Lions survive a battering from physical Kings

Daily PostJune 17, 2009

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THE British and Irish Lions won a game of brutal intensity at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium after their opponents attempted a softening-up exercise before next Saturday's first Test.

The tourists did not escape unscathed though, as prop Euan Murray and Wales fly-half James Hook both went off injured inside the opening 15 minutes.

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Lions survive a battering from physical Kings

Murray suffered a sprained ankle, while a dazed Hook could not continue after being on the receiving end of a crunching tackle.

Centre Gordon D'Arcy and flanker Nathan Hines were also in the wars at various stages, with Port Elizabeth living up to its reputation as a ba...

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