End of second half

The 80 minutes is up! The referee has blown their whistle to end the second half.

77’

Substitution on

Cameron Scott comes on.

77’

Substitution off

Ross Thompson comes off.

76’

Substitution on

Jack Brown comes on.

76’

Substitution off

Darcy Graham comes off.

76’

Conversion

Nico Steyn has kicked a conversion.

75’

Try

Lions are stopped just a few metres from the try line but Jaco Visagie picks up from the base of the ruck to score the try.

75’

Substitution on

Lions decide to make a substitution, with Marius Louw getting some game time.

75’

Substitution off

Lions decide to make a substitution, with Richard Kriel being replaced.

72’

Substitution on

Edinburgh Rugby decide to make a substitution, with Angus Williams getting some game time.

72’

Substitution off

Edinburgh Rugby decide to make a substitution, with Javan Sebastian being replaced.

72’

Conversion

Ross Thompson has kicked a conversion.

71’

Try

A series of passes by Edinburgh Rugby results in a try for Ali Price

71’

Try assist

That's a great try assist by Matt Currie.

71’

Clean break

A gap opened in the defence and Matt Currie took full advantage.

69’

Clean break

A gap opened in the defence and Ali Price took full advantage.

68’

Substitution on

Edinburgh Rugby make a substitution with Freddy Douglas coming on.

68’

Substitution off

Edinburgh Rugby make a substitution with Hamish Watson coming off.

68’

Substitution on

Edinburgh Rugby make a substitution with Ali Price coming on.

68’

Substitution off

Edinburgh Rugby make a substitution with Ben Vellacott coming off.

66’

Clean break

The defensive line has been broken as Ross Thompson goes through the gap.

63’

Substitution on

Lions sub Juan Schoeman comes onto the field.

63’

Substitution off

SJ Kotze departs for Lions.

63’

Substitution on

Lions sub RF Schoeman comes onto the field.

63’

Substitution off

Asenathi Ntlabakanye departs for Lions.

63’

Substitution on

Lions sub Izan Esterhuizen comes onto the field.

63’

Substitution off

Ruben Schoeman departs for Lions.

59’

Substitution on

Glen Young comes on for Edinburgh Rugby.

59’

Substitution off

Sam Skinner leaves the field.

59’

Substitution on

Ewan Ashman comes on for Edinburgh Rugby.

59’

Substitution off

Dave Cherry leaves the field.

54’

Substitution on

Boan Venter comes on.

54’

Substitution off

Pierre Schoeman comes off.

51’

Substitution on

Nico Steyn comes on.

51’

Substitution off

Gianni Lombard comes off.

51’

Substitution on

JC Pretorius comes on.

51’

Substitution off

Jarod Cairns comes off.

47’

Conversion

Gianni Lombard has hooked the conversion to the left of the posts.

46’

Try

The Lions maul march their way over the white wash for Francke Horn to touch down.

44’

Yellow card

Grant Gilchrist (Edinburgh Rugby) is shown a yellow card

44’

Clean break

Edwill van der Merwe makes the break as the defence re-enacts the parting of the red sea.

40’

Start of second half

The second half kicks off.

41’

End of first half

The half-time whistle blows and both teams head for the dressing rooms.

38’

Clean break

Fabulous play by Edinburgh Rugby has led to Wes Goosen being able to wriggle through a gap.

29’

Conversion

Ross Thompson makes no mistake with that conversion attempt.

28’

Try

The pressure has finally told as Jamie Ritchie scores from close range.

28’

Try assist

Spellbinding play by Hamish Watson is finished off with a try.

28’

Clean break

Trouble here as Darcy Graham breaches the defence.

26’

Substitution on

Sibabalo Qoma comes on.

26’

Substitution off

Ruan Venter comes off.

21’

Yellow card

Quan Horn (Lions) is shown a yellow card

21’

Clean break

This is dangerous for the defence as Darcy Graham bursts through to advance the Edinburgh Rugby attack.

21’

Clean break

This is dangerous for the defence as Javan Sebastian bursts through to advance the Edinburgh Rugby attack.

11’

Substitution on

Lions sub Jaco Visagie comes onto the field.

11’

Substitution off

Franco Marais departs for Lions.

10’

Conversion

Ross Thompson has hooked the conversion to the right of the posts.

9’

Try

Ben Vellacott scores the try from close range.

9’

Clean break

A gap opened in the defence and Wes Goosen took full advantage.

2’

Conversion

Ross Thompson has hooked the conversion to the right of the posts.

1’

Try

Great hands by Edinburgh Rugby leads to a try for Wes Goosen

1’

Try assist

Ross McCann sets up the try.

1’

Clean break

The defensive line has been broken as Darcy Graham goes through the gap.

0’

Start of first half

We are underway as the referee blows their whistle.

See All

Top Performers

Ball Carries

M. Bradbury

Ball Carries: 17

Tackles

D. Landsberg

Tackles: 20

Points

F. Horn

Points: 5

Insights

EPCR Challenge Cup

Points per match

3027

Tries per match

Penalties Conceded per match

118

Match Information

The DAM Health Stadium, TBC

EPCR Challenge Cup