The Lions beat the weakened Western Province team at a partially filled Newlands on Saturday with a penalty four minutes from time. We give some match stats.

Result

B&I Lions vs Western Province, 26-23

Sanctions

None - though Andy Powell may have been lucky.

Possession

B&I Lions vs Western Province

Penalties conceded: 22

B&I Lions: 11
Western Province: 11

Reasons for the penalties:

B&I Lions:
Tackle: 5 (Vickery, Martyn Williams* 2, Monye, Sheridan)
Offside: 2 (Ellis, Worsley?*)
Discipline: 4 (Kearney - high tackle; Powell - obstruction; Sheridan* - collapsing maul; Powell - swinging arm)

Western Province:
Tackle: 6 (Louw 4, Vermeulen 2)
Offside: 1 (Liebenberg*)
Scrum: 3 (Blaauw*, Moller* 2)
Discipline: 1 (Bobo - high tackle)

The Lions missed two penalty kicks at goal, Western Province one.

Free kicks conceded

B&I Lions: 2 (1 mark, 1 line-out)
Western Province: 6 (4 marks, 1 scrum,  1 line-out)

Line-outs

B&I Lions: 14 (2 lost, 1 skew, 1 quick, 1 free kick)
Western Province: 12 (2 lost, 1 skew, 1 free kick)

Scrums

B&I Lions: 8 (5 resets, 6 collapses, 3 penalties, 1 free kick)
Western Province: 7 (3 resets, 3 collapses, 1 lost)

The scrums were still not happy.

Drop-outs

B&I Lions: 2
Western Province: 0

Stoppages: 81

Tries: 4

B&I Lions: 3
Western Province: 1