The Lions opened their tour with a match in the north west of South Africa against a Royal XV - Kings of the Beasts against the King's Men. We give some statistics.

Result

Lions vs Royal XV, 37-25

Sanctions

No cards.

Possession

Lions vs Royal  XV

Penalties conceded: 19

Lions: 7
Royal  XV: 12

Reasons for the penalties:

Lions:
Tackle: 4 (O'Gara, Martyn Williams* 2, O'Connell)
Offside: 2 (Blair*, Shaw)
Scrum: 1 (Sheridan)

Royal  XV:
Tackle: 9 (Koch, Roux, Raubenheimer* 2, Buckle, Lombaard, Mokuena 2, Barnes)
Offside: 1 (Barnes*)
Discipline: 2 (Lombaard - collapsing maul; Pretorius - man without ball)

The Royal  XV missed a penalty kick at goal.

The Lions and the Royal XV each goaled two penalty kicks at goal.

Free kicks conceded

Lions: 0
Royal  XV: 1 (scrum)

Line-outs

Lions: 14 (2 lost, 1 skew)
Royal  XV: 13 (1 lost, 1 skew)

Scrums

Lions: 8 (6 resets, 6 collapses, 1 lost)
Royal  XV: 13 (5 resets, 4 collapses, 1 penalty 1 free kick, 1 lost)

Drop-outs

Lions: 1
Royal  XV: 0

Stoppages: 80

Tries: 7

Lions: 4
Royal  XV: 3