# Rugby: The Lions trounced defending Currie Cup champions, the Sharks in their opening game at Ellispark yesterday by 46-5. Winger Rabz Maxwane scored a brace of tries as the Lions crossed the tryline seven times to the Sharks’ solitary try in the second half. And in Cape Town Western Province faced a huge onslaught in the first half by the Bulls plus several yellow cards that put them on the backfoot for most of the game, going down 48-23 to the men in blue.
Rugby: Lions triumph over Sharks, Bulls overpower WP in Currie Cup encounters